1994–95 FC Nantes Atlantique season

During the 1994–95 season, Nantes Atlantique competed in the French Division 1, the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, and the UEFA Cup.

Nantes Atlantique
1994–95 season
ChairmanGuy Scherrer
ManagerJean-Claude Suaudeau
StadiumStade de la Beaujoire
Division 11st (champions)
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Patrice Loko (22)[1]

All:
Nicolas Ouédec (26)
Average home league attendance23,223[2]

Nantes Atlantique won their seventh French league title, thereby qualifying for the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League.[3] With only one loss, against RC Strasbourg on matchday 33, the club holds the record for fewest losses in a Ligue 1 season and most consecutive matches unbeaten in a single season at 32.[4][5] Paris Saint-Germain would later equal Nantes' streak of 32 matches without defeat during the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.[6]

Squad

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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 Dominique Casagrande
2 DF   FRA Christian Karembeu
3 DF   FRA Serge Le Dizet
4 DF   FRA Eddy Capron
5 DF   FRA Éric Decroix
6 MF   FRA Jean-Michel Ferri
7 MF   FRA Claude Makelele
8 MF   FRA Reynald Pedros
9 FW   FRA Nicolas Ouédec
10 MF   CHA Japhet N'Doram
11 FW   FRA Patrice Loko
33 FW   NGA Samson Siasia
No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   FRA Jean-Louis Garcia
GK   FRA Éric Loussouarn
GK   FRA David Marraud
DF   FRA Laurent Guyot
DF   FRA Stéphane Moreau
DF   FRA Christophe Pignol
MF   FRA Benoit Cauet
FW   FRA Franck Renou
FW   FRA David Garcion

Source: [7]

Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Division 1 29 July 1994 31 May 1995 Matchday 1 Winners 38 21 16 1 71 34 +37 055.26
Coupe de France 15 January 1995 4 February 1995 Round of 64 Round of 32 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
Coupe de la Ligue 3 January 1995 25 January 1995 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 050.00
UEFA Cup 13 September 1994 14 March 1995 First round Quarter-finals 8 4 2 2 16 11 +5 050.00
Total 50 27 19 4 93 48 +45 054.00

Source: Competitions

Competitions

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French Division 1

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nantes (C) 38 21 16 1 71 34 +37 79 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Lyon 38 19 12 7 56 38 +18 69 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Paris Saint-Germain 38 20 7 11 58 41 +17 67 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
4 Auxerre 38 15 17 6 59 34 +25 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Lens 38 15 14 9 48 44 +4 59
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1994–95 Coupe de France and 1994–95 Coupe de la Ligue.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 21 16 1 71 34  +37 79 14 5 0 42 15  +27 7 11 1 29 19  +10

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultDWWWWDWDWWDDWDWWDDWDWWWWDWDWDWDWLWDDWD
Position53221111111111111111111111111111111111
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France

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15 January 1995 Round of 64 Cluses-Scionzier 1–2 Nantes Cluses
Stadium: Stade Intercommunal Cluses-Scionzier
4 February 1995 Round of 32 Saint-Leu 95 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Nantes Saint-Leu-la-Forêt
Stadium: Les Andresys

UEFA Cup

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First round

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13 September 1994 First leg Rotor Volgograd   3–2   Nantes Volgograd
Gerashchenko   42'
Nechay   65'
Veretennikov   76'
Report Ouédec   28'
N'Doram   83'
Referee: Sándor Varga (Hungary)
27 September 1994 Second leg Nantes   3–0
(5–3 agg.)
  Rotor Volgograd Nantes
Ouédec   29', 61'
Loko   75'
Report Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

Second round

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18 October 1994 First leg Nantes   2–0   Tekstilshchik Kamyshin Nantes
Ouédec   32' (pen.), 62' Report Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
1 November 1994 Second leg Tekstilshchik Kamyshin   1–2
(1–4 agg.)
  Nantes Moscow
Polstyanov   67' Report Ouédec   48', 64' Referee: Roy Olsen (Norway)

Third round

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24 November 1994 First leg Nantes   4–0   Sion Nantes
Loko   15'
Ferri   33'
N'Doram   51'
Makélélé   78'
Report Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)
8 December 1994 Second leg Sion   2–2
(2–6 agg.)
  Nantes Nantes
Herr   76'
Marin   82'
Report Loko   30'
N'Doram   31'
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Quarter-final

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28 February 1995 First leg Bayer Leverkusen   5–1   Nantes Leverkusen
Lehnhoff   9'
Kirsten   18', 89'
Paulo Sérgio   79', 84'
Report Ouédec   64' (pen.) Referee: Jorge Coroado (Portugal)
14 March 1995 Second leg Nantes   0–0
(1–5 agg.)
  Bayer Leverkusen Nantes
Report Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Statistics

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Goal scorers

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Rank. Name Division 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue UEFA Cup Total
1   Nicolas Ouédec 18 0 0 8 26
2   Patrice Loko 22 0 0 3 25
3   Japhet N'Doram 12 0 1 3 16
4   Reynald Pedros 5 0 1 0 6
5   Claude Makelele 3 0 1 1 5
6   Christian Karembeu 3 0 0 0 3
7   Christophe Pignol 2 0 0 0 2
  Jean-Michel Ferri 1 0 0 1 2
  Franck Renou 2 0 0 0 2
10   Eddy Capron 1 0 0 0 1
  Éric Decroix 0 1 0 0 1
  Laurent Guyot 0 1 0 0 1
  Benoit Cauet 1 0 0 0 1
  Samson Siasia 0 1 0 0 1
Own goals 1 0 0 0 1
Total 71 3 3 16 93

Source:

References

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  1. ^ (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1994-95 from L'Equipe (Archived from the original on 2011-9-9)
  2. ^ "Ligue 1 1994/1995 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ François Mazet and Frédéric Pauron (1 September 2016). "Yearwise list of the champions of France". France - List of Champions. RSSSF. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. ^ "5 Most Impressive Ligue 1 Records". Footy Fair. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Nantes' series of 32 matches unbeaten in the Division I". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  6. ^ "PSG closing in on 20-year-old Ligue 1 unbeaten record". EN. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  7. ^ "FC Nantes » Squad 1994/1995". World Football. Retrieved 9 August 2021.