1996–97 FC Nantes Atlantique season
1996–97 season | |
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Manager | Jean-Claude Suaudeau |
Stadium | Stade de la Beaujoire |
Division 1 | 3rd |
Coupe de France | Round of 64 |
Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 16 |
Intertoto Cup | Semi-finals |
Top goalscorer | Japhet N'Doram (21) |
Average home league attendance | 20,725[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
[edit]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
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
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Competitions
[edit]French Division 1
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Coupe de France
[edit]15 January 1997 Round of 64 | ES Vitrolles | 2–1 | Nantes | Stade Jules-Ladoumègue, Vitrolles |
Report | Sellimi ![]() |
Attendance: 1,500 |
Coupe de la Ligue
[edit]UEFA Intertoto Cup
[edit]Group stage
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | Advanced to semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 |
29 June 1996 1 | Nantes ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
N'Doram ![]() Gourvennec ![]() |
Žalys ![]() |
Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy) |
6 July 1996 2 | Sligo Rovers ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() | The Showgrounds, Sligo |
Kenny ![]() Hawtin ![]() Rooney ![]() |
Gourvennec ![]() N'Doram ![]() Carotti ![]() |
Attendance: 1,055 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Germany) |
13 July 1996 3 | Nantes ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
Kosecki ![]() N'Doram ![]() Le Roux ![]() |
Tomasson ![]() |
Attendance: 2,217 Referee: Celino Gracia Redondo (Spain) |
20 July 1996 4 | Lillestrøm ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm |
Strandli ![]() |
N'Doram ![]() Le Roux ![]() |
Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Jarmo Karhunen (Finland) |
Semi-final
[edit]28 July 1996 First leg | Standard Liège ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège |
Schepens ![]() Lawarée ![]() |
Carotti ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Charles Agius (Malta) |
31 July 1996 Second leg | Nantes ![]() | 0–1 (1–3 agg.) | ![]() | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |
Edmilson ![]() |
Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ilca Koho (Finland) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Carotti was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ligue 1 1996/1997 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.