ESBF Besançon explained

Clubname:	ESBF Besançon
Fullname:	Entente sportive Besançon féminin
Founded:	1970
Ground:	Palais des sports Ghani-Yalouz
Capacity:	3,380
Chairman:	Daniel Hournon
Manager:	Sébastien Mizoule
League:	French Women's First League
Season:	2022–23
Position:	6th
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Website:	https://www.esbf.fr/
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ESBF Besançon is a French women's handball club based in Besançon. They play in the French Women's First League.

Honours

• French Women's First League

• • Gold: 1988, 1998, 2001, 2003
  • Bronze: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2018
• Coupe de France:
  • Winner: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
• Coupe de la Ligue:
  • Winner: 2003, 2004
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup

• • Winner: 2003

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

• 1 Tonje Haug Lerstad
• 12 Florence Bonnet

Wingers

RW

• 14 Ema Cordier
• 31 Sabrina Zazai

LW

• 5 Suzanne Wajoka
• 15 Kiara Tshimanga

Line players

• 23 Pauline Robert
• 88 Camille Mandret

Back players:

LB

• 19 Ilona Di Rocco
• 24 Charité Mumbongo

CB

• 7 Alizée Frécon-Demouge
• 18 Juliette Mairot

RB

• 11 Celine Solstad
• 14 Malin Sandberg

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Charité Mumbongo (LB) (from Viborg HK)
• Ilona Di Rocco (CB) (from JDA Dijon Handball)
• Celine Solstad (RB) (from Fana Handball)
• Camille Mandret (LP) (from SønderjyskE Damehåndbold)

Leaving

• Melina Peillon (RW)
• Louise Cusset (PV)
• Sakura Hauge (GK)
• Nada Ćorović (CB)

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021–22	EHF European League	Round 3	CB Atlético Guardés	34–23	30–24	64–47
		Group stage (Group A)	Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE	34–24	30–38	align=center rowspan=3	2nd place
				32–39	27–34
			RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	28–27	31–26
		Quarterfinals	SG BBM Bietigheim	23–29	20-30	43–59
2022–23	EHF European League	Round 3		32–29	27–24	59–53
		Group stage (Group A)	Molde Elite	35–32	41–29	align=center rowspan=3	3rd place
				21–31	27–30
			Siófok KC	30–21	18–20

Former notable players

• Veronique Pecqueux-Rolland
• Valerie Nicolas
• Joanne Dudziak
• Sophie Herbrecht
• Marion Limal
• Raphaelle Tervel
• Sandrine Delerce
• Laura Glauser
• Stephanie Fiossonangaye
• Myriame Said Mohamed
• Carmen Amariei
• Anamaria Stecz
• Judit Pőcze
• Marina Gresset Khatkova
• Sofya Berdovich
• Mouna Chebbah
• Svetlana Antic
• Stanka Bozovic
• Samira Hasagic
• Nabila Tizi
• Soka Smitran
• Ine Karlsen Stangvik

External links

• • Official website