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2015–16 FC Nantes Season
The 2015–16 FC Nantes season was the 72nd professional season of the club since its creation in 1943. Players First team squad French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling. Out on loan Transfers Transfers in Loans in Transfers out Loans out Competitions Ligue 1 League table Results summary Results by round Matches Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France References {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 FC Nantes season FC Nantes seasons Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantiq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Nantes
Football Club de Nantes, commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Naunnt''), is a French professional association football, football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a result of local clubs based in the city coming together to form one large club. From 1992 to 2007, the club was referred to as FC Nantes Atlantique before reverting to its current name at the start of the 2007–08 Ligue 2, 2007–08 season. Nantes play in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France. Nantes is one of the List of French football champions, most successful clubs in French football, having won eight Ligue 1 titles, four Coupe de France wins and attained one Coupe de la Ligue victory. The club is famous for its ''jeu à la nantaise'' (), its collective spirit, mainly advocated under coaches José Arribas, Jean-Claude Suaudeau and Raynald Denoueix and for its youth system, which has pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated population of over 449million as of 2024. The EU is often described as a ''sui generis'' political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation. Containing 5.5% of the world population in 2023, EU member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €17.935 trillion in 2024, accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output. Its cornerstone, the European Union Customs Union, Customs Union, paved the way to establishing European Single Market, an internal single market based on standardised European Union law, legal framework and legislation that applies in all member states in those matters, and only those matters, where the states ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Bedoya
Alejandro Bedoya (born April 29, 1987) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer, and serves as their captain. Early life Bedoya, of Colombian descent, was born in New Jersey and raised in Weston, Florida, where he played youth soccer for local clubs; the AYSO club: Weston Fury, and FUTSOC USA ENIGMA Elite. In high school he won a state championship while playing for St. Thomas Aquinas High School in 2005. His father, Adriano, played professional soccer in Colombia with Millonarios, and his grandfather, Fabio, played for Deportes Quindío. Club career Örebro SK Although college seniors often enter the MLS SuperDraft, Bedoya explored options abroad. In late 2008, he signed a contract with Swedish club Örebro SK and joined the club on January 7, 2009. On April 6, he made his debut for Örebro SK coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute. He scored his first goal for Örebro SK when he gave the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rémi Gomis
Rémi Gomis (born 14 February 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Senegal national team. Club career Gomis began his career with Stade Lavallois and signed for Stade Malherbe Caen in summer 2007. On 13 July 2009, he moved to Valenciennes FC on a four-year contract after two years with Caen. He went to Spanish club Levante UD in summer 2013, but six months after that he broke the contract and left Levante returning to the Ligue 1, joining FC Nantes. In August 2016, he moved to Swiss club FC Wil. International career Gomis played his first match with Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ... in 2008. References External links * Profileat TangoFoot Living people 1984 births French men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorik Cana
Lorik Agim Cana (; born 27 July 1983) is an Albanian former professional Association football, footballer. He is currently the grassroots ambassador for children's football in Albania, named by the Albanian Football Association on 26 October 2017. Cana played in the top divisions of France, England, Italy and Turkey, representing Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain, Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland, Galatasaray S.K., Galatasaray, Lazio Roma, Lazio, FC Nantes and Olympique de Marseille as well as the Albania national football team, Albania national team for which he held the appearance record for Albania's most Cap (sport), capped player of all time, with 93 caps since he made his debut in 2003 until his retirement in 2016. He used to play primarily as a defensive midfielder, defensive and central midfielder but later switched to centre-back. He participated in the first major international competition for Albania, the UEFA Euro 2016 held in France. At the age of 16, Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswaldo Vizcarrondo
