Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball
French handball club
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.
Transfers
Transfers for the 2026–27 season
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 (?
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