Neptunes de Nantes

Les Neptunes de Nantes
Full name	Les Neptunes de Nantes
Founded	1998
Arena	Complexe sportif Mangin-Beaulieu, Nantes
Capacity	2,400
President	Yoann Choin-Joubert[1][2]
Head coach	Helle Thomsen[3]
League	French Women's First League
2023-24	3rd[4]
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Neptunes de Nantes (previously Nantes Atlantique Handball) is the name of a French professional handball club from Nantes. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2013.

Honours

• EHF European League:
  • Winner: 2021[5]

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season.

Goalkeepers Wingers RW LW Line players

Back players RB 20 Orlane Ahanda

Squad information
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	In	Contract until	Previous club
1		Jessica Ryde	Goalkeeper	2023	2026	Herning-Ikast
12		Floriane André	Goalkeeper	2018	2024
31		kelly Vollebregt	Right wing	2023	2025	Odense Håndbold
11		Oriane Ondono	Line Player	2021	2025	CJF Fleury Loiret
8		Carin Strömberg	Centre back	2021	2025	Viborg HK
15		Marie Hélène Sajka	Right back	2023	2025	Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub
14		Mari Finstad Bergum	Left back	2021	2025	Flint Tønsberg
17		Marine Dupuis	Left wing	2022	2024	Toulon Métropole Var Handball
19		Anna Lagerquist	Line Player	2022	2024	Rostov-Don
20		Orlane Ahanda	Right back	2011	2025
29		Léna Grandveau	Centre back	2022	2025	Bourg-de-Péage Drôme Handball
22		Tamara Horacek	Left back	2023	2026	Metz Handball
42		Dyénaba Sylla	Left wing	2020	2024	Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball
77		Emilie Bellec	Right wing	2023	2024
7		Helene Gigstad Fauske	Center Back	2023	2025	Brest Bretagne Handball
18		Naemi Ardouin	Left wing	2023	2026

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season[6]

Joining

Leaving Floriane André (GK) (to Brest Bretagne Handball) Oriane Ondono (LP) (to Brest Bretagne Handball) Marine Dupuis (LW) (to OGC Nice Handball) Marie-Hélène Sajka (RB) (to OGC Nice Handball) Tamara Horacek (LB) (to RK Krim) Helene Gigstad Fauske (CB) (to Odense Håndbold) Mari Finstad Bergum (LB) (to Toulon Métropole Var Handball) Kelly Vollebregt (RW) (to Borussia Dortmund Handball) Helle Thomsen (Coach) (to CSM București) Léna Grandveau (CB) (to Metz Handball) Paola Ebanga Baboga (RB) (to Saint-Amand Handball) Blanka Kajdon (CB) (to BSV Sachsen Zwickau) Jessica Ryde (GK) (to Debreceni VSC) Anna Lagerquist (LP) (to Győri Audi ETO KC)

Staff members

Staff for the 2024–25 season.

• Head coach:
• Training coach: Loreta Ivanauskaite[7]

Notable players

• Camille Ayglon-Saurina
• Blandine Dancette
• Pauline Coatanea
• Camille Aoustin
• Kalidiatou Niakaté
• Estelle Nze Minko
• Catherine Gabriel
• Alexandrina Cabral
• Elisabeth Chávez
• Beatriz Escribano
• Kaba Gassama
• Bruna de Paula
• Fabiana Diniz
• Elaine Gomes
• Sonja Bašić
• Dragica Džono
• Ivana Lovrić
• Lotte Grigel
• Stine Bodholt Nielsen
• Mia Møldrup
• Anette Helene Hansen
• Malin Holta
• Helene Gigstad Fauske
• Mari Finstad Bergum
• Jovana Stoiljković
• Katarina Tomašević
• Esther Schop
• Isabelle Jongenelen
• Szabina Mayer
• Maroua Dhaouadi
• Isabell Klein

References

1. "Handball. Nantes AHB : Yoann Joubert (Groupe Réalités) devient président du club". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 5 January 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
2. "Le projet des Neptunes". Neptunes de Nantes (in French). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
3. "Handball. Helle Thomsen, la coach des Neptunes, quittera le club en fin de saison . Sport". Maville (in French). 29 November 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
4. "Ligue Butagaz Energie 2023-24". FFHandball (in French). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
5. Costeiu, Adrian (24 September 2021). "Unstoppable Nantes write history". Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
6. "Handball. Ligue Féminine : Alizée Martin complète l'effectif des Neptunes de Nantes". Presse Océan (in French). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
7. "LORETA IVANAUSKAS". beach.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.

External links

• Media related to Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website