HBC Nantes

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

Nantes

Location of HBC Nantes

HBC Nantes
Full name	Handball Club Nantes
Founded	1953; 72 years ago (1953)
Arena	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Hall XXL, Nantes
Capacity	5,500 10,750
President	Gaël Pelletier
Head coach	Grégory Cojean
League	LNH Division 1
2024–25	LNH Division 1, 2nd of 16
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
Handball Club de Nantes	1953–present

Club crest

• 
  Logo in the 2000s
  (-2011)
• 
  Official logo since 2011
  (2011–present)

Kits

HOME
2012–13	2014–15	2020–21	2021–22	2023–24

AWAY
2012–13	2014–15	2020–21	2021–22	2023–24

Sports Hall information

Home hall: Palais des Sports de Beaulieu

• 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

Third Place Match : 2024–25

• EHF Cup:

Runner Up : 2012–13, 2015–16

• France Handball League:

Runner Up : 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25

• 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

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025-26 season

Goalkeeper 01 Ivan Pešić 30 Ignacio Biosca Left Wingers 07 Valero Rivera (c) 17 Noam Leopold Right Wingers 09 Théo Avelange-Demouge 19 Kauldi Odriozola Line player 05 Shuichi Yoshida 11 Nicolas Tournat 15 Matej Gaber

Left Backs 02 Romain Lagarde 03 Thibaud Briet Central Backs 04 Aymeric Minne 06 Ian Tarrafeta 08 O'Brian Nyateu 10 Rok Ovniček Right Backs 13 Julien Bos 18 Ayoub Abdi

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining Christoffer Bonde (GK) (from Skjern Håndbold) Ihor Turchenko (LB) (from Limoges Handball) Imanol Garciandia (RB) (from OTP Bank-Pick Szeged) ?

Leaving Julien Bos (RB) (to Industria Kielce)

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2025–26 season
Joining Ian Tarrafeta (CB) from Pays d'Aix Université Club[1] Leaving Marko Milosavljević (LB) to HC Kriens-Luzern[2] Lucas De la Bretèche (CB) to Pays d'Aix Université Club

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

• 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, 2022–2024)
• 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)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2004–2009	Stéphane Moualek
2009–2019	Thierry Anti
2019–2022	Alberto Entrerríos
2022–	Grégory Cojean