Saran Loiret Handball is a French handball team based in Saran, that plays in the

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History

The club was founded in 1974. In 2002, he reached the 3rd division for the first time. In 2015, after several second places, the team was promoted to the

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. In the first season in the

, they finally won the championship in the last round and were thus promoted to the first division. In its first season in the first division, the club changed its name to Saran Loiret Handball. In order to maintain his position, the team signed the French world champion Igor Anić. The club had the smallest budget in the league at the time and were almost relegated at the end of the season. The following year, the club signed Spanish world champion Chema Rodríguez, who was joined in 2018 by another Spanish world champion, José Manuel Sierra. However, during his second season, the club was relegated to the

. After promotion to Ligue 1 in 2023, the first team will leave Saran and play their home games at the Palais des sports d'Orléans.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Kit manufacturers

Kits

Sports Hall information

*Name: – Palais des sports d'Orléans *City: –

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Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2023–24 season''

Technical staff

* Head coach: Jérémy Roussel * Assistant coach: Guillaume Crépain

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ;Joining * Pau Oliveras (CB) from Frontignan Handball * William Accambray (LB) from PAUC Handball * Yann Genty (GK) from Limoges Handballhttps://saran-hb.fr/actu-pro/yann-genty-est-septors/ * Romuald Kollé (LB) from Limoges Handball * Florian Delecroix (RB) from Cesson Rennes MHB * Théo Clarac (LP) from Bordeaux Bruges Lormont Handball * Clément Damiani (RB) from Bordeaux Bruges Lormont Handball ;Leaving * Daniel Mosindi (RB) to Cesson Rennes MHB * Quentin Eymann (RB) to

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* Kevin Taufond (CB) to

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(LB) to Nancy Handball * Lucas Jametal (RB) to

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* Florian Delecroix (RB) to Cesson Rennes MHB

Honours

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**Winners (2):

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**''Runners-up (1):''

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Former club members

Notable former players

* William Accambray (2023–) * Jean-Jacques Acquevillo (2014–2018) * Igor Anić (2016-2017) * Ibrahim Diaw (2016-2018) * Yann Genty (2023–) * Rabah Soudani (2012–2014) * Jef Lettens (2015–2016) * Tom Robyns (2020–) * Adam Yuki Baig (2019-2020) * Vasko Ševaljević (2021-2022) * Nebojša Simović (2021-2022) * Chema Rodríguez (2017–2020) * José Manuel Sierra (2018–2020)

Former coaches

References

External links

* * Handball clubs in France Handball clubs established in 1974 1974 establishments in France {{handball-club-stub