Nîmes Olympique has played 21 seasons in the divisions covered here since 1993/94: 3 in Ligue 1 and 18 in Ligue 2. Its last season in the divisions covered was 2022/23, in Ligue 2. Its best finish was 9th in Ligue 1, in 2018/19. Its biggest climb took five seasons: from 15th in Ligue 2 in 2013/14 to 9th in Ligue 1 in 2018/19. It has been promoted 4 times and relegated 5 times.
Nîmes Olympique
last in the divisions covered in 2022/23
How high can Nîmes Olympique realistically go?
Nîmes Olympique was not in the divisions covered in 2025/26, so there is no current position to start from.
The story so far
Final position each seasonRinged dots are titles
How to read this chart
Every club in the divisions covered is placed on one ladder each season: the champions are 1st, and the top club of the second division comes straight after the bottom club of the first. Shaded bands are the divisions. Hover over or tap a dot for the season.
21seasons since 1993/94
3seasons in Ligue 1
0league titles
0top-four finishes
4promotions
5relegations
Against the money
About where its money would put it
Over 12 seasons, the average gap was +1.1 places, which is within what chance alone would produce. It finished above its money in 7 of 12 seasons with published figures.
€7.3mwage bill, 2022/23
32ndhighest of 39 clubs with published accounts
19thfinish in Ligue 2, 2022/23
Where Nîmes Olympique finishedWhere its wage bill normally finishes
Season by season
| Season | Finish | Wage bill | Wage rank | Places above its money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 19th, Ligue 2 | €7.3m | 32nd of 39 | -4.8 |
| 2021/22 | 9th, Ligue 2 | €6.0m | 33rd of 39 | +4.0 |
| 2020/21 | 19th, Ligue 1 | €21m | 20th of 39 | +1.8 |
| 2019/20 | 18th, Ligue 1 | €20m | 16th of 39 | +3.1 |
| 2018/19 | 9th, Ligue 1 | €21m | 19th of 39 | +9.9 |
| 2017/18 | 2nd, Ligue 2 | €9.2m | 28th of 39 | +7.2 |
| 2016/17 | 6th, Ligue 2 | €5.6m | 35th of 38 | +5.9 |
| 2015/16 | 14th, Ligue 2 | €5.5m | 33rd of 38 | -2.7 |
| 2014/15 | 13th, Ligue 2 | €5.4m | 35th of 38 | -1.4 |
| 2010/11 | 19th, Ligue 2 | €5.8m | 34th of 37 | -7.4 |
| 2009/10 | 10th, Ligue 2 | €5.9m | 33rd of 38 | +2.5 |
| 2008/09 | 17th, Ligue 2 | €5.7m | 34th of 38 | -4.4 |
How do we know?
For every season, we compare each club's wage bill with the average in the top two divisions, and work out the finish that wage bill usually brings, allowing for differences between seasons and assuming a bigger wage bill never lowers the expected finish. The gap between that and the actual finish, averaged over the seasons, is the figure above. An overall verdict needs at least eight seasons, and a signed number is given only when the gap is clearly larger than chance.
Wage bills are total payroll including social charges from the DNCG's published club accounts, checked against each report's own cost totals. Group (consolidated) accounts are left out.
On average, most of a big over-performance fades: clubs that finished at least four places above their money (on average 6.4 places) were +2.7 places the next season, so about 57% of it disappeared and the rest persisted. Some clubs beat their money season after season. It mixes good management, luck and resources the measure cannot see, so it is not a score for how well a club is run.
Clubs with a similar path
Clubs whose finishing positions over the last 15 seasons were closest to Nîmes Olympique's, with recent seasons counting more.
In France
Dijon FCOFrance · not in the divisions covered nowChamois NiortaisFrance · not in the divisions covered nowFC SochauxFrance · not in the divisions covered nowValenciennes FCFrance · not in the divisions covered now
Elsewhere in Europe
Benevento CalcioItaly · not in the divisions covered nowSPAL 2013 FerraraItaly · not in the divisions covered nowFC CrotoneItaly · not in the divisions covered now
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Sources
- Final tables to 2025/26. Positions are worked out from match results.
- Relegations include dropping out of the divisions covered.
- All figures can be downloaded on the data page. Spotted a mistake? Report it with a source.