1997–98 SC Bastia season

SC Bastia

1997–98 season
Chairman	François Nicolaï
Manager	Frédéric Antonetti
Stadium	Stade Armand Cesari
Division 1	9th
Coupe de France	End of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	End of 32
Intertoto Cup	Champion
UEFA Cup	2. round
Top goalscorer	League: Ermin Šiljak and Ardian Kozniku (5) All: Ermin Šiljak (9)
Highest home attendance	10,000 vs Marseille (25 October 1997)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 vs Lyon (19 December 1997)
Average home league attendance	5,029
Home colours Away colours
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The French football club SC Bastia in its 1997–98 season finished in the 13th place in the league. The top scorer of the season, scoring 9 goals in 5 league matches, wasn Ermin Šiljak. The club was eliminated from the Coupe de France round of 64. In the Coupe de la Ligue it was able to reach the round of 32 teams. It also became the Intertoto Cup winner and advanced to the second round of the UEFA Cup.

Transfers

In

Summer

• Eric Durand and Frédéric Mendy from Martigues
• Laurent Casanova and Christophe Deguerville from Lyon
• Pascual Garrido from Boca Juniors
• Franck Jurietti from Gueugnon
• Pierre-Yves André from Rennes
• Jean-Jacques Etame from Cannes
• Nenad Jestrovic from OFK Belgrade
• Lubomir Moravcik from Sion
• Prince Daye from Invincible Eleven
• Hervé Sekli and François Modesto from Bastia B

Winter

• Ali Boumnijel from Gueugnon
• Ardian Kozniku from APOEL
• Pierre Laurent from Leeds United
• Nicolas Penneteau from Bastia B

Out

Summer

• Patrick Valery to Blackburn Rovers
• Lubomir Moravcik, Jean-Jacques Eydelie and Pascal Camadini to Sion
• Laurent Moracchini to Nancy
• Didier Santini to Toulouse
• Pierre Maroselli to Rennes
• Anto Drobnjak to Lens
• Franck Vandecasteele to Nice
• Jamie Fullarton to Crystal Palace
• Laurent Weber to Troyes

Winter

• Ermin Siljak to Servette
• Jean-Jacques Etame to Saint-Louisienne

Squad

As of 16 July 2012^[1]

Goalkeepers Eric Durand Ali Boumnijel Nicolas Penneteau Fabien Piveteau Hervé Sekli

Defenders Pascual Garrido Morlaye Soumah Patrick Moreau Christophe Deguerville Frédéric Mendy Franck Jurietti Laurent Casanova François Modesto Cyril Rool

Midfielders Sébastien Perez Mamadou Faye Piotr Świerczewski Alain Masudi Hervé Anziani Pascal Camadini Jean-Jacques Etame Lansana Soumah Lubomir Moravcik

Forwards Ermin Siljak Ardian Kozniku Pierre-Yves André Prince Daye Pierre Laurent Nenad Jestrović Ousmane Soumah Wilfried Gohel

French Division 1

League table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
8	Paris SG	50	34	14	8	12	43	35	+8	36664	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup(winner of Coupe de France) and winner of Coupe de la Ligue
9	SC Bastia	50	34	13	11	10	36	31	+5	5825	Intertoto Cup
10	Le Havre AC	44	34	10	14	10	38	35	+3	11192	Intertoto Cup

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
34	13	11	10	36	31	+5	50	10	5	2	25	9	+16	3	6	8	11	22	−11

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
Ground	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W
Position	6	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	6	4	6	8	8	10	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

Last updated: 15 July 2012.
Source: LFP
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
2 August 1997	Nantes	A	0 - 1	Perez  60'	22,696
8 August 1997	Guingamp	H	1 - 0	Siljak  81'	8,000
16 August 1997	Toulouse	A	1 - 1	Richert  34' (o.g.)	10,000
22 August 1997	Châteauroux	H	1 - 1	Siljak  74'	6,000
30 August 1997	Lyon	A	0 - 2	Casanova  2', Jurietti  30'	18,144
5 September 1997	Bordeaux	H	4 - 1	Jestrovic  24', 31', Etame  79', Swierczewski  81'	7,000
12 September 1997	Paris SG	A	2 - 0	-	40,000
21 September 1997	Metz	H	0 - 0	Prince  70'	7,000
26 September 1997	Rennes	A	2 - 0	-	9,915
4 October 1997	Cannes	H	5 - 1	Siljak  3', 39' (pen.), Gohel  29', Jurietti  80', Perez  84'	5,000
7 October 1997	AS Monaco	A	1 - 0	-	4,000
17 October 1997	Auxerre	A	2 - 0	Casanova  34'	5,500
25 October 1997	Marseille	H	1 - 1	Siljak  4'	10,000
31 October 1997	Le Havre	A	2 - 1	Prince  55'	-
8 November 1997	Strasbourg	H	2 - 0	Moreau  62' (pen.), Jurietti  74'	5,000
15 November 1997	Montpellier	A	1 - 1	Moreau  86' (pen.)	11,263
21 November 1997	Lens	H	1 - 0	Prince  46'	4,500
29 November 1997	Guingamp	A	0 - 0	-	9,344
6 December 1997	Toulouse	H	0 - 0	-	4,500
13 December 1997	Châteauroux	A	1 - 1	André  40', Jurietti  77'	11,278
19 December 1997	Lyon	H	0 - 1	Rool  57'	2,000
10 January 1998	Bordeaux	A	2 - 0	-	15,000
21 January 1998	Paris SG	H	2 - 0	Laurent  36', Kozniku  90'	5,000
24 January 1998	Metz	A	0 - 1	Kozniku  38'	-
3 February 1998	Rennes	H	0 - 0	-	3,500
13 February 1998	Cannes	A	1 - 1	Mendy  61', Gohel  71', Garrido  90'	5,000
20 February 1998	AS Monaco	H	1 - 0	Gohel  61'	5,000
7 March 1998	Auxerre	H	1 - 2	Swierczewski  13'	5,000
15 March 1998	Marseille	A	1 - 0	-	30,000
28 March 1998	Le Havre	H	2 - 0	Kozniku  31', Jurietti  43'	2,500
7 April 1998	Strasbourg	A	1 - 1	Moravcik  82'	18,712
18 April 1998	Montpellier	H	2 - 1	Kozniku  2', Moravcik  68'	2,500
25 April 1998	Lens	A	5 - 1	Perez  50'	40,478
9 May 1998	Nantes	H	2 - 1	Kozniku  38', Laurent  43'	3,000

