# 1998–99 FC Nantes Atlantique season

The 1998–99 season was the 56th season in the existence of Nantes Atlantique and the club's 37th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

## Season summary

Nantes Atlantique competed in the French Division 1, the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions.
The 1998–99 season saw Nantes win their second Coupe de France title, and first in twenty years, qualifying for the following season's Trophée des Champions and UEFA Cup.

## 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 | Mickaël Landreau |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Néstor Fabbri |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Éric Decroix |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Nicolas Gillet |
| 6 | MF | CMR | Salomon Olembe |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Christophe Le Roux |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Savinaud |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Samba N'Diaye |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Antoine Sibierski |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Diego Bustos |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Sébastien Piocelle |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Charles Devineau |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Frédéric Da Rocha |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Eric Carrière |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Willy Grondin |
| 17 | FW | FRA | Alioune Touré |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Olivier Monterrubio |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Jean-Marc Chanelet |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Mehdi Leroy |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Pascal Delhommeau |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Samuel Fenillat |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Yves Deroff |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Patrick Suffo |
| 27 | MF | CMR | Sébastien Macé |
| 28 | FW | ARG | Sérgio Comba |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Marama Vahirua |
| — | GK | FRA | Éric Loussouarn |
Source:

## Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Division 1 | 8 August 1998 | 29 May 1999 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 035.29 |
| Coupe de France | 23 January 1999 | 15 May 1999 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 083.33 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 9 January 1999 | 9 January 1999 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 041.46 |
Source: Competitions

## Competitions
### French Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Rennes | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Lens | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Nantes | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Montpellier | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 43 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 39 | |
* ↑ Lens was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue. Also, Nantes was qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1998–99 Coupe de France.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |