1996–97 FC Nantes season

During the 1996–97 French football season, FC Nantes competed in the French Division 1.

FC Nantes
1996–97 season
Manager Jean-Claude Suaudeau
StadiumStade de la Beaujoire
Division 13rd
Intertoto CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerJaphet N'Doram (21)
Average home league attendance20,725[1]

Season summary

Nantes finished third in Division 1, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup. At the end of the season, manager Jean-Claude Suaudeau, tired of his best players being sold in order to clear the club's debts, retired from football at the end of the season; he was replaced by the club's youth academy manager, Raynald Denoueix.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  FRA Dominique Casagrande
GK  FRA Mickaël Landreau
DF  FRA Eddy Capron
DF  FRA Bruno Carotti[notes 1]
DF  FRA Éric Decroix
DF  FRA Serge Le Dizet
DF  FRA Christophe Pignol
DF  FRA Nicolas Savinaud
MF  FRA Éric Carrière
MF  FRA Frédéric Da Rocha
MF  FRA Jean-Michel Ferri
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRA Jocelyn Gourvennec
MF  FRA Christophe Le Roux
MF  FRA Mehdi Leroy
MF  FRA Claude Makélélé
MF  FRA Olivier Monterrubio
FW  FRA Alioune Touré
FW  YUG Nenad Bjeković
FW  ARG Javier Mazzoni
FW  TUN Adel Sellimi
FW  CHA Japhet N'Doram

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  FRA Nicolas Gillet

Competitions

French Division 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Monaco (C) 38 23 10 5 69 30 +39 79 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Paris Saint-Germain 38 18 13 7 57 31 +26 67 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Nantes 38 16 16 6 61 32 +29 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Bordeaux 38 16 15 7 59 42 +17 63
5 Metz 38 17 11 10 40 30 +10 62
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Carotti was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

References

  1. "Ligue 1 1996/1997 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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