2014–15 FC Nantes season

The 2014–15 FC Nantes season was the 71st professional season of the club since its creation in 1943.

Nantes

2014–15 season
Chairman	Waldemar Kita
Manager	Michel Der Zakarian
Stadium	La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau
Ligue 1	14th
Coupe de France	Round of 16 vs. Paris Saint-Germain
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals vs. Lille
Top goalscorer	League: Jordan Veretout (7) All: Jordan Veretout (7)
Highest home attendance	36,022 vs Marseille (18 April 2015)
Lowest home attendance	12,601 vs Metz (16 December 2014)
Average home league attendance	25,985
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First team squad

Main article: List of FC Nantes players

For a list of all former and current FC Nantes players, see Category:FC Nantes players.

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Rémy Riou
2	DF	DEN	Kian Hansen
3	DF	SEN	Papy Mison Djilobodji
4	DF	VEN	Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
5	DF	FRA	Olivier Veigneau (Captain)
6	MF	SEN	Rémi Gomis
7	MF	USA	Alejandro Bedoya
8	MF	FRA	Vincent Bessat
11	FW	GUI	Ismaël Bangoura
13	FW	TOG	Serge Gakpé
14	MF	FRA	Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
15	DF	FRA	Léo Dubois

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	FRA	Erwin Zelazny
18	MF	FRA	Lucas Deaux
21	FW	FRA	Johan Audel
22	DF	SEN	Issa Cissokho
23	FW	FRA	Yacine Bammou
24	DF	COM	Chaker Alhadhur
25	MF	FRA	Jordan Veretout
26	DF	CIV	Koffi Djidji
28	MF	FRA	Valentin Rongier
30	GK	FRA	Maxime Dupé
40	GK	FRA	Nassim Badri

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	FW	VEN	Fernando Aristeguieta (at Philadelphia Union)
—	MF	FRA	Amine Oudrhiri (at Arles-Avignon)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Toure (at Le Poiré-sur-Vie)
—	MF	MLI	Birama Touré (at Brest)

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2014–15 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Bastia	38	12	11	15	37	46	−9	47
13	Caen	38	12	10	16	54	55	−1	46
14	Nantes	38	11	12	15	29	40	−11	45
15	Reims	38	12	8	18	47	66	−19	44
16	Lorient	38	12	7	19	44	50	−6	43

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	11	12	15	29	40	−11	45	7	7	5	17	17	0	4	5	10	12	23	−11

Last updated: 10 June 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L
Position	6	5	8	7	10	7	7	9	5	6	5	6	5	4	7	7	9	8	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	8	11	9	9	10	11	10	10	11	12	13	14

Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Nantes v Lens

9 August 2014 1	Nantes	1–0	Lens	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bammou 65'	Report	Bourigeaud  69'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,964 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Metz v Nantes

16 August 2014 2	Metz	1–1	Nantes	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ngbakoto 12' (pen.) Sarr  14' Rocchi  32'	Report	Veretout 2' Gakpé  77'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,335 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Nantes v Monaco

24 August 2014 3	Nantes	0–1	Monaco	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Subašić  23' Falcao 45' Berbatov  89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,042 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Nantes v Montpellier

30 August 2014 4	Nantes	1–0	Montpellier	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hansen  2' Gakpé  77', 78'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 21,559 Referee: Frank Schneider

Lille v Nantes

14 September 2014 5	Lille	2–0	Nantes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
14:00 CEST	Martin  34' Origi 46' Lopes 49' Sidibé  90'	Report	Veigneau  72'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 32,560 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Nantes v Nice

20 September 2014 6	Nantes	2–1	Nice	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amavi 9' (o.g.) Shechter 43'	Report	Bodmer  24' Amavi 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,240 Referee: Clément Turpin

Bastia v Nantes

24 September 2014 7	Bastia	0–0	Nantes	Bastia
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Peybernes  18' Cahuzac  40' Squillaci  48'	Report	Cissokho  21' Djilobodji  49'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 11,380 Referee: Tony Chapron

Nantes v Lyon

28 September 2014 8	Nantes	1–1	Lyon	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alhadhur  67' Veretout 73' (pen.) Bammou  76'	Report	Fekir  37' Koné 51'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,077 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Guingamp v Nantes

