'FC Nantes Atlantique' is a
French football team, based in the city of
Nantes, currently playing in
Ligue 2, after 44 years in a row in
Ligue 1.
The team has one of the most impressive histories in French football with 8
Ligue 1 titles and 3
Coupe de France. On the European level, the club reached the semi-finals of
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1979-80 and
UEFA Champions League 1995-96.
FC Nantes is also famous for its ''jeu à la nantaise'', a tactic based on
one touch, mainly used by coaches
José Arribas,
Jean-Claude Suaudeau and
Raynald Denoueix, and for its
youth system, which has produced players such as
Marcel Desailly,
Didier Deschamps or
Christian Karembeu.
History
The team was founded during the
World War II, in 1943.
Honours
★ '
French Champion (8)': 1965, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1995, 2001
★ '
French Cup (3)': 1979, 1999, 2000
★ '
Trophée des Champions (2)': 1999, 2001
★ '
Coppa delle Alpi (1)': 1982
They also reached the semi-finals of European Champion's League in 1996 (beaten by
Juventus).
They also hold the record for consecutive seasons played in Ligue 1, with 44, but will play in
Ligue 2 for the 2007-2008 season after being relegated on
May 9 2007.
Current squad
Out on loan
★ '
Mauro Cetto' on loan 'for' ''
Toulouse FC''
★ '
Christian Wilhelmsson' on loan 'for' ''
Bolton Wanderers''
★ '
Luigi Pieroni' on loan 'for' ''
RC Lens''
★ '
Dennis Oliech' on loan 'for' ''
AJ Auxerre''
★ '
Eric Cubilier' on loan 'for' ''
FC Metz''
Squad changes during 07~08 season
'In:'
★ '
David De Freitas' signed 'from' ''
Amiens SC''
★ '
Olivier Thomas' signed 'from' ''
Le Mans UC 72''
★ '
Guillaume Moullec' signed 'from' ''
FC Lorient''
★ '
Harlington Shereni' signed 'from' ''
EA Guingamp''
★ '
Rémi Maréval' signed 'from' ''
Tours FC''
★ '
Nicolas Goussé' signed 'from' ''
FC Istres''
★ '
Youssouf Sekour' on loan 'from' ''
Girondins de Bordeaux''
★ '
Thomas Dossévi' signed 'from' ''
Valenciennes''
★ '
Marek Heinz' signed 'from' ''
AS St Etienne''
★ '
Yoann Poulard' signed 'from' ''
Stade Brestois 29''
'Out:'
★ '
Nicolas Savinaud' leaves 'for' ''
EA Guingamp''
★ '
Mamadou Diallo' leaves 'for' ''
Qatar SC''
★ '
Nourdin Boukhari' leaves 'for' ''
Sparta Rotterdam''
★ '
Alioum Saidou' leaves 'for' ''
Kayserispor''
★ '
Julio Hernan Rossi' leaves 'for' ''
Neuchâtel Xamax''
★ '
Dimitri Payet' leaves 'for' ''
AS St Etienne''
★ '
Fabien Barthez' leaves 'for' ''
Free Agent''
★ '
Florin Bratu' leaves 'for' ''
Dinamo Bucharest''
★ '
Imed Mhadhbi' leaves 'for' ''
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★ '
Milos Dimitrijevic' leaves 'for' ''
Grenoble Foot 38''
★ '
Adriano' leaves 'for' ''
Mons''
★ '
Jaouad Zaïri' leaves 'for' ''
Boavista F.C.''
★ '
Vladimir Stojkovic' leaves 'for' ''
Sporting CP''
Former famous players
''For a complete list of former FC Nantes Atlantique players with a Wikipedia article, see .''
Former managers
★ 1943-46 :
Aimé Nuic
★ 1946-49 :
Anton Raab
★ 1949-51 :
Antoine Gorius
★ 1951-55 :
Émile Veinante
★ 1955-56 :
Anton Raab
★ 1956 :
Stanis "Staho" Laczny
★ 1956-59 :
Louis Dupal
★ 1959-60 :
Karel Michlowskli
★ 1960-76 :
José Arribas
★ 1976-82 :
Jean Vincent
★ 1982-88 :
Jean-Claude Suaudeau
★ 1988-91 :
Miroslav Blazevic
★ 1991-97 :
Jean-Claude Suaudeau
★ 1997-02 :
Raynald Denoueix
★ 2002-03 :
Angel Marcos
★ 2003-December 2004 :
Loïc Amisse
★ January 2005-September 2006 :
Serge Le Dizet
★ September 2006-February 12 2007 :
Georges Eo
★ February 12 2007-2007 :
Michel Der Zakarian and
Japhet N'Doram
★ 2007- :
Michel Der Zakarian
External links
★
Official website of ''FC Nantes Atlantique'' (in French)
★
The most complete unofficial website of ''FC Nantes Atlantique'' (in French)
★
Barfoot-fcnantes.net, all about FC Nantes, from 1943 to nowadays (in French)
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