Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball explained

See also: JDA Dijon Basket.

Clubname:	Jeanne d'Arc Bourgogne Dijon Handball
Fullname:	Jeanne d'Arc Bourgogne Dijon Handball
Short Name:	JDA
Founded:	1996
Ground:	Palais des Sports de Dijon, Dijon
Capacity:	3,100
Chairman:	Thierry Degorce
Manager:	Anthony Favier
League:	French Women's First League
Season:	2022–23
Position:	5th
Website:	https://hand.jdadijon.com/
Colour1:	black
Colour2:	pink

Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball (also known as JDA Dijon Handball, formerly Cercle Dijon Bourgogne Handball) is a French handball club from Dijon, France. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2014 and they play their home matches in Palais des Sports de Dijon. Current head coach is Anthony Favier.

The club became in 2018, affiliated with the male basketball team JDA Dijon Basket and changed the official club name.^[1]

Summer 2022, both clubs changed their names again, adding "Bourgogne" to them. The club renamed itself to JDA Bourgogne Dijon Handball.

Results

• French Women's First League Championship

• • Third place (3): 1993, 2002, 2003
• Division 2 Féminine:
  • Winners (2): 1987, 2014
  • Runner-up (1): 1998
• Coupe de France:
  • Runner-up (3): 2002, 2007, 2013
• Coupe de la Ligue:
  • Runner-up (2): 2003, 2007
  • Semifinalist (1): 2008
• Women's EHF Cup

• • Silver Medalist: 1993
  • Semifinalist: 1994
• Women's EHF Challenge Cup

• • Silver Medalist: 2005

Team

Current squad

Squad for the season 2023-24^[2]

Goalkeepers

• 1 Petra Marinovic
• 12 Kristy Zimmerman
• 24 Manuella Dos Reis

Wingers

LW

• 17 Alice Mazel
• 21 Nina Dury

RW

• 7 Maureen Gayet
• 22 Rosario Urban

Line players

• 23 Lilou Pintat
• 25 Sarah Valero Jodar
• 50 Enola Henry

Back players

LB

• 2 Stine Nørklit Lønborg
• 4 Claire Vautier
• 13 Charlène Gurrier

CB

• 18 Ilona Di Rocco
• 89 Nina Perret

RB

• 9 Manon Gravelle
• 93 Celine Sivertsen

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Nadia Mielke-Offendal (CB) (from Chambray Touraine Handball)
• Ann-Cathrin Giegerich (GK) (from ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica)

Leaving

Technical staff

Staff for the 2023-24 season.

• Head coach: Anthony Favier
• Assistant coach: Jean-Raphaël Soupault
• Physical coach: Pierre Terzi
• Physical coach: Vianney Varanguin
• Sporting director: Christophe Maréchal

Personnel

• President :
  • Michel Amico (1994–2014)
  • Thierry Degorce (2018–)
• Vice-president : Clément Forgeneuf (?–?)
• Coach :
  • Christophe Maréchal (? –2019)
  • Christophe Mazel (2019–)
• Assistant coach :
  • Christophe Maréchal (? –2022)
  • Anthony Favier (2022–)
• Academy director : Anthony Favier
• Sporting director : Christophe Maréchal

Notable former players

• Béatrice Edwige (2009–2014)
• Marie Prouvensier (2010–2016)
• Florence Sauval (1994–1996)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historique du Cercle Dijon Bourgogne. 18 September 2021. Cercle Dijon Bourgogne Handball. fr.
2. Web site: Effectif. hand.jdadijon.com. 18 September 2021.