San Fernando Handball

San Fernando Handball is a handball club from San Fernando, Argentina. Currently, they compete in the Femebal and the Campeonato Nacional de Clubes and is the current champion.^[2]

San Fernando Handball
Full name	San Fernando Handball
Head coach	Elio Fernández
League	Campeonato Nacional de Clubes
2022[1]	Champion
Club colours

History

The club was found 1972 as INEF Manuel Belgrano de San Fernando. Between 16 March 2009 and 1 July 2010 they chanced the name to UNLu.^[3][4] UNLu was short for Universidad Nacional de Luján. In May 2020 they renamed again to the today name San Fernando Handball.^[5]

Accomplishments

Men's Team

Season	World	Continental *1)	National[6]	Metropolitano[7]	Super 4[7]
1992	Did not exist	Cancelled due to the lack of hosts	?	Gold	Did not exist
1993			?	Gold
1994–2010	Did not exist until 1997, later Did not Qualify	Did not qualify	?	?	Did not exist until 2005, later ?
2011	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Gold (Division C)	?	?
2012-2014			?	?	?
2015 Apertura			?	Gold	Bronze
2015 Clausura				?
2016 Apertura			Gold	Silver	Gold[8]
2016 Clausura				Gold
2017 Apertura		Bronze	Bronze[9]	Gold[10]	Silver[11]
2017 Clausura				Gold
2018 Apertura		Did not qualify	Gold[12]	Silver	Gold
2018 Clausura				Silver
2019 Apertura		Silver	Gold[13]	Gold	Silver
2019 Clausura				Bronze
2020 Apertura	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic			?	?
2020 Clausura				?
2021 Apertura	Did not qualify	Did not participated	Gold[14]	?	?
2021 Clausura				Silver[15]
2022 Apertura		Bronze	Gold[16]	?	?
2022 Clausura				?
2023 Apertura	11th	Gold[17][18]	TBD	TBD	TBD
2023 Clausura				TBD

• 1) The continental championship chanced over the years:
  • 1983–2001: South American Men's Club Handball Championship
  • 2007–2018: Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship
  • Since 2019: South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship
• Apertura: Spring season
• Clausura: Fall season

Women's Team

• Metropolitano
  • 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997^[7]

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 South and Central American Championship

• Lautaro Rodriguez
• Federico Gastón Fernández
• Tomas Noto
• Kevin Urban
• Mariano Betancourt
• Mariano Cánepa
• Sebastian Fernández
• Ezequiel Gimenez
• Juan Pablo Fernández
• Patricio Orlandi
• Patricio Verdino
• Juan Noto
• Nicolas Vella
• Augustin Batistela
• Ricardo Fallati
• Fernando Dieguez
• Guido Ricobelli

References

1. "Nacional de Clubes Adultos «A» – San Luis 2022". handballargentina.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
2. "River y San Fernando se consagraron campeones del Nacional Adulto". handballargentina.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
3. "Clubs" Diff 16 March 2009 and 1 July 2010. (in Spanish) Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano [es]
4. Monti, Pablo (28 August 2016). "UNLu Campeón Metropolitano de Handball". TyC Sports. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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6. "Nacional de Clubes Adultos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Handball. 25 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
7. "Todos los campeones de los torneos Metropolitanos, Super-4 Fe.Me.Bal y Nacionales" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano [es]. 1 July 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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9. "Ballester Campeon Nacional Masculino" (in Spanish). Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano [es]. 15 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
10. "Categoria: 8 LIGA DE HONOR CABALLEROS - Torneo 2017 APERTURA - R" (in Spanish). Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano [es]. 2017. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
11. "Sag.V.Ballester Campeon" (in Spanish). Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano [es]. 10 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
12. "Nacional de Clubes Adultos «A» Masculino / Final Four – Buenos Aires 2018 | Torneo" (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Handball. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
13. "Nacional de Clubes Adultos A Masculino / Final Four – Buenos Aires 2019 | Torneo" (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Handball. 8 September 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
14. "Nacional de Clubes Adultos «A» – Maipú / Ciudad de Mendoza, Mendoza 2021" (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Handball. 22 October 2021. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
15. "Tabla de Posiciones" (in Spanish). Federación Metropolitana de Balonmano [es]. 2021. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
16. "Nacional de Clubes Adultos «A» – San Luis 2022" (in Spanish). Confederación Argentina de Handball. 1 December 2022. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
17. "San Fernando hizo historia en el handball argentino". ole.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
18. "San Fernando Handball es campeón del Sur-Centro de Clubes 2023". sanfernando.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2023.