Emiliano Sala's former club Nantes gave a final rousing send off to the Argentine striker, whose body was recovered from a crashed plane this week, with a series of moving gestures in their Ligue 1 game with Nimes on Sunday.
Known as the Canaries because of their yellow strip Nantes played in a one-off full black outfit with Sala's name on the back of each shirt.
Tickets for the game were sold at a symbolic nine euros in memory of the player's shirt number, which they have also withdrawn from use.
As the Nimes players came out onto the pitch they headed to the main Nantes stand and placed flowers before a large written tribute readin 'Emi forever'.
Around 37,000 fans were on hand to see a giant portrait of Sala displayed in the centre-circle ahead of the game, and a minute's silence was observed before spilling into rousing applause.
Nantes coach Vahid Halilhodzic, who excelled when he himself was the club's No.9, said he felt a special attachment to Sala, who he described as a "lovely lad".
"He has left an eternal mark on this club, on top of it all (the death) it was such a shock, him disappearing and the hope gradually dwindling," he said.
The Bosnian, who coached Lille and PSG previously, and more recently Algeria and Japan, said the club could not hide behind Sala's disappearance.
"It's a nightmare of course," he said after his team's 4-2 defeat after being 2-0 up.
"But no side of mine has ever given up a lead like that and conceded four goals at home. Never. From now on I want an outright battle for survival."
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