Paris Saint-Germain Handball (PSG) is a French professional

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 founded in 1941, and based in the city of

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. The club is the handball department of

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

. PSG play in the highest tier of French handball, the

LNH Division 1 LNH Division 1, doing business as Starligue and currently known as Liqui Moly Starligue for sponsorship reasons, is the premier men's professional handball league in France. It is administered by the Ligue Nationale de Handball, under delegatio ...

. Their home ground for LNH matches is Stade Pierre de Coubertin, which has a

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of 3,400 spectators. For

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matches, the club play at

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, which has a seating capacity of 4,500 spectators. Initially called Patriotes d'Asnières (1941–1942), the club has gone through several name changes: Asnières Sports (1942–1987), Paris-Racing-Asnières (1987–1988), Paris-Asnières (1988–1992), PSG-Asnières (1992–2002), and Paris Handball (2002–2012). After being bought by Paris Saint-Germain owners

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(QSI) in 2012, the club became Paris Saint-Germain Handball. Since its inception, the club has won 26 titles. Domestically, Paris SG have clinched twelve LNH Division 1 titles, six French Cups, three Coupes de la Ligue, a record five French Super Cups and two

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titles. They are the only club in French handball to have ever won all their matches in LNH Division 1 in a season, which they did in the 2021–22 season. In international club handball, the capital side finished runners-up in the 2016–17 edition of the Champions League. PSG also have a reserve team that currently play in the

Championnat National 1 The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of pr ...

, which serves as the third tier of French handball. They have played in Nationale 1 since 2017–18, after clinching the

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title and winning promotion during the 2016–17 season.

History

First titles (1941–2012)

The Parisian club was founded in 1941. Initially, it took the name of Patriotes d'Asnières before becoming Asnières Sports one year later. Asnières Sports was presided by Christian Picard, whose son Gérard Picard took over during the 1975–1976 season and remained president until 2003. In 1987, the club's management succeeded in convincing the

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to partner Asnières Sports and create a major handball team in the capital. This resulted in the

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team moving to Paris and being renamed Paris-Racing-Asnières then Paris-Asnières. Relegated in 1989, Paris-Asnières immediately bounced back to the top flight in 1990 after winning the D2 title. At the time, the club's most notable players were future French internationals

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and

Patrick Cazal Patrick Cazal (born 1971) is a French team handball coach and former player. As a player he was part of the French team, that won the 1995 World Championship; the first time ever France won a major international tournament. He also competed at ...

. In 1992, the club came under the management of

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. With 52 major trophies ...

, a partnership that lasted 10 years. This led to another name change, and Paris-Asnières became PSG-Asnières. PSG-Asnières finished second in the

during the 1995–96 season and then reached the French Cup final in 2001, losing to

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

. During that time, PSG-Asnières managed to attract several international players such as

Stéphane Stoecklin Stéphane Stoecklin (born 12 January 1969) is a French handball player. He was voted World Player of the Year 1997 by the International Handball Federation.

Denis Lathoud Denis Lathoud (13 January 1966 – 22 June 2025) was a French handball player and coach, who as a player won the 1995 World Championship; the first ever French gold medals at a major international tournament. He also competed in the 1992 Summe ...

Gaël Monthurel Gaël Monthurel (born 22 January 1966) is a French handball coach and former player who was part of the French team that won the 1995 World Championship; the first time ever France won a major international tournament. He also competed in the ...

Nenad Peruničić Nenad Peruničić (; born 1 May 1971) is a Serbian handball coach and former player. Club career Born in Pljevlja, Peruničić made his senior debut with Jugović in the Yugoslav Championship, before moving to Crvena zvezda in 1990. He spent t ...

and

Olivier Girault Olivier Damien Girault (born 22 February 1973) is a now retired French team handball player, who is currently the coach of the Paris Handball team. He retired as a field player in 2008 after the victory of the France men's national handball te ...

