Metz Handball

Metz Handball
Full name	Metz Handball
Founded	1967
Arena	Metz Arena
Capacity	5,000
Head coach	Emmanuel Mayonnade
League	French Women's First League
2015-2016	1st
Home Away
Website Official site

Metz HB (Metz Handball) is the name of 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.

The women's team have won a total of 19 French Championships (all time record), seven 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 19 National Championships from 1989–2014, which is the all time record in the French Women's First League Championship.

Results

• French Women's First League Championship:
  • Winners (19): 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014
  • Runner-up (6): 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2015
• French Women's Cup Championship:
  • Winners (6): 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2013
  • Runner-up (6): 1987, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2009
• 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

Team

Current squad

Transfers

Transfers for the 2016-17 season

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