List of FC Nantes seasons explained

This is a list of the seasons played by FC Nantes, from their entry into the Championnat de France Division 2 in 1945 until the present day. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions are listed.

Nantes has been very successful in domestic competitions, winning eight French top division titles. The club is also four-time winners of the Coupe de France and three-time winners of the Trophée des Champions, and won the Coupe de la Ligue in 1965. Since 1945, Nantes has spent 55 seasons in Ligue 1/Division 1, including 44 consecutive seasons between 1963 and 2007. The club has spent the remaining 23 seasons of their existence in Ligue 2/Division 2, having never been relegated below this level. They have been relegated only twice in their history, in 2007 and 2009.

A Nantes player has finished as top scorer in the top division on six occasions. These are listed in bold in the table below.

FC Nantes (1945–92)

Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rank Other Top Scorer(s)
1945–46[1] 26 11 4 11 47 43 26 5th
42 16 13 13 66 70 45 8th R2
38 16 6 16 79 81 38 11th R1
36 13 12 11 58 53 38 9th R2
34 9 9 16 44 57 27 17th R2
32 11 7 14 54 56 29 10th
34 17 8 9 61 57 42 4th R1
34 16 7 11 60 59 39 6th R1
38 14 8 16 68 62 36 9th R1
38 13 9 16 69 78 35 10th R1
38 10 10 18 54 84 30 17th R1
38 13 10 15 56 64 36 13th R2
42 13 11 18 53 65 37 13th
38 13 9 16 49 59 35 14th
38 16 9 13 58 48 10 41 8th
36 15 6 15 61 64 36 11th
36 16 8 12 43 43 0 40 6th
36 25 4 7 82 38 44 54 2nd
1963–64[2] 34 13 8 13 51 59 34 8th Jacques Simon, 11[3]
34 16 11 7 66 45 21 43 1st Jacques Simon, 24
Ligue – W
38 26 8 4 84 36 48 60 1st Philippe Gondet, 36
EC – PR
38 17 16 5 81 51 30 50 2nd Philippe Gondet, 14
Francis Magny, 14
EC – R2
1967–68[4] 38 15 11 12 55 50 41 7th Jacques Simon, 12
1968–69[5] 34 13 6 15 44 45 32 10th Bernard Blanchet, 13
1969–70[6] 34 13 7 14 62 56 33 10th Bernard Blanchet, 17
1970–71[7] 38 17 12 9 61 41 20 46 3rd Bernard Blanchet, 15[8]
38 17 9 12 70 48 22 43 7th Ángel Marcos, 20
1972–73[9] 38 23 9 6 67 31 36 55 1st Ángel Marcos, 11[10]
1973–74[11] 38 19 9 10 63 41 22 58 2nd Hugo Curioni, 14[12]
EC – R1
1974–75[13] 38 16 11 11 50 42 45 5th Hugo Curioni, 19
1975–76[14] 38 15 14 9 67 44 23 50 4th Gilles Rampillon, 16
1976–77[15] 38 25 8 5 80 40 40 58 1st Omar Sahnoun, 15
1977–78[16] 38 21 10 7 60 26 34 52 2nd Éric Pécout, 14
1978–79[17] 38 23 8 7 85 33 52 54 2nd Éric Pécout, 22
1979–80[18] 38 26 5 7 76 30 46 57 1st Éric Pécout, 13
Víctor Trossero, 13
38 22 11 5 74 36 38 55 2nd Bruno Baronchelli, 11[19]
38 19 5 14 64 34 30 43 6th José Touré, 13[20]
38 24 10 4 77 29 48 58 1st Vahid Halilhodžić, 27
38 18 9 11 46 32 14 45 6th Vahid Halilhodžić, 13[21]
38 23 9 6 61 32 29 55 2nd Vahid Halilhodžić, 28
1985–86[22] 38 20 13 5 53 27 26 53 2nd Vahid Halilhodžić, 18
38 12 12 14 35 38 36 12th Philippe Anziani, 10
38 13 13 12 46 41 39 10th Mo Johnston, 13
In 1988–89, 3 points were awarded for a win as a one year experiment.
1988–89[23] 38 15 12 11 41 40 57 7th Mo Johnston, 9
Thierno Youm, 9
38 13 14 11 42 34 40 7th Thierno Youm, 7[24]
38 9 16 13 34 44 34 15th Christophe Robert, 9[25]
38 12 14 12 37 39 38 9th Nicolas Ouédec, 7[26]

FC Nantes Atlantique (1992–07)

Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rank Other Top Scorer(s)
38 17 11 10 54 39 15 45 5th Nicolas Ouédec, 13
1993–94[27] 38 17 11 10 47 32 15 45 5th Nicolas Ouédec, 20
From 1994, 3 points were awarded for a win.
38 21 16 1 71 34 37 79 1st Patrice Loko, 22
38 14 13 11 44 42 55 7th Japhet N'Doram, 15
UCL – SF
38 16 16 6 61 32 29 64 3rd Japhet N'Doram, 21
34 11 8 15 35 41 41 11th Jocelyn Gourvennec, 12
34 12 12 10 40 34 48 7th Olivier Monterrubio, 8[28]
34 12 7 15 39 40 43 12th Antoine Sibierski, 13
UC – R3
34 21 5 8 58 36 22 68 1st Olivier Monterrubio, 12
UC – R4
34 12 7 15 35 41 43 10th Marama Vahirua, 6[29]
UCL – 2nd Grp
38 16 8 14 37 39 56 9th Marama Vahirua, 7[30]
38 17 9 12 47 35 12 60 6th Viorel Moldovan, 11
38 10 13 15 33 38 43 17th Mamadou Bagayoko, 7[31]
38 11 12 15 37 41 45 14th Mamadou Diallo, 10
38 7 13 18 29 49 34 20th Mamadou Diallo, 4
Claudiu Keșerü, 4
Dimitri Payet, 4[32]

FC Nantes (2007–present)

Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rank Top Scorer(s)
2007–08[33] 38 19 13 6 58 34 24 70 2nd Mamadou Bagayoko, 10
Nicolas Goussé, 10[34]
2008–09[35] 38 9 10 19 33 54 37 19th Mamadou Bagayoko, 7[36]
2009–10[37] 38 12 9 17 43 54 45 15th Stéphane Darbion, 6
Jean-Claude Darcheville, 6
Tenema N'Diaye, 6[38]
2010–11[39] 38 11 14 13 38 40 47 13th Filip Đorđević, 12
2011–12[40] 38 14 9 15 51 42 51 9th Sylvain Wiltord, 8[41]
38 19 12 7 54 29 25 69 3rd Filip Đorđević, 20
2013–14[42] 38 12 10 16 38 43 46 13th Filip Đorđević, 9[43]
2014–15[44] 38 11 12 15 29 40 45 14th Jordan Veretout, 7[45]
2015–16[46] 38 12 12 14 33 44 48 14th Emiliano Sala, 6[47]
38 14 9 15 40 54 51 7th Emiliano Sala, 12[48]
38 14 10 14 36 41 52 9th Emiliano Sala, 12[49]
38 13 9 16 48 48 0 48 12th Emiliano Sala, 12[50]
28 11 4 13 28 31 37 13th Ludovic Blas, 5
Moses Simon, 5[51]
38 9 13 16 47 55 40 18th Ludovic Blas, 10[52]
38 15 10 13 55 48 7 55 9th Randal Kolo Muani, 12[53]
38 7 15 16 37 55 36 16th Mostafa Mohamed, 8[54]
34 9 6 19 30 55 33 14th Mostafa Mohamed, 8[55]

Notes and References

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  7. Web site: France – First Division Results and Tables 1932–1998. RSSSF.
  8. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 1970/1971. worldfootball.net.
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  19. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 1980/1981. worldfootball.net.
  20. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 1981/1982. worldfootball.net.
  21. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 1983/1984. worldfootball.net.
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  24. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 1989/1990. worldfootball.net.
  25. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 1990/1991. worldfootball.net.
  26. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 1991/1992. worldfootball.net.
  27. http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/historique/classement.asp?type_classement=&saison=1993/1994
  28. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 1998/1999. worldfootball.net.
  29. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2001/2002. worldfootball.net.
  30. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2002/2003. worldfootball.net.
  31. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2004/2005. worldfootball.net.
  32. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2006/2007. worldfootball.net.
  33. Web site: Ligue 2 BKT - Ligue de Football Professionnel.
  34. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 2 2007/2008. worldfootball.net.
  35. http://www.frenchleague.com/ligue1/historique/classement.asp?type_classement=&saison=2008/2009
  36. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2008/2009. worldfootball.net.
  37. Web site: Classement - Ligue 2 BKT - LFP.
  38. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 2 2009/2010. worldfootball.net.
  39. Web site: LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Ligue 2 – Classement officiel, général, domicile,extérieur, attaque, défense. https://web.archive.org/web/20110903105010/http://new.lfp.fr/ligue2/classement. 2011-09-03. 3 September 2011.
  40. Web site: Classement Domino's Ligue 2 : saison 2018/2019. new.lfp.fr.
  41. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 2 2011/2012. worldfootball.net.
  42. Web site: Classement Ligue 1 Conforama : saison 2018/2019. www.lfp.fr.
  43. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2013/2014. worldfootball.net.
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  45. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2014/2015. worldfootball.net.
  46. Web site: Summary – Ligue 1 – France – Results, fixtures, tables and news. Soccerway.
  47. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2015/2016. worldfootball.net.
  48. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2016/2017. worldfootball.net.
  49. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2017/2018. worldfootball.net.
  50. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2018/2019. worldfootball.net.
  51. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2019/2020. worldfootball.net.
  52. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2020/2021. worldfootball.net.
  53. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2021/2022. worldfootball.net.
  54. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2022/2023. worldfootball.net.
  55. Web site: FC Nantes – Appearances Ligue 1 2023/2024. worldfootball.net.

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