1994–95 FC Nantes Atlantique season

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]

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.[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

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

Source: [7]

Overall record

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

French Division 1

League table

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

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

Coupe de France

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

First round

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

Second round

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

Third round

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

Quarter-final

28 February 1995 First leg Bayer Leverkusen Germany 5–1 France 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 France 0–0
(1–5 agg.)
Germany Bayer Leverkusen Nantes
Report Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Statistics

Goal scorers

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