Sociedad Cultural Deportivo Recreativa Anaitasuna is a team of handball based in

Pamplona Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...

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. It plays in

Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of ...

History

The club handball section was established in 1956. The team has been playing continuously in the first division, the

, since 2011. In 2016, he appeared in the final of the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

and in 2017 in the final of the

Supercopa ASOBAL The Supercopa ASOBAL or the Supercopa de España de Balonmano is an annual cup competition for Spanish handball teams. It is organised by the Liga ASOBAL. It was first played for in 1985 and is disputed between the Liga ASOBAL champions and the ...

, but both times they lost to the

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team. The team played at the international level in the

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

, was eliminated after the group stage in the 2015/16 and 2017/18 seasons, and reached the quarterfinals in 2016/17.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

Technical staff

* Head Coach:

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* Assistant Coach:

Pablo Galech Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People *Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer * Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer *Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist * Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer *Pablo Bren ...

* Fitness Coach: Javier Angulo * Physiotherapist:

Pablo Inchauspe Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People *Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer * Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer * Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer *Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist * Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer *Pablo Bre ...

* Physiotherapist:

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* Physiotherapist:

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* Club Doctor: Mikel Moreno

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ;Joining * Joao Paulo de Sousa (LB) from BM Huesca * Francisco Javier Castro (CB) from Balonmano Sinfín *

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(LB) from CB Ciudad de Logroño *

Julen Elustondo Julen (, ) is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Julen Aguinagalde (born 1982), Spanish handballer * Julen Goikoetxea (1985–2006), Basque cyclist from Ondarroa * Julen Guerrero (born 1974), retired Spanish foot ...

(CB) from BM Villa de Aranda ;Leaving * Juan del Arco (CB) to CB Cangas * Ander Izquierdo (CB) to

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* Héctor González Díaz (CB) to Billère Handball *

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(LW) to CB Caserío *

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(RW) ''(retires)'' *

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(LB)

Previous Squads

Season by season

European record

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Mikel Aguirrezabalaga (2016–2019) * Antonio Bazán (2013–) *

Alejandro Costoya Alejandro Costoya Rodríguez (born 6 May 1993) is a Spanish handball player who plays for Chambéry SMBH and the Spanish team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was th ...

(2014–2016) * Juan del Arco (2020-2022) * Sergey Hernández (2013–2018) * Ander Izquierdo (2018-2022) * Niko Mindegía (2007-2008) * Juan Bar (2021-) * Nicolás Bonanno (2021-) *

Juan Pablo Fernández Juan Pablo Fernández (born 30 September 1988) is an Argentine handball player for San Fernando Handball and the Argentina men's national handball team. He defended Argentina at the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. His brother, ...

(2010–2011) *

Guillermo Fischer Guillermo Fischer (born 18 July 1996) is an Argentine handball player who plays for SD Teucro and the Argentine national team. He represented Argentina at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championsh ...

(2019-2021) * Matías Schulz (2008–2009, 2011–2013) * Damir Djukic (2011) *

Gabriel Ceretta Gabriel Ceretta Jung (born 12 June 1997) is a Brazilian handball player for SCDR Anaitasuna and the Brazilian national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 2 ...

(2016–2019) *

Oswaldo Guimarães Oswaldo Maestro dos Santos Guimarães (born 23 October 1989) is a Brazilian handball player for Balonmano Torrelavega and the Brazilian handball team. He won a gold medal the 2015 Pan American Games and competed for Brazil at the 2013 World Cham ...

(2016–2018) * Anderson Mollino (2019–2020) * Raul Nantes (2017–2019) *

Leandro Semedo Leandro Semedo (born 24 December 1994 in Praia) is a Cape Verdean handball player for S.L. Benfica and the Cape Verde men's national handball team. Career He made his competitive national debut on January 15, 2021, in the 2021 World Men's Handb ...

(2019-2020) *

Rolandas Bernatonis Rolandas Bernatonis (born 22 January 1987) is a Lithuanian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeepe ...

(2011–2014) * Filipe Mota (2016–2018) *

Ruslan Dashko Ruslan Dashko (born 13 August 1996) is a Russian handball player who plays for Angel Ximenez Avia Puente Genil and the Russian national team. He competed at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship The 2016 EHF European Men's Handball ...

(2020–2021) *

Gregor Lorger Gregor is a masculine given name. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People * Gregor Abel (born 1949), Scottish footballer * Gregor Adlercreutz (1898–1944), Swedish equestrian * Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565–1628), Germ ...

(2014-2017) * Stanislav Demovič (2007-2009) * Henrik Nordlander (2016-2018) *

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(2010–2012) *

Eduardo Salazar Eduardo Jose Salazar (born May 5, 1998) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers. Career Cinci ...

(2018-2019)

Former coaches

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anaitasuna Spanish handball clubs Sport in Pamplona Liga ASOBAL teams Sports clubs established in 1956 Multi-sport clubs in Spain Sports teams in Navarre