Montpellier Handball, formerly named Montpellier Agglomération Handball, is a handball club from Montpellier,

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. Montpellier is the only French club to ever have won the

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men ...

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Kits

Accomplishments

LNH Division 1 LNH Division 1, doing business as Starligue and currently known as Liqui Moly Starligue for sponsorship reasons, is the premier men's professional handball league in France. It is administered by the Ligue Nationale de Handball, under delegation ...

: (14) ** Champions: 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10,

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, 2011–12 *

: (2) ** Champions: 2002–03, 2017–18 *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

: (13) ** Champions: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16 * Coupe de la Ligue: (10) ** Champions: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16 *

Trophée des Champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the super cups found in many other countries. His ...

: (3) ** Champions: 2010, 2011, 2018 *Championnat de France N1B ** First place: 1991–92 *Championnat de France Nationale 2 ** First place: 1988–89, 1999–00 (rés.) *Championnat de France Nationale 3 ** First place: 1987–88 *

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: Winners (10): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 *

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: Winners (1): 2002–03

European record

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 12 Charles Bolzinger * 16 Kévin Bonnefoi * 92 Rémi Desbonnet ;Left Wingers *9 Hugo Descat Injury icon 2

* 10 Lucas Pellas ;Right Wingers * 32

Yanis Lenne Yanis Lenne (born 29 June 1996) is a French handball player who plays for Montpellier Handball and the France men's national handball team, French national handball team. He participated in the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship, 2021 World C ...

;Line players * 3

Lucas Moscariello Lucas Dario Moscariello (born 19 February 1992) is an Argentine handball player for BM Benidorm and the Argentine national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was ...

* 19 Arthur Lenne * 93 Veron Načinović ;Left Backs * 22 Karl Konan Injury icon 2

* 25 Andreas Holst Jensen ;Central Backs *4

Diego Simonet Diego Esteban Simonet (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team. He represented Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Ol ...

*5 Kyllian Villeminot * 20 Staš Skube ;Right Backs * 11 Giorgi Tskhovrebadze * 13 Julien Bos * 18 Marko Panić * 28 Valentin Porte ( c)

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ; Joining *

Bogdan Radivojević Bogdan Radivojević (; born 2 March 1993) is a Serbian handball player for SC Pick Szeged and the Serbian national team. Club career Radivojević made his senior debut for Partizan in the 2010–11 season, as the team won the league title. He l ...

(RW) ''(from

SC Pick Szeged SC Pick Szeged is a Hungary, Hungarian handball club from Szeged, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I and the EHF Champions League. The current name of the club is OTP Bank - Pick Szeged due to sponsorshi ...

)'' ? ; Leaving * Hugo Descat (LW) ''(to Telekom Veszprém)'' * Julien Bos (RB) ''(to HBC Nantes)''

Former club members

Notable former players

* Joël Abati (2007–2009) * William Accambray (2005–2014) * Benjamin Afgour (2017–2020) * Igor Anić (2003–2007) * Grégory Anquetil (1989–2007) *

Arnaud Bingo Arnaud Bingo (born 12 October 1987) is a French handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a b ...

(2016–2019) * Sébastien Bosquet (2003–2005) *

Cédric Burdet Cédric Burdet (born 15 November 1974 in Belley, Ain) is a retired French handball player who played most of his career in French handball team Montpellier HB until his retirement in 2009 (with a national championship victory). His career wit ...

(1995–2003, 2006–2009) * Laurent Busselier (1996–2000) * Patrick Cazal (1994–1999) * Hugo Descat (2019–2023) *

Didier Dinart Didier Dinart (born 18 January 1977) is a French retired handball player and current coach of US Ivry Handball. During his playing days, he played for the internationally renowned BM Ciudad Real handball team in Spain (where he was partner to, am ...

(1996–2003) * Adrien Dipanda (2006–2011) * Frédéric Dole (2004–2007) *

Ludovic Fabregas Ludovic Fabregas (born 1 July 1996) is a French professional handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the French national team. Individual awards *All-Star Pivot at the Olympic Games: 2020 *All-Star Pivot of the World Championship: 2021, 2023 ...

(2011–2018) *

Jérôme Fernandez Jérôme Fernandez (born 7 March 1977) is a retired French handball player. He was a captain of the France men's national handball team and currently holds the record for the number of goals for France's national team (1443 up to January 9, 2020) ...

(1999–2002) * Vincent Gérard (2006–2008, 2015–2019) * Andrej Golić (1992–2006) * Mathieu Grébille (2008–2020) * Michaël Guigou (1999–2019) * Samuel Honrubia (2001–2012) * François-Xavier Houlet (1994–1996) * Franck Junillon (1987–2008) * Luka Karabatić (2007–2012) *

Nikola Karabatić Nikola Karabatić (born 11 April 1984) is a French handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team. With the French national handball team, he has won three Olympic gold medals (Summer Olympics of 2008, 2012 and 2020), four ...

