Montpellier handball

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Montpellier handball
Montpellier HB Logo.png
Full name
Founded 1982 (as Cosmos Montpellier)
Club colors blue White
Hall Sud de France Arena
Places 9,000
Trainer Patrice Canayer
league Ligue Nationale de Handball
2019/20
rank 4th Place
Website montpellierhandball.com
home
Away
Greatest successes
National French champion
1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
French cup winner
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 , 2012, 2013, 2016
French league cup winner
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
International EHF Champions League
2003, 2018

Montpellier Handball ( formerly Montpellier Agglomération Handball ) is a French handball club from Montpellier and with currently fourteen championship titles French record champions and with thirteen cup titles also record cup winners.

history

The association was founded in 1982 under the name Cosmos Montpellier . They carried this name until 1987. Between 1987 and 1989 they played under the name Montpellier La Paillade Sport Club . The association has only had its current name since 1989. The professional division played from 2007 to 2015 under the name Montpellier Agglomération Handball (MAHB) and since 2015 under the name Montpellier Handball (MHB). In 1992 Montpellier HB made it to the top French league , in which it is still represented today. Since then, the club has been French champions fourteen times.

In September 2012, the French judiciary opened an investigation against eight players from Montpellier on suspicion of fraud. The team is said to have lost a game in the French league on purpose in order to enable relatives of the players to win high betting winnings of up to 250,000 euros. As a result of the allegations, the players Luka and Nikola Karabatić (both from Pays d'Aix UC HB), Erlend Mamelund (Haslum HK) and Primož Prošt ( Frisch Auf Göppingen ) left the club during the current season.

successes

  • EHF Champions League winner : 2003 , 2018
  • French champion (14): 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
  • French Cup Winner (13): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2016
  • French league cup winner (10): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016
  • French Champions Trophy (3): 2010, 2011 and 2018

Squad 2020/21

No. nationality Surname position size Weight
1 CroatianCroatian Marin Šego TW 194 95
16 FrenchmanFrenchman Kévin Bonnefoi TW 193 113
4th ArgentiniansArgentinians Diego Simonet RM 189 88
5 FrenchmanFrenchman Kyllian Villeminot RM 189 83
7th LithuaniansLithuanians Jonas Truchanovičius RL 203 108
9 FrenchmanFrenchman Hugo Descat LA 183 91
10 SwedeSwede Lucas Pellas LA 184 78
11 GeorgiansGeorgians Giorgi Tskhovrebadze RR 194 80
13 FrenchmanFrenchman Julien Bos RA 188 83
17th FrenchmanFrenchman Benjamin Bataille RM 196 100
18th SwedeSwede Fredric Pettersson KM 202 118
22nd FrenchmanFrenchman Melvyn Richardson RR 190 89
27 PortuguesePortuguese Alexis Borges KM 196 105
28 FrenchmanFrenchman Valentin Porte RA 190 94
32 FrenchmanFrenchman Yanis Lenne RA 188 88
90 PortuguesePortuguese Gilberto Duarte RL 196 109

Well-known former players

The team from Montpellier HB on August 15, 2010 at the Schlecker Cup

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ French handball stars suspected of fraud KN-online, September 26, 2012, accessed on May 3, 2019
  2. ^ Scandal at Montpellier is expanding kicker.de, September 30, 2012, accessed on September 30, 2012
  3. Change perfect: Karabatic contributed to the transfer fee on www.handball-world.com on February 1, 2013, accessed on February 2, 2013