1996–97 SC Bastia season

SC Bastia
1996–97 season
Chairman	François Nicolaï
Manager	Frédéric Antonetti
Stadium	Stade Armand Cesari
Division 1	7th
Coupe de France	End of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	End of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Anto Drobnjak (18); All: Anto Drobnjak (19)
Highest home attendance	10,800 vs Paris SG (15 April 1997)
Lowest home attendance	3,500 vs Nice (7 December 1996)
Average home league attendance	5,415
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

During the 1996–97 season, SC Bastia finished in 7th place in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Their top scorer of the season, including 19 goals in 18 league matches, was Anto Drobnjak. They were eliminated from the Coupe de France in the round of 32 and the Coupe de la Ligue in the first round.

Transfers

In

Summer

Patrick Moreau, Lubomir Moravcik and Sébastien Perez from St. Etienne
Wilfried Gohel from Strasbourg
Ermin Siljak from Olimpija
Laurent Weber from Valenciennes
Pascal Camadini from Perpignan
Jamie Fullarton from St Mirren
Fabien Piveteau from AS Monaco
Patrick Valery from Toulouse

Winter

No.

Out

Summer

Winter

Pierre Laurent to Leeds United

Squad

As of 4 August 2012^[1]

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	Fabien Piveteau
—	GK	FRA	Laurent Weber
—	DF	FRA	Pierre Maroselli
—	DF	GUI	Morlaye Soumah
—	DF	FRA	Patrick Moreau
—	DF	FRA	Frédéric Darras
—	DF	FRA	Patrick Valery
—	DF	FRA	Didier Santini
—	DF	SCO	Jamie Fullarton
—	DF	FRA	Cyril Rool
—	MF	FRA	Sébastien Perez
—	MF	SEN	Mamadou Faye


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POL	Piotr Świerczewski
—	MF	FRA	Pascal Camadini
—	MF	FRA	Laurent Moracchini
—	MF	FRA	Hervé Anziani
—	MF	FRA	Jean-Jacques Eydelie
—	MF	SVK	Lubomir Moravcik
—	FW	SVN	Ermin Siljak
—	FW	FRA	Franck Vandecasteele
—	FW	FRA	Pierre Laurent
—	FW	YUG	Anto Drobnjak
—	FW	GUI	Ousmane Soumah
—	FW	FRA	Wilfried Gohel

French Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Metz	38	17	11	10	40	30	+10	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6	Auxerre	38	17	10	11	49	32	+17	61	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
7	Bastia	38	17	10	11	54	47	+7	61
8	Lyon	38	16	12	10	59	50	+9	60
9	Strasbourg	38	19	3	16	52	49	+3	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Strasbourg was qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1996–97 Coupe de la Ligue.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	10	11	54	47	+7	61	12	5	2	30	13	+17	5	5	9	24	34	−10

Source: LFP

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W
Position	3	4	2	3	11	7	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	6	9	8	6	4	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	3	3	4	6	8	9	8	7

