1996–97 FC Nantes season

FC Nantes
1996–97 season
Manager	Jean-Claude Suaudeau
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Division 1	3rd
Intertoto Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Japhet N'Doram (21)

During the 1996–97 French football season, FC Nantes competed in the French Division 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.		Position	Player
		GK	Dominique Casagrande
		GK	Mickaël Landreau
		DF	Eddy Capron
		DF	Bruno Carotti^[1]
		DF	Éric Decroix
		DF	Serge Le Dizet
		DF	Christophe Pignol
		DF	Nicolas Savinaud
		MF	Éric Carrière
		MF	Frédéric Da Rocha
		MF	Jean-Michel Ferri

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Jocelyn Gourvennec
		MF	Christophe Le Roux
		MF	Mehdi Leroy
		MF	Claude Makélélé^[2]
		MF	Olivier Monterrubio
		FW	Alioune Touré
		FW	Nenad Bjeković
		FW	Javier Mazzoni
		FW	Adel Sellimi
		FW	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.		Position	Player
		DF	Nicolas Gillet

References

↑ Carotti was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
↑ Makélélé was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

[2] Makélélé was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.