CB Atlético Guardés
# CB Atlético Guardés

Clube Balonmán Atlético Guardés, also known as Mecalia Atlético Guardés due to sponsorship reasons is a professional handball club from A Guarda, in the province of Pontevedra, Spain. The club was founded in 1967 and plays actually in the División de Honor Femenina de Balonmano, the premier women's professional handball league in Spain.

## Season to season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012–13 | 1 | División de Honor | 5th |
| 2013–14 | 1 | División de Honor | 4th | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | División de Honor | 3rd | |
| 2015–16 | 1 | División de Honor | 3rd | |
| 2016–17 | 1 | División de Honor | 1st | League champion |
| 2017–18 | 1 | División de Honor | 2nd | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | División de Honor | 3rd | |

## History

The club was promoted in 2012 to the División de Honor. In 2013-2014, the club plays his first continental competition, the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. In three participations, they always stopped their campaign in Round 3. In 2016-2017, they reach quarterfinals in the EHF Challenge Cup, beaten by H 65 Höör.

In 2016-2017 won their first spanish championship.

## Trophies

* División de Honor (1):
   * 2016–17
* Copa de la Reina:

    Runner-up (1): 2022

## European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016-17 | Challenge Cup | R3 | HC Dnepryanka Kherson | 33–22 | 30–18 | 63–40 |
| 2016-17 | Challenge Cup | 1/8 | Colégio de Gaia | 30–26 | 32–22 | 62–48 |
| 2016-17 | Challenge Cup | 1/4 | H 65 Höör | 21–24 | 24–29 | 45–53 |

## Team

### Current squad

    Squad for the 2023–24 season

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2023-2024

## Notable players

* Vanesa Amorós
* Nuria Benzal
* Marisol Carratu
* Paula García Ávila
* Jennifer Gutiérrez
* Anna Manaut
* Carmen Martín
* Luciana Mendoza
* Haridian Rodríguez