5 October 2014 9	Guingamp	0–1	Nantes	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Yatabaré  90+3'	Report	Nkoudou  17', 33' Djilobodji  22' Hansen  44'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 14,744 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Nantes v Reims

18 October 2014 10	Nantes	1–1	Reims	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Audel 13' Veigneau  84' Djilobodji  90+2'	Report	Oniangue  28' Diego  43', 58' Signorino  45+1' Fofana  51'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 22,908 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Evian v Nantes

25 October 2014 11	Evian	0–2	Nantes	Annecy
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tajeda  18' Mongongu  42'	Report	Gomis  27' Veretout 42' (pen.) Bammou  57', 75'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 10,063 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Nantes v Rennes

2 November 2014 12	Nantes	1–1	Rennes	Nantes
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Armand 21' (o.g.) Hansen  28' Gomis  64' Vizcarrondo  79'	Report	Pedro Henrique 4',  81' Fernandes  14' Danzé  67'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,893 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Caen v Nantes

8 November 2014 13	Caen	1–2	Nantes	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Duhamel 24'	Report	Vizcarrondo 40' Veretout 60' Gomis  67' Riou  77' Bedoya  90'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,900 Referee: Tony Chapron

Nantes v Saint-Étienne

23 November 2014 14	Nantes	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Nantes
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shechter  32' Vizcarrondo  53'	Report	Bayal Sall  4' Tabanou  13' Lemoine  58'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 32,324 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Marseille v Nantes

28 November 2014 15	Marseille	2–0	Nantes	Marseille
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thauvin 24',  31' Fanni 39'	Report	Djilobodji  38' Gomis  45'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,103 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Nantes v Toulouse

2 December 2014 16	Nantes	1–2	Toulouse	Nantes
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deaux  39' Veretout 64' (pen.)	Report	Doumbia  20' Sylla 24',  56' Didot  45+1' Braithwaite 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,669 Referee: Antony Gautier

Paris Saint-Germain v Nantes

6 December 2014 17	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Nantes	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Verratti  11' Ibrahimović 34', 48'	Report	Bedoya 8' Veretout  44' Djilobodji  58'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,161 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Nantes v Bordeaux

13 December 2014 18	Nantes	2–1	Bordeaux	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Veretout 22' Jug 66' (o.g.) Gomis  83'	Report	Hansen 27' (o.g.) Saivet  90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,751 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Lorient v Nantes

20 December 2014 19	Lorient	1–2	Nantes	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ayew 73'	Report	Bammou 44' Audel 78'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,091 Referee: Frank Schneider

Nantes v Metz

11 January 2015 20	Nantes	0–0	Metz	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bammou  90'	Report	Carrasso  72' N'Daw  88' Milán  90'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,090 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Monaco v Nantes

17 January 2015 21	Monaco	1–0	Nantes	Monaco
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carrasco  59' Silva 73'	Report	Gakpé  38'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 5,692 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Montpellier v Nantes

24 January 2015 22	Montpellier	4–0	Nantes	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lasne 8' Bérigaud 57' Mounier 78' Barrios 82'	Report	Djidji  48' Veretout  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Clément Turpin

Nantes v Lille

31 January 2015 23	Nantes	1–1	Lille	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Veretout  59' Vizcarrondo 80'	Report	Delaplace 14' Pavard  56'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,252 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Nice v Nantes

8 February 2015 24	Nice	0–0	Nantes	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bauthéac  17' Palun  21'	Report	Vizcarrondo  45' Alhadhur  72'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,062 Referee: Tony Chapron

Nantes v Bastia

14 February 2015 25	Nantes	0–2	Bastia	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Djilobodji  36' Aristeguieta  64' Riou  67' Deaux  79'	Report	Sio 30',  49' Squillaci  35' Ayité 75'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,789 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Lyon v Nantes

21 February 2015 26	Lyon	1–0	Nantes	Lyon
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ferri  34' Fekir 67' Dabo  80'	Report	Deaux  31' Bessat  45' Djilobodji  54' Gakpé  55' Cissokho  59' Vizcarrondo  90+5'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,819 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Nantes v Guingamp

1 March 2015 27	Nantes	1–0	Guingamp	Nantes
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deaux  28' Gapké  30' Djilobodji  32' Vizcarrondo  40'  90' Veretout  60' Bammou 68'	Report	Pied  28' Jacobsen  43' Coco  53' Sankharé  79'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,118 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Reims v Nantes