. The latter set up home in Paris in 1999, playing for the club until 2008 and then coaching the team until 2011. Under yet another name, Paris Handball began 2002 with new club owner Louis Nicollin. During the next decade, the club played in the

during the 2005–06 season, and won its first major trophy in 2007 with star player Kévynn Nyokas. Paris Handball registered a 28-21 win in the French Cup final over Pays d'Aix. But there were tough times too. At the end of the 2008–09 season, the club was relegated to Division 2. Paris Handball won the

the very next season and rejoined the top clubs. In 2012, the team narrowly avoided relegation in the last round of play.

Domestic dominance (2012–)

Finale coupe de France masculine 2015-01

After being bought by

owners

(QSI) in 2012, the club became Paris Saint-Germain Handball. Under the initiative of

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, a new management and playing team was assembled.

Jean-Claude Blanc Jean-Claude Blanc (; born 9 April 1963) is a French general manager and former marketing executive of Paris Saint-Germain and former CEO of Juventus. Blanc is the CEO of INEOS Sport, and recently was one of the Board of Directors at Manchester U ...

was named general manager, Philippe Gardent signed as first-team manager, and a host of international stars arrived at the French capital, including

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Luc Abalo Luc Kangny Abalo (born 6 September 1984) is a French retired handball player. He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024. Being a member of the national team from 2005, he won gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2020 Olympics, 2009, 2011 ...

, Samuel Honrubia,

Mikkel Hansen Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish former professional handball player. Widely regarded as the greatest handball player of all timeHansen has won the IHF World Player of the Year a record-tying three times. He played as a left bac ...

Marko Kopljar Marko Kopljar (born 12 February 1986) is a retired Croatian handball player. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning the bronze medal. Honours ;Zagreb * Dukat Premier League: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 *Croati ...

José Manuel Sierra José Manuel Sierra Méndez (born 21 May 1978) is a Spanish handball coach and former player. In 2013 he was on the Spanish team that won the 2013 World Championship. Career Sierra played youth handball at CB Pedro Alonso Niño de Moguer. At ...

and Antonio García. In the 2012–13 season, PSG claimed their maiden league success, which also meant the club secured a spot in the

. However, PSG were denied the double by

in the French Cup final. Big-name signings kept coming in the 2013–14 season with the arrivals of

Daniel Narcisse Daniel Narcisse (born 16 December 1979) is a retired French handball player and French international from 2000 to 2017. He is a double Olympic champion, quadruple World champion and triple European champion, one of the most awarded French te ...

Igor Vori Igor Vori (born 20 September 1980) is a Croatian handball coach and former player who is currently the coach of Croatian club MRK Sesvete. Regarded as one of the best line players in handball history and renowned for his defensive and attacking ...

Jakov Gojun Jakov Gojun (born 18 April 1986) is a Croatian handball player who plays for RK Zagreb and Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian national team. He competed for the Croatia national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning the ...

Fahrudin Melić Fahrudin Melić (born 22 July 1984) is a Montenegrin 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 an ...

and

Gábor Császár Gábor Császár (born 16 June 1984) is a Hungarian handball player for the Ceglédi KKSE. He made his full international debut on 17 January 2004 against Saudi Arabia. Just a few days later he was selected for the squad that represented Hungar ...

. PSG reached the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time in its history, but failed to keep up the pace with

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in the league. Despite this, the season finished on a high note, thanks to a victory in the French Cup final against Chambéry, adding a second national cup trophy to the club's honours. In the 2014–15 season, new manager

Zvonimir Serdarušić Zvonimir Serdarušić (; born 2 September 1950) is a Croatian former professional Team handball, handball coach and player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. In May 1998, he also ac ...

and star signing

Nikola Karabatić Nikola Karabatić (born 11 April 1984) is a French former professional handball player. He is regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history. With the French national handball team, he won three Olympic gold medals (Summer Olympics ...

led the capital club to its second league title following a nail-biting battle for top spot against Montpellier. PSG claimed the trophy on the last day of the season, after a win over Tremblay. The league crown rounded off a domestic treble, going alongside the French Cup and the French Super Cup that they had won after beating

