Montpellier Handball

The team was founded as Cosmos Montpellier in 1982. In 1992 they were promoted to the top division. In September 2012 18 people with connections to Montpellier, including 9 players, were accused of match fixing during a match against Cesson. The accusion was that they had lost a match on purpose, in which their relatives had put money on the result worth upwards of 89,000 euros. As a result several players left the club, including Luka and Nikola Karabatić (to Pays d'Aix UC HB), Erlend Mamelund (to Haslum HK) and Primož Prošt (to Frisch Auf Göppingen). Three years later Nikola Karabatić were found guilty and had to pay a fine of 10,000 euros. After the 2023-24 season Patrice Canayer left the club after 30 years in charge. He was replaced by Érick Mathé, who had been the assistant for Canayer from 2015 to 2018. ==Crest, colours, supporters==

Naming history 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: (14) • 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, 2024–25 • 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==

Current squad :Squad for the 2025–26 season ;Goalkeepers • 12 Charles Bolzinger • 92 Rémi Desbonnet ;Left Wingers • 10 Lucas Pellas • 90 Léo Plantin ;Right Wingers • 22 Benjamin Richert • 34 David Balaguer ;Line players • 13 Rogério Moraes Ferreira • 19 Arthur Lenne • 27 Matéo Caille ;Left Backs • 11 Zvonimir Srna • 26 Bryan Monte • 93 Kylian Prat ;Central Backs • 4 Diego Simonet • 5 Kyllian Villeminot • 18 Agustín Casado ;Right Backs • 15 Jack Thurin • 25 Lucas Guigon • 28 Valentin Porte (c) Transfers :Transfers for the 2026–27 season ;Joining • Drevy Paschal (LW) (from Saint-Raphaël VHB) • Hugo Pimenta (RB) (from Chambéry SMBH) ;Leaving • Lucas Pellas (LW) (to GOG Håndbold) Transfer History ==Former club members==

Notable former players • Joël Abati (2007–2009) • William Accambray (2005–2014) • Benjamin Afgour (2017–2020) • Igor Anić (2003–2007) • Grégory Anquetil (1989–2007) • Arnaud Bingo (2016–2019) • Sébastien Bosquet (2003–2005) • Cédric Burdet (1995–2003, 2006–2009) • Laurent Busselier (1996–2000) • Patrick Cazal (1994–1999) • Hugo Descat (2019–2023) • Didier Dinart (1996–2003) • Adrien Dipanda (2006–2011) • Frédéric Dole (2004–2007) • Ludovic Fabregas (2011–2018) • Jérôme Fernandez (1999–2002) • Vincent Gérard (2006–2008, 2015–2019) • Andrej Golić (1992–2006) • Mathieu Grébille (2008–2020) • Michaël Guigou (1999–2019) • Samuel Honrubia (2001–2012) • François-Xavier Houlet (1994–1996) • Franck Junillon (1987–2008) • Luka Karabatic (2007–2012) • Nikola Karabatić (2000–2005, 2009–2013) • Daouda Karaboué (1993–2000, 2004–2010) • Karl Konan (2022–2025) • Geoffroy Krantz (2000–2007) • Yanis Lenne (2019–2025) • Pascal Mahé (1992–1996) • Bruno Martini (2000–2003) • Olivier Maurelli (1995–1996) • Philippe Médard (1987–1989) • Thierry Omeyer (2000–2006, 2013–2014) • Valentin Porte (2016–) • Laurent Puigségur (1990–2006) • Melvyn Richardson (2017–2021) • Mickaël Robin (2010–2014) • Arnaud Siffert (2013–2016) • Stéphane Stoecklin (1988–1990) • Marc Wiltberger (1993–1996) • Semir Zuzo (2003–2006) • Abdelkrim Bendjemil (1990–1992) • Rabah Gherbi (1996–1999, 2001–2003) • Lucas Moscariello (2021–2023) • Diego Simonet (2013–) • Marko Panić (2021–2024) • Felipe Borges (2013–2016) • David Juříček (2004–2011) • Jan Sobol (2007–2010) • Venio Losert (2014–2015) • Petar Metličić (2012–2013) • Veron Načinović (2021–2025) • Marin Šego (2019–2022) • Damien Kabengele (1996–2006) • Ahmed Hesham (2023–2025) • Mohamed Mamdouh (2017–2019) • Cristian Malmagro (2012–2013) • Balázs Laluska (2014–2015) • Uroš Vilovski (2012–2013) • Allahkaram Esteki (2015–2016) • Ólafur Guðmundsson (2021–2022) • Geir Sveinsson (1995–1997) • Jonas Truchanovičius (2016–2021) • Erlend Mamelund (2012–2013) • Alexis Borges (2020–2021) • Gilberto Duarte (2019–2022) • Ion Mocanu (1994–1995) • Sorin Toacsen (1996–2000, 2003–2004) • Igor Chumak (1992–1996) • Jure Dolenec (2013–2017) • Matej Gaber (2013–2016) • Dragan Gajić (2011–2016) • Vid Kavtičnik (2009–2019) • Borut Mačkovšek (2014–2015) • Primož Prošt (2011–2012) • Staš Skube (2022–2025) • Miha Žvižej (2016–2017) • Mladen Bojinović (2002–2012) • Mitar Markez (2010–2011) • Rastko Stefanovič (2002–2004) • Nebojša Stojinović (2008–2010) • Nikola Portner (2016–2020) • Richard Štochl (2010–2012) • Martin Frändesjö (2000–2001) • Lucas Pellas (2020–) • Fredric Pettersson (2018–2021) • Karl Wallinius (2021–2022) • Aymen Hammed (2009–2011) • Wissem Hmam (2005–2014) • Marouen Maggaiz (2006–2008) • Heykel Megannem (2007–2009) • Sobhi Sioud (2001–2007) • Mohamed Soussi (2017–2020) • Issam Tej (2006–2015) • Aymen Toumi (2015–2018) Former coaches ==References==