2013–14 LNH Division 1

The 2013–14 LNH Division 1 is the 62nd season of the LNH Division 1, France's premier Handball league.

LNH Division 1

Season	2013–14
Champions	Dunkerque (1st title)
Relegated	US Ivry Dijon Bourgogne
Champions League	Dunkerque Paris Saint-Germain Montpellier
EHF Cup	Nantes Fenix Toulouse
Matches played	182
Goals scored	10,066 (55.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dragan Gajić (192 goals)
Biggest home win	PSG 41–22 Dijon
Biggest away win	Aix 24–40 PSG
Highest scoring	Saint-Raphaël 41–32 Aix
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Team information

Dunkerque

PSG

Tremblay

Ivry

Sélestat

Rennes

Nantes

Dijon

Chambéry

Toulouse

Montpellier

Nîmes

Aix

St-Raphaël

Locations of the 2013–14 LNH Division 1

The following 14 clubs compete in the LNH Division 1 during the 2013–14 season:

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Aix	Aix-en-Provence	Gymnase Val de l'Arc	2,500
Chambéry	Chambéry	Le Phare	4,500
Dijon Bourgogne	Dijon	Palais des Sports	4,000
Dunkerque	Dunkerque	Stade des Flandres	2,400
US Ivry	Ivry-sur-Seine	Gymnase Auguste Delaune	1,500
Montpellier	Montpellier	Palais des sports René-Bougnol Park&Suites Arena	3,000 9,000
Nantes	Nantes	Palais des Sports	5,500
USAM Nîmes	Nîmes	Le Parnasse	4,191
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Stade Pierre de Coubertin	4,016
Cesson-Rennes	Rennes	Palais des sports de la Valette Le Liberté	1,400 4,000
Saint-Raphaël	Saint-Raphaël	Palais des sports J-F Krakowski	2,000
Sélestat	Sélestat	CSI Sélestat Rhénus Sport	2,200 5,500
Toulouse	Toulouse	Palais des sports	3,751
Tremblay	Tremblay-en-France	Palais des sports	1,200

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2013–14 LNH Division 1, with their manager, captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aix	Christian Salomez	Zvonimir Serdarušić	Kempa	GTM Sud
Chambéry	Alain Poncet	Mario Cavalli	hummel	EDF Energy
Dijon Bourgogne		Elena Groposila	adidas	Eurogerm
Dunkerque		Patrick Cazal	Puma	GTS
US Ivry	Marc-Olivier Albertini	Pascal Léandri	Erima	Eiffage
Montpellier	Rémy Lévy	Patrice Canayer	ASICS	Montpellier Agglomération
Nantes	Gaël Pelletier	Thierry Anti	hummel	Adim ouest
USAM Nîmes	David Tebib	Jérôme Chauvet	Kappa	piscineprivee
Paris Saint-Germain	Nasser Al-Khelaifi	Philippe Gardent	Nike	Gfi
Cesson-Rennes	Stéphane Clémenceau	David Christmann	Kempa	Cesson-Sévigné
Saint-Raphaël	Jean-François Krakowski	Christian Gaudin	hummel	Pizzorno
Sélestat	Vincent Mompert	Jean-Luc Le Gall	Kempa	Reproland
Toulouse	Philippe Dallard	Joël Da Silva	hummel	sotoulouse
Tremblay		Dragan Zovko	hummel	Veolia

League table

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification or relegation
	US Dunkerque (C)	26	21	1	4	675	602	+73	43	2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage
	Paris Saint-Germain	26	19	2	5	825	730	+95	40
	Montpellier AHB	26	19	2	5	824	703	+121	38*
4	HBC Nantes	26	17	1	8	741	669	+72	35	2014–15 EHF Cup round 2
5	Fenix Toulouse	26	16	1	9	730	702	+28	33
6	Saint-Raphaël VHB	26	14	1	11	752	756	−4	29
7	Cesson-Rennes Métropole HB	26	12	3	11	698	720	−22	27
8	Chambéry SH	26	13	1	12	766	744	+22	27
9	Pays d'Aix UCH	26	8	3	15	680	750	−70	19
10	USAM Nîmes	26	9	1	16	694	728	−34	19
11	Sélestat AHB	26	7	3	16	713	767	−54	17
12	Tremblay-en-France Handball	26	6	3	17	672	750	−78	15
13	US Ivry (R)	26	4	3	19	660	715	−55	11	Relegation to the 2014–15 LNH Division 2
14	Dijon Bourgogne Handball (R)	26	3	3	20	636	730	−94	9

Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

LNH Division 1 2013–14 Champions
US Dunkerque 1st Title

Team roster

1 Vincent Gérard, 3 Benjamin Afgour, 4 Bastien Lamon, 6 Kornél Nagy, 7 Jaleleddine Touati, 9 Théophile Caussé, 10 Erwan Siakam-Kadji, 15 Pierre Soudry, 16 William Annotel, 17 Julian Emonet, 19 Romain Guillard, 21 Mickaël Grocaut, 26 Guillaume Joli, 46 Mohamed Mokrani 57 Baptiste Butto and 89 Espen Lie Hansen
Head coach: Patrick Cazal

Schedule and results

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

Pays d'Aix UCH		27–30	33–33	25–27	35–28	28–29	22–27	29–26	24–40	25–25	26–25	28–28	25–22	30–28
Chambéry SH	32–24		36–30	21–17	32–24	33–30	32–28	35–25	31–26	26–31	33–34	31–30	30–31	26–29
Dijon Bourgogne Handball	21–18	28–32		20–25	25–25	22–26	19–27	22–24	28–30	27–26	25–25	26–31	23–27	26–29
US Dunkerque	27–20	26–32	26–25		25–22	25–25	24–25	27–17	25–21	26–23	23–25	30–22	31–27	30–24
US Ivry	20–21	24–22	25–24	22–23		25–30	24–29	29–23	23–26	28–28	28–30	26–28	28–30	25–26
Montpellier AHB	40–28	40–30	27–22	25–26	35–31		31–26	27–26	36–28	32–24	36–31	39–28	36–25	29–21
HBC Nantes	26–25	32–23	34–26	19–22	32–25	29–29		22–37	30–26	29–22	31–27	32–27	29–30	34–25
USAM Nîmes	24–25	34–29	31–24	23–25	29–27	23–27	29–28		22–29	22–27	25–30	31–30	29–25	37–26
Paris Saint-Germain	39–30	30–29	41–22	25–27	34–29	30–29	30–28	35–32		34–27	32–24	37–34	32–28	29–23
Cesson-Rennes HB	30–26	30–30	28–27	25–30	24–21	27–32	18–24	24–22	28–41		32–27	29–26	28–27	30–26
Saint-Raphaël VHB	41–32	28–27	26–18	21–30	31–23	31–30	27–31	35–33	31–36	26–25		36–33	28–29	29–26
Sélestat AHB	30–31	28–26	25–21	21–24	25–31	24–41	23–32	30–27	32–32	28–20	26–30		27–28	24–24
Fenix Toulouse	27–19	30–31	30–26	21–24	25–24	23–28	31–27	34–26	29–29	34–30	30–22	31–22		29–25
Tremblay-en-France	25–24	28–27	23–26	26–30	23–23	27–35	25–30	27–27	29–33	24–27	36–32	24–31	23–27

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Statistics

Top goalscorers # Player Goals Team 1 Dragan Gajić 192 Montpellier 2 Valero Rivera Folch 173 Nantes 3 Jérôme Fernandez 169 Toulouse 4 Pierrick Naudin 154 Dijon Guillaume Saurina 154 USAM Nîmes 6 Raphaël Caucheteux 142 Saint-Raphaël 7 Morten Olsen 137 Saint-Raphaël 8 Baptiste Butto 133 Dunkerque 9 Nemanja Ilić 132 Toulouse 10 Fahrudin Melić 126 PSG Source:

Number of teams by regions

#	Region	No. teams	Teams
1	Île-de-France	3	US Ivry, Paris Saint-Germain and Tremblay
2	Languedoc-Roussillon	2	Montpellier and USAM Nîmes
	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	2	Aix and Saint-Raphaël
4	Alsace	1	Sélestat
	Brittany	1	Cesson-Rennes
	Burgundy	1	Dijon Bourgogne
	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	1	Dunkerque
	Midi-Pyrénées	1	Toulouse
	Pays de la Loire	1	Nantes
	Rhône-Alpes	1	Chambéry