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

FC Nantes Atlantique (1992–07)

Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rank Cup LC Other Top Scorer(s) 1992–93 D1 38 17 11 10 54 39 15 45 5th RU Nicolas Ouédec, 13 1993–94 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 D1 38 21 16 1 71 34 37 79 1st R2 R3 UC – QF Patrice Loko, 22 1995–96 D1 38 14 13 11 44 42 55 7th R2 R3 TdC – RU Japhet N'Doram, 15 UCL – SF 1996–97 D1 38 16 16 6 61 32 29 64 3rd R1 R3 UIC – SF Japhet N'Doram, 21 1997–98 D1 34 11 8 15 35 41 41 11th R2 R2 UC – R1 Jocelyn Gourvennec, 12 1998–99 D1 34 12 12 10 40 34 48 7th W R2 Olivier Monterrubio, 8 1999–2000 D1 34 12 7 15 39 40 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 43 10th R1 R3 TdC – W Marama Vahirua, 6 UCL – 2nd Grp 2002–03 Ligue 1 38 16 8 14 37 39 56 9th R2 R2 Marama Vahirua, 7 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 43 17th R3 R3 UIC – SF Mamadou Bagayoko, 7 2005–06 Ligue 1 38 11 12 15 37 41 45 14th SF R3 Mamadou Diallo, 10 2006–07 Ligue 1 38 7 13 18 29 49 34 20th SF R3 Mamadou Diallo, 4 Claudiu Keșerü, 4 Dimitri Payet, 4

FC Nantes (2007–present)

Season Division Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Rank Cup LC Top Scorer(s) 2007–08 Ligue 2 38 19 13 6 58 34 24 70 2nd R10 R3 Mamadou Bagayoko, 10 Nicolas Goussé, 10 2008–09 Ligue 1 38 9 10 19 33 54 37 19th R9 R3 Mamadou Bagayoko, 7 2009–10 Ligue 2 38 12 9 17 43 54 45 15th R7 R1 Stéphane Darbion, 6 Jean-Claude Darcheville, 6 Tenema N'Diaye, 6 2010–11 Ligue 2 38 11 14 13 38 40 47 13th R11 R1 Filip Đorđević, 12 2011–12 Ligue 2 38 14 9 15 51 42 51 9th R8 R3 Sylvain Wiltord, 8 2012–13 Ligue 2 38 19 12 7 54 29 25 69 3rd R10 R1 Filip Đorđević, 20 2013–14 Ligue 1 38 12 10 16 38 43 46 13th R9 SF Filip Đorđević, 9 2014–15 Ligue 1 38 11 12 15 29 40 45 14th R11 QF Jordan Veretout, 7 2015–16 Ligue 1 38 12 12 14 33 44 48 14th QF R3 Emiliano Sala, 6 2016–17 Ligue 1 38 14 9 15 40 54 51 7th R10 QF Emiliano Sala, 12 2017–18 Ligue 1 38 14 10 14 36 41 52 9th R10 R3 Emiliano Sala, 12 2018–19 Ligue 1 38 13 9 16 48 48 0 48 12th SF R4 Emiliano Sala, 12 2019–20 Ligue 1 28 11 4 13 28 31 37 13th R10 R4 Ludovic Blas, 5 Moses Simon, 5 2020–21 Ligue 1 38 9 13 16 47 55 40 18th R9 Ludovic Blas, 10 2021–22 Ligue 1 38 15 10 13 55 48 7 55 9th W Randal Kolo Muani, 12 2022–23 Ligue 1 38 7 15 16 37 55 36 16th RU Mostafa Mohamed, 8 2023–24 Ligue 1 34 9 6 19 30 55 33 14th R10 Mostafa Mohamed, 8 2024–25 Ligue 1 34 8 12 14 39 52 36 13th R10 Matthis Abline, 5

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