Metz Handball
Metz Handball is a French handball club from Metz, France. Founded in 1965 under the name ASPTT Metz, the club has an exceptional track record with some 40 titles won, which is the all-time record for a French women's team sport. Chaired by Thierry Weizman since 2005, the club is becoming increasingly professional and now aims to play a leading role in Europe.
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Full name | Metz Handball | ||
Short name | Metz HB | ||
Founded | 1967 | ||
Arena | Les Arènes | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
President | Thierry Weizman | ||
Head coach | Emmanuel Mayonnade | ||
League | Ligue Butagaz Énergie | ||
2022–23 | Champions | ||
Club colours | |||
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Website Official site |
The men's team also played in 1st League between 1971 and 1983, and nowadays plays in Nationale 1 (3rd division) since 2020.
History
If Metz Handball has become over the last decades the most prestigious women's handball club in France, it is also one of the oldest institutions playing in the French elite.
The club was created in 1965 under the name of ASPTT Metz, but it will be necessary to wait a few more years to see the creation of a feminine team in 1968, which make the current fame of the club.
Vice-champions of France and semi-finalists of the Cup of Cups in 1977, the men's team gave ASPTT Metz its first prestige. But in the shadow, the women's team progressed year after year until being promoted in 1986 in the best league in France, without ever leaving it since. The coach of the team at that time was French Olivier Krumbholz, who later became the successful national manager for France. Since the promotion, Metz HB has had overwhelming success with 24 National Championships from 1989 to 2022, which is the all-time record in the French Women's First League Championship.
Metz Handball is progressively establishing itself as a strong place in European handball. A first epic saw the Dragonnes reach the semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup in 1999. They then became famous in the EHF Cup where, after several quarter finals, they played a first European final in 2013 but did not manage to win the title. The following seasons, the club gains momentum and shines in the Champions League. Unlucky quarter-finalists in 2017 and 2018, Metz participated for the first time in the Final 4 of Europe's most prestigious competition in 2019, where they finished fourth.
After a season without any trophy in 2021, Metz Handball realizes the most beautiful season of its history. The club won a 24th French Championship title, a 10th French Cup, and became famous in the Ligue Butagaz Énergie with a flawless record: 26 victories in 26 games. For the second time in its history, the Dragonnes participated in the Final 4 of the EHF Champions League and won their first European medal by finishing third.
Name
- 1967–2002: ASPTT Metz
- 2002–2005: Handball Metz Métropole
- 2005–2009: Handball Metz Moselle Lorraine
- 2009–: Metz Handball
Results
- French Women's First League Championship:
- Winners (25): 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
- Runner-up (7): 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2015, 2021
- French Women's Cup Championship:
- Winners (11): 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
- Runner-up (7): 1987, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2018
- French Women's League Cup Championship:
- Winners (7): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
- Runner-up (1): 2004
- European Women's EHF Cup:
- Silver: 2013
- European Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Semi-finalist: 1999, 2004, 2010, 2011
- European EHF Women's Champions League:
- Bronze: 2022
- Fourth place: 2019
- Quarterfinalists: 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023
European record
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2023–24 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B |
Team Esbjerg | 29–27 | ||
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria | 25–38 | |||||
Vipers Kristiansand | ||||||
CS Rapid București | ||||||
RK Krim Mercator | ||||||
Zagłębie Lubin | 42–26 | |||||
Ikast Håndbold | 36–39 |
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the season 2023–24.[2]
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No. | Nat. | Player | Position | Date of Birth | In | Contract until | Previous club |
1 | Camille Depuiset | Goalkeeper | 19 October 1998 | 2022 | 2024 | Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball | |
4 | Alina Grijseels | Center Back | 12 April 1996 | 2023 | 2025 | Borussia Dortmund | |
6 | Chloé Valentini | Left Wing | 19 April 1995 | 2021 | 2024 | ESBF Besançon | |
8 | Anne Mette Hansen | Left Back | 25 August 1994 | 2023 | 2025 | Győri ETO KC | |
10 | Kristina Jørgensen | Center Back | 17 January 1998 | 2022 | 2024 | Viborg HK | |
11 | Mia Brkic | Line Player | 11 May 2003 | 2023 | 2024 | Saint-Amand Handball | |
19 | Louise Burgaard | Right Back | 17 October 1992 | 2019 | 2024 | Ikast Håndbold | |
23 | Zaliata Mlamali | Left Wing | 23 February 2003 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
24 | Emma Jacques | Right Back | 29 November 2001 | 2021 | 2025 | ||
27 | Sarah Bouktit | Line Player | 27 August 2002 | 2021 | 2026 | Fleury Loiret HB | |
28 | Lucie Granier | Right Wing | 11 June 1999 | 2023 | 2025 | ESBF Besançon | |
31 | Djazz Chambertin | Left Back | 24 May 1997 | 2023 | 2024 | OGC Nice Handball | |
42 | Emma Tuccella | Right Wing | 8 January 2004 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
70 | Julie Le Blévec | Right Wing | 27 June 2000 | 2022 | 2024 | Fleury Loiret HB | |
99 | Hatadou Sako | Goalkeeper | 21 October 1995 | 2020 | 2024 | OGC Nice Handball |
Technical staff
- Staff for the 2023–24 season.
- Head coach: Emmanuel Mayonnade
- Assistant coach: Yekaterina Andryushina
- Physicak coach: Nicolas Jarzat
- Goalkeeping coach: Stéphane Leidwanger
- Physiotherapist: Alexandre Pawlowski
- Physiotherapist: Pierre Gilet
- Doctor: Thierry Weizman
Transfers
- Transfers for the 2024-25 season.
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Academy
Training Center
- As of the 2023–24 season.[3]
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Men's team
- As of the 2023–24 season.[4]
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Statistics
Top scorers in the EHF Champions League
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Individual awards in the EHF Champions League
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Notable former players
- Camille Ayglon
- Paule Baudouin
- Chloé Bulleux
- Cléopâtre Darleux
- Béatrice Edwige
- Laura Flippes
- Laura Glauser
- Tamara Horacek
- Manon Houette
- / Melinda Jacques-Szabó
- Nina Kamto Njitam
- Corinne Krumbholz
- Laurisa Landre
- Amandine Leynaud
- Marion Limal
- Stéphanie Ludwig
- Nodjialem Myaro
- Claudine Mendy
- Gnonsiane Niombla
- Allison Pineau
- Katty Piejos
- Linda Pradel
- Sophie Remiatte
- Maakan Tounkara
- Isabelle Wendling
- Grâce Zaadi
- Justina Praça
- Bruna de Paula
- Klaudija Bubalo
- Kristina Franić (Elez)
- Ivana Kapitanović
- Ćamila Mičijević
- Vesna Horaček
- Lenka Černá
- Lara González
- Xenia Smits
- Andrea Farkas
- Marina Vukčević (Rajčić)
- Debbie Bont
- Yvette Broch
- Jurswailly Luciano
- Ekaterina Andryushina
- Valeriia Maslova
- / Irina Popova
- Zita Galic
- Kristina Liščević
- Tatjana Medved
- Svetlana Ognjenović
- Slađana Pop-Lazić
- Ana Gros
- Olga Peredery
Head coach history
Claude Guillois | 1980–1985 | |
Olivier Krumbholz | 1985–1995 | |
Joël Monasso | 1995–1996 | |
Patrick Passemard | 2003 | |
Bertrand François | 1996–2003; 2004–2006; 2009–2010 | |
Dragan Majstrorovic | 2010 | |
Sébastien Gardillou | 2010–2012 | |
Sandor Rac | 2006–2009; 2012–2015 | |
Jérémy Roussel[8] | 2014–2015 | |
Emmanuel Mayonnade | 2015– |
Stadium
- Name: Les Arènes
- City: Metz
- Capacity: 5,000
- Address: 5 avenue Louis-le-Débonnaire 57000
- Played in the arena since: 2001-
Kit manufacturers
References
- "European record - Metz Handball". EHF. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- "L'équipe". metz-handball.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- "NATIONALE 1F". Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- "NATIONALE 1M". Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- "Metz Handball". European Handball Federation.
- "All-Star team gets fresh look in 2019". eurohandball.com. 10 May 2019.
- "New All-Star Team features three fresh names and returning Neagu". eurohandball.com. 5 June 2020.
- "New coach in Metz as Roussel has responded to call of Chartres". handball-world. Retrieved 2021-05-02.