Metz Handball

Metz Handball
Full name	Metz Handball
Founded	1967
Arena	Metz Arena
Capacity	5,000
President	Thierry Weizman
Head coach	Emmanuel Mayonnade
League	French Women's First League
2017-2018	1st
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

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.

The women's team have won a total of 22 French Championships (all time record), eight 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 22 National Championships from 1989–2018, which is the all time record in the French Women's First League Championship.

Results

French Women's First League Championship:
- Winners (22): 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Runner-up (6): 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2015
French Women's Cup Championship:
- Winners (8): 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017
- 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

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club

2018-19	Champions League	Group Matches (Group A)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
			Odense Håndbold
			Larvik HK

Team

Squad for the season 2018-19

Goalkeepers

Ivana Kapitanović
01 Laura Glauser
24 Ophelie Tonds

Wingers
LW

11 Manon Houette
18 Laura Kanor
27 Marion Maubon

RW

30 Jurswailly Luciano
37 Ilya Belgareh

Line players

Astride N'Gouan
Sharon Nooitmeer
14 Anna Seguin
24 Béatrice Edwige

Back players
LB

Gnonsiane Niombla
09 Orlane Kanor
22 Xenia Smits
33 Ornella Dos Reis

CB

05 Daphne Gautschi
07 Grace Zaadi
10 Meline Nocandy

RB

Aleksandra Zych
08 Laura Flippes

Transfers

Transfers for the 2018-19 season

Joining

Ivana Kapitanović (GK) (from RK Podravka)
Astride N'Gouan (PV) (from Brest Bretagne)
Gnonsiane Niombla (CB) (from CSM București )
Aleksandra Zych (RB) (from Vistal Gdynia)

Leaving

Laurisa Landre (P) (to Toulon Handball)
Marina Vukčević (GK) (to Budućnost)
Ana Gros (RB) (to Brest Bretagne Handball)
Kyra Csapó (GK) (to Dunaújváros)
Marie-Hélène Sajka (loan)

References

External links

Official website

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