1996–97 FC Nantes Atlantique season

Nantes Atlantique 1996–97 Jean-Claude Suaudeau Stade de la Beaujoire Division 1 3rd Coupe de France Round of 64 Coupe de la Ligue Round of 16 Intertoto Cup Semi-finals Japhet N'Doram (21) 20,725 Ligue 1 1996/1997 » Attendance » Home matches https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co71/se3939/attendance/ Worldfootball.net 1 February 2021 1995–96 1997–98 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 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 FRA GK Dominique Casagrande FRA GK Mickaël Landreau FRA DF Eddy Capron FRA DF Bruno CarottiCarotti was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. FRA DF Éric Decroix FRA DF Serge Le Dizet FRA DF Christophe Pignol FRA DF Nicolas Savinaud FRA MF Eric Carrière FRA MF Frédéric Da Rocha FRA MF Jean-Michel Ferri FRA MF Jocelyn Gourvennec FRA MF Christophe Le Roux FRA MF Mehdi Leroy FRA MF Claude Makélélé FRA MF Olivier Monterrubio FRA FW Alioune Touré FRY FW Nenad Bjeković ARG FW Javier Mazzoni TUN FW Adel Sellimi CHA FW Japhet N'Doram Reserve squad FRA DF Nicolas Gillet Competitions French Division 1 1996–97 French Division 1 League table FCN Results summary 8 8 3 37 16 8 8 3 24 16 Ligue 1 July 2006 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A Result L/D/L/L/D/L/L/D/D/D/W/D/W/W/W/D/W/D/D/W/W/D/W/D/W/D/W/W/W/W/D/D/W/D/W/D/W/L Position 17/16/17/19/17/18/18/18/18/18/17/17/16/16/13/14/11/13/13/10/8/9/8/8/8/7/6/6/6/3/5/4/3/3/3/3/2/3 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold green1 green2 blue1 yellow1 red2 red1 Ligue 1 Coupe de France 1996–97 Coupe de France Round of 64 15 January 1997 ES Vitrolles 2–1 April 2025 Nantes Sellimi 57 Stade Jules-Ladoumègue, Vitrolles 1,500 L Coupe de la Ligue UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage Group 5 NAN 1 29 June 1996 Nantes FRA 3–1 LTU 1988 Kaunas N'Doram 4 60Gourvennec 65 Žalys 68 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes 3,355 Livio Bazzoli (Italy) W 2 6 July 1996 Sligo Rovers IRL 3–3 FRA Nantes Kenny 13Hawtin 20Rooney 70 Gourvennec 21N'Doram 23Carotti 76 pen. The Showgrounds, Sligo 1,055 Jürgen Aust (Germany) D 3 13 July 1996 Nantes FRA 3–1 NED Heerenveen Kosecki 7N'Doram 67Le Roux 78 Tomasson 2 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes 2,217 Celino Gracia Redondo (Spain) W 4 20 July 1996 Lillestrøm NOR 2–3 FRA Nantes Strandli 65 68 N'Doram 42 56Le Roux 54 Åråsen Stadion, Lillestrøm 1,724 Jarmo Karhunen (Finland) W Semi-final First leg 28 July 1996 Standard Liège BEL 2–1 FRA Nantes Schepens 60 pen.Lawarée 73 Carotti 43 Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège 3,000 Charles Agius (Malta) L Second leg 31 July 1996 Nantes FRA 0–1 1–3 BEL Standard Liège Edmilson 86 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes 9,000 Ilca Koho (Finland) L Notes notes References Category:FC Nantes seasons Nantes