(2000–2005, 2009–2013) * Daouda Karaboué (1993–2000, 2004–2010) * Geoffroy Krantz (2000–2007) *

(2019–) * Pascal Mahé (1992–1996) *

Bruno Martini Bruno Ludovic Jean Roger Martini (25 January 1962 – 20 October 2020) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His professional career was closely associated with Auxerre, for which he played 13 years. Having won more t ...

(2000–2003) * Olivier Maurelli (1995–1996) * Philippe Médard (1987–1989) *

Thierry Omeyer Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976) is a retired French handball goalkeeper. A member of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team: world champion (five times), European champion (three times) and Olympic c ...

(2000–2006, 2013–2014) * Valentin Porte (2016–) * Laurent Puigségur (1990–2006) *

Melvyn Richardson Melvyn Richardson (born 31 January 1997) is a French handball player for FC Barcelona and the French national team. He is the son of retired French handball player Jackson Richardson. Achievements Club *EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2018 ...

(2017–2021) * Mickaël Robin (2010–2014) * Arnaud Siffert (2013–2016) *

Stéphane Stoecklin Stéphane Stoecklin (born 12 January 1969 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French handball player and World champion. He received bronze medals with the French national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in BarcelonaMarc Wiltberger (1993–1996) * Semir Zuzo (2003–2006) * Abdelkrim Bendjemil (1990–1992) * Rabah Gherbi (1996–1999, 2001–2003) *

(2021–) *

(2013–) * Marko Panić (2021–) * Felipe Borges (2013–2016) * David Juříček (2004–2011) *

Jan Sobol Jan Sobol (born 22 May 1984) is a Czech handball player, currently playing for Dijon Bourgogne HB and the Czech national handball team. References External links EHF Profile 1984 births Living people Czech male handball players Spo ...

(2007–2010) *

Venio Losert Venio Losert (born 25 July 1976) is a retired Croatian handball player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Egypt. Losert was born in Zavidovići, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, grew up in Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia ...

(2014–2015) *

Petar Metličić Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976) is a retired Croatian handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national teamVeron Načinović (2021–) * Marin Šego (2019–2022) * Damien Kabengele (1996–2006) * Mohamed Mamdouh (2017–2019) * Cristian Malmagro (2012–2013) * Balázs Laluska (2014–2015) * Uroš Vilovski (2012–2013) *

Ólafur Guðmundsson Ólafur Andrés Guðmundsson (born 13 May 1990) is an Icelandic handball player for GC Amicitia Zürich and the Icelandic national team. He represented Iceland at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handba ...

(2021–2022) * Geir Sveinsson (1995–1997) * Jonas Truchanovičius (2016–2021) * Erlend Mamelund (2012–2013) * Alexis Borges (2020–2021) * Gilberto Duarte (2019–2022) *

Ion Mocanu Ion Mocanu (born 8 September 1962) is a Romanian former handballer and current coach. He played in France and when he came back in Romania, he continued handball at Dinamo. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Ho ...

(1994–1995) * Sorin Toacsen (1996–2000, 2003–2004) * Igor Chumak (1992–1996) * Jure Dolenec (2013–2017) *

Matej Gaber Matej Gaber (born 22 July 1991) is a Slovenian handball player who plays for SC Pick Szeged and the Slovenian national team Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene l ...

(2013–2016) * Dragan Gajić (2011–2016) *

Vid Kavtičnik Vid Kavtičnik (born 24 May 1984) is a retired Slovenian handball player. With Slovenia, he competed at the 2004 and 2016 Summer Olympics. References External linksVid Kavtičnikat Ligue Nationale de Handball The Ligue Nationale de Handball ( ...

(2009–2019) * Borut Mačkovšek (2014–2015) * Primož Prošt (2011–2012) * Miha Žvižej (2016–2017) * Mladen Bojinović (2002–2012) * Mitar Markez (2010–2011) * Rastko Stefanovič (2002–2004) * Nebojša Stojinović (2008–2010) * Nikola Portner (2016–2020) * Richard Štochl (2010–2012) * Martin Frändesjö (2000–2001) * Lucas Pellas (2020–) *

Fredric Pettersson Fredric Pettersson (born 11 February 1989) is a Swedish handball player for Fenix Toulouse and the Swedish national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25t ...

(2018–2021) * Karl Wallinius (2021–2022) * Aymen Hammed (2009–2011) *

Wissem Hmam Wissem is a unisex Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, ...

(2005–2014) *

Marouen Maggaiz Marouen Maggaiz ( ar, مروان المقايز; born 28 July 1983) is a Tunisian handball goalkeeper for CSM București and the Tunisian national team. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the G ...

(2006–2008) *

Heykel Megannem Heykel Megannem (born 28 February 1977) is a Tunisian handball player who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament where Tunisia lost in the quarterfinals. He was also the flag bearer of the Tunisia sports team at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...

(2007–2009) * Sobhi Sioud (2001–2007) *

Mohamed Soussi Mohamed Soussi ( ar, محمد السوسي; born 17 January 1993) is a Tunisian handball player for Montpellier Handball and the Tunisian national team. He participated on the Tunisia national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ...

(2017–2020) * Issam Tej (2006–2015) * Aymen Toumi (2015–2018)

Former coaches

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montpellier Handball French handball clubs Sport in Montpellier