The invention relates to a fuel cell plate (1) for supplying a reactant to an active region of a fuel cell, having at least one inlet (2) and at least one outlet (3) and also having a flow field (4) which is situated therebetween, is formed on a first surface (5) of the plate (1) and has a plurality of flow guides (6). In this case, at least some of the flow guides (6) are formed as deflection elements (7) in the form of guide vanes, guide panels or wings.