During the 1981 / 82 season, Jean-Claude Suaudeau takes the place of John Vincent and won the title the following season while Bordeaux were the favorites. Back in 1991, after a period of absence from the bench, " coconut " Suaudeau as it is called on the banks of the Erdre, takes his place and puts " the game in Nantes " to date. In 1994 / 95, after a fantastic season both in terms of play and in terms of results, " Canaris " won their seventh title.
Japhet N ' Doram, Nicolas Ouédec, Claude Makelele and Christian Karembeu will leave the club to make way for a new generation led by Mickael Landreau, and Jean- Claude Suaudeau passes the torch to Reynald Denoueix.
Mix of young and old players trained by the club, FC Nantes won the title in 2000 / 2001 against all expectations. The game at Nantes has hurt his opponents and the party is great at the penultimate day of the championship and receiving Saint- Etienne at the Beaujoire. A final of the League Cup later lost, FC Nantes suffered the worst moments of its history with a first run in Ligue 2 2006 / 2007, Serge Dassault the opportunity to sell the club to Waldemar Kita. Nantes back in Ligue 1 with Michel der Zakarian but is a new elevator down at the end of the season. Waldemar Kita is the target of Nantes supporters who accuse him of failing to respect the values of the club. Its hyper president methods do not pass.
After a complicated 2011-2012 season, FC Nantes began the 2012-2013 season on a very good foundation, offering even the honorary title of winter champions, and, thanks to the very good return Djordjevic, author of 17 goals since the start of the championship.
Nantes can become a big club but for that it needs to go up on the podium before go up in league 1, today to 4 days from the end of the tournament Nantes is 2nd and have one point of difference with the 3rd( Guingamp).