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and Dunkerque, respectively. On the European stage, PSG's hopes were dashed, for a second time, by Veszprém in the Champions League semifinals. PSG continued its winning ways in the 2015–16 season by claiming a second French Super Cup and a third league title. However, the crowning moment was reaching the Champions League Final4 for the first time in its history. Along the way, the club downed

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at the

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, where the German side had been undefeated for four years; topped its group for the first time ever; and trumped Kiel in the third-place play-off. Additionally,

set a new record for goals in a Champions League season, with no fewer than 141 strikes to his name. In the 2021–22 season they finished off LNH Division 1 with 60 points on 30 matches, being the only team ever in the french league to achieve that.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Kits

Identity

Parent club

represent both the city of

and the nearby royal town of

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. As a result, red, blue and white are the club's traditional colours. The red and blue are Parisian colours, a nod to revolutionary figures Lafayette and

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, and the white is a symbol of

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and Saint-Germain-en-Laye. On the club's crest, the

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in red and the blue background represent Paris, while the

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in white is a hint to the

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of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The fleur de lys is a royal symbol as well and recalls that French King

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was born in the town. Throughout its history, PSG have brandished several different crests, but all of them have featured the club's three historical colours. Likewise, PSG's most iconic shirts have been predominantly red, blue or white, with the remaining two colours included as well. The club's official mascot, Germain the

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, also sports PSG's traditional colours.

Grounds

Stadium

The Stade Pierre de Coubertin, with a

of 3,400 spectators, serves as PSG's home stadium for

matches. For

games, on the other hand, the club uses the

as its home venue. It has a seating capacity of 4,500 spectators.

Training facilities

Campus PSG is the

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of Paris Saint-Germain Handball. Owned and financed by the club, the venue will bring together PSG's football (male and female), handball and judo teams, as well as the football and handball academies. The handball division have their own specific areas and facilities spread over 4,510 m2 of space, including two fields, a stand with a capacity of 250 spectators, fitness rooms, recovery areas, staff offices, and meeting rooms.

Supporters

Between 2010 and 2016, with the impossibility for fan groups to support parent club

(men's football team) at home or away, the PSG faithful turned to

Paris Saint-Germain FC (women) Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain or simply PSG, are a French professional women's football club based in Paris. Founded in 1971, they compete in the Première Ligue, the top division of Frenc ...

, and to a lesser extent to the Paris Saint-Germain FC Youth Academy sides, being the very rare case of fan groups supporting their club's women's football team. Liberté Pour les Abonnés and Nautecia, which were among several groups that reunited Boulogne and Auteuil supporters, were behind this initiative. PSG ultras have also occasionally attended big matches of the club's handball team ever since it was bought by PSG owners

(QSI) in 2012.

Ownership and finances

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, ruler of

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, bought 70% of parent club

through state-owned shareholding organization

(QSI). Colony Capital (29%) and Butler (1%) remained minority shareholders. In March 2012, QSI purchased the remaining 30% stake to become PSG's sole shareholder, valuing the club at €100m. PSG thus became one of the wealthiest clubs in the world. Paris Saint-Germain Handball (previously called Paris Handball) were then bought by PSG owners QSI in 2012. In late June 2019, Paris Saint-Germain announced a long-term contract extension with kit manufacturer

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, which is now one of European football's most lucrative and the biggest sponsorship agreement in the club's history. PSG are tied to the American brand until 2032 and will more than triple their previous €25m deal with an annual figure in excess of €80 million. PSG said the new

deal will cover the men's and women's football teams, as well as their handball outfit.

Honours

Domestic

**Winners (12):

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, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22,

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 **''Runners-up (3):'' 1995–96, 2004–05, 2013–14 *

**Winners (2): 1989–90, 2009–10 **''Runners-up (1):'' 1985–86 *

(Academy) **Winners (1): 2016–17 *

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 ...

