2013–14 LNH Division 1

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 10066 (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

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

Team information

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

League table

# Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts Qualification or relegation
1st US Dunkerque (C) 26 21 1 4 675 602 +73 43 2014–15 EHF Champions League group stage
2nd Paris Saint-Germain 26 19 2 5 825 730 +95 40
3rd 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[1]

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

Pays d'Aix UCH 27–3033–3325–2735–2828–2922–2729–2624–4025–2526–2528–2825–2230–28
Chambéry SH32–24 36–3021–1732–2433–3032–2835–2531–2626–3133–3431–3030–3126–29
Dijon Bourgogne Handball21–1828–32 20–2525–2522–2619–2722–2428–3027–2625–2526–3123–2726–29
US Dunkerque27–2026–3226–25 25–2225–2524–2527–1725–2126–2323–2530–2231–2730–24
US Ivry20–2124–2225–2422–23 25–3024–2929–2323–2628–2828–3026–2828–3025–26
Montpellier AHB40–2840–3027–2225–2635–31 31–2627–2636–2832–2436–3139–2836–2529–21
HBC Nantes26–2532–2334–2619–2232–2529–29 22–3730–2629–2231–2732–2729–3034–25
USAM Nîmes24–2534–2931–2423–2529–2723–2729–28 22–2922–2725–3031–3029–2537–26
Paris Saint-Germain39–3030–2941–2225–2734–2930–2930–2835–32 34–2732–2437–3432–2829–23
Cesson-Rennes HB30–2630–3028–2725–3024–2127–3218–2424–2228–41 32–2729–2628–2730–26
Saint-Raphaël VHB41–3228–2726–1821–3031–2331–3027–3135–3331–3626–25 36–3328–2929–26
Sélestat AHB30–3128–2625–2121–2425–3124–4123–3230–2732–3228–2026–30 27–2824–24
Fenix Toulouse27–1930–3130–2621–2425–2423–2831–2734–2629–2934–3030–2231–22 29–25
Tremblay-en-France25–2428–2723–2626–3023–2327–3525–3027–2729–3324–2736–3224–3123–27 

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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

Source:

Number of teams by regions

# Region No. teams Teams
1  Île-de-France3US Ivry, Paris Saint-Germain and Tremblay
2  Languedoc-Roussillon2Montpellier and USAM Nîmes
 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur2Aix and Saint-Raphaël
4  Alsace1Sélestat
 Brittany1Cesson-Rennes
 Burgundy1Dijon Bourgogne
 Nord-Pas-de-Calais1Dunkerque
 Midi-Pyrénées1Toulouse
 Pays de la Loire1Nantes
 Rhône-Alpes1Chambéry

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