Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball (also known as JDA Dijon Handball, formerly Cercle Dijon Bourgogne Handball) is a French handball club from Dijon, France. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2014 and they play their home matches in Palais des Sports de Dijon. Current head coach is Anthony Favier.
The club became in 2018, affiliated with the male basketball team JDA Dijon Basket and changed the official club name.
Summer 2022, both clubs changed their names again, adding "Bourgogne" to them. The club renamed itself to JDA Bourgogne Dijon Handball.
Results French Women's First League Championship: Third place (4): 1993, 2002, 2003, 2025 Division 2 Féminine: Winners (2): 1987, 2014 Runner-up (1): 1998 Coupe de France: Runner-up (3): 2002, 2007, 2013 Coupe de la Ligue: Runner-up (2): 2003, 2007 Semifinalist (1): 2008 EHF European League / EHF Cup: Winners: 2026 Silver Medalist: 1993 Bronze Medalist: 2025 Semifinalist: 1994 Women's EHF Challenge Cup: Silver Medalist: 2005
Team Current squad Squad for the season 2025–26.
Goalkeepers 11 Lena Ivančok 24 Manuella Dos Reis
Wingers LW 5 Dorothée Blaise 21 Nina Dury RW 7 Maureen Gayet 22 Rosario Urban Line players 15 Anne-Emmanuelle Augustine 31 Ida-Marie Dahl 25 Sarah Valero Jodar
Back players LB 4 Claire Vautier 95 Laura Fauvarque CB 2 Stine Nørklit Lønborg 20 Déborah Lassource RB 93 Celine Sivertsen 19 Adriána Holejová
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining Déborah Lassource (CB) (from Borussia Dortmund Handball) Lena Ivančok (GK) (from Neckarsulmer SU) Anne-Emmanuelle Augustine (LP) (from Metz Handball) Ida-Marie Dahl (P) (from Győri ETO KC)
Leaving Nadia Mielke-Offendal (CB) (to HØJ Elite) Lilou Pintat (PV) (to Metz Handball) Kenza Bouguerch (PV) (back from loan to ASUL Handball) Gnonsiane Niombla (CB) (retires) Ann-Cathrin Giegerich (retires)
Technical staff Staff for the 2024-25 season. Head coach: Anthony Favier Assistant coach: Jean-Raphaël Soupault Physical coach: Pierre Terzi Physical coach: Vianney Varanguin Sporting director: Christophe Maréchal
Personnel
President : Michel Amico (1994–2014) Thierry Degorce (2018– ) Vice-president : Clément Forgeneuf (?–?) Coach : Christophe Maréchal (? –2019) Christophe Mazel (2019–) Assistant coach : Christophe Maréchal (? –2022) Anthony Favier (2022–) Academy director : Anthony Favier Sporting director : Christophe Maréchal
Notable former players
Béatrice Edwige Marie Prouvensier Florence Sauval Myriame Saïd Mohamed Veronique Pecqueux-Rolland Stephanie Fiossonangaye Ines Khouildi Dijana Stevin Jocelyne Mavoungou-Tsahout Gisele Donguet Nganga Kitti Hoffmann Ágnes Turtóczky Veronika Pajtasová Martina Skolková Ilda Bengue
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