1994–95 FC Nantes Atlantique season
{{Infobox Football club season
|club = Nantes Atlantique
|season = 1994–95
|manager = Jean-Claude Suaudeau
|chairman = Guy Scherrer
|stadium = Stade de la Beaujoire
|league = Division 1
|league result = 1st (champions)
|cup1 = Coupe de France
|cup1 result = Round of 32
|cup2 = Coupe de la Ligue
|cup2 result = Round of 16
|cup3 = UEFA Cup
|cup3 result = Quarter-finals
|league topscorer =
Patrice Loko (22){{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110909030432/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballClassementChampionnat89_BUT_1.html Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1994-95] from L'Equipe (Archived from [https://web.archive.org/web/20101209142934/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballClassementChampionnat89_BUT_1.html the original] on 2011-9-9)
|season topscorer =
Nicolas Ouédec (26)
|highest attendance =
|lowest attendance =
|average attendance = 23,223{{cite news | title = Ligue 1 1994/1995 » Attendance » Home matches | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/fra-ligue-1-1994-1995/1/ | work = Worldfootball.net | accessdate = 7 August 2021}}
|prevseason = 1993–94
|nextseason = 1995–96
}}
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 won their seventh French league title, thereby qualifying for the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/franchamp.html|title=Yearwise list of the champions of France|last=François Mazet and Frédéric Pauron|date=1 September 2016|work=France - List of Champions|publisher=RSSSF|access-date=17 October 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.footyfair.com/2014/08/5-most-impressive-ligue-1-records.html|title=5 Most Impressive Ligue 1 Records|website=Footy Fair|accessdate=8 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/unb-nantes-32.html|title=Nantes' series of 32 matches unbeaten in the Division I|website=RSSSF|accessdate=8 August 2021}} Paris Saint-Germain would later equal Nantes' streak of 32 matches without defeat during the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season.{{cite web|url=https://en.as.com/en/2016/02/02/soccer/1454424974_178784.html|title=PSG closing in on 20-year-old Ligue 1 unbeaten record|website=EN|date=2 February 2016|accessdate=8 August 2021}}
Squad
{{fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=Dominique Casagrande}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Christian Karembeu}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Serge Le Dizet}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Eddy Capron}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Éric Decroix}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Jean-Michel Ferri}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Claude Makelele}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Reynald Pedros}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=Nicolas Ouédec}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=CHA|pos=MF|name=Japhet N'Doram}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=Patrice Loko}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=Samson Siasia}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=Jean-Louis Garcia}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=Éric Loussouarn}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=David Marraud}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Laurent Guyot}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Stéphane Moreau}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Christophe Pignol}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Benoit Cauet}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=Franck Renou}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=David Garcion}}
{{Fs end}}
Overall record
{{Fb overview2
|c=3
|c1=Division 1 |fm1=29 July 1994 |lm1=31 May 1995 |sr1=Matchday 1 |fp1=Winners |w1=21 |d1=16 |l1=1 |f1=71 |a1=34
|c2=Coupe de France |fm2=15 January 1995 |lm2=4 February 1995 |sr2=Round of 64 |fp2=Round of 32 |w2=1 |d2=1 |l2=0 |f2=3 |a2=2
|c3=Coupe de la Ligue |fm3=3 January 1995 |lm3=25 January 1995 |sr3=Round of 32 |fp3=Round of 16 |w3=1 |d3=0 |l3=1 |f3=3 |a3=1
|c4=UEFA Cup |fm4=13 September 1994 |lm4=14 March 1995 |sr4=First round |fp4=Quarter-finals |w4=4 |d4=2 |l4=2 |f4=16 |a4=11
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}}
Competitions
=French Division 1=
{{main|1994–95 French Division 1}}
==League table==
{{:1994–95 French Division 1|showteam=FCN}}
==Results summary==
{{Fb_rs |hw=14 |hd=5 |hl=0 |hgf=42 |hga=15 |aw=7 |ad=11 |al=1 |agf=29 |aga=19}}
{{Fb_rs footer|s=[https://www.ligue1.com/ranking Ligue 1] |date=July 2006}}
==Results by round==
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b
| updated=
| header=Round
| label1=Ground
| res1= H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/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
| label2=Result
| res2=D/W/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/D/D/W/D/W/W/D/D/W/D/W/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/D/W/D/W/L/W/D/D/W/D
| label3=Position
| pos3= 5/3/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
| color_W=green2|text_W=Win
| color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw
| color_L=red2|text_L=Loss
| text_H=Home|text_A=Away
| color1=gold|color_2=green1|color_3=green2|color_4=blue1|color_5=yellow1|color_18=red2|color_19–20=red1
| source=[https://www.ligue1.com/ranking Ligue 1]
}}
=Coupe de France=
{{main|1994–95 Coupe de France}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Round of 64
|date = 15 January 1995
|time =
|team1 = Cluses-Scionzier
|score = 1–2
|report =
|team2 = Nantes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade Intercommunal Cluses-Scionzier
|location = Cluses
