HBC Nantes

HBC Nantes
Full name	Handball Club Nantes
Founded	1953; 69 years ago (1953)
Arena	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Hall XXL, Nantes
Capacity	5,500 10,750
Head coach	Alberto Entrerríos
League	LNH Division 1
2020–21	LNH Division 1, 3rd
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Handball Club Nantes is a team from Nantes, France, that plays in the LNH Division 1.

Crest, colours, supporters[]

Naming history[]

Name	Period
Handball Club de Nantes	1953–present

Club crest[]

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  Logo in the 2000s
  (-2011)

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  Official logo since 2011
  (2011–present)

Kits[]

HOME
2012-13	2014-15	2020-21	2021-

AWAY
2012-13	2014-15	2020-21	2021-

Sports Hall information[]

• Name: – Palais des Sports de Beaulieu
• City: – Nantes
• Capacity: – 5500
• Address: – 7-9 Rue André Tardieu, 44200 Nantes, France

Honors[]

• EHF Champions League:

Runner Up : 2018

• EHF Cup:

Runner Up : 2013, 2016

• France Handball League:

Runner Up : 2017, 2020

• Coupe de France: 1

Winner : 2017

Runner Up : 2015

• Coupe de la Ligue: 1

Winner : 2015

Runner Up : 2013, 2017

• : 1

Winner : 2017

Runner Up : 2016

Team[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2021–22 season

Transfers[]

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Previous Squads[]

2013–2014 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Spain	Alberto Entrerríos	(1976-11-07) 7 November 1976 (age 45)	Left Back
3	Tunisia	Aymen Toumi	(1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 31)	Right Winger
4	Serbia Croatia	Stefan Vujić	(1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 30)	Central Back
5	Tunisia	Mahmoud Gharbi	(1982-07-11) 11 July 1982 (age 39)	Line Player
6	France	Nicolas Claire	(1987-07-10) 10 July 1987 (age 34)	Central Back
7	Spain	Valero Rivera	(1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 36)	Left Winger
8	France	O'Brian Nyateu	(1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 28)	Central Back
9	France	Jordan Camarero	(1992-03-10) 10 March 1992 (age 29)	Right Winger
10	Iceland	Gunnar Steinn Jónsson	(1987-05-04) 4 May 1987 (age 34)	Central Back
11	France	Seufyann Sayad	(1979-11-01) 1 November 1979 (age 42)	Left Back
12	Tunisia	Marouen Maggaiz	(1983-07-28) 28 July 1983 (age 38)	Goalkeeper
13	France	Rock Feliho	(1982-08-13) 13 August 1982 (age 39)	Left Back
14	France	Andy Pijulet	(1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 31)	Line Player
15	Spain	Javier García Rubio	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 32)	Line Player
16	Slovenia	Gorazd Škof	(1977-07-11) 11 July 1977 (age 44)	Goalkeeper
17	Italy Croatia	Michele Skatar	(1985-12-30) 30 December 1985 (age 36)	Right Back
18	France	Mathieu de la Bretèche	(1989-09-14) 14 September 1989 (age 32)	Right Winger
19	Spain	Jorge Maqueda	(1988-02-06) 6 February 1988 (age 33)	Right Back

European record[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	26–26	32–34	1st place
			Beşiktaş	33–19	33–28
			CS Dinamo București	26–24	27–26
			Team Tvis Holstebro	31–26	35–25
			ABC/UMinho	35–33	34–29
		PO	Logroño	31–25	37–31	68–56
		1/8	Paris Saint-Germain	26–26	27–35	53–61
2017–18	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	SC Pick Szeged	30–26	33–30	3rd place
			RK Vardar	23–27	27–26
			Rhein-Neckar Löwen	26–26	30–30
			FC Barcelona Handbol	25-31	29–25
			IFK Kristianstad	34–25	31–26
			Wisła Płock	32–30	32–30
			RK Zagreb	28–27	22–23
		1/8	HC Meshkov Brest	32–24	28–28	60–52
		QF	Skjern Håndbold	33–27	27–27	60–54
		SF	Paris Saint-Germain	32–28
		F	Montpellier	32–26
2018–19	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Paris Saint-Germain	31–35	34–35	4th place
			MOL-Pick Szeged	29–26	28–30
			SG Flensburg-Handewitt	31–34	29–29
			Skjern Håndbold	35–27	34–32
			PPD Zagreb	23–20	27–27
			Celje Pivovarna Laško	38–27	29–29
			HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	23–27	30–30
		1/8	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	30–27	32–34	62–61
		1/4	Barcelona Lassa	25–32	26–29	51–61
2020–21	EHF Champions League	Group Stage Group B	Barcelona	27–35	29–30	6th place
			Telekom Veszprém	24–28	5–5
			THW Kiel	24–24	35–27
			Aalborg	38–29	24–32
			HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	31–32	28–29
			Celje Pivovarna Laško	28–30	32–25
			PPD Zagreb	30–28	34–24
		Last 16	Łomża Vive Kielce	24–25	35–31	58–56
		Quarterfinals	Telekom Veszprém	32–28	30–32	62–60
		Semifinal	Barça	26–31
		Third place game	Paris Saint-Germain	28–31

Note All matches ending with a 10–0 or 5–5 results were assessed by the EHF.

Former club members[]

Notable former players[]

Former coaches[]

Seasons	Coach	Country
2004-2009	Stéphane Moualek
2009-2019	Thierry Anti
2019-2022	Alberto Entrerríos
2022-

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• HBC Nantes on Facebook