# 1997–98 SC Bastia season

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

* Éric 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 Etamé from Cannes
* Nenad Jestrović from OFK Belgrade
* Ľubomír Moravčík 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 Valéry to Blackburn Rovers
* Ľubomír Moravčík, 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 Etamé to Saint-Louisienne

## Squad

    As of 16 July 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Éric Durand |
| 28 | GK | TUN | Ali Boumnijel |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Nicolas Penneteau |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Fabien Piveteau |
| — | GK | FRA | Hervé Sekli |
| 8 | DF | ARG | Pascual Garrido |
| 3 | DF | GUI | Morlaye Soumah |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Patrick Moreau |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Christophe Deguerville |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Mendy |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Franck Jurietti |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Laurent Casanova |
| 21 | DF | FRA | François Modesto |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Cyril Rool |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Sébastien Perez |
| 14 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Faye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | POL | Piotr Świerczewski |
| 24 | MF | COD | Alain Masudi |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Hervé Anziani |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Pascal Camadini |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Jean-Jacques Etamé |
| 23 | MF | GUI | Lansana Soumah |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Ľubomír Moravčík |
| 11 | FW | SVN | Ermin Siljak |
| 26 | FW | CRO | Ardian Kozniku |
| 12 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Yves André |
| 18 | FW | LBR | Prince Daye |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Pierre Laurent |
| 9 | FW | YUG | Nenad Jestrović |
| 13 | FW | GUI | Ousmane Soumah |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Wilfried Gohel |

## French Division 1
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Auxerre | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 51 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 50 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 9 | Bastia | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 10 | Le Havre | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 44 | |
| 11 | Nantes | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 41 | |
* ↑ Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1997–98 Coupe de France and 1997–98 Coupe de la Ligue.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| 2 August 1997 | Nantes | A | 0 - 1 | Perez 60' | 22,696 | Marc Batta |
| 8 August 1997 | Guingamp | H | 1 - 0 | Siljak 81' | 8,000 | Serge Léon |
| 16 August 1997 | Toulouse | A | 1 - 1 | Richert 34' (o.g.) | 10,000 | Claude Colombo |
| 22 August 1997 | Châteauroux | H | 1 - 1 | Siljak 74' | 6,000 | Bruno Derrien |
| 30 August 1997 | Lyon | A | 0 - 2 | Casanova 2', Jurietti 30' | 18,144 | Alain Sars |
| 5 September 1997 | Bordeaux | H | 4 - 1 | Jestrovic 24', 31', Etamé 79', Swierczewski 81' | 7,000 | Rémy Harrel |
| 12 September 1997 | Paris SG | A | 2 - 0 | - | 40,000 | Marc Batta |
| 21 September 1997 | Metz | H | 0 - 0 | Prince 70' | 7,000 | Stéphane Bré |
| 26 September 1997 | Rennes | A | 2 - 0 | Rool 52' | 9,915 | Franck Glochon |
| 4 October 1997 | Cannes | H | 5 - 1 | Siljak 3', 39' (pen.), Gohel 29', Jurietti 80', Perez 84' | 5,000 | Laurent Duhamel |
| 7 October 1997 | AS Monaco | A | 1 - 0 | - | 4,000 | Serge Léon |
| 17 October 1997 | Auxerre | A | 2 - 0 | Casanova 34' | 5,500 | Gilles Chéron |
| 25 October 1997 | Marseille | H | 1 - 1 | Siljak 4' | 10,000 | Éric Poulat |
| 31 October 1997 | Le Havre | A | 2 - 1 | Prince 55', Etamé 78' | 9,138 | Marc Batta |
| 8 November 1997 | Strasbourg | H | 2 - 0 | Moreau 62' (pen.), Jurietti 74' | 5,000 | Claude Colombo |
| 15 November 1997 | Montpellier | A | 1 - 1 | Moreau 86' (pen.) | 11,263 | Stéphane Bré |
| 21 November 1997 | Lens | H | 1 - 0 | Prince 46' | 4,500 | Pascal Garibian |
| 29 November 1997 | Guingamp | A | 0 - 0 | - | 9,344 | Philippe Kalt |
| 6 December 1997 | Toulouse | H | 0 - 0 | - | 4,500 | Bruno Coué |
| 13 December 1997 | Châteauroux | A | 1 - 1 | André 40', Jurietti 77' | 11,278 | Alain Sars |
| 19 December 1997 | Lyon | H | 0 - 1 | Rool 57' | 2,000 | Serge Léon |
| 10 January 1998 | Bordeaux | A | 2 - 0 | - | 15,000 | Claude Colombo |
| 21 January 1998 | Paris SG | H | 2 - 0 | Laurent 36', Kozniku 90' | 5,000 | Gilles Veissière |
| 24 January 1998 | Metz | A | 0 - 1 | Kozniku 38' | 14,669 | Jean-Claude Puyalt |
| 3 February 1998 | Rennes | H | 0 - 0 | - | 3,500 | Rémy Harrel |
| 13 February 1998 | Cannes | A | 1 - 1 | Mendy 61' , Gohel 71', Garrido 90' | 5,000 | Pascal Garibian |
| 20 February 1998 | AS Monaco | H | 1 - 0 | Gohel 61' | 5,000 | Alain Sars |
| 7 March 1998 | Auxerre | H | 1 - 2 | Swierczewski 13' | 5,000 | Éric Poulat |
| 15 March 1998 | Marseille | A | 1 - 0 | - | 30,000 | Laurent Duhamel |
| 28 March 1998 | Le Havre | H | 2 - 0 | Kozniku 31', Jurietti 43' | 2,500 | Bruno Coué |
| 7 April 1998 | Strasbourg | A | 1 - 1 | Moravcik 82' | 18,712 | Gilles Veissière |
| 18 April 1998 | Montpellier | H | 2 - 1 | Kozniku 2', Moravcik 68' | 2,500 | Bruno Ruffray |
| 25 April 1998 | Lens | A | 5 - 1 | Perez 50' | 40,478 | Pascal Garibian |
| 9 May 1998 | Nantes | H | 2 - 1 | Kozniku 38', Laurent 43' | 3,000 | Patrick Lhermite |

