1994–95 FC Nantes Atlantique season

Nantes Atlantique
1994–95 season
Chairman	Guy Scherrer
Manager	Jean-Claude Suaudeau
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Division 1	1st (champions)
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Patrice Loko (22)[1]; All: ; Nicolas Ouédec (26)
Average home league attendance	23,223[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	FRA	Dominique Casagrande
2	DF	FRA	Christian Karembeu
3	DF	FRA	Serge Le Dizet
4	DF	FRA	Eddy Capron
5	DF	FRA	Éric Decroix
6	MF	FRA	Jean-Michel Ferri
7	MF	FRA	Claude Makelele
8	MF	FRA	Reynald Pedros
9	FW	FRA	Nicolas Ouédec
10	MF	CHA	Japhet N'Doram
11	FW	FRA	Patrice Loko
33	FW	NGA	Samson Siasia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Jean-Louis Garcia
—	GK	FRA	Éric Loussouarn
—	GK	FRA	David Marraud
—	DF	FRA	Laurent Guyot
—	DF	FRA	Stéphane Moreau
—	DF	FRA	Christophe Pignol
—	MF	FRA	Benoit Cauet
—	FW	FRA	Franck Renou
—	FW	FRA	David Garcion

Source: [7]

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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[lower-alpha 1]
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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	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
Result	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
Position	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

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	3–2	Nantes	Volgograd
	Gerashchenko 42' Nechay 65' Veretennikov 76'	Report	Ouédec 28' N'Doram 83'	Referee: Sándor Varga (Hungary)

27 September 1994 Second leg	Nantes	3–0 (5–3 agg.)	Rotor Volgograd	Nantes
	Ouédec 29', 61' Loko 75'	Report		Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

Second round

18 October 1994 First leg	Nantes	2–0	Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	Nantes
	Ouédec 32' (pen.), 62'	Report		Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

1 November 1994 Second leg	Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Nantes	Moscow
	Polstyanov 67'	Report	Ouédec 48', 64'	Referee: Roy Olsen (Norway)

Third round

24 November 1994 First leg	Nantes	4–0	Sion	Nantes
	Loko 15' Ferri 33' N'Doram 51' Makélélé 78'	Report		Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

8 December 1994 Second leg	Sion	2–2 (2–6 agg.)	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	5–1	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	0–0 (1–5 agg.)	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	Nicolas Ouédec	18	0	0	8	26
2	Patrice Loko	22	0	0	3	25
3	Japhet N'Doram	12	0	1	3	16
4	Reynald Pedros	5	0	1	0	6
5	Claude Makelele	3	0	1	1	5
6	Christian Karembeu	3	0	0	0	3
7	Christophe Pignol	2	0	0	0	2
	Jean-Michel Ferri	1	0	0	1	2
	Franck Renou	2	0	0	0	2
10	Eddy Capron	1	0	0	0	1
	Éric Decroix	0	1	0	0	1
	Laurent Guyot	0	1	0	0	1
	Benoit Cauet	1	0	0	0	1
	Samson Siasia	0	1	0	0	1
Own goals		1	0	0	0	1
Total		71	3	3	16	93

Source:

References

(in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1994-95 from L'Equipe (Archived from the original on 2011-9-9)
"Ligue 1 1994/1995 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
François Mazet and Frédéric Pauron (1 September 2016). "Yearwise list of the champions of France". France - List of Champions. RSSSF. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
"5 Most Impressive Ligue 1 Records". Footy Fair. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
"Nantes' series of 32 matches unbeaten in the Division I". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
"PSG closing in on 20-year-old Ligue 1 unbeaten record". EN. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
"FC Nantes » Squad 1994/1995". World Football. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

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[table_note_res_CWC0.33991137768138-8] 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.

[1] (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1994-95 from L'Equipe (Archived from the original on 2011-9-9)

[attendance-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.

[7] "FC Nantes » Squad 1994/1995". World Football. Retrieved 9 August 2021.