USAM Nîmes Gard

French handball club

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USAM Nîmes is a French handball team based in Nîmes, that plays in the LNH Division 1.

Nîmes

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Location of USAM Nîmes Gard

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Union Sportive des Anciens du Mont Duplan Nîmes Gard	1960–present

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
- 2011	Puma
2011–present	Kappa

Kits

HOME
2009-10	2018-19	2020-21	2021-22	2023-24

AWAY
2009-10	2018-19	2020-21	2021-22	2023-24

Results

LNH Division 1:
- Winners: (4) 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993
- Runner-Up: (4) 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994
Coupe de France:
- Winners: 1985, 1986, 1994
- Finalists: 1989, 2018
EHF Champions League:
- Semiinalists: 1994

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season

USAM Nîmes Gard

Goalkeepers

01 Jože Baznik
12 Alexandre Demaille

Right Wingers

14 Romain Tesio
17 Damien Gibernon
91 Mohammad Sanad

Left Wingers

03 Guéric Vincent
06 Julien Rebichon (c)
18 Boïba Sissoko

Line players

02 Tom Poyet
04 Benjamin Gallego
17 Hugo Kamtchop-Baril

Left Backs

11 Quentin Dupuy
27 Jean-Jacques Acquevillo
38 Quentin Minel

Central Backs

10 Jesper Konradsson
15 Ahmed Hesham

Right Backs

23 Mathieu Salou
24 Luc Tobie

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Reyhan Zuzo (CB) (from Villeurbanne HB)
Mohab Abdelhak (RB) (from Al Ahly)

Leaving

Ahmed Hesham (CB) (to Montpellier Handball)

Former club members

Notable former players

Jean-Jacques Acquevillo (2019–)
Cédric Burdet (2009-2010)
Rémi Desbonnet (2013–2022)
Philippe Debureau (1994-1996)
Yohan Delattre (1993-1994)
Gilles Derot (1983–1994)
Grégoire Detrez (2001–2008)
Benjamin Gallego (2010–)
Dylan Garain (2018–2019)
Philippe Gardent (1990–1992)
Christian Gaudin (1987–1994)
Andrej Golić (1991-1992)
Michaël Guigou (2019–2022)
Franck Junillon (2010-2012)
Christophe Kempé (1995–1996)
Guéric Kervadec (1993–1994)
Denis Lathoud (1992-1994)
Olivier Marroux (2014–2017)
Bruno Martini (2005-2007)
Olivier Maurelli (1998–2000)
Franck Maurice (1999–2002)
Philippe Médard (1989-1992)
Quentin Minel (2020–)
O'Brian Nyateu (2017–)
Alain Portes (1982-1994)
Elohim Prandi (2017-2020)
Julien Rebichon (2005–)
Guillaume Saurina (2006–2010, 2011-2016)
Stéphane Stoecklin (1990–1994)
Luc Tobie (2016–)
Frédéric Volle (1980–1992)
Malik Boubaiou (2006–2013)
Micke Brasseleur (2018–2020)
Hichem Kaabeche (2017–2018, 2019-2020)
Abdelkader Rahim (2013–2015)
Zlatko Saračević (1991-1994)
Mirza Šarić (2005-2006)
Irfan Smajlagić (1993-1994)
Ahmed Hesham (2020-)
Mohammad Sanad (2017-)
Garcia Alberto Aguirrezabalaga (2014-2017)
Attila Borsos (1991-1992)
Snorri Guðjónsson (2015-2017)
Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson (2014-2018)
Ragnar Þór Óskarsson (2007-2008)
Yassine Idrissi (2000-2008, 2011-2016)
Henrik Jakobsen (2021-)
Sorin Toacsen (1995-1996, 2000-2003)
Vid Kavtičnik (2020-2021)
Aljoša Rezar (2016-2017)
Stevan Sretenović (2016-2017)
Teodor Paul (2017-2022)
Heykel Megannem (2005-2007)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
1996–1998	Gilles Baron
1998–2000	Boro Golić
2000–2003	Gilles Baron
2003–2006	Christophe Mazel
2006-2009	Alain Portes
2009–2011	Laurent Puigségur
2011–2014	Jérôme Chauvet
2014–2022	Franck Maurice
2022	Yann Balmossière
2022–2023	Ljubomir Vranjes
2023–	Yann Balmossière