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)

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 Makelele[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
  1. Carotti was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
  2. Makelele was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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