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Montpellier Handball

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Montpellier Handball
Full nameMontpellier Handball
Short nameMHB
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982)
ArenaFDI Stadium & Sud de France Arena
Capacity3,000 - 9,000
PresidentJulien Deljarry
Head coachPatrice Canayer
LeagueLNH Division 1
2022–23LNH Division 1, 2nd of 16
Club colours   
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Home
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Away
Website
Official site

Montpellier Handball, formerly named Montpellier Agglomération Handball, is a professional handball club from Montpellier, France. Montpellier is the only French club to ever have won the EHF Champions League.

Location of Montpellier Handball
Montpellier
Montpellier
Location of Montpellier Handball

Crest, colours, supporters

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Naming history

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Name Period
Cosmos Montpellier 1982–1987
Montpellier Paillade SC 1987–1989
Montpellier Handball 1989–2007
Montpellier Agglomération Handball 2007–2015
Montpellier Handball 2015–present

Kits

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Accomplishments

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  • LNH Division 1: (14)
    • Champions: 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
  • EHF Champions League: (2)
  • Coupe de France: (13)
    • Champions: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16
  • Coupe de la Ligue: (10)
    • Champions: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16
  • Trophée des Champions: (3)
    • Champions: 2010, 2011, 2018
  • Championnat de France N1B
    • First place: 1991–92
  • Championnat de France Nationale 2
    • First place: 1988–89, 1999–00 (rés.)
  • Championnat de France Nationale 3
    • First place: 1987–88
  • Double
Winners (10): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
Winners (1): 2002–03

European record

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Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Champions League Group Stage Spain Logroño 30–31 37–27 1st place
Norway Elverum Håndball 31–24 31–32
North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 28–18 30–24
Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov 28–23 28–24
Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi 26–22 33–27
PO Ukraine HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 36–34 29–29 65–63
1/8 Poland Vive Tauron Kielce 33–28 28–26 61–54
1/4 Hungary MVM Veszprém 23–26 25–30 48–56
2017–18 EHF Champions League Group Stage North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 32–22 27–21 1st place
Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi 28–24 34–23
Ukraine HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 28–20 30–31
Turkey Beşiktaş 36–32 28–33
Portugal Sporting CP 33–29 33–32
Playoffs Spain CB Ademar León 28–24 20–19 48–43
Round of 16 Spain Barça 28–25 28–30 56–55
Quarterfinals Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28–28 29–17 57–45
Semifinal North Macedonia Vardar 28–27
Final France HBC Nantes 32–26
2018–19 EHF Champions League Group Stage North Macedonia Vardar 24–27 27–33 7th place
Belarus Meshkov Brest 23–26 29–23
Poland PGE Vive Kielce 26–29 28–27
Spain Barça 27–35 28–36
Hungary Telekom Veszprém 29–30 19–25
Sweden IFK Kristianstad 29–29 30–31
Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen 27–37 31–26
2019–20 EHF Champions League Group Stage Germany THW Kiel 30–33 32–33 4th place
Hungary Telekom Veszprém 23–18 23–24
Poland PGE Vive Kielce 25–24 29–27
Portugal Porto Sofarma 22–27 23–23
North Macedonia Vardar 31–33 31–27
Belarus Meshkov Brest 30–26 27–25
Ukraine Motor Zaporizhzhia 34–30 26–25
Round of 16 Germany Flensburg Cancelled
2021–22 EHF Champions League Group Stage Hungary Pick Szeged 29–29 29–29 4th place
Denmark Aalborg Håndbold 28–36 31–33
Germany THW Kiel 37–30 26–35
North Macedonia RK Vardar 31–25 25–28
Belarus Meshkov Brest 32–26 31–31
Croatia PPD Zagreb 25–22 24–23
Norway Elverum Håndball 37–30 39–32
Playoffs Portugal FC Porto 29–29 35–27 64–56
Quarterfinals Poland Łomża Vive Kielce 28–31 22–30 50–61

Team

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2024–25 season

Transfers

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Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Former club members

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Notable former players

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Former coaches

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Seasons Coach Country
1994– Patrice Canayer France

References

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