Istres Provence Handball is a

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Istres Istres (; Occitan: Istre) is a commune in southern France, some 60 km (38 mi) northwest of Marseille. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture. Location I ...

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. Currently, Istres Provence Handball competes in the French Second League of Handball.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Gilles Derot

Transfers

''Transfers for the 2022–23 season:'' ; Joining * Xoan Ledo (GK) ''(from Bidasoa Irún)'' *

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(CB) ''(to JS Cherbourg) ; Leaving * Guillaume Crépain (CB) (retires) * Arnaud Tabarand (GK) ''(to

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)'' * Andréa Guillaume (RW) ''(to Limoges Handball)'' *

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Honors

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: 1 ::''Winner'' : 2009 *

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: 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) *

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(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 Messaoud Berkous (, born 20 July 1989) is an Algerian handball player for the Qatari club Al Arabi SC (handball), Al Arabi. Career Messaoud Berkous started his career with JPA Aïn El Bia in the town of Aïn Bya, Oran Province. References Ext ...

(2021-) * Sassi Boultif (2008-2012) *

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(2016-2021) * Hichem Kaabeche (2016–2017) * Tahar Labane (2000–2008) * Abdelkader Rahim (2015–2016) *

Gonzalo Carou Gonzalo Matias Carou (born 15 August 1979) is an Argentine handball player for Ademar León and the Argentina men's national handball team. He defended Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the souther ...

(2014-2015) * Federico Matías Vieyra (2012–2015) * Thomas Bauer (2015-2016) * Thomas Bolaers (2009-2010) * Bram Dewit (2013-2014) *

Erwin Feuchtmann Erwin Jan Feuchtmann Pérez is a Chilean handballer for Ademar Leon and the Chilean national team. His siblings Emil, Harald and Inga Feuchtmann are also handballers playing for the Chilean national handball team. Feuchtmann participated at ...

(2018-2019) *

Zlatko Saračević Zlatan "Zlatko" Saračević (5 July 1961 – 21 February 2021) was a Croatian professional handball player and coach who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia men's national handball team, Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics ...

(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 Alexandru Mihai Dedu (born 15 September 1971 in Ploiești) is a retired Romanian handballer who played for the Romanian national team in line player position. He was part of the Romanian team which ranked eight at the 1992 Summer Olympic Ga ...

(1996-1997) * Ibrahima Diaw (2009-2011) * Aljoša Rezar (2013-2014) * Nebojša Stojinović (2001-2004) *

Stefan Vujić Stefan Vujić ( sr-cyr, Стефан Вујић; born 6 July 1991) is a Croatian-born Serbian handball player for CS Minaur Baia Mare (men's handball), Minaur Baia Mare and the Serbia men's national handball team, Serbian national team. Internat ...

(2014-2015) *

Aleksandar Stojanović (handballer) Aleksandar Stojanović (; born 22 June 1983) is a Serbian handball player for RK Rudar (Kostolac). Career Over the course of his career, Stojanović played in Slovenia (Celje and Koper), Macedonia (Vardar and Metalurg Skopje), Switzerland ( Kad ...

(2018-2019) * Kamel Alouini (2008-2010) * Mehdi Harbaoui (2014-2020) *

(2019-2022)

Former coaches

References

External links

* * Handball clubs in France Sport in Bouches-du-Rhône Handball clubs established in 1970 1970 establishments in France {{France-sport-team-stub