ESBF Besançon is a French women's

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

club based in

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

. 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 The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

: **''Winner:'' 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 *

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...

: **''Winner:'' 2003, 2004 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...

: **''Winner:''

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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 Charité Mumbongo (born 14 March 2002) is a Swedish handballer for ESBF Besançon and the Sweden women's national handball team, Swedish national team. She made her debut on the Swedish national team on 24 April 2022, against Turkey. On 27 Apri ...

* 29 Frida Rosell ;CB * 7 Alizée Frécon-Demouge * 18 Juliette Mairot ;RB * 11

Celine Solstad Celine Marie Solstad (born 1 May 1997) is a Norwegian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players a ...

* 14 Malin Sandberg

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' ; Joining * Zaliata Mlamali (LW) (from

Metz Handball Metz Handball is a French handball club from Metz, France. Founded in 1965 under the name ASPTT Metz, the club has an exceptional track record with some 40 titles won, which is the all-time record for a French women's team sport. Chaired by Thierr ...

) ; Leaving * Frida Rosell (LB) (to HØJ Elite) * Malin Sandberg (RB) (to HSG Blomberg-Lippe) * Suzanne Wajoka (LW) (to

) * Kiara Tshimanga (LW)

European record

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

References

External links

*
Official website

Handball clubs established in 1970 Sport in Besançon 1970 establishments in France {{France-sport-team-stub