1996–97 FC Nantes Atlantique 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)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Dominique Casagrande
—	GK	FRA	Mickaël Landreau
—	DF	FRA	Eddy Capron
—	DF	FRA	Bruno Carotti^[1]
—	DF	FRA	Éric Decroix
—	DF	FRA	Serge Le Dizet
—	DF	FRA	Christophe Pignol
—	DF	FRA	Nicolas Savinaud
—	MF	FRA	Éric Carrière
—	MF	FRA	Frédéric Da Rocha
—	MF	FRA	Jean-Michel Ferri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Jocelyn Gourvennec
—	MF	FRA	Christophe Le Roux
—	MF	FRA	Mehdi Leroy
—	MF	FRA	Claude Makélélé^[2]
—	MF	FRA	Olivier Monterrubio
—	FW	FRA	Alioune Touré
—	FW	YUG	Nenad Bjeković
—	FW	ARG	Javier Mazzoni
—	FW	TUN	Adel Sellimi
—	FW	CHA	Japhet N'Doram