## Coupe de France

| Date | Tour | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| 17 January 1998 | End of 64 | Niort | H | 1 - 0 | Prince 7' | 2,000 | Bruno Coué |
| 8 February 1998 | End of 32 | Metz | A | 1 - 0 | Jurietti 74', Prince 82' | 8,567 | Philippe Kalt |

## Coupe de la Ligue

| Date | Tour | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| 5 January 1998 | End of 32 | Nancy | A | 2 - 2 (pen. 3 - 2) | André 52', Jestrovic 107' | 5,000 | Gilles Chéron |

## Europe
### UEFA Intertoto Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAS | GRA | SIL | HRV | EBB |
| 1 | Bastia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advanced to semi-finals | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | — |
| 2 | GAK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | | — | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | — |
| 3 | Silkeborg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | | — | — | — | 5–0 | 6–1 |
| 4 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | — | — | 4–0 |
| 5 | Ebbw Vale | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | — | — |

##### Matches

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

#### Qualifying

| Date | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| Semi final |||||||
| 26 July 1997 | Hamburg | A | 0 - 1 | Rool 65' | 16,633 | Manuel Díaz Vega |
| 30 July 1997 | Hamburg | H | 1 - 1 (a.e.t.) | Prince 115' | 2,500 | Vaclav Krondl |
| Final |||||||
| 12 August 1997 | Halmstad | A | 0 - 1 | Prince 46' | 2,140 | Ryszard Wójcik |
| 26 August 1997 | Halmstad | H | 1 - 1 (a.e.t.) | O. Soumah 113' | 8,000 | Daniel Dimitrov |

### UEFA Cup
#### First round

Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.

#### Second round

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

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 16 July 2012
| Place | Position | 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 Jestrović | 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 | Ľubomír Moravčík | 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 Etamé | 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
| Place | Position | Name | Assists |
| 1 | FW | Ľubomír Moravčík | 4 |
| = | FW | Prince Daye | 4 |
| 3 | FW | Pierre-Yves André | 3 |
| = | MF | Piotr Świerczewski | 3 |
| = | FW | Wilfried Gohel | 3 |
| = | FW | Nenad Jestrović | 3 |
| 7 | DF | Franck Jurietti | 2 |
| = | MF | Mamadou Faye | 2 |
| = | MF | Jean-Jacques Etamé | 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 |