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
Stadium	Stade de la Beaujoire
Division 1	3rd
Intertoto Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Japhet 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.	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
—	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

Reserve 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
—	DF	FRA	Nicolas Gillet

References

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