2015–16 LNH Division 1

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{{Infobox football league season

| caption =

| competition = LNH Division 1

| season = 2015-16

| winners = PSG

| continentalcup1 =

| continentalcup1 qualifiers =

| continentalcup2 =

| continentalcup2 qualifiers =

| relegated =

| league topscorer = {{flagicon|DEN}} Mikkel Hansen
(219 goals)

| matches = 182

| total goals = 9671

| prevseason = 2014-15

| nextseason = 2016-17

}}

The 2015–16 LNH Division 1 was the 64th season of the LNH Division 1, the French premier handball league, and the 39th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 21 August 2015 to 4 June 2016.

Team information

{{location map+|France

|float=right

|width=465

|alt=Locations of the 2015–16 LNH Division 1

|caption=Locations of the 2015-16 LNH Division 1 teams

|places=

{{Location map~|France|lat=51.03683 |long=2.37451 |label=Dunkerque|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=48.841422|long=2.393053 |label=PSG|position=left}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=48.98060 |long=2.5573 |label=Tremblay|position=top}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=48.7911 |long=2.4628 |label=Créteil}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=48.107458|long=-1.712839|label=Cesson Rennes}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=47.255631|long=-1.525375|label=Nantes|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=45.57 |long=5.9118 |label=Chambéry|position=left}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=43.583314|long=1.434047 |label=Toulouse|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=43.61194 |long=3.97722 |label=Montpellier|position=left}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=43.837777|long=4.3608333|label=Nîmes|position=top}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=43.53200 |long=5.44700 |label=Aix|position=top}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=43.4255 |long=6.7684 |label=St-Raphaël|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=48.3981 |long=1.4942 |label=Chartres|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|France|lat=48.8078 |long=2.3747 |label=Ivry|position=bottom}}

}}

The following 14 clubs competed in the LNH Division 1 during the 2015–16 season:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"

! Team

! Location

! Arena

! Capacity

Aix

| Aix-en-Provence

| Complexe sportif du Val de l'Arc

| align="center" | 1,650

Cesson-Rennes

| Rennes

| Palais des sports de la Valette
Le Liberté

| align="center" | 1,400
4,000

Chambéry

| Chambéry

| Le Phare

| align="center" | 4,400

Chartres MHB 28

| Morancez

| Halle Jean Cochet

| align="center" | 1,200

US Créteil

| Créteil

| Palais des Sports Robert Oubron

| align="center" | 2,500

Dunkerque

| Dunkerque

| Stade des Flandres

| align="center" | 2,400

US Ivry

| Ivry-sur-Seine

| Gymnase Auguste-Delaune

| align="center" | 1,500

Montpellier

| Montpellier

| Palais des sports René-Bougnol
Park&Suites Arena

| align="center" | 3,000
8,000

Nantes

| Nantes

| Palais des Sports
Halle XXL de la Beaujoire

| align="center" | 5,000
9,000

USAM Nîmes

| Nîmes

| Le Parnasse

| align="center" | 3,391

Paris Saint-Germain

| Paris

| Stade Pierre de Coubertin
Halle Georges Carpentier

| align="center" | 3,402
4,300

Saint Raphaël

| Saint-Raphaël

| Palais des sports J-F Krakowski

| align="center" | 2,000

Fenix Toulouse

| Toulouse

| Palais des Sports André Brouat

| align="center" | 4,200

Tremblay

| Tremblay-en-France

| Palais des sports

| align="center" | 1,100

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=26 November 2015

|source=[http://www.lnh.fr/championnat-d1m/classement lnh.fr/championnat-d1m]

|winpoints=2

|team1=PSG |team2=SRVH |team3=NAN |team4=MHB |team5=CHA |team6=USC |team7=USDK |team8=CES |team9=TOU |team10=USAM |team11=USI |team12=PAUC |team13=CMHB |team14=TFHB