**Winners (6): 2006–07, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18,

, 2021–22 **''Runners-up (6):'' 2000–01, 2007–08,

, 2015–16, 2023/24, 2024/25 *

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 ...

**Winners (3): 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 **''Runners-up (3):'' 2004–05, 2005–06, 2015–16 *

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**Winners (5; record):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

**''Runners-up (3):''

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

European

**''Runners-up:'' 2016–17 **''Third place:'' 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20,

**''Four place:''

Worldwide

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**''Runners-up (1):''

Doubles and Trebles

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( D1 and CdF) : Winners (4): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22 *League and League Cup Double ( D1 and CdL) **Winners (2): 2016–17, 2018–19 *Domestic Cup Double ( CdF and CdL) **Winners (1): 2017–18 *Domestic Treble ( D1, CdF and CdL) **Winners (1): 2017–18

European record

Note All matches ending with a 10–0 or 5–5 results were assessed by the EHF.

First-team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024–25 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 12

Andreas Palicka Andreas Miroslav Palicka (; , ; born 10 July 1986) is a Swedish professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Swedish national team. Club career Palicka began his professional handball career at Redbergslids IK in 2002. He join ...

* 16

Jannick Green Jannick Green Krejberg (born 29 September 1988) is a Danish professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Danish national team. Career As a kid he played both football and handball, and chose to focus on handball at the age of 14 ...

;Left Wingers * 20 Mathieu Grebille * 90 Léo Plantin ;Right Wingers * 14

Ferran Solé Ferran Solé Sala (born 25 August 1992) is a Spanish professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Spanish national team. Career Solé started his career at the Liga ASOBAL club BM Granollers In 2016 he joined french side Fenix ...

* 19

David Balaguer David Balaguer Romeu (born 17 August 1991) is a Spanish handball player who plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the Spanish team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was t ...

;Line players *2 Rubén Marchán * 21 Kamil Syprzak * 22 Luka Karabatic ( c) * 97 Gauthier Loredon ;Left Backs * 32 Jacob Holm * 47 Wallem-Konrad Peleka * 71

Elohim Prandi Elohim Prandi (born 24 August 1998) is a French professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain Handball and the French national team. Club career Prandi played from 2013 for the youth team of US Ivry HB. In March 2016 he made his debut f ...

;Centre Backs *6

Luc Steins Luc Steins (born 22 March 1995) is a Dutch professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Dutch national team. He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 and 2022 European Men's Handball Championship. He was in the all-star team o ...

* 77 Dani Baijens ;Right Backs * 5

Yahia Omar Yahia Khaled Mahmoud Fathy Omar (; born 9 September 1997) is an Egyptian handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Egyptian national team. He participated in the World Men's Handball Championship in 2017, 2019 and 2021, 2025 and in the 20 ...

* 15 Kent Robin Tønnesen

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' ;Joining * Mikkel Løvkvist (GK) ''(from Bjerringbro-Silkeborg)'' *

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(LW) (from HØJ Elite) *

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(RB) ''(from

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)'' * Sebastian Karlsson (RW) ''(from

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)'' * Karl Konan (P) ''(from

)'' ;Leaving *

(GK) ''(to

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)'' *

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Notable former players

Academy

Current squad

. ;Goalkeepers * 1 Stanis Soullier * 39 Djibril Sarre ;Left Wingers * 18 Tidiane Firmesse ;Right Wingers * 3 Théo Ducap * 10 Cheikh Fall ;Line players * 98 Amara Karamoko * 4 Vladimir Rousseau ;Left Backs * 8 Noa Narcisse ;Centre Backs * 11 Thomas Omeyer * 17 Ethan Bandaranayake ;Right Backs * 33 Victor Crenn

Personnel

Current staff

Presidents

Managers

References

External links

* {{Ligue Nationale de Handball Handball clubs in France Paris Saint-Germain FC Handball clubs established in 1941 Sports clubs and teams in Paris 1941 establishments in France