SMUC Marseille
French handball club
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Stade Marseillais Université Club Handball, often just called SMUC Marseille, is a team handball club from Marseille, France. Currently, SMUC Marseille competes in the French First League of Handball.
Stadium de Vitrolles[1]
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| Full name | Stade Marseillais Université Club | ||
| Founded | 1941, recreated from OM Virtrolles 1994 | ||
| Arena | Palais des sports de Marseille Stadium de Vitrolles[1] | ||
| Capacity | 5800 5000 | ||
| President | Dominique Tésorière | ||
| Head coach | - | ||
| League | - | ||
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Between 1989 and 1996 the team was called OM Vitrolles, and acted as a part of the broader sports club Olympique de Marseille and was economically supported by them. When Olympique de Marsille was involved in the bribing scandal Affaire VA-OM, it affected the handball team, and the players began to strike, as they were not getting paid.[2] The team was administratively relegated to the French third tier in 1996, as they could not pay there 3 million Franc debt. Afterwards the team returned to be Stade Marseillais Université Club Handball again.[3][4]
Accomplishments
- EHF Cup Winner's Cup:
- Winner (1): 1993 (as OMV)
- Runners-up (1): 1994 (as OMV)
- French league:
- Winner (7): 1965, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1984 (as SMUC); 1994, 1996 (as OMV)
- Runners-up (3): 1983 (as SMUC); 1993, 1995 (as OMV)
- Coupe de France:
- Winner (3): 1976 (as SMUC); 1993, 1995 (as OMV)
- Runners-up (2): 1992, 1996 (as OMV)
