LFH Division 1 Féminine

LFH Division 1 Féminine, known for sponsorship reasons as Ligue Butagaz Énergie, is the premier women's handball league in France. It is overseen by the Ligue Féminine de Handball (LFH), the governing body of French women's professional handball, under delegation from the French Handball Federation (FFHB). Founded in 1952, it is currently contested by twelve teams.

Metz Handball has dominated the championship in recent times with 25 titles between 1989 and 2023 including a 6-year winning streak, while US Ivry and Paris UC were the most successful teams in past decades with nine and five titles respectively.

As of 2022:
 * Brest Bretagne Handball is the french club that went the furthest in the EHF Champions League: they were finalist in 2021.
 * The EHF European League has been won by only one french club: Neptunes de Nantes in 2021.

Personnel and kits

 * Notes :


 * Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball got dissolved in the middle of the 2022-23 season (financial insolvency).
 * HBC Celles-sur-Belle ranked 10th at the end of 2022-23 and thus earned the sports right to keep playing in Division 1. However FFHandball's financial audit board relegated the club to Division 2 administratively.
 * Mérignac Handball, which ranked last (13th) and was relegated to Division 2, applied to take HBC Celles-sur-Belle's place in Division 1. Despite also suffering from financial problems, their appeal to be saved from relegation was accepted late by the federation, on Day 3 of the season.

2022-23 Teams

Competition format
All 14 teams play each other twice during the season (home and away matches – 26 competition days). At the end of the season, the best ranked team is declared "Champion de France" and is granted a spot in the EHF Champions League's group stage.

The last ranked team (14th) is relegated to the lower echelon of women's handball Division 2 Féminine (D2F) and replaced by the top-ranked D2F team that possesses the VAP status.

Teams receive three points for a win, two points for a draw and one point for a loss.

European qualification
Currently the Champion of France is granted a spot in the EHF Champions League's group stage. Runner-up is qualified for the EHF European League but is able to apply for a wildcard (upgrade) to participate in the Champions League. The winner of the Coupe de France is qualified for the EHF European League. If a qualified team declines to participate in the European League, the next best-ranked team in the league can apply to take their place. A number of the league's other top teams are eligible to participate in European competitions.

The number of teams per national federation qualified for European competitions (EHF Champions League and EHF European League) is determined by a federation's EHF coefficient and EHF rank. Each year, the EHF publishes a ranking that announces the place attribution for the following season (number of teams for each Federation in the various competitions).

For the 2023/24 season, the system changed. The coefficients and ranks were not determined by the overall performance of a federation, as it used to be. The performances are separated by competitions (e.g.: good performance by french teams in the Champions League would not allocate more places for french teams in the European League). Thus, the new system includes separate rankings for the Champions League and the European League.

Place distribution for 2023/24 Women's EHF Club competitions - France's place attribution:
 * EHF Champions League (EHF CL): 1 place
 * EHF European League (EHF EL): 3 places

The Champions League has 7 other spots open for clubs that are not national champions but have qualified for the European League (1 spot for the best seeded Federation of the EHF EL and 6 spots open for upgrades). The EHF European League has 8 spots open in for upgrades.

A club needs to fulfill set technical and organizational or administrative requirements to be able to play in European competitions (finances, adequate playing hall, etc.).

List of champions
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Performance by club

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Medal table

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Free

 * Moselle TV (local TV channel) broadcasts a few of Metz Handball home matches.
 * Tébéo (local TV channel) broadcasts a few of Brest Bretagne Handball home matches.

Pay-to-watch
"Handball TV": For the 2022-23 handball season, the French Federation of Handball launched its own subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service: Free TV channel Sport en France used to broadcast some matches (BeIN Sports took the official broadcaster slot since 2023-24).
 * It re-broadcasts the live feeds of free TV channels (that broadcast matches).
 * it also broadcasts live some exclusive matches produced by the platform and TV channel BeIN Sports (since 2023-24, the channel broadcasts the biggest fixture of a match day).
 * VODs (replays) of most broadcast matches.

Notable foreign players

 * List of foreign players who previously played or currently play in the LFH Division 1 Féminine. Bold indicate players currently playing in the league (2023/2024).


