{{short description|Spanish handball club}} {{Infobox handball club | clubname = CB Elche | image = CB Elche logo.jpg | fullname = Club Balonmano Elche | nickname = | founded = 1958 | ground = Poliesportiu de Carrús, Elche | capacity = 500 | chairman = Juan Antonio Asencio | manager = Joaquín Rocamora | league = División de Honor | season = 2022-2023 | position = 2nd | pattern_la1= | pattern_b1= | pattern_ra1= | leftarm1= | body1= | rightarm1= | shorts1= | socks1= | pattern_la2= | pattern_b2= | pattern_ra2= | leftarm2= | body2= | rightarm2= | shorts2= | socks2= }} '''Club Balonmano Elche''', also known as '''Elche Mustang''' for sponsorship reasons, is a women's handball club from Elche in Spain. CB Elche competes in the División de Honor, the top tier in the Spanish league system.

CB Elche was 2nd in the 2012–13 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=El Elche Mustang podría renunciar a jugar en Europa por problemas económicos |url=https://www.marca.com/2013/04/19/balonmano/1366398375.html |accessdate=1 February 2019 |work=marca.com |publisher=Marca|language=es}}</ref> In the 2020-21 season the club won their first title, when they won both the Supercopa and Copa de la Reyna.<ref>{{cite news|title=El Elche levanta la primera Copa de la Reina de su historia|url=https://www.marca.com/balonmano/2021/05/23/60aa808b46163ff3b18b45cd.html|date=23 May 2021|access-date=6 March 2023|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=J. Hernández|title=Balonmano Elche femenino, Campeón de la Copa de la Reina y de la Supercopa: Un equipo de guerreras sobre la cancha|url=https://www.informacion.es/alicante/2022/01/15/balonmano-elche-femenino-campeon-copa-61610508.html|publisher=Informacion.es|date=15 January 2022|access-date=6 March 2023|language=es}}</ref>

In 2024 they won their first European title, the 2024 European Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ehfec.eurohandball.com/women/2023-24/news/en/elche-join-list-of-spanish-teams-in-european-cup-triumph/|title=Elche join list of Spanish teams in European Cup triumph|publisher=European Handball Federation|website=ehfec.eurohandball.com}}</ref>

== Titles == * '''Copa de la Reina:''' 2020-21 * '''Supercopa España:''' 2021-22 * '''EHF European Cup:''' 2024

==Season to season== {| |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" !Season !Tier !Division !Pos. !Notes |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2000–01 | align="center"|2 | Primera Nacional | align="center"| | style="background:#90EE90"|Promoted |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2001–02 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|5th (Group B) | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2002–03 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|12th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2003–04 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|13th | style="background:#ffcccc"|Relegated |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2004–05 | align="center"|2 | Primera Nacional | align="center"| | style="background:#90EE90"|Promoted |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2005–06 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|14th | style="background:#ffcccc"|Relegated |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2006–07 | align="center"|2 | Primera Nacional | align="center"| | style="background:#90EE90"|Promoted |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2007–08 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|11th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2008–09 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|6th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2009–10 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|7th | |} |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" !Season !Tier !Division !Pos. !Notes |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2010–11 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|6th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2011–12 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|6th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2012–13 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|2nd | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2013–14 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|6th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2014–15 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|5th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2015–16 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|11th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2016–17 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|9th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2017–18 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|11th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2018–19 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|7th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2019–20 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"| | |} |}

== Team ==

=== Current squad === :''Squad for the 2025-2026 season'' {{Col-begin|width=60%}} {{Col-2}} ;Goalkeepers * 25 {{flagicon|ESP}} Teresa Antón * 12 {{flagicon|ESP}} Nicole Morales * 19 {{flagicon|ESP}} Udane Bernabe Cobos ;Wingers ;RW: * 13 {{flagicon|ESP}} Clara Gascó * 04 {{flagicon|ESP}} Paula Agullo ;LW: * 06 {{flagicon|ESP}} Lisa Oppedal * 73 {{flagicon|ESP}} Lidia Bomabá ;Line Players: * 33 {{flagicon|ESP}} Vanesa Rubio * 93 {{flagicon|ESP}} Noelia Solla {{Col-2}} ;Back players ;LB * 81 {{flagicon|POR}} Carmen Figueiredo * 03 {{flagicon|ESP}} Jimena Laguna ;CB * 08 {{flagicon|ESP}} Patricia Méndez * 15 {{flagicon|ESP}} Zaira Benitez * 27 {{flagicon|ESP}} Paola Bernabe Cobos ;RB * 09 {{flagicon|ARG}} Azul Spinelli * 21 {{flagicon|ESP}} Ester Martín-Buró * 77 {{flagicon|CUB}} Rosa Armenteros {{Col-end}}

===Transfers=== :''Transfers for the 2026-2027'' {{Col-begin|width=80%}} {{col-2}} ;Image:Arrow-up.png Joining

* {{flagicon|URU}} Savina Bergara (LP) (from {{flagicon|ESP}} BM Aula Cultural ) * {{flagicon|ARG}} Mara López (LB) ( from {{flagicon|ARG}} Ferro Handball) * {{flagicon|ESP}} Belen Rodríguez (CB) ( from {{flagicon|ESP}} KH7 Bm Granollers) {{Col-2}} ;Image:Arrow-down.gif Leaving

* {{flagicon|ESP}} Noelia Solla (LP) * {{flagicon|CUB}} Rosa Armenteros (RB) * {{flagicon|ARG}} Azul Spinelli (RB) * {{flagicon|ESP}} Clara Gascó (RW) (retires)

{{Col-end}}

== Notable players == {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|ESP}} Danila So Delgado * {{flagicon|ESP}} Vanesa Amorós * {{flagicon|BRA}} Ana Paula Belo * {{flagicon|ESP}} Mihaela Ciobanu * {{flagicon|ESP}} Lara González Ortega * {{flagicon|BRA}} Chana Masson * {{flagicon|PAR}} Marizza Faría * {{flagicon|ESP}} África Sempere * {{flagicon|NED}} Marieke van der Wal {{div col end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.cbmelche.es/ Official website]

{{Liga ABF}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elche}} Category:Women's handball clubs in Spain Category:Sports clubs and teams in the Valencian Community Category:Handball clubs established in 1958 Category:1958 establishments in Spain Category:Sport in Elche