Basketball team
Montpellier
Club · France · Starligue
«Les Dragons»
The FDI Stadium seats a modest 2,505.
The club started out as Cosmos Montpellier in 1982, became Montpellier Paillade Sporting Club six years later, and settled on Montpellier Handball only in 1992, the year it reached the top flight.
Europe came later and less often, which is why both continental titles carry weight. The 2002–03 EHF Champions League final went their way against Portland San Antonio, and in 2018 they beat HBC Nantes to add a second. Nikola Karabatić played through the middle of that golden era, leaving and returning across two spells before the 2013 title run, while Michaël Guigou stayed two decades, from 1999 to 2019, long enough to see the club go from newly promoted to serial champion.
Derby weekends belong to USAM Nîmes Gard, a fixture known locally as the Derby Occitan, with Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes supplying the sharper rivalries of the more recent trophy fights. None of it changes where the season still turns: back at the FDI Stadium, where 2,505 seats are rarely enough to hold everyone who wants in.
Latest results
All matches| 17 Sep | Champions League |
Barcelona
H
|
27:28 | L |
| 13 Sep | Starligue |
USAM Nîmes Gard
A
|
38:33 | W |
| 10 Sep | Champions League |
Dinamo București
A
|
27:23 | W |
| 9 Sep | Champions League |
Dinamo București
H
|
||
| 9 Sep | Champions League |
Skanderborg AGF
H
|
||
| 9 Sep | Champions League |
Barcelona
A
|
Standing
Champions LeagueGroup stage · Group E
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Barcelona
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:28 | 2 |
| 2 |
Montpellier
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0:23 | 2 |
| 3 |
Dinamo București
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:27 | 0 |
| 4 |
Skanderborg AGF
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:39 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 238| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 238 | 123 | 115 |
| Scored | 7652 | 4067 | 3585 |
| Conceded | 6756 | 3480 | 3276 |
| Scored per game | 32.2 | 33.1 | 31.2 |
| Conceded per game | 28.4 | 28.3 | 28.5 |
| Difference | +896 | +587 | +309 |
Fixtures of Montpellier
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20 Sep · 16:00
Nantes
H
Starligue
-
25 Sep · 19:30
Selestat Alsace Handball
A
Starligue
-
17 Sep
Barcelona
H
27:28
L
-
13 Sep
USAM Nîmes Gard
A
38:33
W
-
10 Sep
Dinamo București
A
27:23
W
-
9 Sep
Dinamo București
H
-
9 Sep
Skanderborg AGF
H
-
9 Sep
Barcelona
A
-
9 Sep
Skanderborg AGF
A
-
4 Sep
Chartres
H
41:22
W
Honours of Montpellier
- Coupe de France 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2025, 2026 15
- Starligue 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 14
- EHF Champions League 2003, 2018 2
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup 1997 1
Transfers
TransfersArrivals
- Florian Tardieu Saint-Étienne 26/27
- Yanis Zouaoui Le Havre AC 26/27
- N. Mukiele Stade Rennais 26/27
- Yannis Issfu Montpellier B 25/26
- Alexandre Mendy SM Caen 25/26
- Modibo Sagnan C. Rizespor 25/26
Departures
- Christopher Jullien No Club 26/27
- Khalil Fayad Hajduk Split 26/27 €250.00K
- Yannis Issfu Millwall 26/27
- Alexandre Mendy Al-Faisaly 26/27
- Modibo Sagnan C. Rizespor 26/27 €1.00M
- Lucas Mincarelli Estrela Amadora 26/27