BM Altea

Altea
Full name	Club Balonmano Altea
Founded	1974
Dissolved	2008
Ground	Polideportivo Garganes, Altea,; Valencian Community,; Spain
Capacity	1,200
Chairman	Salvador Lledó
Manager	Paco Blasco
League	1ª Nacional
2007–08	1ª Nacional, N/A
Home colours	Away colours

Balonmano Altea was a handball team based in Altea, Alicante, Spain. The last season, (2007–08) the team played in 1ª Nacional.

History[edit]

Founded in September 1974. The Balonmano Altea has teams in all categories of Spanish Handball. The President of the Balonmano Altea from season 96/97 is Mr. Paschal Moragues, who already I had this position from season 74/75 to 86/87. Paschal Moragues was the first President of the BM Altea. In season 96/97 the team win the promotion to the Liga ASOBAL (Asobal League) when winning in the Playoff to the BM Barakaldo. In season 98/99 the team is relegated to the First Division of División de Honor B, where remained one year, after promote again to the Asobal League in season 1999/00, category where stay yet in the 2006/2007 season.
On 11 August 2007, the club was relegated to 1ª Nacional due to financial irregularities.
At the end of the 2007–2008 season, BM Altea definitely was dissolved.^[1]

EHF Cup
- Semifinal:2002-03
- Runners-Up: 2003-04
King Cup
- Semifinal: 2001-02, 2002-03.
Asobal League positions
- 2000-01: 10th
- 2001-02: 5th
- 2002-03: 4th
- 2003-04: 6th
- 2004-05: 9th
- 2005-06: 14th
- 2006-07: 12th

Liga ASOBAL	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	F	A
BM Altea	12	20	30	9	2	19	807	860

Goals:
- Rune Ohm - 152 goals
- Ivan Nikčević - 132 goals
- Alexandar Buchmann - 96 goals
Catches:
- Rade Mijatović - 205 catches 29%
- Jorge Oliva Domínguez - 138 catches 29%