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 | ||
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Greatest successes | |||
National |
French Cup Winner 2017 French League Cup Winner 2015 French Champions Trophy Winner 2017 |
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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 |
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1 | Cyril Dumoulin | goal | 2.00 m | 2nd 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 | March 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 | May 6, 1996 | 24 | Kolding , Denmark | June 30, 2021 | Skjern Håndbold | |
10 | Dragan Pechmalbec | Center of circle | 1.94 m | 5th January 1996 | 24 | Cahors , France | June 30, 2022 | Cercle Paul Bert Rennes | |
11 | Nicolas Tournat | Center of circle | 2.00 m | April 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 | 4th 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 | November 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 |
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Trainer | Alberto Entrerríos | November 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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nation | Surname | donating club |
Junior Scott | BM Logroño La Rioja | |
As of August 6, 2019 |
Departures | ||
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ HBC Nantes awarded 2016 EHF Cup Finals. European Handball Federation, December 21, 2015, accessed on May 29, 2018 .
- ↑ HBC Nantes wins Coupe de la Ligue. In: handball-world.com. March 31, 2015, accessed April 2, 2015 .
- ↑ French Cup final: Klein and Nantes prevent Montpellier from defending their title. In: handball-world.com. May 28, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2018 .
- ↑ PSG beat Nantes in all-French clash to qualify for quarter-finals. European Handball Federation, April 1, 2017, accessed on May 26, 2018 .