{{Short description|French handball club}} {{Infobox handball club | clubname = USM Gagny | image = | fullname =Union sportive municipale de Gagny | short name = | founded = {{start date and age|1948}} | dissolved = {{end date and age|1996}} | ground = | capacity = | chairman = | manager = | league = | season = | position = | website = | colour1 = | colour2 = |pattern_la1= |pattern_b1 = |pattern_sh1= |pattern_ra1= |rightarm1 = |body1 = |leftarm1 = |shorts1 = |pattern_la2= |pattern_b2 = |pattern_sh2= |pattern_ra2= |rightarm2 = |leftarm2 = |body2 = |shorts2 = }}
'''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.<ref name=Parisien />
==History== The club was founded in 1948, led by the then vice-president of the French Handball Federation, M. Raymond Valliet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65853696/f30.item|publisher=L'equipe|via=Gallica.bnf.fr|title=L'USM Gagny lorgne vers les sommers|date=|access-date=6 March 2026|language=fr}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/quand-gagny-etait-l-usine-a-champions-du-hand-01-01-2017-6512448.php|publisher=le Parisien|title=Quand Gagny était l'usine à champions du hand|date=1 January 2017|access-date=6 March 2026|language=fr}}</ref> In the 1979-80 season they finished second, and in 1981 and 1982 they won the French Championship.<ref name=Parisien>{{cite web |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/mais-ou-est-passe-gagny-23-06-2011-1504466.php |title=Mais où est passé Gagny? |date=23 June 2011 |publisher=Le Parisien |language=fr |access-date=2022-08-19}}</ref> In the 1987 season the men's team won the Coupe de France.<ref>[http://www.ff-handball.org/competitions/coupe-de-france/masculine/palmares.html List of winners until 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622201116/http://www.ff-handball.org/competitions/coupe-de-france/masculine/palmares.html |date=2017-06-22 }} in the French Handball Federation's website</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.handseven.fr/LFH-LES-CHAMPIONS-DE-FRANCE_a3046.html List of champions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526152322/http://www.handseven.fr/LFH-LES-CHAMPIONS-DE-FRANCE_a3046.html |date=2016-05-26 }} in handseven.fr</ref><ref>[http://www.handlfh.org/palmares-coupe-de-france/ List of Cup champions] in the French Handball Federation's website</ref>
In 1984 they became the first French handball team to have a shirt sponsor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96643948/f64.item |title=Sponsors |publisher=French Handball Federation |work=Hand-ball: bulletin fédéral |date=October 1984 |language=fr |access-date=2022-08-19}}</ref>
During the 1990's French handball became more and more professional, which gave USM Gagny economic problems, and they filed for bankruptcy in 1996.<ref>{{cite news|title=Au bord de la faillite, Gagny attend qu'on lui tende la main|url=https://www.humanite.fr/-/-/au-bord-de-la-faillite-gagny-attend-quon-lui-tende-la-main|publisher=L'Humanité|access-date=6 March 2026|language=fr|date=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/sports/1995/12/20/a-gagny-le-hand-se-meurt-a-petit-feul-ex-club-phare-francais-est-menace-de-disparaitre-a-la-fin-de-l_151762/|publisher=Libération|title=Reportage A Gagny, le hand se meurt à petit feuL'ex-club phare français est menacé de disparaître à la fin de la saison|date=12 December 1995|access-date=6 March 2026|language=fr}}</ref>
==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== *{{flagicon|FRA}} Joël Abati *{{flagicon|FRA}} Éric Cailleaux *{{flagicon|FRA}} Frédéric Dole *{{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Médard *{{flagicon|FRA}} Gaël Monthurel *{{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Perreux *{{flagicon|FRA}} Frédéric Perez *{{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Gardent *{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Michel Germain *{{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Knežević *{{flagicon|FRA}} Valérie Nicolas *{{flagicon|YUG}} Ljiljana Mugoša *{{flagicon|YUG}} Svetlana Mugoša-Antić
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