 * Algeria
 * Nadia Belakhdar
 * Nabila Tizi
 * Angola
 * Stelvia de Jesus Pascoal
 * Isabel Guialo
 * Ruth João
 * Argentina
 * 🇦🇷 Joana Bolling
 * 🇦🇷 Elke Karsten
 * 🇦🇷 Luciana Mendoza
 * 🇦🇷 Rosario Urban
 * Australia
 * 🇦🇺 Catherine Kent
 * 🇦🇺 Manon Livingstone
 * Austria
 * 🇦🇹 Gorica Aćimović
 * 🇦🇹 Petra Blazek
 * 🇦🇹 Sonja Frey
 * Belarus
 * 🇧🇾 Natallia Vasileuskaya
 * Belgium
 * 🇧🇪 Nele Antonissen
 * Brazil
 * 🇧🇷 Moniky Bancilon
 * 🇧🇷 Ana Paula Belo
 * 🇧🇷 Adriana Cardoso de Castro
 * 🇧🇷 Deonise Cavaleiro
 * 🇧🇷 Bruna de Paula
 * 🇧🇷 Fabiana Diniz
 * 🇧🇷 Alexandra do Nascimento
 * 🇧🇷 Elaine Gomes
 * 🇧🇷 Mayara Moura
 * 🇧🇷 Gabriela Moreschi
 * 🇧🇷 Jacqueline Oliveira Santana
 * 🇧🇷 Mayssa Pessoa
 * 🇧🇷 Silvia Pinheiro
 * 🇧🇷 Samira Rocha
 * Cameroon
 * 🇨🇲 Lisa Atangana
 * 🇨🇲 Paola Ebanga Baboga
 * Croatia
 * Maida Arslanagić
 * Sonja Bašić
 * Mia Brkić
 * Klaudija Bubalo
 * Ivana Dežić
 * Dragica Džono
 * Kristina Elez
 * Lidija Horvat
 * Ivana Kapitanović
 * Petra Marinović
 * Ćamila Mičijević
 * Ivana Lovrić
 * Tena Petika
 * Sara Sablić
 * Cuba
 * 🇨🇺 Eyatne Rizo
 * Czech Republic
 * 🇨🇿 Klára Černá
 * 🇨🇿 Lenka Černá
 * 🇨🇿 Charlotte Cholevová
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Hurychová
 * 🇨🇿 Kamila Kordovská
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kudláčková
 * 🇨🇿 Iveta Luzumová
 * 🇨🇿 Veronika Malá
 * 🇨🇿 Pavla Poznarová
 * 🇨🇿 Helena Ryšánková
 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Raníková
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Satrapová
 * 🇨🇿 Helena Štěrbová
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Luisa Makubanza
 * Estel Memana
 * Christianne Mwasesa
 * Simone Thiero
 * Denmark
 * Melanie Bak
 * Louise Burgaard
 * Stine Bodholt Nielsen
 * Sofia Deen
 * Lotte Grigel
 * Anne Mette Hansen
 * Mirja Lyngsø Jensen
 * Kristina Jørgensen
 * Mai Kragballe Nielsen
 * Ida Lagerbon
 * Stine Nørklit Lønborg
 * Mia Møldrup
 * Nadia Offendal
 * Julie Pontoppidan
 * Jane Schumacher
 * Sandra Toft
 * Line Uno
 * Ditte Vind
 * Anna Wierzba
 * Maria Berger Wierzba
 * Fie Woller
 * Egypt
 * 🇪🇬 Ehsan Abdelmalek
 * Germany
 * 🇩🇪 Dinah Eckerle
 * 🇩🇪 Katharina Filter
 * 🇩🇪 Alina Grijseels
 * 🇩🇪 Isabell Klein
 * 🇩🇪 Annika Lott
 * 🇩🇪 Ewgenija Minevskaja
 * 🇩🇪 Maike Schirmer
 * 🇩🇪 Luisa Schulze
 * 🇩🇪 Xenia Smits
 * 🇩🇪 Aimée von Pereira
 * 🇩🇪 Lisa Vlug
 * Hungary
 * 🇭🇺 Viktória Csáki
 * 🇭🇺 Andrea Farkas
 * 🇭🇺 Ágnes Hornyák
 * 🇭🇺 Szabina Mayer
 * 🇭🇺 Krisztina Pigniczki
 * 🇭🇺 Szimonetta Planéta
 * 🇭🇺 Szabina Tápai
 * Iceland
 * 🇮🇸 Karen Knútsdóttir
 * 🇮🇸 Arna Sif Pálsdóttir
 * 🇮🇸 Ramune Pekarskyte
 * 🇮🇸 Hrafnhildur Hanna Þrastardóttir
 * Italy
 * 🇮🇹 Irene Fanton
 * Ivory Coast
 * Paula Gondo-Bredou
 * Japan
 * 🇯🇵 Sakura Hauge
 * Montenegro
 * 🇲🇪 Jasna Boljević
 * 🇲🇪 Tatjana Brnović
 * 🇲🇪 Nada Ćorović
 * 🇲🇪 Itana Grbić
 * 🇲🇪 Đurđina Jauković
 * 🇲🇪 Marija Jovanović
 * 🇲🇪 Đurđina Malović
 * 🇲🇪 Jasna Tošković
 * 🇲🇪 Milica Trifunović
 * 🇲🇪 Dijana Ujkić
 * 🇲🇪 Marina Vukčević
 * Netherlands
 * Lois Abbingh
 * Debbie Bont
 * Yvette Broch
 * Merel Freriks
 * Jasmina Janković
 * Isabelle Jongenelen
 * Jessy Kramer
 * Jurswailly Luciano
 * Anouk Nieuwenweg
 * Charris Rozemalen
 * Esther Schop
 * Martine Smeets
 * Laura van der Heijden
 * Sanne van Olphen
 * Marieke van der Wal
 * Pearl van der Wissel
 * Kelly Vollebregt
 * Kristy Zimmerman
 * North Macedonia
 * 🇲🇰 Dragica Kresoja
 * 🇲🇰 Jovana Micevska
 * 🇲🇰 Iva Mladenovska
 * 🇲🇰 Julija Portjanko
 * Norway
 * 🇳🇴 Mari Finstad Bergum
 * 🇳🇴 Camilla Carstens
 * 🇳🇴 Helene Gigstad Fauske
 * 🇳🇴 Rikke Marie Granlund
 * 🇳🇴 Anette Helene Hansen
 * 🇳🇴 Malin Holta
 * 🇳🇴 Tonje Haug Lerstad
 * 🇳🇴 Tonje Løseth
 * 🇳🇴 Karoline Lund
 * 🇳🇴 Kristina Novak
 * 🇳🇴 Hanna Bredal Oftedal
 * 🇳🇴 Stine Bredal Oftedal
 * 🇳🇴 Siv Heim Sæbøe
 * 🇳🇴 Elise Skinnehaugen
 * 🇳🇴 Emma Skinnehaugen
 * 🇳🇴 Mie Sophie Sando
 * 🇳🇴 Celine Sivertsen
 * 🇳🇴 Silje Solberg
 * 🇳🇴 Pernille Wibe
 * Poland
 * 🇵🇱 Marta Gęga
 * 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Janiszewska
 * 🇵🇱 Monika Kobylińska
 * 🇵🇱 Aneta Łabuda
 * 🇵🇱 Natalia Nosek
 * 🇵🇱 Adrianna Płaczek
 * 🇵🇱 Aleksandra Rosiak
 * 🇵🇱 Monika Stachowska
 * 🇵🇱 Karolina Siódmiak
 * 🇵🇱 Ewa Urtnowska
 * 🇵🇱 Paulina Uścinowicz
 * 🇵🇱 Joanna Wołoszyk
 * 🇵🇱 Karolina Zalewska
 * 🇵🇱 Aleksandra Zych
 * Portugal
 * Carolina Loureiro
 * Joana Resende
 * Republic of Congo
 * Joséphine Nkou
 * Romania
 * 🇷🇴 Carmen Amariei
 * 🇷🇴 Melinda Geiger
 * 🇷🇴 Ionica Munteanu
 * 🇷🇴 Elena Napăr
 * 🇷🇴 Crina Pintea
 * 🇷🇴 Ionela Stanca
 * Russia
 * 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Andryushina
 * 🇷🇺 Yulia Khavronina
 * 🇷🇺 Valeriia Maslova
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Vyakhireva
 * Senegal
 * 🇸🇳 Doungou Camara
 * 🇸🇳 Raïssa Dapina
 * 🇸🇳 Laura Kamdop
 * 🇸🇳 Hawa N'Diaye
 * 🇸🇳 Amina Sankharé
 * 🇸🇳 Dienaba Sy
 * Serbia
 * 🇷🇸 Jovana Bogojević
 * 🇷🇸 Marija Čolić
 * 🇷🇸 Lidija Cvijić
 * 🇷🇸 Biljana Filipović
 * 🇷🇸 Gordana Mitrović
 * 🇷🇸 Kristina Liščević
 * 🇷🇸 Tatjana Medved
 * 🇷🇸 Svetlana Ognjenović
 * 🇷🇸 Slađana Pop-Lazić
 * 🇷🇸 Jelena Popović
 * 🇷🇸 Dijana Radojević
 * 🇷🇸 Dijana Števin
 * 🇷🇸 Jovana Stoiljković
 * 🇷🇸 Katarina Tomašević
 * Slovakia
 * 🇸🇰 Adriána Holejová
 * 🇸🇰 Monika Rajnohová
 * 🇸🇰 Martina Školková


 * Slovenia
 * Aneja Beganovič
 * Ana Gros
 * Nina Jeriček
 * Lina Krhlikar
 * Amra Pandžić
 * Tjaša Stanko
 * Maja Vojnović
 * South Korea
 * 🇰🇷 Ryu Eun-hee
 * Spain
 * 🇪🇸 Nely Carla Alberto
 * 🇪🇸 Jessica Alonso
 * 🇪🇸 Alexandrina Cabral
 * 🇪🇸 Carmen Campos
 * 🇪🇸 Mercedes Castellanos
 * 🇪🇸 Elisabet Cesáreo
 * 🇪🇸 Elisabeth Chávez
 * 🇪🇸 Darly de Paula
 * 🇪🇸 Patricia Elorza
 * 🇪🇸 Beatriz Escribano
 * 🇪🇸 Beatriz Fernández
 * 🇪🇸 Magdalena Fernández-Agusti
 * 🇪🇸 Paula García Ávila
 * 🇪🇸 Kaba Gassama
 * 🇪🇸 Lara González Ortega
 * 🇪🇸 Mireya González
 * 🇪🇸 Marta López
 * 🇪🇸 Marta Mangué
 * 🇪🇸 Carmen Martín
 * 🇪🇸 María Muñoz Juan
 * 🇪🇸 María Núñez
 * 🇪🇸 Paula Valdivia Monserrat
 * 🇪🇸 Nicole Wiggins


