USAM Nîmes
| Full name | Union Sportive des Anciens du Mont Duplan Nîmes Gard | ||
| Abbreviation (s) | USAM | ||
| Founded | 1960 | ||
| Club colors | green white | ||
| Hall | La Parnasse, Nîmes | ||
| Places | 4191 | ||
| president | David Tebib | ||
| Trainer | Franck Maurice | ||
| league | Ligue Nationale de Handball (LNH) | ||
| 2019/20 | |||
| rank | 3rd place | ||
| Website | http://www.usam-nimesgard.fr | ||
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| Greatest successes | |||
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French champion 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993 French cup winner 1985, 1986, 1994 |
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USAM Nîmes Gard is a French sports club from Nîmes , founded in 1960 , whose handball team has been back in the 1st French League (LNH) since 2013.
The club experienced its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when it won the French championship four times (1988, 1990, 1991, 1993) and three cup wins (1985, 1986, 1994). In the EHF Champions League 1993/94 USAM failed in the group stage by only narrowly reaching the finals. In the 1994/95 European Cup Winners' Cup , they failed in the first round. It was the last international appearance to date.
Former known players
- Alain Portes
- Christian Gaudin
- Guéric Kervadec
- Frédéric Volle
- Stéphane Stoecklin
- Bruno Martini
- Zlatko Saračević
- Heykel Megannem
- Laurent Puigsegur
Previous trainers
- Franck Maurice (since 2014)
- Jérôme Chauvet (2011-2014)
- Laurent Puigsegur (2009-2011)
- Alain Portes (2006-2009)
- Christophe Mazel (2003-2006)
- Gilles Baron (1996-2003)
- Boro Golić
- Jean-Paul Martinet (1987-1994), 4 championships (1988,1990,1991,1993), 1 cup victory (1994)
- Alain Jourdan and Robert Durand