Source: LFP
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
10 August 1996	Rennes	H	2 - 0	Drobnjak 17', 79'	6,000
16 August 1996	Guingamp	H	1 - 0	Moravcik 39'	8,000
24 August 1996	Nice	A	1 - 1	Drobnjak 81'	6,500
26 August 1996	Lille	H	0 - 0	-	5,000
3 September 1996	Bordeaux	A	3 - 1	Laurent 64'	22,000
6 September 1996	Marseille	H	2 - 0	Moravcik 18', Drobnjak 42'	7,000
14 September 1996	Strasbourg	A	1 - 3	Moravcik 26', Drobnjak 73', 86'	9,159
20 September 1996	Caen	H	4 - 2	Swierczewski 35', 70', Perez 55', Drobnjak 83'	5,000
28 September 1996	Nancy	A	2 - 2	Drobnjak 17' (pen.), Fullarton 65' Moravcik 76'	7,108
2 October 1996	Nantes	H	0 - 0	-	5,000
5 October 1996	Montpellier	A	3 - 1	Eydelie 55'	9,122
11 October 1996	AS Monaco	H	0 - 0	-	7,000
19 October 1996	Cannes	A	1 - 1	Camadini 89'	5,000
25 October 1996	Lens	H	0 - 1	Perez 79'	5,000
3 November 1996	Paris SG	A	3 - 0	-	34,856
6 November 1996	Lyon	H	3 - 1	Gohel 17', 79', Vandecasteele 36'	4,000
13 November 1996	Le Havre	A	0 - 1	Perez 51'	7,643
16 November 1996	Metz	H	2 - 1	Perez 80', Laurent 89'	5,000
22 November 1996	Auxerre	A	1 - 2	Drobnjak 27', 75'	8,000
29 November 1996	Guingamp	A	2 - 1	Swierczewski 90'	7,288
7 December 1996	Nice	H	1 - 0	Drobnjak 17'	3,500
14 December 1996	Lille	A	1 - 2	Vandecasteele 46', Laurent 64'	8,066
19 December 1996	Bordeaux	H	3 - 1	Drobnjak 18', Perez 26', Moreau 44'	5,000
25 January 1997	Marseille	A	1 - 0	Valery 74'	19,000
2 February 1997	Strasbourg	H	3 - 1	Siljak 34', Gohel 43', Drobnjak 51'	5,500
11 February 1997	Caen	A	2 - 2	Drobnjak 33', Perez 44', Eydelie 45'	16,465
22 February 1997	Nancy	H	2 - 0	Gohel 60', Drobnjak 89'	4,000
8 March 1997	Nantes	A	3 - 0	Moravcik 28'	27,000
14 March 1997	Montpellier	H	2 - 2	Moreau 76', Perez 88'	5,000
22 March 1997	AS Monaco	A	3 - 1	Swierczewski 40'	5,500
26 March 1997	Cannes	H	1 - 0	Drobnjak 87'	5,000
6 April 1997	Lens	A	1 - 1	Siljak 44'	20,000
15 April 1997	Paris SG	H	1 - 1	Moravcik 26'	10,080
26 April 1997	Lyon	A	4 - 2	Camadini 29', Swierczewski 31', Drobnjak 40'	20,000
30 April 1997	Le Havre	H	1 - 2	Perez 89'	6,000
3 May 1997	Metz	A	1 - 0	-	20,927
17 May 1997	Auxerre	H	2 - 1	Siljak 53', Moreau 87'	5,500
24 May 1997	Rennes	A	1 - 3	Moravcik 13', Vandecasteele 45', Drobnjak 65'	11,446

Coupe de France

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
17 January 1997	La Roche	A	2 - 4	Vandecasteele 18', 46', Drobnjak 32', Laurent 80'	3,839
7 February 1997	Nice	H	2 - 2 (pen. 3-4)	Camadini 20', Siljak 86'	6,000

Coupe de la Ligue

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
11 December 1996	Montpellier	A	2 - 2 (pen. 4 - 2)	Siljak 63', 85'	3,818

Top scorers

As of 4 August 2012^[2]

Place	Position	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Total
1	FW	Anto Drobnjak	18	1	0	19
2	MF	Sébastien Perez	7	0	0	7
3	FW	Lubomir Moravcik	6	0	0	6
=	FW	Ermin Siljak	3	1	2	6
5	FW	Franck Vandecasteele	3	2	0	5
6	FW	Wilfried Gohel	4	0	0	4
=	MF	Piotr Swierczewski	4	0	0	4
=	FW	Pierre Laurent	3	1	0	4
9	DF	Patrick Moreau	3	0	0	3
=	MF	Pascal Camadini	2	1	0	3
11	MF	Jean-Jacques Eydelie	1	0	0	1

Notes

References

^ Bastia 1996-1997, Footballdatabase.eu, Retrieved 4 August 2012.
^ Bastia 1996-97 buts, LFP, Retrieved 16 July 2012.

[table_note_res_UCCL0.483452464679-2] Strasbourg was qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1996–97 Coupe de la Ligue.

[1] Bastia 1996-1997, Footballdatabase.eu, Retrieved 4 August 2012.

[3] Bastia 1996-97 buts, LFP, Retrieved 16 July 2012.

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