HBC Nantes

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

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Club crest

Kits

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

: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

• 1 Ivan PeÅ¡ić
• 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 Romain Lagarde
• 3 Thibaud Briet

Central Backs

• 4 Aymeric Minne
• 6 Ian Tarrafeta
• 8 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 HÃ¥ndbold)
• Ihor Tourtchenko (LB) (from Limoges Handball)
• Victor Norlyk (CB) (from Mors-Thy HÃ¥ndbold)
• Imanol Garciandia (RB) (from OTP Bank-Pick Szeged)
• Luka Perić (RW) (from RK Celje)
• René Antonsen (P) (from Aalborg HÃ¥ndbold)

Leaving

• Ignacio Biosca (GK) (to VfL Gummersbach)
• Valero Rivera (LW) (retires)
• Aymeric Minne (CB) (to SG Flensburg-Handewitt)
• Julien Bos (RB) (to Industria Kielce)
• Théo Avelange-Demouge (RW) (to Tremblay-en-France Handball)

Transfer History

European record

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)
• (2007–2013)
• Cyril Dumoulin (2016–2021)
• (2010–2021)
• Romain Lagarde (2014–2019)
• Aymeric Minne (2019–)
• Olivier Nyokas (2016–2021)
• (2021–2022)
• (2009–2014)
• Guillaume Saurina (2017–2018)
• (2011–2013, 2016–2019)
• Nicolas Tournat (2012–2020)
• (2009–2011)
• Ahmed Hadjali (2009–2010)
• (2010–2011)
• Matías Schulz (2014–2016)
• Senjamin Burić (2016–2018, 2019–2020)
• (2008–2011)
• Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (2015–2016)
• (2016)
• Jerko Matulić (2016–2018)
• Ivan PeÅ¡ić (2022–)
• Sebastian Augustinussen (2019–2021)
• Emil Nielsen (2019–2022)
• David Balaguer (2015–2022)
• Alberto Entrerríos (2012–2016)
• Adrià Figueras (2020–2021)
• (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–)
• (2014–2015)
• Pedro Portela (2021–2023)
• Vitaly Komogorov (2015–2016)
• Alexander Shkurinskiy (2021–2023)
• UroÅ¡ Bundalo (2016)
• Rok Ovniček (2019–)
• Gorazd Å kof (2013–2016)
• (2012–2022)
• Stefan Vujić (2013–2014)
• Kim Ekdahl du Rietz (2011–2012)
• Linus Persson (2021–2023)
• Mahmoud Gharbi (2010–2017)
• (2008–2010)
• Marouen Maggaiz (2008–2014)
• Aymen Toumi (2013–2015)

Former coaches

References

External links