List of FC Nantes seasons

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 three-time winners of both the Coupe de France and the Trophée des Champions, and won the Coupe de la Ligue in 1965. Since 1945, Nantes has spent 51 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	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank	Cup	LC	Other	Top Scorer
1945–46[1]	D2 Nord	26	11	4	11	47	43	4	26	5th
1946–47[1]	D2	42	16	13	13	66	70	-4	45	8th	R2
1947–48[1]	D2	38	16	6	16	79	81	-2	38	11th	R1
1948–49[1]	D2	36	13	12	11	58	53	5	38	9th	R2
1949–50[1]	D2	34	9	9	16	44	57	-13	27	17th	R2
1950–51[1]	D2	32	11	7	14	54	56	-2	29	10th
1951–52[1]	D2	34	17	8	9	61	57	4	42	4th	R1
1952–53[1]	D2	34	16	7	11	60	59	1	39	6th	R1	QF
1953–54[1]	D2	38	14	8	16	68	62	6	36	9th	R1	R1
1954–55[1]	D2	38	13	9	16	69	78	-9	35	10th	R1	R3
1955–56[1]	D2	38	10	10	18	54	84	-30	30	17th	R1	R1
1956–57[1]	D2	38	13	10	15	56	64	-8	36	13th	R2	R2
1957–58[1]	D2	42	13	11	18	53	65	-12	37	13th	R1	R1
1958–59[1]	D2	38	13	9	16	49	59	-10	35	14th		R1
1959–60[1]	D2	38	16	9	13	58	48	10	41	8th	R1	R1
1960–61[1]	D2	36	15	6	15	61	64	-3	36	11th	R1	R1
1961–62[1]	D2	36	16	8	12	43	43	0	40	6th	R1	R1
1962–63[1]	D2	36	25	4	7	82	38	44	54	2nd	R1	R1
1963–64[2]	D1	34	13	8	13	51	59	-8	34	8th	SF	QF		Jacques Simon, 11[3]
1964–65	D1	34	16	11	7	66	45	21	43	1st	R3	Drago – QF		Jacques Simon, 24
												Ligue – W
1965–66	D1	38	26	8	4	84	36	48	60	1st	RU		CdC – W	Philippe Gondet, 36
													EC – PR
1966–67	D1	38	17	16	5	81	51	30	50	2nd	R3		CdC – RU	Philippe Gondet, 14 Francis Magny, 14
													EC – R2
1967–68[4]	D1	38	15	11	12	55	50	5	41	7th	R3			Jacques Simon, 12
1968–69[5]	D1	34	13	6	15	44	45	-1	32	10th	R2			Bernard Blanchet, 13
1969–70[6]	D1	34	13	7	14	62	56	6	33	10th	RU			Bernard Blanchet, 17
1970–71[7]	D1	38	17	12	9	61	41	20	46	3rd	R3		ECWC – R2	Bernard Blanchet, 15[8]
1971–72[7]	D1	38	17	9	12	70	48	22	43	7th	R2		UC – R2	Ángel Marcos, 20
1972–73[9]	D1	38	23	9	6	67	31	36	55	1st	RU			Ángel Marcos, 11[10]
1973–74[11]	D1	38	19	9	10	63	41	22	58	2nd	QF		CdC – RU	Hugo Curioni, 14[12]
													EC – R1
1974–75[13]	D1	38	16	11	11	50	42	8	45	5th	R1		UC – R2	Hugo Curioni, 19
1975–76[14]	D1	38	15	14	9	67	44	23	50	4th	R1			Gilles Rampillon, 16
1976–77[15]	D1	38	25	8	5	80	40	40	58	1st	SF			Omar Sahnoun, 15
1977–78[16]	D1	38	21	10	7	60	26	34	52	2nd	QF		EC – R2	Éric Pécout, 14
1978–79[17]	D1	38	23	8	7	85	33	52	54	2nd	W		UC – R1	Éric Pécout, 22
1979–80[18]	D1	38	26	5	7	76	30	46	57	1st	R2		ECWC – SF	Éric Pécout, 13 Víctor Trossero, 13
1980–81[7]	D1	38	22	11	5	74	36	38	55	2nd	R3		EC – R2	Bruno Baronchelli, 11[19]
1981–82[7]	D1	38	19	5	14	64	34	30	43	6th	R1		UC – R1	José Touré, 13[20]
1982–83[7]	D1	38	24	10	4	77	29	48	58	1st	RU			Vahid Halilhodžić, 27
1983–84[7]	D1	38	18	9	11	46	32	14	45	6th	SF	Été – Grp	EC – R1	Vahid Halilhodžić, 13[21]
1984–85[7]	D1	38	23	9	6	61	32	29	55	2nd	QF			Vahid Halilhodžić, 28
1985–86[22]	D1	38	20	13	5	53	27	26	53	2nd	R1	Été – Grp	UC – QF	Vahid Halilhodžić, 18
1986–87[7]	D1	38	12	12	14	35	38	-3	36	12th	R1		UC – R1	Philippe Anziani, 10
1987–88[7]	D1	38	13	13	12	46	41	5	39	10th	R2			Mo Johnston, 13
In 1988–89, 3 points were awarded for a win as a one year experiment.
1988–89[23]	D1	38	15	12	11	41	40	1	57	7th	R3			Mo Johnston, 9 Thierno Youm, 9
1989–90	D1	38	13	14	11	42	34	8	40	7th	R3			Thierno Youm, 7[24]
1990–91	D1	38	9	16	13	34	44	-10	34	15th	QF			Christophe Robert, 9[25]
1991–92	D1	38	12	14	12	37	39	-2	38	9th	R1	Été – QF		Nicolas Ouédec, 7[26]

