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Nantes
Full name	Football Club de Nantes Atlantique
Nickname(s)	Les Canaris
Founded	1943
Ground	La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau, Nantes (Capacity 38,285)
Chairman	Waldemar Kita
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
League	Ligue 2
2006-2007	Ligue 1, 20th
Home colours 　 Away colours

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Honours 3 Current squad 3.1 Out on loan 3.2 Squad changes during 07~08 season 3.3 Former famous players 4 Former managers 5 External links

The team was founded during World War II, in 1943.

• 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.

No. Position Player 1 GK Tony Heurtebis 5 DF Jean-Jacques Pierre 6 DF Guillaume Moullec 7 MF Guillaume Norbert 8 MF Frédéric Da Rocha (captain) 9 FW Thomas Dossevi 10 FW Mamadou Bagayoko 11 MF Aurélien Capoue 13 FW Nicolas Goussé 14 DF Olivier Thomas 15 DF Rémi Maréval 16 GK Guy Rolland N'Dy Assembé 17 DF Yohann Poulard

No. Position Player 18 MF David De Freitas 20 DF Karim El Mourabet 21 MF William Vainqueur 22 DF Harlington Shereni 23 MF Bocundji Ca 24 DF Loïc Guillon 25 DF Steven Thicot 27 MF Marek Heinz 28 FW Claudiu Keserü 29 MF Youssef Sekour (on loan from Bordeaux) 30 GK Vincent Briant 33 DF Kévin Das Neves  ?? DF Soilyho Mété

• 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

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 ??
• Milos Dimitrijevic leaves for Grenoble Foot 38
• Adriano leaves for Mons
• Jaouad Zaïri leaves for Boavista F.C.
• Vladimir Stojkovic leaves for Sporting CP
• Franck Signorinoleavesfor Getafe CF

For a complete list of former FC Nantes Atlantique players with a Wikipedia article, see here.

France Loïc Amisse Sylvain Armand William Ayache Bruno Baronchelli Fabien Barthez Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes Bernard Blanchet Maxime Bossis Robert Budzynski Eric Carrière Benoît Cauet Marcel Desailly Didier Deschamps Jean-Michel Ferri Bernard Gardon Nicolas Gillet Philippe Gondet Christian Karembeu Antoine Kombouaré Guy Lacombe Mickaël Landreau Paul Le Guen

Roger Lemerre Patrice Loko Claude Makélélé Henri Michel Olivier Monterrubio Jean-Claude Osman Nicolas Ouédec Éric Pécout Reynald Pedros Fabrice Poullain Patrice Rio Claude Robin Omar Sahnoun Jean-Claude Suaudeau Jérémy Toulalan José Touré Thierry Tusseau Argentina Ángel Bargas Victor Trossero Jorge Burruchaga Mauro Cetto Nestor Fabbri Angel Marcos Oscar Muller Ramon Muller

Julio Olarticoechea Enzo Trossero Armenia Michel Der Zakarian Belgium Franky Vercauteren Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić Cameroon Eric Djemba-Djemba Salomon Olembé Chad Japhet N'Doram Colombia Mario Yepes Denmark Johnny Mølby Germany Erich Maas

Guinea-Bissau Bocundji Ca Morocco Noureddine Naybet Paraguay Julio Cesar Caceres Poland Robert Gadocha Romania Viorel Moldovan Scotland Mo Johnston Tunisia Adel Sellimi

• 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
• 1988-92 : Miroslav Blazevic
• 1992-97 : Jean-Claude Suaudeau
• 1997-01 : Raynald Denoueix
• 2001-03 : 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

• 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)

Ligue 2 • 2007-08 Clubs v • d • e
Ajaccio • Amiens • Angers • Bastia • Boulogne • Brest • Châteauroux • Clermont Dijon • Grenoble • Gueugnon • Guingamp • Le Havre • Libourne-Saint-Seurin Montpellier • Nantes • Niort • Reims • Sedan • Troyes
Division 2/Ligue 2 Seasons
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Championnat de France Amateurs— Groupe D • 2007-08 Clubs v • d • e
Anglet • Aurillac • Bayonne • Girondins de Bordeaux (res.) • Stade Bordelais • Châtellerault Fontenay • Le Mans (res.) • Les Sables d'Olonne • Moissy-Cramayel • Montluçon • Moulins Nantes (res.) • Orléans • Paris SG (res.) • Poissy • Sainte-Geneviève • Yzeure