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
Main article: 1996–97 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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