FC Nantes

FC Nantes
Basic data
Surname	Football Club de Nantes
Seat	Nantes , France
founding	1943
president	Waldemar day care center
Website	fcnantes.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Christian Gourcuff
Venue	Louis-Fonteneau stadium
Places	37,473
league	Ligue 1
2019/20	13th place (quotient regulation)
home Away

The Football Club de Nantes (1992–2007: FC Nantes Atlantique) from the port city of Nantes in western France is one of the most successful French football clubs .

It was founded on April 21, 1943 through the merger of six clubs; the club colors are yellow and green, which is why FC Nantes is affectionately known as "canaries" ( French Les Canaris ). Until 1984 the first team played in the Stade Malakoff (renamed Stade Marcel-Saupin in 1963 ), since then in the Stade de la Beaujoire , which is now called Stade Louis-Fonteneau and holds 37,473 spectators.

The association's president is Waldemar Kita; the league team has been coached by Christian Gourcuff since August 2019 .

League affiliation

FC Nantes played in Division 2 from 1945 to 1963 , uninterrupted from then until 2007, again in 2008/09 and first class again since 2013 ( Division 1 , renamed Ligue 1 since 2002 ). In particular, his youth work, which is outstanding even by “French standards”, has contributed to this long series of success. Inextricably linked to Nantes' ascent in the 1960s is the name of his long-time coach José Arribas , who worked here successfully from 1960 to 1976. Jean Vincent and Jean-Claude Suaudeau (until 1988) then also stood for great continuity of the FCN in the coaching question, to which one can also count the 35 years that the club worked with the same manager ( Robert Budzynski , 1970-2005). In 2007, the association was bought by the Polish millionaire Waldemar Kita for 10 million euros.

Logo history

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  1960s

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  1970s I.

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  1970s II.

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  1980s

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  1988-1997

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  1997-2003

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  2003-2007

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  2008-2019

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  since 2019

Current squad 2019/20

As of May 9, 2020

No.	Nat.	Surname	birthday	in the team since	Contract until
goal
01		Alban Lafont	01/23/1999	2019	2021
16		Alexandre Olliero	02/15/1996	2016	2023
30th		Denis Petric	May 24, 1988	2019	2021
Defense
02		Fábio	07/09/1990	2018	2021
03		Wesley Mustache	02/26/1999	2019	2021
04th		Nicolas Pallois	09/19/1987	2017	2022
12		Dennis Appiah	06/09/1992	2019	2023
13		Molla Wagué	02/21/1991	2019	2022
14th		Charles Traoré	01/01/1992	2018	2023
20th		Andrei Girotto	02/17/1992	2017	2024
23		Thomas Basila	04/30/1999	2018	2021
25th		Josué Homawoo	11/12/1997	2019	2020
33		Percy Prado	01/14/1996	2020	2022
midfield
06th		Roli Pereira de Sa.	12/10/1996		2021
10		Cristian Benavente	05/19/1994	2019	2020
11		Mehdi Abeid	08/06/1992	2019	2022
17th		Ludovic Blas	December 31, 1997	2019	2024
18th		Samuel Moutoussamy	08/12/1996	2017	2024
19th		Abdoulaye Touré	03/03/1994	2014	2022
21st		Rene Krhin	May 21, 1990	2018	2020
26th		Imran Louza	05/01/1999	2019	2024
29		Batista Mendy	01/12/2000	2019	2021
Storm
07th		Kalifa Coulibaly	08/21/1991	2017	2022
08th		Marcus Coco	06/24/1996	2019	2023
15th		Anthony Limbombe	07/15/1994	2018	2023
22nd		Bridge Ndilu	07/21/2000	2019	2024
24		Thody Élie Youan	04/07/1999	2019	2022
27		Moses Simon	07/12/1995	2019	2020
28		Renaud Emond	05.12.1991	2020	2022
32		Abdoul Kader Bamba	05/25/1994	2019	2022
36		Abdoulaye Dabo	03/04/2001	2018	2022

successes

National

• French champion : 1965 , 1966 , 1973 , 1977 , 1980 , 1983 , 1995 , 2001
• French Cup Winner : 1979 , 1999 , 2000 (and finalist 1966 , 1970 , 1973 , 1983 , 1993 )

International

• European Cups: semi-finalist in the Champions League (1996) and in the European Cup Winners' Cup (1980)
• Alpine Cup: 1982

Essential players for the club in the past

• Loïc Amisse (1973–1990, also 2003–2004 as a trainer)
• Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes (1969–1987)
• Bernard Blanchet (1962-1984)
• Maxime Bossis (1973–1985)
• Robert Budzynski (1963–1969, also 1970–2005 as sports director)
• Jorge Burruchaga (1985-1992)
• Gabriel De Michèle (1963-1975)
• Marcel Desailly (1986-1992)
• Didier Deschamps (1986-1989)
• Robert Gadocha (1975-1977)
• Philippe Gondet (1963–1971)
• Vahid Halilhodžić (1981–1986)
• Christian Karembeu (1990–1995)
• Mickaël Landreau (1996-2006)
• Gilbert Le Chenadec (1958-1967)
• Paul Le Guen (1989-1991)
• Roger Lemerre (1969–1971)
• Patrice Loko (1988–1995)
• Erich Maas (1970–1975)
• Claude Makélélé (1992–1997)
• Henri Michel (1966–1982)
• Viorel Moldovan (2000-2003 and 2004-2006)
• Oscar Muller (1973–1990)
• Ramón Muller (1963-1966)
• Japhet N'Doram (1990–1997) (also in 2007 as a trainer)
• Nicolas Ouédec (1988–1996)
• Éric Pécout (1974-1981)
• Patrice Rio (1970-1984)
• Jacky Simon (1963-1968)
• Jean-Claude Suaudeau (1963–1969, also 1973–1988 as a trainer)
• Marama Vahirua (1998-2004)

literature

• Thierry Berthou / Collectif: Dictionnaire historique des clubs de football français. Pages de Foot, Créteil 1999 - Volume 1 (A-Mo) ISBN 2-913146-01-5 , Volume 2 (Mu-W) ISBN 2-913146-02-3 .
• Jean Cornu: Les grandes equipes françaises de football. Famot, Genève 1978.
• L'Équipe (Ed.): FC Nantes Atlantique. Un club à la Une. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2005 ISBN 2-915535-04-3 .
• Pierre Minier: 1943–2003 - Football Club de Nantes, le doyen de l'élite. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2003 ISBN 2-911698-23-1 .

Web links

Commons : FC Nantes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• fcnantes.com: Official club website (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.transfermarkt.de/fc-nantes/startseite/verein/995