Oswaldo Augusto Vizcarrondo Araujo (, born 31 May 1984) is a Venezuelan professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is currently the head coach of the Venezuela under-17 and under-15 teams. An international since 2004, Vizcarrondo has reached more than 80 appearances and 7 goals for ''La Vinotinto'' and was part of the historical 2011 Copa América fourth place squad. International career On 15 November 2011, Vizcarrondo scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Bolivia, a result that lifted Venezuela into a tie for first place in the World Cup qualifying standings. International goals Managerial career In 2022, Vizcarrondo was appointed the head coach of the Nantes women's team. Honours Caracas * Primera División: 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09 * Torneo de Clausura: 2004, 2007 * Torneo de Apertura: 2003 Once Caldas * Torneo de Finalización: 2010 Venezuela * Copa América fourth place: 2011 The year marked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Rennais F
Stade (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Stade (, ) is a city in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. First mentioned in records in 934, it is the seat of the Stade (district), district () which bears its name. It is located roughly to the west of Hamburg and belongs to that city's Hamburg Metropolitan Region, wider metropolitan region. Within the area of the city are the urban districts of Bützfleth, Hagen, Haddorf and Wiepenkathen, each of which have a council () of their own with some autonomous decision-making rights. Stade is located in the Niederelbe, lower regions of the river Elbe. It is also on the German Timber-Frame Road. History The first human settlers came to the Stade area in 30,000 BC. Sweden, Swedish and Danes, Danish Vikings under Eric the Victorious conquered Stade and looted the town during the 990s. Many prominent Saxons were taken back as slaves by Swedish troops. A majority of Vikings withdrew after taking plenty of plunder. A minor part of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermir Lenjani
Ermir Limon Lenjani (born 5 August 1989) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Schaffhausen in the Swiss Challenge League and the Albania national team. Club career Early career Born in Karaçevë, Kamenica to Albanian parents originally from Prokuplje. Lenjani moved to Switzerland as a child, where he started playing football and aged 12 he was asked to play for FC Tössfeld. After spending around 2 years at Tössfeld, he joined the FC Winterthur academy. He broke through into the first team during the 2009–10 season second-half. Winterthur On 8 March 2009, Lenjani debuted with Winterthur in the 2008–09 Swiss Challenge League match against Thun and scored the first and last goals in the 50th and 87th minutes, to give his team a 2–4 away victory. Two months after he played his next match on 16 May 2009 against Locarno and scored against a goal in the 34th minute to equal the result 1–1, which was succeeded by a hat-trick of three goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rémy Riou
Rémy Riou (born 6 August 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Paris FC. He was a France youth international having, earned four caps with the country's under-21 team. Club career Riou was a member Lyon's first team since 2003, but failed to make his Ligue 1 debut for the club and moved to Lorient on a one-season loan in July 2006. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 4 November 2006 in the Lorient's 1–0 away victory over Marseille. In July 2007, he moved to Auxerre on a four-year contract, making his Ligue 1 debut for the club on 18 August 2007 in their 1–0 home victory over Caen. In the summer of 2012, he signed with Nantes. On 19 July 2017, Riou moved to the Süper Lig joining Alanyaspor on a three-year contract. On 24 May 2022, aged 34, Riou returned to Lyon, signing a two-year contract. He made his club debut in the first league game of the 2022–23 season, coming on as a substitute to replace the sent-off Anthony Lopes in a 2–1 ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolpak Ruling
The ''Kolpak'' ruling is a European Court of Justice ruling handed down on 8 May 2003 in favour of Maroš Kolpak, a Slovak handball player. It declared that citizens of countries which have signed European Union Association Agreements have the same right to freedom of work and movement within the EU as EU citizens. Thus any restrictions placed on their right to work (such as quotas setting maximum numbers of such foreign players in sports teams) are deemed illegal under EU law. The legal actions in Germany set a precedent for professional sports in Europe, which have had a wide-ranging effect, especially in regard to English county cricket and European professional rugby. Kolpak player, or Kolpak, was a term used in the United Kingdom for people from overseas playing in the domestic leagues in cricket and both rugby codes, who were subject to the Kolpak ruling. However, the system no longer applies in the UK, following its exit from the European Union, which came into eff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotonou Agreement
The Cotonou Agreement (French: ''Accord de Cotonou'') is a treaty between the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ("ACP countries"). It was signed in June 2000 in Cotonou, Benin's largest city, by 78 ACP countries (Cuba did not sign) and the then fifteen EU member states. It entered into force in 2003 and was subsequently revised in 2005 and 2010. Following the 2010 revision, the agreement was due to expire on 29 February 2020, but it was extended temporarily to no later than 31 October 2023, pending adoption of a new agreement (the Samoa Agreement). Aims The Cotonou Agreement is aimed at the reduction and eventual eradication of poverty while contributing to sustainable development and to the gradual integration of ACP countries into the world economy. The revised Cotonou Agreement is also concerned with the fight against impunity and promotion of criminal justice through the International Criminal Court. Main principles The Cotonou Agr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
