Istres Provence Handball Explained

Clubname:	Istres Provence Handball
Fullname:	Istres Provence Handball
Ground:	Halle polyvalente
Capacity:	2,000
Chairman:	Alain Felzen
Manager:	Gilles Derot
League:	LNH Division 2
Season:	2022–23
Position:	LNH Division 1, 15th of 16 (relegation)
Website:	https://www.istreshandball.com/
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Istres Provence Handball is a handball club from Istres, France. Currently, Istres Provence Handball competes in the French Second League of Handball.^[1]

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Istres Sports	1970–2003
Istres Ouest Provence Handball	2003–2016
Istres Provence Handball	2016–present

Kits

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[2]

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Gilles Derot

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season:

Joining

• Xoan Ledo (GK) (from Bidasoa Irún)
• Alejandro Márquez Coloma (RB) (from BM Granollers)
• Oliver Nøddesbo Eggert (LB) (from SønderjyskE Håndbold)
• Lucas Vanegue (CB) (to JS Cherbourg)

Leaving

• Guillaume Crépain (CB) (retires)
• Arnaud Tabarand (GK) (to Cesson Rennes MHB)
• Andréa Guillaume (RW) (to Limoges Handball)
• Oussama Hosni (RB) (to RK Eurofarm Pelister)
• Jakob Mikkelsen (RB) (to FC Porto)
• Juan José Fernández (LB) (to BM Ciudad Encantada)

Honors

• Coupe de la Ligue

1

Winner : 2009

• LNH Division 2

2

Champion : 1995, 2018

Former club members

Notable former players

• Théo Derot (2014–2015, 2019)
• Frédéric Dole (1999-2004)
• Christian Gaudin (1995–1997)
• Yann Genty (2010–2012)
• Vincent Gérard (2008-2010)
• Samuel Honrubia (2021-)
• Frédéric Louis (1998-2000)
• Bruno Martini (1994-1995)
• Olivier Maurelli (2000–2002)
• Sébastien Mongin (2000–2004)
• Laurent Munier (1996-1997)
• Raoul Prandi (1998-2000)
• Luc Tobie (2009–2012)
• Omar Benali (2008-2009)
• Messaoud Berkous (2021-)
• Sassi Boultif (2008-2012)
• Hichem Daoud (2016-2021)
• Hichem Kaabeche (2016–2017)
• Tahar Labane (2000–2008)
• Abdelkader Rahim (2015–2016)
• Gonzalo Carou (2014-2015)
• Federico Matías Vieyra (2012–2015)
• Thomas Bauer (2015-2016)
• Thomas Bolaers (2009-2010)
• Bram Dewit (2013-2014)
• Erwin Feuchtmann (2018-2019)
• Zlatko Saračević (1995-1997)
• David Juříček (2003-2004)
• Tomáš Řezníček (2012–2014)
• Petr Štochl (2004-2006)
• Jiří Vítek (2004-2007)
• Andrea Parisini (2019-)
• Ingars Dude (2013-2015)
• Vasko Ševaljević (2019-2021)
• Alexandru Dedu (1996-1997)
• Ibrahima Diaw (2009-2011)
• Aljoša Rezar (2013-2014)
• Nebojša Stojinović (2001-2004)
• Stefan Vujić (2014-2015)
• Aleksandar Stojanović (handballer) (2018-2019)
• Kamel Alouini (2008-2010)
• Mehdi Harbaoui (2014-2020)
• Oussama Hosni (2019-2022)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2000–2004	Gilles Derot
2004–2006	Jan Bašný
2006–2007	Gilles Derot
2007–2013	Christophe Mazel
2013-	Gilles Derot

References

1. Web site: Classement. lnh.fr. 28 December 2018. 8 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170508140221/http://www.lnh.fr/lidl-starligue/classement. dead.
2. Web site: Joueurs & staffs.