died in a light aircraft crash in the English Channel. The club reached the semi-finals of the 2018–19 Coupe de France, losing 3–0 to PSG. After a year with Christian Gourcuff in charge and seven games under former France national team manager Raymond Domenech, 18th-placed Nantes hired Antoine Kombouaré on 10 February 2021. He finished the season in that position, before winning the play-off against Toulouse to stay up. On 7 May 2022, Nantes won their fourth Coupe de France with a 1–0 win over Nice, their first honour since 2001; Ludovic Blas scored the only goal from the penalty spot. Stadiums FC Nantes played at Stade Marcel Saupin from 1937 to 1984. They moved to their current home ground Stade de la Beaujoire in 1984; the stadium has a capacity of 38,128. A new stadium dubbed 'YelloPark' was expected to be built as Nantes' home ground in 2022, but the project was abandoned on 26 February 2019 following refusal by the Nantes Metropolitan Council to sell lands needed for development of the site. Players Current squad Reserve squad Out on loan Retired numbers (posthumous honour) Notable players Below are the notable former players who have represented Nantes in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1943. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club. For a complete list of FC Nantes players, see :Category:FC Nantes players Loïc Amisse Sylvain Armand William Ayache Bruno Baronchelli Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes Bernard Blanchet Maxime Bossis Vincent Bracigliano Robert Budzynski Eric Carrière Frédéric Da Rocha Marcel Desailly Didier Deschamps Jean-Michel Ferri Nicolas Gillet Philippe Gondet Jocelyn Gourvennec Christian Karembeu Antoine Kombouaré Mickaël Landreau Yvon Le Roux Patrice Loko Claude Makélélé Henri Michel Olivier Monterrubio Jean-Claude Osman Nicolas Ouédec Dimitri Payet Éric Pécout Reynald Pedros Gilles Rampillon Patrice Rio Omar Sahnoun Nicolas Savinaud Jean-Claude Suaudeau Jérémy Toulalan José Touré Thierry Tusseau Valentin Rongier Jordan Veretout Stéphane Ziani Djamel Abdoun Ángel Bargas Jorge Burruchaga Mauro Cetto Néstor Fabbri Ángel Marcos Oscar Muller Julio Olarticoechea Emiliano Sala Victor Trossero Michel Der Zakarian Franky Vercauteren Diego Carlos Vahid Halilhodžić Salomon Olembé Japhet N'Doram Oswaldo Vizcarrondo Mario Yepes Erich Maas Noureddine Naybet Jaouad Zairi Samson Siasia Robert Gadocha Roman Kosecki Viorel Moldovan Claudiu Keșerü Mo Johnston Filip Đorđević Marama Vahirua Imed Mhedhebi Adel Sellimi Alejandro Bedoya Club officials Coaches Aimé Nuic (1943–46) Antoine Raab (1946–49) Antoine