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|round = Round of 32
|date = 4 February 1995
|time =
|team1 = Saint-Leu 95
|score = 1–1
|aet = yes
|penaltyscore = 4–2
|report =
|team2 = Nantes
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Les Andresys
|location = Saint-Leu-la-Forêt
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = D
}}
=UEFA Cup=
{{main|1994–95 UEFA Cup}}
==First round==
{{football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date=13 September 1994
|time=
|team1=Rotor Volgograd {{flagicon|RUS}}
|score=3–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51312 Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRA}} Nantes
|goals1=Gerashchenko {{goal|42}}
Nechay {{goal|65}}
Veretennikov {{goal|76}}
|goals2=Ouédec {{goal|28}}
N'Doram {{goal|83}}
|stadium=Volgograd
|attendance=
|referee= Sándor Varga (Hungary)
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date=27 September 1994
|time=
|team1= Nantes {{flagicon|FRA}}
|score=3–0
|aggregatescore = 5–3
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51313 Report]
|team2={{flagicon|RUS}} Rotor Volgograd
|goals1=Ouédec {{goal|29||61}}
Loko {{goal|75}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Nantes
|attendance=
|referee= Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)
|result = W
}}
==Second round==
{{football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date=18 October 1994
|time=
|team1=Nantes {{flagicon|FRA}}
|score=2–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51410 Report]
|team2={{flagicon|RUS}} Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
|goals1=Ouédec {{goal|32|pen.|62}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Nantes
|attendance=
|referee= Charles Agius (Malta)
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date=1 November 1994
|time=
|team1=Tekstilshchik Kamyshin {{flagicon|RUS}}
|score= 1–2
|aggregatescore = 1–4
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51411 Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRA}} Nantes
|goals1=Polstyanov {{goal|67}}
|goals2=Ouédec {{goal|48||64}}
|stadium=Moscow
|attendance=
|referee= Roy Olsen (Norway)
|result = W
}}
==Third round==
{{football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date=24 November 1994
|time=
|team1= Nantes {{flagicon|FRA}}
|score=4–0
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51434 Report]
|team2={{flagicon|SUI}} Sion
|goals1=Loko {{goal|15}}
Ferri {{goal|33}}
N'Doram {{goal|51}}
Makélélé {{goal|78}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Nantes
|attendance=
|referee = Dermot Gallagher (England)
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date=8 December 1994
|time=
|team1=Sion {{flagicon|SUI}}
|score=2–2
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51435 Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRA}} Nantes
|goals1=Herr {{goal|76}}
Marin {{goal|82}}
|goals2=Loko {{goal|30}}
N'Doram {{goal|31}}
|stadium=Nantes
|attendance=
|aggregatescore = 2–6
|result = D
|referee= Hellmut Krug (Germany)
}}
==Quarter-final==
{{football box collapsible
|round = First leg
|date=28 February 1995
|time=
|team1=Bayer Leverkusen {{flagicon|GER}}
|score=5–1
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51464 Report]
|team2={{flagicon|FRA}} Nantes
|goals1=Lehnhoff {{goal|9}}
Kirsten {{goal|18||89}}
Paulo Sérgio {{goal|79||84}}
|goals2=Ouédec {{goal|64|pen.}}
|stadium=Leverkusen
|attendance=
|referee=Jorge Coroado (Portugal)
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = Second leg
|date=14 March 1995
|time=
|team1=Nantes {{flagicon|FRA}}
|score=0–0
|aggregatescore = 1–5
|report=[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51465 Report]
|team2={{flagicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Nantes
|attendance=
|referee= Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
|result = D
}}
Statistics
=Goal scorers=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||||
|{{Abbr|Rank.|Ranking}}
!|Name !|UEFA Cup !|Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
rowspan=1|1
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Ouédec | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 |
rowspan=1|2
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrice Loko | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
rowspan=1|3
|align=left|{{flagicon|CHA}} Japhet N'Doram | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
rowspan=1|4
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Reynald Pedros | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
rowspan=1|5
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Claude Makelele | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
rowspan=1|6
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Christian Karembeu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
rowspan=3|7
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Christophe Pignol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Michel Ferri
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Franck Renou
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
rowspan=5|10
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Eddy Capron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Éric Decroix
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent Guyot
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Benoit Cauet
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
align=left|{{flagicon|NGA}} Samson Siasia
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
colspan=2|Own goals
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
colspan=2|Total
| 71 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 93 |
Source:
References
{{Reflist}}
{{FC Nantes seasons}}
{{1994–95 in French football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1994-95 FC Nantes season}}