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SMUC Marseille

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SMUC Marseille
Full nameStade Marseillais Université Club
Founded1941; 84 years ago (1941), recreated from OM Virtrolles 1994; 31 years ago (1994)
ArenaPalais des sports de Marseille
Stadium de Vitrolles[1]
Capacity5800
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PresidentDominique Tésorière
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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.

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 surported 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

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  • 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)

Famous former players

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References

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  1. ^ {"EHF Greenbook 1994". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. ^ "«De la gloire à l'anonymat»: L'OM-Vitrolles, l'étoile filante du handball français" (in French). Le Figaro. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Hand: l'OM-Vitrolles dans un trou financier et sportif . Déficitaire, le club champion de France est rétrogradé". Libération (in French). 22 May 1996. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  4. ^ "L'OM du hand, main dans la main". Libération (in French). 25 March 1995. Retrieved 19 April 2014.