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 ).