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1996–97 FC Nantes Atlantique season

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Nantes Atlantique
1996–97 season
ManagerJean-Claude Suaudeau
StadiumStade de la Beaujoire
Division 13rd
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Intertoto CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerJaphet N'Doram (21)
Average home league attendance20,725[1]

The 1996–97 season was the 54th season in the existence of Nantes Atlantique and the club's 35th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.

Season summary

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During the 1996–97 French football season, Nantes Atlantique competed in the French Division 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Nantes Atlantique finished third in Division 1, thus qualifying for the 1997–98 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

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

Reserve squad

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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 France FRA Nicolas Gillet

Competitions

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French Division 1

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League table

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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) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 16 16 6 61 32  +29 64 8 8 3 37 16  +21 8 8 3 24 16  +8

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
ResultLDLLDLLDDDWDWWWDWDDWWDWDWDWWWWDDWDWDWL
Position1716171917181818181817171616131411131310898887666354333323
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France

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15 January 1997 Round of 64 ES Vitrolles 2–1 Nantes Stade Jules-Ladoumègue, Vitrolles
Report Sellimi 57' Attendance: 1,500

Coupe de la Ligue

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UEFA Intertoto Cup

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAN LIL HEE KAU SLI
1 France Nantes 4 3 1 0 12 7 +5 10 Advanced to semi-finals 3–1 3–1
2 Norway Lillestrøm 4 3 0 1 11 4 +7 9 2–3 4–0
3 Netherlands Heerenveen 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 4 0–1 3–1
4 Lithuania Kaunas 4 1 0 3 4 10 −6 3 1–4 1–0
5 Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 4 0 2 2 3 8 −5 2 3–3 0–0
Source: rsssf.com
29 June 1996 1 Nantes France 3–1 Lithuania Kaunas Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
N'Doram 4', 60'
Gourvennec 65'
Žalys 68' Attendance: 3,355
Referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy)
6 July 1996 2 Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 3–3 France Nantes The Showgrounds, Sligo
Kenny 13'
Hawtin 20'
Rooney 70'
Gourvennec 21'
N'Doram 23'
Carotti 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,055
Referee: Jürgen Aust (Germany)
13 July 1996 3 Nantes France 3–1 Netherlands Heerenveen Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Kosecki 7'
N'Doram 67'
Le Roux 78'
Tomasson 2' Attendance: 2,217
Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo (Spain)
20 July 1996 4 Lillestrøm Norway 2–3 France Nantes Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm
Strandli 65', 68' N'Doram 42', 56'
Le Roux 54'
Attendance: 1,724
Referee: Jarmo Karhunen (Finland)

Semi-final

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28 July 1996 First leg Standard Liège Belgium 2–1 France Nantes Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Schepens 60' (pen.)
Lawarée 73'
Carotti 43' Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
31 July 1996 Second leg Nantes France 0–1
(1–3 agg.)
Belgium Standard Liège Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Edmilson 86' Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ilca Koho (Finland)

Notes

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

References

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