 * Sweden
 * 🇸🇪 Hanna Åhlén
 * 🇸🇪 Jenny Carlson
 * 🇸🇪 Kristina Flognman
 * 🇸🇪 Tina Flognman
 * 🇸🇪 Hanna Fogelström
 * 🇸🇪 Cecilia Grubbström
 * 🇸🇪 Isabelle Gulldén
 * 🇸🇪 Nathalie Hagman
 * 🇸🇪 Filippa Idéhn
 * 🇸🇪 Therese Islas Helgesson
 * 🇸🇪 Anna Lagerquist
 * 🇸🇪 Clara Monti Danielsson
 * 🇸🇪 Frida Rosell
 * 🇸🇪 Jessica Ryde 
 * 🇸🇪 Louise Sand
 * 🇸🇪 Malin Sandberg
 * 🇸🇪 Carin Strömberg
 * 🇸🇪 Frida Tegstedt
 * 🇸🇪 Ulrika Toft Hansen
 * 🇸🇪 Cassandra Tollbring
 * 🇸🇪 Linnea Torstenson
 * 🇸🇪 Angelica Wallén


 * Switzerland
 * Daphne Gautschi
 * Lea Schüpbach
 * Tunisia
 * 🇹🇳 Haifa Abdelhak
 * 🇹🇳 Noura Ben Slama
 * 🇹🇳 Takoua Chabchoub
 * 🇹🇳 Mouna Chebbah
 * 🇹🇳 Maroua Dhaouadi
 * 🇹🇳 Asma Elghaoui
 * 🇹🇳 Ines Khouildi
 * 🇹🇳 Ouided Kilani
 * 🇹🇳 Rafika Marzouk
 * 🇹🇳 Rakia Rezgui
 * 🇹🇳 Faten Yahiaoui
 * Ukraine
 * 🇺🇦 Liliia Gorilska
 * 🇺🇦 Olha Nikolayenko
 * 🇺🇦 Olga Perederiy
 * 🇺🇦 Anastasiia Pidpalova
 * 🇺🇦 Yuliya Snopova

EHF league ranking
EHF League Ranking for 2022/23 season:
 * 1. Disc Plain yellow dark.svg (1) 🇭🇺 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (157.67)
 * 2. [[Image:Green-Up-Arrow.svg|15px]] (5) 🇫🇷 Ligue Butagaz Énergie (118.50)
 * 3. RedDownArrow.svg (2) 🇷🇺 Russian Superleague (114.50)
 * 4. RedDownArrow.svg (3) 🇩🇰 Bambusa Kvindeligaen (109.00)
 * 5. [[Image:Green-Up-Arrow.svg|15px]] (6) 🇳🇴 REMA 1000-ligaen (102.77)
 * 6. RedDownArrow.svg (4) 🇷🇴 Liga Națională (94.50)