Top rated Nantes or Football Club de Nantes, nicknamed Les Canaris or The Canaries, is a member of the FFF French Football Federation or Fédération Française de Football. The French Football League Championship is the highest rated competition in France. Nantes plays in their home stadium, La Beaujoire-Louis Fonteneau, in Nantes. Founded in 1943, x competes in Ligue 2 run by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. They finished 19th in the Ligue 2 Championship play in 2009. Nantes won the Ligue 1 French Championship in 1965, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1995, and 2001; three Coupe de France; and reached the semi-finals of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 19780 and UEFA Champions League 19996; the Coupe de France in 1979, 1999, and 2000; the Coppa delle Alpi in 1982; and the Trophée des Champions in 1999, and 2001.