|win_PSG=23 |draw_PSG=0 |loss_PSG=3 |gf_PSG=883 |ga_PSG=739

|win_SRVH=16 |draw_SRVH=4 |loss_SRVH=6 |gf_SRVH=749 |ga_SRVH=713

|win_NAN=16 |draw_NAN=2 |loss_NAN=8 |gf_NAN=769 |ga_NAN=681

|win_MHB=15 |draw_MHB=3 |loss_MHB=8 |gf_MHB=758 |ga_MHB=721

|win_CHA=14 |draw_CHA=3 |loss_CHA=9 |gf_CHA=730 |ga_CHA=690

|win_USC=11 |draw_USC=6 |loss_USC=9 |gf_USC=786 |ga_USC=787

|win_USDK=11 |draw_USDK=4 |loss_USDK=11 |gf_USDK=681 |ga_USDK=687

|win_CES=10 |draw_CES=5 |loss_CES=11 |gf_CES=681 |ga_CES=717

|win_TOU=10 |draw_TOU=4 |loss_TOU=12 |gf_TOU=762 |ga_TOU=743

|win_USAM=9 |draw_USAM=4 |loss_USAM=13 |gf_USAM=767 |ga_USAM=779

|win_USI=8 |draw_USI=3 |loss_USI=15 |gf_USI=697 |ga_USI=765

|win_PAUC=6 |draw_PAUC=5 |loss_PAUC=15 |gf_PAUC=734 |ga_PAUC=779

|win_CMHB=5 |draw_CMHB=2 |loss_CMHB=19 |gf_CMHB=674 |ga_CMHB=784

|win_TFHB=5 |draw_TFHB=1 |loss_TFHB=20 |gf_TFHB=725 |ga_TFHB=811

|name_PAUC=Aix

|name_CES= Cesson-Rennes

|name_CHA= Chambéry

|name_CMHB=Chartres

|name_USC= Créteil

|name_USDK=Dunkerque

|name_USI= Ivry

|name_MHB= Montpellier

|name_NAN= HBC Nantes

|name_USAM=USAM Nîmes

|name_PSG= Paris Saint-Germain

|name_SRVH=Saint Raphaël

|name_TOU= Toulouse

|name_TFHB=Tremblay

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

|result1=CLGP |result2=EL3Q |result3=CLGP |result4=CLGP |result5=EL2Q |result6=EL2Q |result13=REL |result14=REL

|res_col_header=QR

|col_CLGP=green1 |text_CLGP=Qualification to Champions League group stage

|col_EL3Q=blue1 |text_EL3Q=Qualification to EHF Cup third qualifying round

|col_EL2Q=blue2 |text_EL2Q=Qualification to EHF Cup second qualifying round

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to 2016–17 LNH Division 2

}}

=Schedule and results=

In the table below the home teams are listed on the left and the away teams along the top.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="975"
width=180| {{Cite web |url=http://www.lnh.fr/championnat-d1m/calendrier |title=Results |access-date=2015-10-25 |archive-date=2014-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823151843/http://www.lnh.fr/championnat-d1m/calendrier |url-status=dead }}

