HBC Nantes explained

Clubname:	HBC Nantes
Full Name:	Handball Club Nantes
Ground:	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Hall XXL, Nantes
Capacity:	5,500 10,750
Manager:	Grégory Cojean
Season:	2023–24
Position:	LNH Division 1, 2nd of 16
Colour1:	Violet
Colour2:	Yellow
Website:	https://hbcnantes.com/
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Handball Club Nantes is a professional handball club team from Nantes, France, that plays in the LNH Division 1.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

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 : 2017–18

EHF Cup

Runner Up : 2012–13, 2015–16

France Handball League

Runner Up : 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24

Coupe de France

Winner : 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24

Runner Up : 2014–15, 2021–22

Coupe de la Ligue

Winner : 2014–15, 2021–22

Runner Up : 2012–13, 2016–17

Trophée des champions

Winner : 2017, 2022

Runner Up : 2016

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024-25 season

Goalkeeper

1 Ivan Pešić
30 Ignacio Biosca

Left Wingers

7 Valero Rivera (c)

Right Wingers

9 Théo Avelange-Demouge
19 Kauldi Odriozola

Line player

Left Backs

2 Marko Milosavljević
3 Thibaud Briet
6 Baptiste Bonnefond

Central Backs

- - 4 Aymeric Minne 10 Rok Ovniček 14 Lucas De La Bretèche

Right Backs

- 8 Ayoub Abdi 13 Julien Bos

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Noam Leopold (LW) (from Pfadi Winterthur)
Ayoub Abdi (RB) (from Fenix Toulouse Handball)
Matej Gaber (P) (from SC Pick Szeged)
Shuichi Yoshida (P) (from Dunkerque HGL)
Nicolas Tournat (P) (from Industria Kielce)

Leaving

Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson (GK) (to Wisła Płock)
Baptiste Damatrin (LW) (to Tatabánya KC)
Alexandre Cavalcanti (LB) (to MT Melsungen)
Jorge Maqueda (RB) (to Industria Kielce)
Jérémy Toto (P) (to SC Pick Szeged)
William Höghielm (P) (to Sporting CP)
Théo Monar (P) (to Industria Kielce)

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Leaving

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