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Bera Bera Eskubaloia
Short name	Bera Bera
Founded	1983
Arena	Polideportivo Jose A. Gasca, San Sebastián
Capacity	2,800
President	Fernando Diez Mintegi
Head coach	Imanol Álvarez
League	División de Honor
2023–24	Champion
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Active departments of Bera Bera
Rugby	Handball	Basketball
Karate	Bicycle touring	Surfing
Volleyball	Wheelchair basketball	Roller skating

Bera Bera Eskubaloia is a Basque women's handball club from San Sebastián competing in División de Honor since 1998. It was previously known as Corteblanco Bidebieta, having played in top-flight since 1989.

Bera Bera has won nine Spanish championships and eight national cups, and is a regular of European competitions. Its best result to date was reaching the Cup Winners' Cup's semifinals in 2008 after beating Budućnost Podgorica and KIF Vejen, and qualifying for the Champions League group stage in 2013–14.

Club's names

• Sociedad Cultural Recreativa Deportiva Bidebieta – (1983–1998)
• Bera Bera Eskubaloia – (1998–)

Sponsors

• Corteblanco – (1989–1998)
• Meyba – (1990–91)
• Akaba – (1999–2010)
• Super Amara – (2016–present)

Season to season

• As Bidebieta:

• As Bera Bera Eskubaloia:

Trophies

División de Honor (National Championship of Spain)

• Champions (9)
  • 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023–24

Copa de la Reina (Cup of Spain)

• Champions (8)
  • 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2024

Supercopa de España (Supercup of Spain)

• Champions (8)
  • 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2023–24	EHF European League	R3	Sola HK	39–32	28–34	66–67
2022–23	EHF European League	R3	ESBF Besançon	29–32	24–27	53–59
2021–22	EHF European League	R2	Paris 92	27–27	26–21	53–48
		R3	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	27–29	28–34	55–63
2020–21	EHF European League	R3	HC Zvezda	27–27	24–29	51–56
2019–20	EHF Cup	R1	LK Zug	30-16	45-31	75-47
		R2	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov	30-35	32-31	62-66
2018–19	EHF Champions League	Q1	SG BBM Bietigheim	27-33		3rd place
			Jomi Salerno	40-20
	EHF Cup	R3	Dunaújvárosi KKA	26-18	22-23	48–41
		Group D	Podravka Koprivnica	29-32	32-26	4th place
			SCM Craiova	32-21	23-26
			Nykøbing Falster Håndbold	26-31	28-36
2017–18	EHF Cup	R1	Colégio de Gaia	26-25	31-23	57-48
		R2	Kastamonu Belediyesi	35-35	22-24	57-59
2016–17	EHF Champions League	Q1	Hypo Niederösterreich	21–25		3rd place
			HC Gomel	28–20
	EHF Cup	R3	Brest BH	20–25	19–23	39–48
2015–16	EHF Cup	R3	IUVENTA Michalovce	29-34	24-24	53-58
2014–15	EHF Cup	R2	Jomi Salerno	29-19	28-20	57-39
		L16	Muratpaşa Belediyesi	30-30	27-29	57-59
2013–14	EHF Champions League	Group D	ZRK Vardar	19-23	20-30	4th place
			Podravka Koprivnica	18-29	28-19
			Larvik HK	17-27	21-29
2012–13	EHF Champions League	Q1	Vistal Gdynia	22-31		3rd place
			LC Brühl	33-23
	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	R3	HC Danubius Galati	26-23	22-19	48-42
		L16	Vistal Gdynia	20-32	29-17	49-49
		QF	Thüringer HC	15-33	26-38	41-71

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–2025 season

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Imanol Álvarez
• Assistant Coach: Jon Begiristain

Notable players

• Nely Carla Alberto
• Azenaide Carlos
• Mihaela Ciobanu
• Lígia Costa
• Verónica Cuadrado
• Fabiana Diniz
• Patricia Elorza
• Beatriz Fernández
• Alicia Fernández Fraga
• Tatiana Garmendia
• Amélie Goudjo
• Anette Hoffmann
• Janne Kolling
• Alexandra Lacrabère
• Marta López
• Ana Martínez
• Antonela Mena
• Wendy Obein
• Svetlana Obucina
• Darly de Paula
• Elisabeth Pinedo
• Montserrat Puche
• Anna Punko
• Fernanda da Silva
• Ana Temprano
• Raphaëlle Tervel
• Katarina Tomašević
• Tania Yáñez
• Adriana Cardoso de Castro

References

1. Profile and record in the European Handball Federation's website

External links

• Media related to Balonmano Bera Bera at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

• Handball clubs in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
• Sports clubs and teams in San Sebastián
• Handball clubs established in 1983
• Women's handball clubs in Spain
• 1983 establishments in Spain