HBC Nantes

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

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: 3
 * Winner : 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24
 * Runner Up : 2014–15, 2021–22


 * Coupe de la Ligue: 2
 * Winner : 2014–15, 2021–22
 * Runner Up : 2012–13, 2016–17


 * Trophée des champions: 2
 * Winner : 2017, 2022
 * Runner Up : 2016

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2024-25 season


 * Goalkeeper
 * 1 Ivan Pešić
 * 30 🇪🇸 Ignacio Biosca
 * Left Wingers
 * 7 🇪🇸 Valero Rivera (c)
 * 17 Noam Leopold
 * Right Wingers
 * 9 🇫🇷 Théo Avelange-Demouge
 * 19 🇪🇸 Kauldi Odriozola
 * Line player
 * 5 🇯🇵 Shuichi Yoshida
 * 11 🇫🇷 Nicolas Tournat
 * 15 Matej Gaber


 * Left Backs
 * 2 🇷🇸 Marko Milosavljević
 * 3 🇫🇷 Thibaud Briet
 * 6 🇫🇷 Baptiste Bonnefond
 * Central Backs
 * 4 🇫🇷 Aymeric Minne
 * 10 Rok Ovniček Injury icon 2.svg
 * 14 🇫🇷 Lucas De La Bretèche
 * Right Backs
 * 8 Ayoub Abdi
 * 13 🇫🇷 Julien Bos

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2024–25 season


 * [[File:Arrow-up.gif]] Joining
 * 🇫🇷 Samir Bellahcene (GK) (from 🇩🇪 THW Kiel) ?
 * 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)


 * [[File:Arrow-down.gif]] 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 S.L. Benfica or  Sporting CP)
 * 🇫🇷 Théo Monar (P) (to 🇵🇱 Industria Kielce)


 * Transfers for the 2025–26 season


 * [[File:Arrow-up.gif]] Joining


 * [[File:Arrow-down.gif]] Leaving

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

Notable former players

 * 🇫🇷 Igor Anić (2014–2015)
 * 🇫🇷 Robin Cantegrel (2008–2017)
 * 🇫🇷 Nicolas Claire (2013–2019)
 * 🇫🇷 Théo Derot (2015–2017)
 * 🇫🇷 Frédéric Dole (2007–2013)
 * 🇫🇷 Cyril Dumoulin (2016–2021)
 * 🇫🇷 Rock Feliho (2010–2021)
 * 🇫🇷 Romain Lagarde (2014–2019)
 * 🇫🇷 Aymeric Minne (2019–)
 * 🇫🇷 Olivier Nyokas (2016–2021)
 * 🇫🇷 Mickaël Robin (2021–2022)
 * 🇫🇷🇲🇦 Seufyann Sayad (2009–2014)
 * 🇫🇷 Guillaume Saurina (2017–2018)
 * 🇫🇷 Arnaud Siffert (2011–2013, 2016–2019)
 * 🇫🇷 Nicolas Tournat (2012–2020)
 * 🇫🇷 Audräy Tuzolana (2009–2011)
 * Ahmed Hadjali (2009–2010)
 * Tahar Labane (2010–2011)
 * 🇦🇷 Matías Schulz (2014–2016)
 * 🇧🇦 Senjamin Burić (2016–2018, 2019–2020)
 * 🇧🇷 Bruno Souza (2008–2011)
 * Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (2015–2016)
 * Šime Ivić (2016)
 * Jerko Matulić (2016–2018)
 * Ivan Pešić (2022–)
 * Sebastian Augustinussen (2019–2021)
 * Emil Nielsen (2019–2022)
 * 🇪🇸 David Balaguer (2015–2022)
 * 🇪🇸 Alberto Entrerríos (2012–2016)
 * 🇪🇸 Adrià Figueras (2020–2021)
 * 🇪🇸 Javier García Rubio (2013–2014)
 * 🇪🇸 Eduardo Gurbindo (2016–2021)
 * 🇪🇸 Jorge Maqueda (2012–2015, 2022–)
 * 🇪🇸 Rubén Marchán (2021–)
 * 🇪🇸 Kauldi Odriozola (2022–)
 * 🇪🇸 Valero Rivera (2010–2016, 2018–)
 * 🇪🇸 Antonio García Robledo (2019–2020)
 * 🇪🇸🇶🇦 Borja Vidal (2011–2013)
 * 🇩🇪 Dominik Klein (2016–2018)
 * 🇬🇧 Gawain Vincent (2010–2013)
 * 🇭🇺 Attila Borsos (1988–1990)
 * 🇭🇺 Rudolf Faluvégi (2017–2019)
 * 🇮🇸 Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson (2022–)
 * 🇮🇸 Gunnar Steinn Jónsson (2012–2014)
 * 🇮🇹 Michele Skatar (2010–2014)
 * 🇲🇰 Kiril Lazarov (2017–2022)
 * 🇲🇰🇷🇸 Nemanja Pribak (2010–2012)
 * 🇳🇴 Espen Lie Hansen (2018–2019)
 * Alexandre Cavalcanti (2019–)
 * Wilson Davyes (2014–2015)
 * Pedro Portela (2021–2023)
 * 🇷🇺 Vitaly Komogorov (2015–2016)
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Shkurinskiy (2021–2023)
 * Uroš Bundalo (2016)
 * Rok Ovniček (2019–)
 * Gorazd Škof (2013–2016)
 * 🇷🇸🇫🇷 Dragan Pechmalbec (2012–2022)
 * 🇷🇸 Stefan Vujić (2013–2014)
 * 🇸🇪 Kim Ekdahl du Rietz (2011–2012)
 * 🇸🇪 Linus Persson (2021–2023)
 * 🇹🇳 Mahmoud Gharbi (2010–2017)
 * 🇹🇳 Hatem Haraket (2008–2010)
 * 🇹🇳 Marouen Maggaiz (2008–2014)
 * 🇹🇳 Aymen Toumi (2013–2015)