Paris Saint-Germain Handball

This article is about the handball team. For the men's football team, see Paris Saint-Germain F.C. For other uses, see Paris Saint-Germain (disambiguation).

Paris Saint-Germain
Full nameParis Saint-Germain Handball
Short namePSG, Paris SG
Founded1941; 83 years ago (1941)
ArenaStade Pierre de Coubertin
Halle Georges Carpentier
Capacity3,400
4,500
PresidentNasser Al-Khelaifi
Head coachRaúl González
LeagueLNH Division 1
2023–241st of 16 (champions)
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Home
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Away
Website
Official site
Active departments of
Paris Saint-Germain
Football
(Men's)		Football
(Youth Mixed)		Football
(Women's)
Handball
(Men's)		EsportsJudo
(Mixed)
Closed departments of
Paris Saint-Germain
Boxing
(Men's)		Rugby League
(Men's)

Paris Saint-Germain Handball (PSG) is a French professional handball club founded in 1941, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club is the handball department of Paris Saint-Germain.[1]

PSG play in the highest tier of French handball, the LNH Division 1.[1] Their home ground for LNH matches is Stade Pierre de Coubertin, which has a seating capacity of 3,400 spectators.[2] For EHF Champions League matches, the club play at Halle Georges Carpentier, which has a seating capacity of 4,500 spectators.[3]

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 Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) in 2012, the club became Paris Saint-Germain Handball.[1]

Since its inception, the club has won 23 titles. Domestically, Paris SG have clinched eleven LNH Division 1 titles, six French Cups, three Coupes de la Ligue, a record four French Super Cups and two LNH Division 2 titles.[2][4] 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.[5] In international club handball, the capital side finished runners-up in the 2016–17 edition of the Champions League.[1] PSG also have a reserve team that currently play in the Championnat National 1, which serves as the third tier of French handball.[6] They have played in Nationale 1 since 2017–18, after clinching the Championnat National 2 title and winning promotion during the 2016–17 season.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d "Histoire". PSG Handball. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Paris Saint-Germain Handball". LNH. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Le PSG Handball jouera la Ligue des champions à la Halle Carpentier". Eurosport France. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Le palmarès de D2M". FFHB. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "005 Nationale 1 CHAMPIONNAT NATIONALE 1 MASCULINE 2018/2019". Fédération française de handball. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. ^ "N1 : Présentation de la saison 2017-2018!". ACBB Handball. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.