7 March 2015 28	Reims	3–1	Nantes	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bourillon 14',  55' Mandi 16' Signorino  30' N'Gog 59' Charbonnier  77' Conte  90+1'	Report	Cissokho  23' Alhadhur  44' Bangoura  45+1', 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 15,261 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Nantes v Evian

14 March 2015 29	Nantes	2–1	Evian	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nkoudou 45',  90' Gapké 47' Gomis  87'	Report	Mensah  36' Koné  39' Nounkeu  53' N'Sikulu 75' Fall  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 22,047 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Rennes v Nantes

21 March 2015 30	Rennes	0–0	Nantes	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Bessat  67' Alhadhur  89'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 25,140 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Nantes v Caen

5 April 2015 31	Nantes	1–2	Caen	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bedoya 11',  73'	Report	Seube  60' Appiah  62' Sala 80' (pen.) Lemar 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,560 Referee: Benoît Millot

Saint-Étienne v Nantes

12 April 2015 32	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Nantes	Saint-Étienne
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tabanou 18' Theophile-Catherine  44' Lemoine  70' Ruffier  71' Perrin  78'	Report	Bedoya  68' Djilobodji  86'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 37,417 Referee: Clément Turpin

Nantes v Marseille

18 April 2015 33	Nantes	1–0	Marseille	Nantes
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gakpé 20' Gomis  41'	Report	Morel  71' N'Koulou  73' Ayew  89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 36,022 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Toulouse v Nantes

25 April 2015 34	Toulouse	1–1	Nantes	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Regattin 22' Trejo  70'	Report	Cissokho  29' Gomis  51' Bedoya 88'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 17,274 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Nantes v Paris Saint-Germain

3 May 2015 35	Nantes	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Djilobodji  26' Deaux  50' Bessat 68' Cissokho 81'	Report	Cavani 3' Matuidi 31' Verratti  37' Maxwell  74' Motta  79'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,088 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Bordeaux v Nantes

9 May 2015 36	Bordeaux	2–1	Nantes	Bordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rolán 20' (pen.), 69' Contento  48' Sertic  53' Crivelli  87'	Report	Veretout 15' (pen.),  84' Rongier  60'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 31,495 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nantes v Lorient

16 May 2015 37	Nantes	1–1	Lorient	Nantes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Audel 6' Vizcarrondo  63' Djilobodji  75'	Report	Djilobodji 4' (o.g.) N'Dong  41'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,321 Referee: Olivier Thual

Lens v Nantes

23 May 2015 38	Lens	1–0	Nantes	Amiens
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chavarria 5' Moore  30' Landre  47'	Report	Deaux  37' Veretout  90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 9,123 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue

Nantes v Stade Laval

28 October 2014 Round of 32	Nantes	4–0	Stade Laval	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Shechter 4', 90+1' Bessat 57' Bangoura 72'	Report	Alla  71'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,551 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Nantes v Metz

16 December 2014 Round of 16	Nantes	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Metz	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vizcarrondo 71' Gakpé 83' (pen.) Riou  84' Audel 92' Deaux  94' Gomis  101' Bangoura 118'	Report	Falcón 60' Doukouré 62' Sarr  69' Bussmann  82' Vion  84' Choplin  101'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 12,601 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Lille v Nantes

14 January 2015 Quarter-finals	Lille	2–0	Nantes	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Corchia 9' Baša  53' Kjær 69'	Report	Gakpé  57'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 11,106 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de France

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de France

Nantes v Club Franciscain

3 January 2015 Round of 64	Nantes	4–0	Club Franciscain	Nantes
15:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deaux 14' Narcissot 32' (o.g.) Bedoya  33' Gakpé  73' Rongier 78' Vizcarrondo 90+1'	Report 1, 2	Abaul  3' Etinof  41' Ephestion  52'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 15,316 Referee: Olivier Thual

Nantes v Lyon

20 January 2015 Round of 32	Nantes	3–2	Lyon	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bessat 19', 21', 89'	Report 1, 2	Lacazette 5',  32' Fekir 59'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 24,158 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Paris Saint-Germain v Nantes

11 February 2015 Round of 16	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Nantes	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cavani 18' Cabaye 34'	Report	Cissokho  48'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy