Metz Handball
Metz HB (Metz Handball) is a French handball club from Metz, capital of Lorraine. The club has teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is the most successful in French handball since the beginning of the 1990s. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League.
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Full name | Metz Handball | ||
Short name | Metz | ||
Founded | 1967 | ||
Arena | Metz Arena | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
President | Thierry Weizman | ||
Head coach | Emmanuel Mayonnade | ||
League | French Women's First League | ||
2018-2019 | 1st | ||
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Website Official site |
The women's team have won a total of 23 French Championships (all-time record), nine French Cup Championships (all-time record), eight French League Cup Championships (all-time record), and was European Women's EHF Cup runner-up in 2013.
History
The club was established in 1967 under the name of ASPTT Metz, but it was not until 1986 the women's team was promoted to the best league in France. Manager of the team at that time was French Olivier Krumbholz, who later became national manager for France. The club was renamed twice as Handball Metz Métropole in 2002 and later as Metz Handball in 2009 (current name).
Since the promotion, Metz HB has had overwhelming success with 23 National Championships from 1989–2019, which is the all-time record in the French Women's First League Championship.
Name
- 1967–2002: ASPTT Metz
- 2002–2005: Handball Metz Métropole
- 2005–2009: Handball Metz Moselle Lorraine
- 2009–: Metz Handball
Results
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- French Women's First League Championship:
- Winners (23): 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Runner-up (6): 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2015
- French Women's Cup Championship:
- Winners (9): 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019
- 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:
- Bronze: 1999, 2004, 2010, 2011
- European EHF Women's Champions League:
- Quarterfinalists: 2012, 2017, 2018
- Fourth place: 2019
European record
Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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2020–21 | Champions League | Group stage (Group A) |
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26–30 | 27–26 | |
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28–29 | |||||
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31–29 | 28–25 | ||||
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30–29 | 30–32 | ||||
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26–31 | |||||
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36–27 | |||||
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33–27 | 26–22 | ||||
Team
Current squad
Squad for the season 2020-21[2]
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2021–22 season
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Technical staff
Staff for the 2018-19 season.
Head coach: Emmanuel Mayonnade
Assistant coach: Yekaterina Andryushina
Team Leader: Dragan Majstorovic
Goalkeeping coach: Alexandra Hector
Physicak coach: Bertrand Barbier
Physiotherapist: : Jacques Levy
Individual awards in the EHF Champions League
Season | Player | Award |
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2018–19[3] | ![]() |
All–Star Team (Best Left Wing) |
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All–Star Team (Best Coach) | |
2019–20[4] | ![]() |
All–Star Team (Best Coach) |
Notable former players
Stadium
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- Name: Metz Arena
- 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 29 June 2020.
- "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.