Vénissieux handball is a French
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
club from
Vénissieux
Vénissieux (; Arpitan language, Arpitan: or in the Lyonnais dialect) is a Communes of France, commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in eastern France.
Geography
Vénissieux is located on the sou ...
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Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. The club currently plays in Nationale 2, the fourth tier of French handball.
They are most famous for winning the 1992
French Championship and the 1991 and 1992
French Cup.
The club was founded in 1965 under the name ''l'Amicale Laïque Centre Pasteur'' (ALCP). They have previously been known as ''Handball Vénissieux 85''. After their sporting success in the early 1990s they were faced with economic difficulties,
and after they could not pay a debt of 7 million Franc the club was relegated to the National 1 (third tier) on 14 June 1994.
Famous former players
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Éric Amalou
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Philippe Julia
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Guéric Kervadec
Guéric Kervadec (born 9 January 1972) is a former French team handball player who was part of the France men's national handball team, French team that won the 1995 World Men's Handball Championship, 1995 World Championship; the first time Fran ...
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Denis Lathoud
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Thierry Perreux
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Mirko Bašić
References
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1965 establishments in France
Handball clubs established in 1965
Handball clubs in France
Sport in Lyon