Football Club de Nantes, commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes, is a French professional 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 season. Nantes play in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France. Nantes is one of the 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.
Stade Malherbe Caen is a French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy, that competes in the Ligue 2. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 by the merger of Club Malherbe Caennais and Club Sportif Caennais. The team takes its name from François de Malherbe, a 17th-century poet from Caen.
The Derby de la Bretagne, also known as the Derby Breton, is a football match in France. The match can potentially designate any match two clubs based in the historic province of Brittany; however, most of the time, it is employed by each club's supporters to mention the rivalry between major clubs Stade Rennais and FC Nantes, even if this particular fixture is often referred to as the West Derby.
ASJ Soyaux Charente, commonly known as Soyaux, is a women's football club founded in 1968 and based in Soyaux, France. The club had played in France's top division except for spans of relegation to Division 2 Féminine in the 2010–11 and 2012–13 seasons, winning promotion back to the top flight each time. It also successfully appealed attempts by DNCG to relegate the club due to failed administrative reviews of its finances in both 2021 and 2022.
The Régional 1, formerly Division d'Honneur is the common generic name for the highest level football league competitions run by each of the 13 Regional Leagues in France. Together, these league competitions serve as the sixth division of the French football league system, promoting clubs into the Championnat National 3, subject to certain criteria being met.
Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant is a French association football club based in the commune of Châteaubriant, Loire-Atlantique. As of the 2020–21 season the men's team competes in the National 2, the fourth tier of French football, having won promotion in the truncated 2019–20 season. The club plays their home matches at the Stade de la Ville en Bois, which has a capacity of 3,000.
Fatoumata Baldé is a footballer who plays as a forward for Seconde Ligue club Nice. Born in Guinea, she represents Senegal at international level.
Marie-Antoinette Oda Katoto is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. A youth academy graduate of Paris Saint-Germain, she became the team's all-time top scorer in February 2022 at the age of 23.
The 2019–20 Championnat National 3 was the third season of the fifth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition was contested by 168 clubs split geographically across 12 groups of 14 teams. The teams included amateur clubs and the reserve teams of professional clubs. The season was suspended indefinitely on 12 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eden Avital is an Israeli footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for the Israeli football club Hapoel Petah Tikva and for the Israeli national team. She has previously played in Israel for the Girls Football Academy, ASA Tel Aviv, and Kiryat Gat as well as in France for Albi and Soyaux.
The 2020–21 Coupe de France preliminary rounds made up the qualifying competition to decide which teams took part in the main competition from round 7. This was the 104th season of the main football cup competition in France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was normally open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, clubs from Saint Pierre and Miquelon did not join the main competition, and clubs from New Caledonia and Tahiti did not participate. Changes to the competition structure due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant a total of 134 teams qualified for round 7 from this process this season, rather than the usual 156.
Le Havre Athletic Club, commonly known simply as Le Havre, is a French women's football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. Founded in 2015, the club plays its home matches at the Stade Océane in the city. It competes in the Première Ligue as of the 2024–25 season.
Pilar Tony Khoury is a footballer who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club Strasbourg and the Lebanon national team.
Léa Khelifi is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Montpellier.
Grand Paris Seine Ouest 92 Issy are a French women's football team based in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The club currently compete in Division 2 Féminine, the Second Division of women's football in France. The team was founded in 1997 as EuroPeru, and was known as FF Issy from 2001 until 2020.
The Corsaires de Nantes are an ice hockey team based in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.
Margaux Bueno is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Nantes.
Sylia Koui is a former professional footballer played as a midfielder. Born in France, she played for the Algeria national team.
Amira Ould Braham is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Nantes and the Algeria national team. She also holds French citizenship and has represented France at youth international levels.
