Association football club in France

This article is about the men ‘s football club. For the women ‘s football baseball club, see FC Nantes ( women ) Football club

Football Club de Nantes ( Breton : Naoned ; Gallo : Naunnt ), normally referred to as FC Nantes or plainly Nantes ( IPA : [ nɑ̃t ] ( ) ), is a french professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a solution of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one boastfully 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 play in Ligue 1, the first part of Football in France. 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 celebrated for its jeu à la nantaise ( “ Nantes-style dally ” ), its collective heart, chiefly 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. a well as Les Canaris ( The Canaries ), Nantes is besides nicknamed Les jaunes et verts ( The Green and Yellows ) and La Maison Jaune ( The Yellow House ) .

history [edit ]

The club was founded in 1943. [ 2 ] The beginning match played by Nantes as a professional team took stead at the Stade Olympique de Colombes against CA Paris, where Nantes triumphed 2–0. The beginning home catch was a frustration of the like seduce against Troyes. The clubhouse finished fifth at the end of this first season following which the club ‘s director Aimé Nuic left the club following a dispute, and was succeeded by Antoine Raab, who took over in a player-coach function. After winning 16 consecutive matches, Nantes lost 9–0 to Sochaux. [ citation needed ]
Supporters at an away pit. 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 decisiveness by the DNCG ( French Football ‘s fiscal governor ), FC Nantes was renamed FC Nantes Atlantique, and was able to take its position in the beginning class back. They won the french backing in 1994–95 [ 3 ] and again in 2000–01. In 2005, Nantes narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of the season by defeating Metz 1–0. [ 4 ] In 2007 Nantes finished last in Ligue 1 and were relegated to Ligue 2 after spending 44 consecutive seasons in Ligue 1. In 2008, Nantes were promoted back to Ligue 1 at the first gear attack but the following season they were relegated rear 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 temper back in the top division, Nantes avoided delegating finishing 13th on the table. After two years of stability, in the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season, Nantes finished a highly respectable 7th on the mesa. For the 2017–18 season, former Leicester City bos Claudio Ranieri took over as director and after 10 games in charge had Nantes sitting 3rd on the board merely behind large spending Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In the second half of the 2017–18 season, Nantes managed to entirely win 3 more games and finished 9th on the table. Claudio Ranieri besides announced his departure from the club after only one season. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In the 2018–19 season, Nantes appointed Vahid Halilhodžić as their modern director. In January 2019, the cabaret was rocked by the news that, good days after selling him for £15 million, former actor Emiliano Sala had died in a plane clang over the english Channel. Nantes would end up finishing the season in 12th place. The cabaret enjoyed a mix campaign with the highlight being an upset victory over Paris Saint-Germain and besides claiming wins over Marseille and Lyon. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In the 2019–20 season, Nantes finished 13th on the table. In the 2020–21 season, Nantes finished in 18th plaza on the table which meant they needed to play a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff against Ligue 2 ‘s Toulouse FC. After winning the first leg 2–1, Nantes were defeated 1–0 in the second leg but debar delegating due to away finish rules. [ 11 ]

Stadiums [edit ]

Stade de la Beaujoire, besides known as the Stade de Nantes. FC Nantes played at Stade Marcel Saupin from 1937 to 1984. [ 12 ] Nantes ‘ moved to their stream home ground Stade de la Beaujoire-Louis Fontenau in 1984, the stadium has a capacity of 38,128. [ 13 ] A new stadium dubbed ‘ YelloPark ‘ was expected to be built and replace the Stade de la Beaujoire-Louis Fontenau as Nantes ‘ home ground in 2022, but the project was abandoned on 26 February 2019 following refusal by the Nantes Metropolitan Council to sell lands needed for development of the locate. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ]

Players [edit ]

stream squad [edit ]

As of 1 September 2021[17]

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

Out on loanword [edit ]

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

Reserve squad [edit ]

As of 13 January 2021[18]

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

retire numbers [edit ]

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

luminary players [edit ]

Below are the luminary erstwhile players who have represented Nantes in league and international rival since the club ‘s foundation in 1943. To appear in the part below, a actor must have played in at least 100 official matches for the baseball club. [ citation needed ] For a complete list of FC Nantes players, see Category:FC Nantes players

Coaches [edit ]

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Honours [edit ]

domestic competitions [edit ]

International competitions [edit ]

References [edit ]