Montpellier Agglomération Handball

Provide proof of Ball ( formerly Montpellier HB ) is a French handball club from Montpellier and currently fourteen league titles as well as with French giants twelve Cup titles and record cup winners. All his titles won Montpellier in the past 19 seasons.

History

The club was founded in 1982 under the name Cosmos Montpellier. They carried this name until 1987. Between 1987 and 1989 they played under the name Montpellier La Paillade Sports Club. Only since 1989, the club got its present name. The department plays professional since 2007 under the name provide proof of Handball ( MAHB ). In 1992, Montpellier HB promotion to the highest French feature class in which it is represented to this day. Since then, the club was fourteen times French champion.

In September 2012, the French Justice initiated an investigation against eight players from Montpellier for suspected fraud. The team will have a game in the French league intentionally lost in order to allow relatives of the players high winnings of up to 250,000 euros. As a result of the allegations, the player Luka and Nikola Karabatic have (both to the Pays d' Aix UC HB), Erlend Mamelund ( Haslum HK) and Primoz Prost ( Frisch Auf Göppingen) to leave the club during the current season.

Achievements

• Winner of the EHF Champions League: 2003
• French Champion (14): 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
• French Cup Winners (12 ): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013
• French League Cup Winners (9): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014
• French Supercup (2 ): 2010 and 2011

Squad 2013/14

Well-known former players

• Joël Abati
• Frédéric Anquetil
• Grégory Anquetil
• Mladen Bojinović
• Cédric Burdet
• Patrick Cazal
• Didier Dinart
• Jerome Fernandez
• Samuel Honrubia
• François -Xavier Houlet
• Nikola Karabatic
• Daouda Karaboué
• Geoffroy Krantz
• Marouene Maggaiez
• Bruno Martini
• Stéphane Stoecklin
• Igor Chumak