FC Nantes Atlantique (1992–07)

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank	Cup	LC	Other	Top Scorer
1992–93	D1	38	17	11	10	54	39	15	45	5th	RU			Nicolas Ouédec, 13
1993–94[27]	D1	38	17	11	10	47	32	15	45	5th	SF	Été – R1	UC – R1	Nicolas Ouédec, 20
From 1994, 3 points were awarded for a win.
1994–95[7]	D1	38	21	16	1	71	34	37	79	1st	R2	R3	UC – QF	Patrice Loko, 22
1995–96[7]	D1	38	14	13	11	44	42	2	55	7th	R2	R3	TdC – RU	Japhet N'Doram, 15
													UCL – SF
1996–97[7]	D1	38	16	16	6	61	32	29	64	3rd	R1	R3	UIC – SF	Japhet N'Doram, 21
1997–98[7]	D1	34	11	8	15	35	41	-6	41	11th	R2	R2	UC – R1	Jocelyn Gourvennec, 12
1998–99	D1	34	12	12	10	40	34	6	48	7th	W	R2		Olivier Monterrubio, 8[28]
1999–2000	D1	34	12	7	15	39	40	-1	43	12th	W	R2	TdC – W	Antoine Sibierski, 13
													UC – R3
2000–01	D1	34	21	5	8	58	36	22	68	1st	SF	SF	TdC – RU	Olivier Monterrubio, 12
													UC – R4
2001–02	D1	34	12	7	15	35	41	-6	43	10th	R1	R3	TdC – W	Marama Vahirua, 6[29]
													UCL – 2nd Grp
2002–03	Ligue 1	38	16	8	14	37	39	-2	56	9th	R2	R2		Marama Vahirua, 7[30]
2003–04	Ligue 1	38	17	9	12	47	35	12	60	6th	SF	RU	UIC – SF	Viorel Moldovan, 11
2004–05	Ligue 1	38	10	13	15	33	38	-5	43	17th	R3	R3	UIC – SF	Mamadou Bagayoko, 7[31]
2005–06	Ligue 1	38	11	12	15	37	41	-4	45	14th	SF	R3		Mamadou Diallo, 10
2006–07	Ligue 1	38	7	13	18	29	49	-20	34	20th	SF	R3		Mamadou Diallo, 4 Claudiu Keșerü, 4 Dimitri Payet, 4[32]

FC Nantes (2007–present)

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Rank	Cup	LC	Top Scorer(s)
2007–08[33]	Ligue 2	38	19	13	6	58	34	24	70	2nd	R10	R3	Mamadou Bagayoko, 10 Nicolas Goussé, 10[34]
2008–09[35]	Ligue 1	38	9	10	19	33	54	-21	37	19th	R9	R3	Mamadou Bagayoko, 7[36]
2009–10[37]	Ligue 2	38	12	9	17	43	54	-11	45	15th	R7	R1	Stéphane Darbion, 6 Jean-Claude Darcheville, 6 Tenema N'Diaye, 6[38]
2010–11[39]	Ligue 2	38	11	14	13	38	40	-2	47	13th	R11	R1	Filip Đorđević, 12
2011–12[40]	Ligue 2	38	14	9	15	51	42	9	51	9th	R8	R3	Sylvain Wiltord, 8[41]
2012–13[40]	Ligue 2	38	19	12	7	54	29	25	69	3rd	R10	R1	Filip Đorđević, 20
2013–14[42]	Ligue 1	38	12	10	16	38	43	-5	46	13th	R9	SF	Filip Đorđević, 9[43]
2014–15[44]	Ligue 1	38	11	12	15	29	40	-11	45	14th	R11	QF	Jordan Veretout, 7[45]
2015–16[46]	Ligue 1	38	12	12	14	33	44	-11	48	14th	QF	R3	Emiliano Sala, 6[47]
2016–17[48]	Ligue 1	38	14	9	15	40	54	-14	51	7th	R10	QF	Emiliano Sala, 12[49]
2017–18[50]	Ligue 1	38	14	10	14	36	41	-5	52	9th	R10	R3	Emiliano Sala, 12[51]
2018–19[52]	Ligue 1	38	13	9	16	48	48	0	48	12th	SF	R4	Emiliano Sala, 12[53]
2019–20[54]	Ligue 1	28	11	4	13	28	31	-3	37	13th	R10	R4	Ludovic Blas, 5 Moses Simon, 5[55]

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