Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball (also known as JDA Dijon Handball, formerly Cercle Dijon Bourgogne Handball) is a French

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club from

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

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. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2014 and they play their home matches in

Palais des Sports de Dijon Palais des Sports de Dijon (also known as Palais des Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy) is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Dijon, France. The arena has a seating capacity of 5,000 for basketball games. History The arena was one of the ven ...

. Current head coach is Christophe Mazel. The club became in 2018, affiliated with the male basketball team

JDA Dijon Basket Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Basket, commonly known as JDA Dijon Basket or simply Dijon, is a professional basketball club from the city of Dijon, France. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the French first tier division. The club has won the Frenc ...

and changed the official club name. Summer 2022, both clubs changed their names again, adding "Bourgogne" to them. The club renamed itself to JDA Dijon Bourgogne Handball.

Results

* French Women's First League Championship: **''Third place (3):'' 1993, 2002, 2003 *Division 2 Féminine: **''Winners (2):'' 1987, 2014 **''Runner-up (1):'' 1998 *Coupe de France: **''Runner-up (3):'' 2002, 2007, 2013 *Coupe de la Ligue: **''Runner-up (2):'' 2003, 2007 **''Semifinalist (1):'' 2008 *

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: **''Silver Medalist:'' 1993 **''Semifinalist:''

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: **''Silver Medalist:'' 2005

Team

Current squad

''Squad for the season 2022-23 - Professional players'' ;Goalkeepers * 12 Kristy Zimmerman * 24 Manuella Dos Reis ;Wingers ;LW * 5 Elise Delorme ;RW * 22

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;Line players * 7 Elisabet Cesáreo * 26

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;Back players ;LB * 4 Claire Vautier * 28 Laura Lasm ;CB * 2 Stine Nørklit Lønborg * 10 Carmen Campos * 18 Ilona Di Rocco ;RB * 9 Manon Gravelle * 93 Celine Sivertsen

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ; Joining * Manuella Dos Reis (GK) ''(from

Saint-Amand Handball Saint-Amand Handball is the name of a France, French handball club from Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2020 and they play their home matches in Complexe Jean Verdavai ...

)'' * Elisabet Cesáreo (LP) ''(from

BM Bera Bera Balonmano Bera Bera is a Spanish women's handball club from San Sebastián representing rugby club Bera Bera RT in División de Honor since 1998. It was previously known as Corteblanco Bidebieta, having played in top-flight since 1989. Ber ...

)'' * Kristy Zimmerman (GK) ''(from

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)'' * Stine Nørklit Lønborg (CB) ''(from

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)'' ; Leaving * Marie Lachat (GK) ''(to Stella Saint Maur Handball)'' * Luna Marin (RW) ''(to Stella Saint Maur Handball)'' * Anouck Clément (Lp) ''(to

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)'' *

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(GK) (retires)

Technical staff

''Staff for the 2022-23 season.'' * Head coach: Christophe Mazel * Assistant coach: Anthony Favier * Assistant coach: Jean-Raphaël Soupault * Physical coach: Pierre Terzi * Physical coach: Vianney Varanguin * Sporting director: Christophe Maréchal

Personnel

* President : ** Michel Amico (1994–2014) ** Thierry Degorce (2018– ) * Vice-president : Clément Forgeneuf (?–?) * Coach : ** Christophe Maréchal (? –2019) ** Christophe Mazel (2019–) * Assistant coach : ** Christophe Maréchal (? –2022) ** Anthony Favier (2022–) * Academy director : Anthony Favier * Sporting director : Christophe Maréchal

Notable former players

Béatrice Edwige Béatrice Edwige (born 3 October 1988) is a French handball player for Ferencvárosi TC (women's handball), Ferencvárosi TC and the France women's national handball team, French national team. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Cham ...

(2009–2014) *

Marie Prouvensier Marie Prouvensier (born 9 February 1994) is a French handball player for OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball and the French national team. Individual awards *French Championship The French rugby league championship (french: Le Championnat de France ...

(2010–2016) *

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(1994–1996)

References

External links

* French handball clubs Sport in Dijon Handball clubs established in 1996 1996 establishments in France {{Handball-team-stub