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 Bruno Rodriguez to Strasbourg Bruno Valencony to Nice Andre Biancarelli to Metz Jean-Christophe Debu to free Remy Loret to Toulouse Dume Franchi to unknown William to Compostela Bruno Alicarte to Alaves Frédéric Darras to Swindon Town
Winter Pierre Laurent to Leeds United
Squad
French Division 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches DateOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 10 August 1996 Rennes H 2 - 0 Drobnjak 6,000 Jean-Claude Puyalt 16 August 1996 Guingamp H 1 - 0 Moravcik 8,000 Serge Léon 24 August 1996 Nice A 1 - 1 Drobnjak 6,500 Stéphane Bré 26 August 1996 Lille H 0 - 0 - 5,000 Rémy Harrel 3 September 1996 Bordeaux A 3 - 1 Laurent 22,000 Bruno Coué 6 September 1996 Marseille H 2 - 0 Moravcik , Drobnjak 7,000 Claude Tellène 14 September 1996 Strasbourg A 1 - 3 Moravcik , Drobnjak 9,159 Gilles Veissière 20 September 1996 Caen H 4 - 2 Swierczewski , Perez , Drobnjak 5,000 Éric Poulat 28 September 1996 Nancy A 2 - 2 Drobnjak , Fullarton Moravcik 7,108 Marc Batta 2 October 1996 Nantes H 0 - 0 - 5,000 Gilles Chéron 5 October 1996 Montpellier A 3 - 1 Eydelie 9,122 Claude Colombo 11 October 1996 AS Monaco H 0 - 0 - 7,000 Patrick Anton 19 October 1996 Cannes A 1 - 1 Camadini 5,000 Éric Poulat 25 October 1996 Lens H 0 - 1 Perez 5,000 Philippe Kalt 3 November 1996 Paris SG A 3 - 0 - 34,856 Gilles Chéron 6 November 1996 Lyon H 3 - 1 Gohel , Vandecasteele 4,000 Alain Sars 13 November 1996 Le Havre A 0 - 1 Perez 7,643 Claude Tellène 16 November 1996 Metz H 2 - 1 Perez , Laurent 5,000 Pascal Garibian 22 November 1996 Auxerre A 1 - 2 Drobnjak 8,000 Claude Colombo 29 November 1996 Guingamp A 2 - 1 Swierczewski 7,288 Jean-Marc Gonon 7 December 1996 Nice H 1 - 0 Drobnjak 3,500 Jean-Claude Puyalt 14 December 1996 Lille A 1 - 2 Vandecasteele , Laurent 8,066 Philippe Leduc 19 December 1996 Bordeaux H 3 - 1 Drobnjak , Perez , Moreau 5,000 Laurent Duhamel 25 January 1997 Marseille A 1 - 0 Valery 19,000 Éric Poulat 2 February 1997 Strasbourg H 3 - 1 Siljak , Gohel , Drobnjak 5,500 Stéphane Bré 11 February 1997 Caen A 2 - 2 Drobnjak , Perez , Eydelie 16,465 Gilles Veissière 22 February 1997 Nancy H 2 - 0 Gohel , Drobnjak 4,000 Claude Tellène 8 March 1997 Nantes A 3 - 0 Moravcik 27,000 Claude Colombo 14 March 1997 Montpellier H 2 - 2 Moreau , Perez 5,000 Jean-Marc Gonon 22 March 1997 AS Monaco A 3 - 1 Swierczewski 5,500 Stéphane Bré 26 March 1997 Cannes H 1 - 0 Drobnjak 5,000 Bruno Derrien 6 April 1997 Lens A 1 - 1 Siljak 20,000 Laurent Duhamel 15 April 1997 Paris SG H 1 - 1 Moravcik 10,080 Marc Batta 26 April 1997 Lyon A 4 - 2 Camadini , Swierczewski , Drobnjak 20,000 Bernard Saules 30 April 1997 Le Havre H 1 - 2 Perez 6,000 Philippe Kalt 3 May 1997 Metz A 1 - 0 - 20,927 Jean-Claude Puyalt 17 May 1997 Auxerre H 2 - 1 Siljak , Moreau 5,500 Stéphane Bré 24 May 1997 Rennes A 1 - 3 Moravcik , Vandecasteele , Drobnjak 11,446 Roger Philippi
Coupe de France
DateRoundOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 17 January 1997 End of 64 La Roche A [ 2 - 4] Vandecasteele , Drobnjak , Laurent 3,839 Jean-Marc Gonon 7 February 1997 End of 32 Nice H [ 2 - 2] (pen. 3-4) Camadini , Siljak 6,000 Alain Sars
Coupe de la Ligue
DateRoundOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 11 December 1996 End of 32 Montpellier A 2 - 2 (pen. 4 - 2) Siljak 3,818 Gilles Veissière
Top scorers Bastia 1996-97 buts, LFP, Retrieved 16 July 2012. PlacePositionNationNameLigue 1Coupe de FranceCoupe de la LigueTotal1 FWAnto Drobnjak 18 1 0 19 2 MFSébastien Perez 7 0 0 7 3 FWLubomir Moravcik 6 0 0 6 = FWErmin Siljak 3 1 2 6 5 FWFranck Vandecasteele 3 2 0 56 FWWilfried Gohel 4 0 0 4= MFPiotr Swierczewski 4 0 0 4= FWPierre Laurent 3 1 0 49 DFPatrick Moreau 3 0 0 3= MFPascal Camadini 2 1 0 311 MFJean-Jacques Eydelie 1 0 0 1
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