Istres Provence Handball

Istres Provence Handball is a handball club from Istres, France. Currently, Istres Provence Handball competes in the French First League of Handball.^[1]

Istres

Location of Istres Provence Handball

Istres Provence Handball
Full name	Istres Provence Handball
Founded	1970; 55 years ago (1970)
Arena	Halle polyvalente
Capacity	2,000
President	Alain Felzen
Head coach	Gilles Derot
League	LNH Division 1
2024–25	LNH Division 1, 13th of 16
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Istres Sports	1970–2003
Istres Ouest Provence Handball	2003–2016
Istres Provence Handball	2016–present

Kits

HOME
2012-13	2017-18	2020-21	2021-

AWAY
2011-12	2012-13	2017–18	2020-21	2021-

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[2]

Istres Provence Handball

Goalkeepers 12 Hugo Bonnat 33 Xoan Manuel Ledo 70 Clément Gaudin Left Wingers 25 Marko Nikolic 77 Arthur Jund Right Wingers 08 Thomas Bortoli 10 Rasmus Nielsen Line players 32 Andrea Parisini 27 Jotham Mandiangu 68 Edgar Dentz Left Backs 06 Oliver Eggert 11 Messaoud Berkous 13 Lubin Gensoulen 26 Lukas Simėnas Central Backs 18 Henrik Olsson 76 Lucas Vanegue Right Backs 07 Alejandro Márquez 17 Raphaël Kotters

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Gilles Derot

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Mohammad Sanad (RW) from USAM Nîmes Gard[3] Mohammad Reza Oraei (RB) from AHC Potaissa Turda[4] Assar Kammenhed (RB) from Nordsjælland Håndbold Jakov Dujić (CB) from HRK Gorica Aurélien Padolus (LB) from Pontault-Combault Handball Guénolé Gaillard (LB) from Frontignan Thau HB Nathy Camara (LW) from Frontignan Thau HB Robin Dourte (LP) from Handball Club Cournon d'Auvergne

Leaving Nicolás Bono (CB) to RK Vardar[5] Josep Folqués Ortiz (LW) to Cesson Rennes MHB[6] Raphael Kötters (RB) to Tremblay-en-France Handball[7] Torben Petersen (LB) to Tremblay-en-France Handball Louis Joseph (RB) to US Créteil Handball Geoffroy Carabasse (LP) to Tremblay-en-France Handball Marin Langlais (LW) to JS Cherbourg Jean-Philippe Takaniua (LP) to Handball Club Cournon d'Auvergne

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining Xoan Ledo (GK) from Bidasoa Irún Alejandro Márquez Coloma (RB) from BM Granollers Oliver Nøddesbo Eggert (LB) from SønderjyskE Håndbold Lucas Vanegue (CB) from JS Cherbourg Leaving Guillaume Crépain (CB) (retires) Arnaud Tabarand (GK) to Cesson Rennes MHB Andréa Guillaume (RW) to Limoges Handball Oussama Hosni (RB) to RK Eurofarm Pelister Jakob Mikkelsen (RB) to FC Porto Juan José Fernández (LB) to BM Ciudad Encantada

Honors

• Coupe de la Ligue: 1

Winner : 2009

• LNH Division 2: 2

Champion : 1995, 2018

Former club members

Notable former players

• Théo Derot (2014–2015, 2019)
• Frédéric Dole (1999-2004)
• Christian Gaudin (1995–1997)
• Yann Genty (2010–2012)
• Vincent Gérard (2008-2010)
• Samuel Honrubia (2021-)
• Frédéric Louis (1998-2000)
• Bruno Martini (1994-1995)
• Olivier Maurelli (2000–2002)
• Sébastien Mongin (2000–2004)
• Laurent Munier (1996-1997)
• Raoul Prandi (1998-2000)
• Luc Tobie (2009–2012)
• Omar Benali (2008-2009)
• Messaoud Berkous (2021-)
• Sassi Boultif (2008-2012)
• Hichem Daoud (2016-2021)
• Hichem Kaabeche (2016–2017)
• Tahar Labane (2000–2008)
• Abdelkader Rahim (2015–2016)
• Gonzalo Carou (2014-2015)
• Federico Matías Vieyra (2012–2015)
• Thomas Bauer (2015-2016)
• Thomas Bolaers (2009-2010)
• Bram Dewit (2013-2014)
• Erwin Feuchtmann (2018-2019)
• Zlatko Saračević (1995-1997)
• David Juříček (2003-2004)
• Tomáš Řezníček (2012–2014)
• Petr Štochl (2004-2006)
• Jiří Vítek (2004-2007)
• Andrea Parisini (2019-)
• Ingars Dude (2013-2015)
• Vasko Ševaljević (2019-2021)
• Alexandru Dedu (1996-1997)
• Ibrahima Diaw (2009-2011)
• Aljoša Rezar (2013-2014)
• Nebojša Stojinović (2001-2004)
• Stefan Vujić (2014-2015)
• Aleksandar Stojanović (handballer) (2018-2019)
• Kamel Alouini (2008-2010)
• Mehdi Harbaoui (2014-2020)
• Oussama Hosni (2019-2022)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2000–2004	Gilles Derot
2004–2006	Jan Bašný
2006–2007	Gilles Derot
2007–2013	Christophe Mazel
2013-	Gilles Derot