FC Nantes

Nantes
Full name Football Club de Nantes
Nickname(s) Les Canaris (The Canaries)
Short name FCN or Nantes
Founded 1943 (1943)
Ground La Beaujoire-Louis
Fonteneau
YellowPark (future)
Capacity 38,128
Chairman Waldemar Kita
Manager Vahid Halilhodžić
League Ligue 1
2017–18 Ligue 1, 9th
Website Club website

Football Club de Nantes (Breton: Naoned, Gallo: Naunnt), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (French pronunciation: ​[nɑ̃t]), is a French association football club based in Nantes, Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a result of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one large club. From 1992 to 2007, the club was referred to as FC Nantes Atlantique before reverting to its current name at the start of the 2007–08 season. Nantes currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football.

Nantes is one of the most successful clubs in French football, having won eight Ligue 1 titles, three Coupe de France wins and attained one Coupe de la Ligue victory. The club is famous for its jeu à la nantaise ("Nantes-style play"), its collective spirit, mainly advocated under coaches José Arribas, Jean-Claude Suaudeau and Raynald Denoueix and for its youth system, which has produced players such as Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps, Mickaël Landreau, Claude Makélélé, Christian Karembeu and Jérémy Toulalan. As well as Les Canaris (The Canaries), Nantes is also nicknamed Les jaunes et verts (The Green and Yellows) and La Maison Jaune (The Yellow House).

History

The club was founded in 1943.[1] The first match played by Nantes as a professional team took place at the Stade Olympique de Colombes against CA Paris, where Nantes triumphed 2–0. The first home match was a defeat of the same score against Troyes. The club finished fifth at the end of this first season following which the club's manager Aimé Nuic left the club following a dispute, and was succeeded by Antoine Raab, who took over in a player-coach role. After winning 16 consecutive matches, Nantes lost 9–0 to Sochaux.

Supporters at an away match

In July 1991, the club re-instated Jean-Claude Suaudeau, and in July 1992, after spending a fortnight in the second division due to an administrative decision by the DNCG (French Football's financial regulator), FC Nantes was renamed FC Nantes Atlantique, and was able to take its place in the first division back. They won the French championship in 1994/95[2] and in 2000/01. In 2005, Nantes narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of the season by defeating Metz 1-0.[3] The following season Nantes finished last in Ligue 1 and were relegated to Ligue 2 after spending over 40 consecutive seasons in Ligue 1. In 2007, Nantes were promoted back to Ligue 1 at the first attempt but the following season they were relegated back to Ligue 2 after finishing 19th on the table. After spending 3 seasons in Ligue 2, Nantes were once again promoted to Ligue 1 in 2013. In their first season back in the top division, Nantes avoided relegation finishing 13th on the table. After two years of stability, in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 season, Nantes finished a highly respectable 7th on the table. For the 2017/2018 season, former Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri took over as manager and after 10 games in charge had Nantes sitting 3rd on the table just behind big spending Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco.[4][5] In the second half of the 2017/2018 season, Nantes managed to only win 3 more games and finished 9th on the table. Claudio Ranieri also announced his departure from the club after only one season.[6][7]

Stadium

Stade de la Beaujoire, also known as the Stade de Nantes

Nantes' home ground since 1984 has been the Stade de la Beaujoire-Louis Fontenau, which has a capacity of 38,128.[8] FC Nantes former stadium was The Stade Marcel Saupin which the club played at from 1937 to 1984.[9] A new stadium is expected to be built and replace the Stade de la Beaujoire-Louis Fontenau as Nantes' home ground in 2022.[10]

Players

Current squad

As of 31 August 2018.[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 France GK Maxime Dupé
2 Brazil DF Fábio
3 Brazil DF Diego Carlos
4 France DF Nicolas Pallois
5 Senegal DF Kara Mbodji (on loan from Anderlecht)
6 Brazil DF Lucas Lima
7 Mali FW Kalifa Coulibaly
8 Belgium FW Joris Kayembe
9 Argentina FW Emiliano Sala
10 Ghana FW Abdul Majeed Waris (on loan from Porto)
11 Sweden MF Alexander Kačaniklić
12 Brazil MF Gabriel Boschilia (on loan from Monaco)
13 United States DF Matt Miazga (on loan from Chelsea)
14 Mali DF Charles Traoré
15 France FW Randal Kolo Muani
16 France GK Alexandre Olliero
17 Brazil MF Lucas Evangelista
No. Position Player
18 France MF Samuel Moutoussamy
19 France MF Abdoulaye Touré
20 Brazil MF Andrei Girotto
21 Slovenia MF Rene Krhin
22 Belgium FW Anthony Limbombe
23 France MF Abdoulaye Dabo
24 Cameroon MF Alexis Alégué
25 France DF Enock Kwateng
26 Democratic Republic of the Congo DF Anthony Walongwa
27 Senegal FW Santy Ngom
28 France MF Valentin Rongier (captain)
29 France DF Batista Mendy
30 Romania GK Ciprian Tătărușanu
31 Iceland FW Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
34 France DF Thomas Basila
40 France GK Quentin Braat

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Ivory Coast DF Koffi Djidji (at Torino until 30 June 2019)
Belgium MF Yassine El Ghanassy (at Al-Raed until 30 June 2019)

Reserve squad

As of 10 October 2018.[12] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
France GK Nassim Badri
France GK Charly Jan
France DF Josue Homawoo
France DF Aristote Lusinga
France DF Abdoulaye Sylla
France DF Sekou Traore
Democratic Republic of the Congo DF Anthony Walongwa
France MF Abdoul Kader Bamba
France MF Teddy Bouriaud
France MF Theo Chendri
No. Position Player
France MF Oan Djorkaeff
France MF Imran Louza
France MF Alexis Mané
France MF Bryan Mavinzi
France MF Roli Pereira
France FW Hakim Abdallah
Mali FW Amadou Coulibaly
France FW Taylor Luvambo
France FW Akram Tsague
France FW Elie Youan

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Nantes in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1943. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club.

For a complete list of FC Nantes players, see Category:FC Nantes players

Former managers

Honours

Domestic competitions

International competitions

References

  1. ↑ "FC Nantes". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ↑ François Mazet and Frédéric Pauron (1 September 2016). "Yearwise list of the champions of France". France - List of Champions. RSSSF. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ↑ uefa.com. "Nantes survive relegation scare – UEFA.com". www.uefa.com.
  4. ↑ "FC Nantes might forfeit a win, but they're back where they belong". newstalk.com.
  5. ↑ "The French Leicester City? Ranieri enjoying a flying start at Nantes - Goal.com". goal.com.
  6. ↑ https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2018/feature-claudio-ranieris-spell-at-nantes-ends-this-evening-the-story-of-how-a-leicester-esque-campaign-turned-sour/
  7. ↑ http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/classement
  8. ↑ "FC Nantes". LFP. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "FC Nantes: 1984, quand les Canaris ont quitté le stade Saupin pour celui de la Beaujoire". www.20minutes.fr.
  10. ↑ "LES INTENTIONS ARCHITECTURALES" (in French). FC Nantes. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Effectif" (in French). fcnantes.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "EFFECTIF NATIONAL 2". fcnantes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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