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.

Metz Handball
Full nameMetz Handball
Short nameMetz
Founded1967
ArenaMetz Arena
Capacity5,000
PresidentThierry Weizman
Head coachEmmanuel Mayonnade
LeagueFrench Women's First League
2018-20191st
Club colours   
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Away
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
Metz wins Coupe de France 2017, against Issy Paris Hand.
  • 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
Record[1]
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2020–21 Champions League Group stage
(Group A)		 Rostov-Don 26–30 27–26
Vipers Kristiansand 28–29
Team Esbjerg 31–29 28–25
Ferencvárosi TC 30–29 30–32
CSM București 26–31
SG BBM Bietigheim 36–27
RK Krim 33–27 26–22

Team

Current squad

Squad for the season 2020-21[2]

Transfers
Transfers for the 2021–22 season

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
2018–19[3] Manon Houette All–Star Team (Best Left Wing)
Emmanuel Mayonnade All–Star Team (Best Coach)
2019–20[4] Emmanuel Mayonnade All–Star Team (Best Coach)

Notable former players

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

Kit manufacturers

References
  1. "European record - Metz Handball". EHF. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. "L'équipe". metz-handball.com. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. "All-Star team gets fresh look in 2019". eurohandball.com. 10 May 2019.
  4. "New All-Star Team features three fresh names and returning Neagu". eurohandball.com. 5 June 2020.
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