FC Lorient backroom staff
We hold the names of 34 people on FC Lorient's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Olivier Pantaloni manages the first team, with Erwann Le Postec and Yannick Cahuzac as assistant managers. FC Lorient's is the 13th longest staff list of the 18 Ligue 1 clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 14 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivier Pantaloni | Manager | First team | 58 | France |  |
| Loïc Fievet | Manager | Under-19s | 37 | France |  |
| Erwann Le Postec | Assistant manager | First team | 41 | France | - |
| Yannick Cahuzac | Assistant manager | First team | 40 | France |  |
| François Bourgeais | Assistant manager | Under-19s | 51 | France | - |
| Alexis Capela | Assistant manager | Reserves | 33 | France | - |
| Jérémy Morel | Coach | Reserves | 41 | Madagascar | - |
| Ronald Thomas | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 50 | France |  |
| Guy Roland Ndy Assembé | Goalkeeping coach | Reserves | 39 | Cameroon |  |
| Youssouf El Hamdaoui | Goalkeeping coach | Reserves | 33 | France | - |
| Pierre Bazin | Fitness coach | First team | 46 | France | |
| Quentin Gauvain | Fitness coach | First team | 30 | France | - |
| Mathias Jarnot | Fitness coach | Under-19s | 25 | France | - |
| Alexis Denissel | Fitness coach | Reserves | 26 | France | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 4 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Régis Bouyaux | Head physio | Club-wide | 55 | France |
| Antoine Preynat | Physio | First team | 29 | France |
| Florent Ramaré | Physio | First team | 37 | France |
| Vincent Gesbert | Sports scientist | Reserves | 38 | France |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 6 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Delestrain | Chief scout | Club-wide | 30 | France |
| Johann Marien | Scout | Club-wide | 39 | France |
| Valentin Trouiller | Scout | Club-wide | 27 | France |
| Baptiste Hermet | Performance analyst | First team | 24 | France |
| Tristan Delestrez | Performance analyst | First team | 28 | France |
| Simon Guillou | Performance analyst | Reserves | 26 | France |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnaud Le Lan | Head of youth development | 47 | France |
Owners and directors
Who owns FC Lorient and sits on its board
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Foley | Owner | 80 | United States | - |
| Loïc Féry | Chair | 51 | France | - |
| Arnaud Tanguy | Managing director | 49 | France |  |
| André Garel | Director | 74 | France | - |
| Denis Féry | Director | 76 | France | - |
| Georges Sampeur | Director | 70 | France | - |
| Laurent Koscielny | Director | 39 | France | - |
| Pierre-Yves Dréan | Director | 65 | France | - |
| Stéphane Gravereaux | Director | 53 | France | - |
Backroom staff at every Ligue 1 club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
FC Lorient's list is the 13th longest of the 18, against a median of 44 across the division. AS Monaco names the most, 61. Le Mans FC names the fewest, 18.
FC Lorient against the Ligue 1, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | FC LORIENT | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 14 | 15 | 18 |  |
| Medical and sports science | 4 | 11 | 22 | |
| Scouting and analysis | 6 | 9 | 16 | |
| Football management | 1 | 1 | 3 |  |
| Owners and directors | 9 | 5 | 9 | |
Backrooms the size of FC Lorient's, in every league
FC Lorient's 34 names make the joint 254th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 242 |  | Danish Superliga | 35 |
| 242 |  | Austrian Bundesliga | 35 |
| 254 |  | Bundesliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | Danish Superliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | League One | 34 |
| 254 |  | National League | 34 |
| 254 |  | Ekstraklasa | 34 |
| 254 | Fagiano Okayama | J1 League | 34 |
| 254 |  | Bundesliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | - | 34 |
| 254 | | Ligue 1 | 34 |
| 254 |  | Ligue 2 | 34 |
| 254 |  | Ekstraklasa | 34 |
| 254 |  | Championship | 34 |
| 254 | Motor Lublin | Ekstraklasa | 34 |
| 254 | NK Istra 1961 | Croatian First League | 34 |
| 254 |  | Danish Superliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | - | 34 |
| 254 |  | La Liga 2 | 34 |
| 254 |  | Eredivisie | 34 |
| 254 |  | Ekstraklasa | 34 |
Where FC Lorient's staff come from
4 nationalities across the 34 staff whose nationality we hold
France supplies 31 of the 34, 91%. The median age is 40. The oldest is Bill Foley, owner, at 80, and the youngest Baptiste Hermet, performance analyst, at 24. 7 members of staff came from another club, most often AC Ajaccio (2).
Where FC Lorient's former staff work now
On FC Lorient's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 20 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Christophe Pélissier | Manager |  |
| Franck Haise | Manager |  |
| Régis Le Bris | Manager |  |
| Frédéric Bodineau | Manager |  |
| Benjamin Genton | Assistant manager | |
| Jean-Marie Stéphanopoli | Assistant manager | |
| Philippe Bizeul | Assistant manager |  |
| Mickaël Grondin | Goalkeeping coach |  |
| Olivier Lagarde | Goalkeeping coach | |
| Florian Simon | Fitness coach | |
| Hugues Prévost | Fitness coach |  |
| Romaric Boch | Fitness coach | |
| Florent Busnel | Club doctor | |
| Eric Atta | Chief scout | |
| Jérémie Colson | Scout |  |
| Marc Rivoallan | Scout | |
| Olivier Renard | Performance analyst | |
| Aziz Mady-Mogne | Technical director |  |
| Fabrice Bocquet | Managing director |  |
| Florent Ghisolfi | Director | |
Frequently asked questions
Who is FC Lorient's manager?
Olivier Pantaloni is the FC Lorient first-team manager, aged 58. Erwann Le Postec and Yannick Cahuzac are the assistant managers.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at FC Lorient?
Ronald Thomas coaches the FC Lorient first-team goalkeepers.
Who is FC Lorient's head physio?
Régis Bouyaux is head physio at FC Lorient.
Who is FC Lorient's chief scout?
Florian Delestrain is chief scout at FC Lorient.
How many backroom staff do FC Lorient have?
We hold the names of 34 people on FC Lorient's staff for 2025/26: 14 in coaching, 4 in medical and sports science, 6 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 9 owners and directors. That is the 13th longest list of the 18 Ligue 1 clubs we hold, against a median of 44. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 254th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what FC Lorient pays its squad, see FC Lorient player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Olivier Pantaloni. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Ligue 1 wages.