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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.

Metz Handball
Full nameMetz Handball
Short nameMetz HB
Founded1967
ArenaLes Arènes
Capacity4,500 / 5,000
PresidentThierry Weizman
Head coachEmmanuel Mayonnade
LeagueLigue Butagaz Énergie
2022–23Champions
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Home
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Website
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The men's team also played in 1st League between 1971 and 1983, and nowadays plays in Nationale 1 (3rd division) since 2020.

Location of Metz Handball
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Location of Metz Handball

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

Metz wins Coupe de France 2017, against Issy Paris Hand
  • 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
    • Runners-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
    • Runners-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
    • Runners-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

Record[1]
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2023–24EHF Champions LeagueGroup stage
Group B		 Team Esbjerg36–3129–271st
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria25–2425–38
Vipers Kristiansand31–2935–37
CS Rapid București33–2231–34
RK Krim Mercator40–3122–28
Zagłębie Lubin42–2624–30
Ikast Håndbold36–3935–34
Quarterfinals CSM București29–2324–2756–47
Semifinals SG BBM Bietigheim

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023-24 season[2]
Squad information
No.Nat.PlayerPositionDate of BirthInContract untilPrevious club
1 Camille DepuisetGoalkeeper19 October 199820222025 Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball
4 Alina GrijseelsCenter Back12 April 199620232025 Borussia Dortmund
6 Chloé ValentiniLeft Wing19 April 199520212027 ESBF Besançon
8 Anne Mette HansenLeft Back25 August 199420232025 Győri ETO KC
10 Kristina JørgensenCenter Back17 January 199820222024 Viborg HK
11 Mia BrkicLine Player11 May 200320232026 Saint-Amand Handball
19 Louise BurgaardRight Back17 October 199220192024 Ikast Håndbold
23 Zaliata MlamaliLeft Wing23 February 200320232025
24 Emma JacquesRight Back29 November 200120212025
27 Sarah BouktitLine Player27 August 200220212026 Fleury Loiret HB
28 Lucie GranierRight Wing11 June 199920232025 ESBF Besançon
31 Djazz ChambertinLeft Back24 May 199720232025 OGC Nice Handball
42 Emma TuccellaRight Wing8 January 200420232024
70 Julie Le BlévecRight Wing27 June 200020222024 Fleury Loiret HB
99 Hatadou SakoGoalkeeper21 October 199520202024 OGC Nice Handball

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Technical staff

Staff for the 2023–24 season

Academy

Training Center

As of the 2023–24 season[3]

Men's team

As of the 2023–24 season[4]

Statistics

Individual awards in the EHF Champions League

SeasonPlayerAward
2018–19[6] Manon HouetteAll–Star Team (Best Left Wing)
Emmanuel MayonnadeAll–Star Team (Best Coach)
2019–20[7] Emmanuel MayonnadeAll–Star Team (Best Coach)

Notable former players

Head coach history

Claude Guillois1980–1985
Olivier Krumbholz1985–1995
Joël Monasso1995–1996
Patrick Passemard2003
Bertrand François1996–2003; 2004–2006; 2009–2010
Dragan Majstrorovic2010
Sébastien Gardillou2010–2012
Sandor Rac2006–2009; 2012–2015
Jérémy Roussel[8]2014–2015
Emmanuel Mayonnade2015–

Stadium

Metz Arena in 2010
  • Name: Les Arènes
  • City: Metz
  • Capacity: 5,000
  • Address: 5 avenue Louis-le-Débonnaire 57000
  • Played in the arena since: 2001-

Kit manufacturers

References

External links

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