1996–97 French Division 1

The 1996–97 Ligue 1 season (then known as Division 1) was the 60th since its establishment. AS Monaco won the French Association Football League with 79 points. Four teams were relegated to Second division and only two were promoted because in 1997–1998, only 18 would participate the championship.

Participating teams

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	AS Monaco	79	38	23	10	5	69	30	+39	27959	Champion of France Champions League
2	Paris SG	67	38	18	13	7	57	31	+26	35582	Champions League
3	FC Nantes	64	38	16	16	6	61	32	+29	22372	UEFA Cup
4	Bordeaux	63	38	16	15	7	59	42	+17	20242	UEFA Cup
5	FC Metz	62	38	17	11	10	40	30	+10	14701	UEFA Cup
6	AJ Auxerre	61	38	17	10	11	49	32	+17	10603	UEFA Cup (Wins Intertoto Cup, go to UEFA Cup)
7	SC Bastia	61	38	17	10	11	54	47	+7	5415	UEFA Cup (Wins Intertoto Cup, go to UEFA Cup)
8	Olympique Lyonnais	60	38	16	12	10	59	50	+9	21624	UEFA Cup (Wins Intertoto Cup, go to UEFA Cup)
9	RC Strasbourg	60	38	19	3	16	52	49	+3	17341	UEFA Cup (winner of Coupe de la Ligue)
10	Montpellier HSC	51	38	12	15	11	40	40	0	10125	Intertoto Cup
11	Olympique Marseille	49	38	12	13	13	43	48	-5	17862
12	EA Guingamp	46	38	11	13	14	32	36	-4	9322
13	RC Lens	45	38	12	9	17	40	52	-12	22977
14	Le Havre AC	43	38	10	13	15	34	43	-9	10586
15	AS Cannes	41	38	9	14	15	25	41	-16	4697
16	Stade Rennais	40	38	10	10	18	40	58	-18	13177
17	SM Caen	37	38	7	16	15	35	46	-11		Relegated to Ligue 2
18	AS Nancy	37	38	9	10	19	33	51	-18		Relegated to Ligue 2
19	Lille OSC	35	38	8	11	19	32	58	-26		Relegated to Ligue 2
20	OGC Nice	23	38	5	8	25	30	68	-38		Relegated to Ligue 2 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (winner of Coupe de France)

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1997/1998

- LB Châteauroux : champion of Ligue 2
- Toulouse FC : runners-up

Top goalscorers

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Stéphane Guivarc'h	France	Stade Rennais	22
2	Japhet N'Doram	Chad	FC Nantes	21
3	Alain Caveglia	France	Olympique Lyonnais	19
3	Sonny Anderson	Brazil	AS Monaco	19
3	David Zitelli	France	RC Strasbourg	19
6	Anto Drobnjak	Yugoslavia	SC Bastia	18
7	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Bordeaux	16
7	Ludovic Giuly	France	Olympique Lyonnais	16
9	Xavier Gravelaine	France	Olympique Marseille	15
9	Patrice Loko	France	Paris SG	15
11	Pascal Nouma	France	RC Strasbourg	14
12	Miladin Bečanović	Yugoslavia	Lille OSC	13
12	Victor Ikpeba	Nigeria	AS Monaco	13
12	Ibrahima Bakayoko	Ivory Coast	Montpellier HSC	13
15	Robert Pirès	France	FC Metz	11
15	Jocelyn Gourvennec	France	FC Nantes	11
17	Lilian Laslandes	France	AJ Auxerre	10
17	Christopher Wreh	Liberia	EA Guingamp	10
17	James Debbah	Liberia	OGC Nice	10
20	Frédéric Née	France	SM Caen	9
20	Marc Libbra	France	Olympique Marseille	9
20	Thierry Henry	France	AS Monaco	9
20	Sylvain Legwinski	France	AS Monaco	9
20	Raí	Brazil	Paris SG	9

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References

↑ (French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1996-97 from L'Equipe

Division 1 / Ligue 1 seasons

Division 1 (1932–2002)	1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02

Ligue 1 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Ligue 1

2015–16 clubs	Angers Bastia Bordeaux Caen Gazélec Ajaccio Guingamp Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Reims Rennes Saint-Étienne Toulouse Troyes

Former clubs	Aix-en-Provence Ajaccio Arles-Avignon Alès Antibes Angoulême Auxerre Avignon Béziers Boulogne Brest Cannes Châteauroux Club Français Colmar Dijon Evian Excelsior Roubaix FC Nancy Fives Grenoble Gueugnon Hyères Istres Laval Le Havre Le Mans Lens Limoges Foot Lyon OU Martigues Metz Mulhouse AS Nancy Nîmes Niort Olympique Lillois Paris Paris-Charenton Racing Paris Racing Roubaix Red Star Paris Roubaix-Tourcoing Rouen Sedan SO Montpellier Stade Français Stade Saint-Germain Strasbourg Sète Sochaux Toulon Tours Valenciennes

Competition	Teams (winners) Winning managers Players (foreign) Top scorers Stadia Broadcasters

Statistics and awards	Records Hat-tricks Yearly awards Player of the Month Prix Marc-Vivien Foé Richest clubs Deloitte list Forbes' list Average attendances

Associated competitions	Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Trophée des Champions UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Division 1 Féminine

1996–97 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '96 '97 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Germany Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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