Pontault-Combault Handball, previously known as UMS Pontault-Combault HB is a French
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic 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 throwing it into the g ...
team based in
Pontault-Combault in the suburbs of
Paris and founded in 1967. Since 1992, the club has alternated between the French Division 2 and Division 1 championships, which it found for only one season in 2018–2019.
History
Born in 1967, the Etoile Sportive de Pontault-Combault took off through the Regional Championship. Having become Union municipale sports de Pontault-Combault Handball Club and then trained by Thierry Anti, the club won the French championship in the 3rd division in 1992 and then in the 2nd division in 1994. The club then evolves for 7 seasons in the elite with the culmination of a fourth place in 1999 before being relegated in 2001. The club then oscillates several seasons between D1 and D2 before being permanently relegated in 2008. In 2018, the club, now called Pontault-Combault Handball, won the Division 2 Accession Barrages: author of 4 draws in as many games, the club was thus promoted to Division 1 without having won a match.
Crest, colours, supporters
Naming history
Kits
Team
Current squad
:''Squad for the 2021–22 season''
Technical staff
* Head coach:
Chérif Hamani
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* Assistant coach:
Didier Ruffe
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* Goalkeeping coach:
Damien Pellier
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* Fitness coach:
Mario Danial
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* Physiotherapist:
Ludivine Misselyn
* Physiotherapist:
Julie Mandelli
* Club doctor:
Patrick Sportouch
Former club members
Notable former players
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Johan Boisedu (2000–2001)
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Robin Cantegrel
Robin Cantegrel (born 13 February 1995) is a French handball player who plays for Pontault-Combault Handball
Pontault-Combault Handball, previously known as UMS Pontault-Combault HB is a French team handball, handball team based in Pontault-C ...
(2017–2019)
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Francis Franck (1995–1996)
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Thibaut Karsenty (2002–2006)
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Frédéric Louis (1992–1995)
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Mohamadi Loutoufi (2001–2005)
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Stéphane Moualek (2003–2004)
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Alix Kévynn Nyokas (2004–2006)
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Olivier Nyokas (2004–2006)
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Thierry Perreux (1996–1998)
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Yérime Sylla (2001–2004)
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Walid Badi (2021–)
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Hichem Kaabeche (2018–2019)
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Gonzalo Carró (2019–2020)
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Luka Sokolić (2016–2020)
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Aurélien Tchitombi
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Plot
''A ...
(2013–2018)
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Gonçalo Ribeiro (2017-2018)
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Ion Mocanu
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Hon ...
(1995–2002)
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Cristian Zaharia (1993–1996)
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Dragan Mladenović (2004–2006)
Former coaches
References
External links
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* {{facebook, pontaultcombaulthb
Handball clubs in France
1968 establishments in France
Handball clubs established in 1968
Sport in Seine-et-Marne