Union sportive municipale de Gagny, often just called USM Gagny, was a multisports club from Gagny, France, most famous for its handball team that won the French Championship 5 times in the 1980's on the men's side and 4 times in the 1980's and 90's on the women's side. The team was dissolved in 1996 due to dept.
History The club was founded in 1948, led by the then vice-president of the French Handball Federation, M. Raymond Valliet.
In 1971 the men's team was promoted to the top division, and by the end of the 1970's it had established itself as one of the best teams in France. In the 1979-80 season they finished second, and in 1981 and 1982 they won the French Championship. In the 1987 season the men's team won the Coupe de France.List of winners until 2016 in the French Handball Federation's website Meanwhile the women's team won the French Championship four times and the French Cup three times in the 80's and early 90's.List of champions in handseven.frList of Cup champions in the French Handball Federation's website
In 1984 they became the first French handball team to have a shirt sponsor.
During the 1990's French handball became more and more professional, which gave USM Gagny economic problems, and they filed for bankruptcy in 1996.
Accomplishments Men's handball French league: Winner (5): 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987 Runners-up (2): 1980, 1984 Third place (3): 1988, 1989, 1990 Coupe de France: Winner (1): 1987 Runners-up (2): 1985, 1990
Women's Handball French league: Winner (4): 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992 Runners-up (2): 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 Coupe de France: Winner (3): 1985, 1992, 1993 Runners-up (2): 1990, 1994
Famous former players Joël Abati Éric Cailleaux Frédéric Dole Philippe Médard Gaël Monthurel Thierry Perreux Frédéric Perez Philippe Gardent Jean-Michel Germain Aleksandar Knežević Valérie Nicolas Ljiljana Mugoša Svetlana Mugoša-Antić
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