!width=55|AIX

!width=55|CES

!width=55|CHA

!width=55|CHR

!width=55|CRÉ

!width=55|DUN

!width=55|IVR

!width=55|MON

!width=55|NAN

!width=55|NIM

!width=55|PSG

!width=55|STR

!width=55|TOU

!width=55|TRE

style="text-align: left;"|Aixbgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–19bgcolor=#FFDFDF|26–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|37–24bgcolor=#FFDFDF|33–37bgcolor=#FFFFDD|27–27bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–30bgcolor=#FFDFDF|26–30bgcolor=#FFFFDD|34–34bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–35bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–38bgcolor=#FFFFDD|30–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–26
style="text-align: left;"|Cesson-Rennesbgcolor=#FFFFDD|23–23bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–25bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–29bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–36bgcolor=#DFE7FF|25–23bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–23bgcolor=#FFFFDD|27–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–29bgcolor=#FFFFDD|28–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|33–36bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–27bgcolor=#FFFFDD|28–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–20
style="text-align: left;"|Chambérybgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–19bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|22–19bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–20bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–35bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–25bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–27bgcolor=#FFDFDF|31–32
style="text-align: left;"|Chartresbgcolor=#FFDFDF|20–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–25bgcolor=#FFDFDF|18–34bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFFFDD|28–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–25bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–33bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|24–21bgcolor=#FFDFDF|20–32bgcolor=#FFDFDF|22–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|24–23bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–31
style="text-align: left;"|Créteilbgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–26bgcolor=#FFFFDD|27–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|39–35bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–26bgcolor=#FFDFDF|30–36bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–24bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–26bgcolor=#FFFFDD|31–31bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–32bgcolor=#FFDFDF|26–30bgcolor=#FFFFDD|31–31bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–24
style="text-align: left;"|Dunkerquebgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|24–23bgcolor=#FFFFDD|29–29bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–25bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFFFDD|23–23bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–26bgcolor=#FFDFDF|22–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–27bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–32bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|26–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–25
style="text-align: left;"|Ivrybgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–30bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–26bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–31bgcolor=#FFDFDF|22–24bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–30bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–40bgcolor=#FFDFDF|35–36bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–33bgcolor=#FFFFDD|30–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–24
style="text-align: left;"|Montpellierbgcolor=#DFE7FF|37–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|36–29bgcolor=#FFFFDD|27–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–30bgcolor=#FFFFDD|29–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–23bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFDFDF|0–20bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–31bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|32–34bgcolor=#DFE7FF|37–33
style="text-align: left;"|Nantesbgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|25–17bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|38–31bgcolor=#DFE7FF|40–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|35–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–22bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|17–24bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–27bgcolor=#FFFFDD|26–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–26
style="text-align: left;"|Nîmesbgcolor=#DFE7FF|37–26bgcolor=#FFDFDF|22–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–27bgcolor=#FFFFDD|30–30bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–25bgcolor=#FFFFDD|28–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–26bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–34bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–36bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–30
style="text-align: left;"|Parisbgcolor=#FFDFDF|31–32bgcolor=#DFE7FF|38–31bgcolor=#DFE7FF|35–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–22bgcolor=#DFE7FF|30–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–33bgcolor=#DFE7FF|36–32bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|37–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|43–39
style="text-align: left;"|Saint Raphaëlbgcolor=#FFFFDD|25–25bgcolor=#FFFFDD|27–27bgcolor=#FFFFDD|24–24bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–23bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–34bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–25bgcolor=#DFE7FF|35–33bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–32bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|26–21
style="text-align: left;"|Toulousebgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–23bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–26bgcolor=#DFE7FF|28–27bgcolor=#DFE7FF|29–22bgcolor=#FFDFDF|30–31bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–28bgcolor=#DFE7FF|31–21bgcolor=#FFDFDF|29–30bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–29bgcolor=#DFE7FF|33–27bgcolor=#FFDFDF|33–38bgcolor=#FFDFDF|26–28bgcolor=#CCCCCC| bgcolor=#DFE7FF|34–31
style="text-align: left;"|Tremblaybgcolor=#DFE7FF|32–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|24–27bgcolor=#FFDFDF|25–28bgcolor=#FFDFDF|33–36bgcolor=#FFFFDD|35–35bgcolor=#DFE7FF|25–24bgcolor=#FFDFDF|23–24bgcolor=#FFDFDF|22–30bgcolor=#FFDFDF|27–34bgcolor=#FFDFDF|28–37bgcolor=#FFDFDF|32–43bgcolor=#FFDFDF|30–35bgcolor=#DFE7FF|27–26bgcolor=#CCCCCC| 

Season statistics

=Top goalscorers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

! Player

! Club

! Goals

rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Mikkel Hansen

|align="left"|Paris Saint-Germain

|rowspan="1"|228

rowspan="1"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Valero Rivera

|align="left"|Nantes

|rowspan="1"|184

rowspan="1"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Nemanja Ilić

|align="left"|Toulouse

|rowspan="1"|155

rowspan="1"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Raphaël Caucheteux

|align="left"|Saint Raphaël

|rowspan="1"|149

rowspan="1"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|ISL}} Snorri Stein Guðjónsson

|align="left"|Nîmes

|rowspan="1"|136

rowspan="1"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Dragan Gajić

|align="left"|Montpellier

|rowspan="1"|130

rowspan="1"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nedim Remili

|align="left"|Créteil

|rowspan="1"|128

rowspan="1"|8

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Bingo

|align="left"|Tremblay-en-France

|rowspan="1"|127

rowspan="1"|9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|MNE}} Vasko Ševaljević

|align="left"|Toulouse

|rowspan="1"|126

rowspan="1"|10

|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Timothey N’Guessan

|align="left"|Chambéry

|rowspan="1"|124

=Monthly awards=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"|Month

!colspan="2"|Player of the Month

Player

!Club

September

|{{flagicon|SLO}} Jure Dolenec

|Montpellier Handball

October

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Vincent Gérard

|Montpellier Handball

November

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Matías Schulz

|HBC Nantes

December

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nedim Remili

|US Créteil

February

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Grégoire Detrez

|Chambéry SH

March

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Valero Rivera

|HBC Nantes

April

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Kevin Bonnefoi

|Cesson Rennes

Number of teams by regions

class="wikitable"
!Region

!No. teams

!Teams

rowspan=1|1

|{{flag|Île-de-France}}

align=center|4Créteil, Ivry, Paris and Tremblay
rowspan="2"|2

|{{flag|Languedoc-Roussillon}}

align=center rowspan="2"|2Montpellier and Nîmes
{{flag|Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur}}Aix and Saint-Raphaël
rowspan="6"|4

|{{flag|Brittany|Brittany (administrative region)}}

align=center rowspan="6"|1Cesson-Rennes
{{flag|Centre}}Chartres
{{flag|Midi-Pyrénées}}Toulouse
{{flag|Nord-Pas-de-Calais}}Dunkerque
{{flag|Pays de la Loire}}Nantes
{{flag|Rhône-Alpes}}Chambéry

References

{{Reflist|References}}