Metz Handball
Sports club in Metz, France
Metz Handball is a French handball club from Metz, France. Founded in 1965 under the name ASPTT Metz, the club has an exceptional track record with some 50 titles won, which is the all-time record for a French women's team sport. Chaired by Thierry Weizman since 2005, the team has consistently played in the EHF Champions League and reached the Final4 five times, peaking with the EHF Champions League trophy in 2026.
The men's team also played in 1st League between 1971 and 1983, and nowadays plays in Nationale 1 (3rd division) since 2020.
01History
Over the past few decades, Metz Handball has become the most prestigious women's handball club in France. It is also one of the oldest institutions playing in the French elite.
The club was created in 1965 under the name of ASPTT Metz, but it wasn't until 1968, with the creation of the women's team, that the club became well-known in the sport.
Second-place finishers in France and semi-finalists in the Cup of Cups in 1977, the men's team gave ASPTT Metz its first prestige on a major stage. But in the shadow of the men's team, the women's team progressed year after year until being promoted in 1986 to France's top tier, without being relegated since. The coach of the team at that time was Frenchman Olivier Krumbholz, who later became the successful national manager for France. Since the promotion, Metz HB has had overwhelming success with 24 National Championships from 1989 to 2022, which is the all-time record in the French Women's First League Championship.
Metz Handball is progressively establishing itself as a strong place in European handball. A first epic saw the Dragonnes reach the semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup in 1999. They then became famous in the EHF Cup where, after several quarter finals, they played a first European final in 2013 but did not manage to win the title. The following seasons, the club gains momentum and shines in the Champions League. Unlucky quarter-finalists in 2017 and 2018, Metz participated for the first time in the Final 4 of Europe's most prestigious competition in 2019, where they finished fourth.
After a season without any trophy in 2021, Metz Handball won a 24th French Championship title, a 10th French Cup, and had a flawless record in the Ligue Butagaz Énergie: 26 victories in 26 games. For the second time in its history, the Dragonnes participated in the Final 4 of the Women's EHF Champions League and won their first European medal by finishing third. 4 years later they won the tournament for the first time.
Name
- 1967-2002: ASPTT Metz
- 2002-2005: Handball Metz Métropole
- 2005-2009: Handball Metz Moselle Lorraine
- 2009-: Metz Handball
02Results
- National competitions
- French Championship:
- Winners (27): 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Runners-up (9): 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2015, 2021, 2026
- French Cup:
- Winners (14): 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
- Runners-up (7): 1987, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2018
- French League Cup:
- Winners (8): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
- Runners-up (1): 2004
- International competitions
- EHF Cup (C3):
- Silver: 2013
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup (C2):
- Semi-finalist: 1999, 2004, 2010, 2011
- EHF Champions League (C1):
- Gold: 2026
- Bronze: 2022
- Fourth place: 2019, 2024, 2025
- Quarterfinalists: 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023
03European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2026-27 | EHF Champions League | Group stage Group B |
Győri Audi ETO KC | 1st | ||
| Odense Håndbold | ||||||
| CS Gloria Bistrița | 40-26 | |||||
| HC Podravka Vegeta | ||||||
| Storhamar HE | 23-32 | |||||
| HSG Blomberg-Lippe | ||||||
| Nykøbing Falster |
04Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2026-27 season
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2026-27 season
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Technical staff
- Staff for the 2026-27 season
- Head coach: Emmanuel Mayonnade
- Assistant coach: Yekaterina Andryushina
- Physical coach: Samuel Breton
- Goalkeeping coach: Vincent Gérard
- Physiotherapist: Alexandre Pawlowski
- Physiotherapist: Pierre Gillet
- Physiotherapist: Charles Balanger
- Doctor: Thierry Weizman
- Video analyst: Edgar Le Denn
05Academy
Training Center
- As of the 2026-27 season
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Men's team
- As of the 2026-27 season
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06Statistics
Top scorers in the EHF Champions League
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Individual awards in the EHF Champions League
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07Notable former players
Retired numbers
| Metz Handball | |||||||
| No. | Player | Position | Tenure | Seasons | |||
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| 13 | Isabelle Wendling | Line Player | 1989-2010 | 21 | |||
- Camille Ayglon
- Paule Baudouin
- Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin
- Chloé Bulleux
- Cléopatre Darleux
- Béatrice Edwige
- Laura Schneider
- Laura Glauser
- Astride N'Gouan
- Nathalie Selambarom
- Gervaise Pierson
- Orlane Kanor
- Tamara Horacek
- Méline Nocandy
- Leila Lejeune
- Manon Houette
- / Melinda Jacques-Szabó
- Nina Kamto Njitam
- Corinne Krumbholz
- Laurisa Landre
- Amandine Leynaud
- Marion Limal
- Stéphanie Ludwig
- Nodjialem Myaro
- Claudine Mendy
- Gnonsiane Niombla
- Allison Pineau
- Katty Piejos
- Estelle Vogein
- Linda Pradel
- Sophie Remiatte
- Maakan Tounkara
- Delphine Guehl
- Isabelle Wendling
- Grâce Zaadi
- Hatadou Sako
- Camille Depuiset
- Emma Jacques
- Djazz Chambertin
- Anne-Emmanuelle Augustine
- Sarah Bouktit
- Justina Praça
- Stelvia Pascoal
- Bruna de Paula
- Adriana Cardoso
- Klaudija Bubalo
- Kristina Franić (Elez)
- Ivana Kapitanović
- Ćamila Mičijević
- Ivana Lovric
- Vesna Horaček
- Lenka Černá
- Pavla Poznarová
- Lenka Kysučanová
- Louise Burgaard
- Kristina Jørgensen
- Anne Mette Hansen
- Lara González
- Xenia Smits
- Alina Grijseels
- Andrea Farkas
- Viktória Csáki
- Zsófi Szemerey
- Marina Vukčević (Rajčić)
- Debbie Bont
- Yvette Broch
- Jurswailly Luciano
- Ekaterina Andryushina
- Valeriia Maslova
- / Irina Popova
- Zita Galic
- Kristina Liščević
- Tatjana Medved
- Svetlana Ognjenović
- Slađana Pop-Lazić
- Ana Gros
- Tjasa Stanko
- Olga Peredery
- Carmen Nițescu
- Johanna Bundsen
- Tyra Axnér
08Head coach history
| Claude Guillois | 1980-1985 | |
| Olivier Krumbholz | 1985-1995 | |
| Joël Monasso | 1995-1996 | |
| Patrick Passemard | 2003 | |
| Bertrand François | 1996-2003; 2004-2006; 2009-2010 | |
| Dragan Majstrorovic | 2010 | |
| Sébastien Gardillou | 2010-2012 | |
| Sandor Rac | 2006-2009; 2012-2014 | |
| Jérémy Roussel | 2014-2015 | |
| Emmanuel Mayonnade | 2015, |
09Stadium
- Name: Les Arènes
- City: Metz
- Capacity: 4,500 / 5,000
- Address: 5 avenue Louis-le-Débonnaire 57000
- Played in the arena since: 2001-
Sources and credits
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- Coupe de France 2016-17 Metz vainqueur 2017-05-27.jpg by Wenflou, CC0
- Metz 2010 4.1.jpg by EPei, CC BY-SA 3.0
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