HBC Nantes

HBC Nantes

Full name	Handball Club Nantes
Founded	June 19, 1953
Club colors	violet
Hall	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu
Places	5,000
president	Gaël Pelletier
Trainer	Alberto Entrerríos
league	Ligue Nationale de Handball
2019/20
rank	2nd place
Website	hbcnantes.com
home Away
Greatest successes
National	French Cup Winner 2017 French League Cup Winner 2015 French Champions Trophy Winner 2017
International	EHF Cup finalist 2013, 2016 EHF Champions League finalist 2018

The Handball Club Nantes ( HBC Nantes for short ) is a French handball club from Nantes , whose men's team plays in the Ligue Nationale de Handball , the highest French league.

history

In the 2010/11 season the HBC Nantes reached the 5th place in the league and thus entered the 2011/12 international EHF Cup , in which they were eliminated in the 3rd round against the Belarusian representative HC Dinamo Minsk . The next year they improved to 4th place in the domestic league and qualified again for the EHF Cup. After surviving the group phase, as the host of the Final Four , you were set for the semi-finals. In the final , however, they lost to the Rhein-Neckar Löwen . For the EHF-Pokal 2015/16 Nantes hosted the Final Four again and made it into the final again. This time they lost against Frisch Auf Göppingen . In 2015 Nantes won the Coupe de la Ligue and in 2017 the Coupe de France . After being eliminated in the round of 16 of the EHF Champions League 2016/17 , the Final Four was reached for the first time in 2017/18 .

Player and coach

Current squad for the 2019/20 season

No.	nation	Surname	position	size	Date of birth	Age	place of birth	Contract until	Last club
1		Cyril Dumoulin	goal	2.00 m	02nd February 1984	36	Rillieux-la-Pape , France	June 30, 2021	Fenix ​​Toulouse handball
16		Emil Nielsen	goal	1.95 m	March 10, 1997	23	Aarhus , Denmark	June 30, 2022	Skjern Håndbold
2		Antonio García	Back left	1.90 m	0March 6, 1984	36	Barcelona , Spain	June 30, 2020	La Llagosta
4th		Rok Ovniček	Back center	1.83 m	January 29, 1995	25th	Slovenj Gradec , Slovenia	June 30, 2023	RK Celje
5		Senjamin Buric	Center of circle	1.98 m	November 20, 1990	29	Doboj , Yugoslavia	June 30, 2020	RK PPD Zagreb
6th		Olivier Nyokas	Back left	1.87 m	June 28, 1986	34	Montfermeil , France	June 30, 2021	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
7th		Valero Rivera	Left winger	1.86 m	February 22, 1985	35	Barcelona , Spain	June 30, 2021	FC Barcelona
8th		Alexandre Cavalcanti	Back left	2.03 m	December 27, 1996	23	Almada , Portugal	June 30, 2022	Benfica Lisbon
9		Sebastian Augustinussen	Right winger	1.92 m	0May 6, 1996	24	Kolding , Denmark	June 30, 2021	Skjern Håndbold
10		Dragan Pechmalbec	Center of circle	1.94 m	05th January 1996	24	Cahors , France	June 30, 2022	Cercle Paul Bert Rennes
11		Nicolas Tournat	Center of circle	2.00 m	0April 5, 1994	26th	Niort , France	June 30, 2020	Niort HBS
13		Skirt Feliho	Back left	1.92 m	August 13, 1982	38	Cotonou , Benin	June 30, 2020	Fenix ​​Toulouse handball
14th		Julian Emonet	Left winger	1.82 m	04th January 1992	28	Sartrouville , France	June 30, 2020	Dunkerque HBGL
15th		Aymeric love	Back center	1.86 m	April 20, 1996	24	Melun , France	June 30, 2022	Pays d'Aix UC
17th		Kiril Lazarov	Back right	1.93 m	May 10, 1980	40	Titov Veles , Yugoslavia	June 30, 2021	FC Barcelona
18th		Eduardo Gurbindo	Back right	1.95 m	0November 8, 1987	32	Pamplona , Spain	June 30, 2021	FC Barcelona
19th		David Balaguer	Right winger	1.85 m	17th August 1991	29	Barcelona , Spain	June 30, 2022	GlobalCaja Ciudad Encantada
As of September 18, 2019

Trainers and supervisors

function	nation	Surname	Date of birth	Age
Trainer		Alberto Entrerríos	0November 7, 1976	43
Assistant coach		Grégory Cojean	August 13, 1977	43
Fitness trainer		Stéphane Saint-Albin
Physiotherapist		Adrien Couty
doctor		Thierry Guicheteau
As of August 6, 2019

Transfers for the 2019/20 season

Accesses
nation	Surname	donating club
	Sebastian Augustinussen	Skjern Håndbold
	Senjamin Buric	RK PPD Zagreb
	Alexandre Cavalcanti	Benfica Lisbon
	Aymeric love	Pays d'Aix UC
	Emil Nielsen	Skjern Håndbold
	Rok Ovniček	RK Celje
	Antonio García	BM Granollers
As of September 18, 2019

Departures
nation	Surname	receiving club
	Thierry Anti (Trainer)	Sporting CP (coach)
	Lucien Auffret	Strasbourg Schiltigheim AHB
	Kevin Bonnefoi	Montpellier handball
	Nicolas Claire	Pays d'Aix UC
	Florian Delecroix	Cesson-Rennes Métropole HB
	Romaric Guillo	PGE Vive Kielce
	Romain Lagarde	Rhine-Neckar lion
	Espen Lie Hansen	Drammen HK
	Arnaud Siffert	End of career
As of August 6, 2019

Transfers for the 2020/21 season

Accesses
nation	Surname	donating club
	Junior Scott	BM Logroño La Rioja
As of August 6, 2019

Departures
nation	Surname	receiving club
	Nicolas Tournat	PGE Vive Kielce
As of August 6, 2019

Well-known former players

• Alberto Entrerríos (* 1976)
• Dominik Klein (* 1983)
• Romain Lagarde (* 1997)
• Jorge Maqueda (* 1988)
• Valero Rivera (* 1985)
• Gorazd Škof (* 1977)

Web links

• Official website of HBC Nantes

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EHF Cup Final Tournament to be played in Nantes, France in May 2013. European Handball Federation , December 6, 2012, accessed on May 29, 2018 (English). 
2. ↑ HBC Nantes awarded 2016 EHF Cup Finals. European Handball Federation, December 21, 2015, accessed on May 29, 2018 . 
3. ↑ HBC Nantes wins Coupe de la Ligue. In: handball-world.com. March 31, 2015, accessed April 2, 2015 . 
4. ↑ French Cup final: Klein and Nantes prevent Montpellier from defending their title. In: handball-world.com. May 28, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2018 . 
5. ↑ PSG beat Nantes in all-French clash to qualify for quarter-finals. European Handball Federation, April 1, 2017, accessed on May 26, 2018 .