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| Full name | Paris Saint-Germain Handball |
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| Short name | PSG, Paris SG |
| Founded | 1941 |
| Ground | Stade Pierre de Coubertin |
| Capacity | 3,402 |
| Owner | Oryx Qatar Sports Investments (QSi) |
| President | Nasser Al-Khelaifi |
| Manager | Zvonimir Serdarušić |
| League | LNH Division 1 |
| 2015–16 | LNH Division 1, 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
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| Football (Men's) | Football (Youth Men's) | Football (Women's) |
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| Handball (Men's) | eSports | |
Paris Saint-Germain Handball, commonly known as Paris Saint-Germain (French pronunciation: [paʁi sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]) and familiarly as PSG or Paris SG, is a French professional handball club founded in 1941, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club is the handball department of Paris Saint-Germain.
PSG's first team play in the highest tier of French handball, the LNH Division 1. The Stade Pierre de Coubertin is their home ground. The stadium, with a seating capacity of 3,402 spectators, is located in the south-west of the French capital, inside the 16th arrondissement of Paris, only a few hundred meters from the Parc des Princes.
Initially called Patriotes d'Asnières (1941–1942), the club has gone through several name changes: Asnières Sports (1942–1987), Paris-Racing-Asnières (1987–1988), Paris-Asnières (1988–1992), PSG-Asnières (1992–2002), and Paris Handball (2002–2012). After being bought by Paris Saint-Germain owners Oryx Qatar Sports Investments (QSi) in 2012, the club became Paris Saint-Germain Handball.
Since its inception, the club has won 13 titles. Domestically, Paris SG has clinched four LNH Division 1 titles, three , one , a record three and two titles. In international club handball, the capital side finished third in the 2015–16 edition of the EHF Champions League.
The Parisian club was founded in 1941. Initially, it took the name of Patriotes d'Asnières before becoming Asnières Sports one year later. Asnières Sports was presided by Christian Picard, whose son Gérard Picard took over during the 1975–1976 season and remained president until 2003.
In 1987, the club's management succeeded in convincing the Paris City Council to partner Asnières Sports and create a major handball team in the capital. This resulted in the Hauts-de-Seine team moving to Paris and being renamed Paris-Racing-Asnières then Paris-Asnières. Relegated in 1989, Paris-Asnières immediately bounced back to the top flight in 1990 after winning the D2 title. At the time, the club's most notable players were future French internationals Jackson Richardson and Patrick Cazal.
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