Pontault-Combault Handball, previously known as UMS Pontault-Combault HB is a French
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 ...
team based in
Pontault-Combault
Pontault-Combault () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
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
* Assistant coach:
Didier Ruffe
* Goalkeeping coach:
Damien Pellier
* Fitness coach:
Mario Danial
* Physiotherapist:
Ludivine Misselyn
* Physiotherapist:
Julie Mandelli
* Club doctor:
Patrick Sportouch
Former club members
Notable former players
*
Johan Boisedu (2000–2001)
*
Robin Cantegrel (2017–2019)
*
Francis Franck (1995–1996)
*
Thibaut Karsenty (2002–2006)
*
Frédéric Louis (1992–1995)
*
Mohamadi Loutoufi (2001–2005)
*
Stéphane Moualek (2003–2004)
*
Alix Kévynn Nyokas (2004–2006)
*
Olivier Nyokas
Guy Olivier Nyokas (born 28 June 1986) is a French-born Congolese handball player for Olympiacos and the Congolese national team. He has previously played for the French national team, with whom he won the 2017 World Championship.
Career
Nyok ...
(2004–2006)
*
Thierry Perreux
Thierry Perreux (born 4 March 1963 in Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Val-d'Oise) is a French handball coach and former player. As a player he won the 1995 World Championship. He also won bronze medals competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Career
Perr ...
(1996–1998)
*
Yérime Sylla (2001–2004)
*
Walid Badi (2021–)
*
Hichem Kaabeche (2018–2019)
*
Gonzalo Carró (2019–2020)
*
Luka Sokolić (2016–2020)
*
Aurélien Tchitombi
:''see also Aurélien (given name), for individuals with the masculine given name.
''Aurélien'' is a novel by Louis Aragon, the fourth of the ''Le Monde réel'' cycle. It was ranked 51st in ''Le Mondes 100 Books of the Century.
Plot
''A ...
(2013–2018)
*
Gonçalo Ribeiro Gonçalo Ribeiro may refer to:
*Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles
Gonçalo Pereira Ribeiro Telles (25 May 1922 – 11 November 2020) was a Portugal, Portuguese politician and landscape architect. He was born and died in Lisbon.
He was a founder of ...
(2017-2018)
*
Ion Mocanu (1995–2002)
*
Cristian Zaharia (1993–1996)
*
Dragan Mladenović (2004–2006)
Former coaches
References
External links
*
* {{facebook, pontaultcombaulthb
Handball clubs in France
1968 establishments in France
Handball clubs established in 1968
Sport in Seine-et-Marne