Coupe de France

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
17 January 1998	Niort	H	1 - 0	Prince  7'	2,000
8 February 1998	Metz	A	1 - 0	Jurietti  74', Prince  82'	8,567

Coupe de la Ligue

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
5 January 1998	Nancy	A	2 - 2 (pen. 3 - 2)	André  52', Jestrovic  107'	5,000

Europe

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bastia	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
2	GAK	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
3	Silkeborg	4	2	0	2	11	4	+7	6
4	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
5	Ebbw Vale	4	0	1	3	2	12	−10	1

Matches

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
22 June 1997	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	A	0 - 1	Šiljak  45'	3,000
5 July 1997	Silkeborg	H	1 - 0	Šiljak  24', André  35', Rool  69'	3,000
13 July 1997	Ebbw Vale	A	1 - 2	Šiljak  12', 31'	950
19 July 1997	GAK	H	1 - 2	F. Mendy  45'	2,500

Qualifying

Date	Opponent	H / A	Result	Goal(s)	Attendance
Semi final
26 July 1997	Hamburg	A	0 - 1	Rool  65'	16,633
30 July 1997	Hamburg	H	1 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Prince  115'	2,500
Final
12 August 1997	Halmstads	A	0 - 1	Prince  46'	2,140
26 August 1997	Halmstads	H	1 - 1 (a.e.t.)	O. Soumah  113'	8,000

UEFA Cup

First round

Bastia v Benfica

16 September 1997 First leg match

Bastia	1–0	Benfica
André  80'

Bastia

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Benfica v Bastia

30 September 1997 Second leg match

Benfica	0–0	Bastia

Lisbon

Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Steaua Bucharest v Bastia

21 October 1997 First leg match

Steaua Bucharest	1–0	Bastia
Hrib  66'

Bucharest

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Bastia v Steaua Bucharest

4 November 1997 Second leg match

Bastia	3–2	Steaua Bucharest
Prince  52', 68' Mendy  80'		Munteanu  14', 40'

Bastia

Steaua Bucharest 3–3 Bastia on aggregate. Steaua Bucharest won on away goals rule.

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 16 July 2012^[2]

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Intertoto Cup	UEFA Cup	Total
1	FW		Ermin Siljak	5	0	0	4	0	9
2	FW		Prince Daye	2	1	0	2	2	7
3	FW		Ardian Kozniku	5	0	0	0	0	5
4	DF		Franck Jurietti	4	0	0	0	0	4
5	MF		Sébastien Perez	3	0	0	0	0	3
=	FW		Wilfried Gohel	3	0	0	0	0	3
=	MF		Nenad Jestrovic	2	0	1	0	0	3
=	FW		Pierre-Yves André	1	0	1	0	1	3
9	FW		Pierre Laurent	2	0	0	0	0	2
=	FW		Lubomir Moravcik	2	0	0	0	0	2
=	DF		Patrick Moreau	2	0	0	0	0	2
=	MF		Piotr Świerczewski	2	0	0	0	0	2
=	DF		Frédéric Mendy	0	0	0	1	1	2
14	DF		Laurent Casanova	1	0	0	0	0	1
=	MF		Jean-Jacques Etame	1	0	0	0	0	1
=	FW		Ousmane Soumah	0	0	0	1	0	1
=	DF		Cyril Rool	0	0	0	1	0	1

League assists

As of 16 July 2012^[3]

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Assists
1	FW		Lubomir Moravcik	4
=	FW		Prince Daye	4
3	FW		Pierre-Yves André	3
=	MF		Piotr Świerczewski	3
=	FW		Wilfried Gohel	3
=	FW		Nenad Jestrovic	3
7	DF		Franck Jurietti	2
=	MF		Mamadou Faye	2
=	MF		Jean-Jacques Etame	2
=	DF		Laurent Casanova	2
11	FW		Pierre Laurent	1
=	DF		Cyril Rool	1
=	DF		Christophe Deguerville	1
=	FW		Ardian Kozniku	1
=	FW		Ermin Siljak	1
=	MF		Sébastien Perez	1

References

1. Bastia 1997-1998, Footballdatabase.eu, Retrieved 16 July 2012.
2. Bastia 1997-98 buts, LFP, Retrieved 16 July 2012.
3. Bastia 1997-98, stat2foot, Retrieved 16 July 2012.

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