Montpellier Handball Explained

Clubname:	Montpellier Handball
Full Name:	Montpellier Handball
Short Name:	MHB
Ground:	FDI Stadium & Sud de France Arena
Capacity:	3,000 - 9,000
Chairman:	Julien Deljarry
Manager:	Patrice Canayer
League:	LNH Division 1
Season:	2022–23
Position:	LNH Division 1, 2nd of 16
Colour1:	Blue
Colour2:	White
Website:	https://www.montpellierhandball.com/
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Montpellier Handball, formerly named Montpellier Agglomération Handball, is a professional handball club from Montpellier, France. Montpellier is the only French club to ever have won the EHF Champions League.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Cosmos Montpellier	1982–1987
Montpellier Paillade SC	1987–1989
Montpellier Handball	1989–2007
Montpellier Agglomération Handball	2007–2015
Montpellier Handball	2015–present

Kits

Accomplishments

LNH Division 1

(14)

- Champions: 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
EHF Champions League

(2)

- Champions: 2002–03, 2017–18
Coupe de France

(13)

- Champions: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16
Coupe de la Ligue

(10)

- Champions: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16
Trophée des Champions

(3)

- Champions: 2010, 2011, 2018
Championnat de France N1B
- First place: 1991–92
Championnat de France Nationale 2
- First place: 1988–89, 1999–00 (rés.)
Championnat de France Nationale 3
- First place: 1987–88
Double

Winners (10): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12

Triple Crown

Winners (1): 2002–03

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2016–17	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Logroño	30–31	37–27	1st place
			Elverum Håndball	31–24	31–32
			Metalurg Skopje	28–18	30–24
			HT Tatran Prešov	28–23	28–24
			Chekhovskiye Medvedi	26–22	33–27
		PO	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	36–34	29–29	65–63
		1/8	Vive Tauron Kielce	33–28	28–26	61–54
		1/4	MVM Veszprém	23–26	25–30	48–56
2017–18	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Metalurg Skopje	32–22	27–21	1st place
			Chekhovskiye Medvedi	28–24	34–23
			HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	28–20	30–31
				36–32	28–33
			Sporting CP	33–29	33–32
		Playoffs		28–24	20–19	48–43
		Round of 16	Barça	28–25	28–30	56–55
		Quarterfinals	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	28–28	29–17	57–45
		Semifinal	Vardar	28–27
		Final	HBC Nantes	32–26
2018–19	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Vardar	24–27	27–33	7th place
			Meshkov Brest	23–26	29–23
			PGE Vive Kielce	26–29	28–27
			Barça	27–35	28–36
			Telekom Veszprém	29–30	19–25
			IFK Kristianstad	29–29	30–31
			Rhein-Neckar Löwen	27–37	31–26
2019–20	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	THW Kiel	30–33	32–33	align=center rowspan=7	4th place
			Telekom Veszprém	23–18	23–24
			PGE Vive Kielce	25–24	29–27
			Porto Sofarma	22–27	23–23
			Vardar	31–33	31–27
			Meshkov Brest	30–26	27–25
			Motor Zaporizhzhia	34–30	26–25
		Round of 16	Flensburg	align=center colspan=3	Cancelled
2021–22	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Pick Szeged	29–29	29–29	align=center rowspan=7	4th place
			Aalborg Håndbold	28–36	31–33
			THW Kiel	37–30	26–35
			RK Vardar	31–25	25–28
			Meshkov Brest	32–26	31–31
			PPD Zagreb	25–22	24–23
			Elverum Håndball	37–30	39–32
		Playoffs	FC Porto	29–29	35–27	64–56
		Quarterfinals	Łomża Vive Kielce	28–31	22–30	50–61