Football Club de Nantes – commonly shortened to FC Nantes or simply to Nantes – is a French professional football club based in Nantes and currently playing in the country’s top tier Ligue 1. The club plays home games at Stade de la Beaujoire.
Founded in April 1942, Nantes became professional a few years later in 1945 after winning the championship for the Western Region. The club started seeing success from the 1950s and in the 1960s they reached the top division. After many ups and downs since then, Nantes has seen more hope in recent seasons and saw its most recent silverware when winning the Coupe de France in the 2021/22 season.
