# 1996–97 SC Bastia season

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

    As of 4 August 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 | Fabien Piveteau |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Laurent Weber |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Pierre Maroselli |
| 3 | DF | GUI | Morlaye Soumah |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Patrick Moreau |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Darras |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Patrick Valery |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Didier Santini |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Jamie Fullarton |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Cyril Rool |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Sébastien Perez |
| 14 | MF | SEN | Mamadou Faye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | POL | Piotr Świerczewski |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Pascal Camadini |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Laurent Moracchini |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Hervé Anziani |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Jean-Jacques Eydelie |
| 10 | MF | SVK | Lubomir Moravcik |
| 23 | FW | SVN | Ermin Siljak |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Franck Vandecasteele |
| 15 | FW | FRA | Pierre Laurent |
| 9 | FW | YUG | Anto Drobnjak |
| 22 | 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 |
| 5 | Metz | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 62 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Auxerre | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 61 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 7 | Bastia | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 61 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 8 | Lyon | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 60 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 9 | Strasbourg | 38 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* ↑ Strasbourg was qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1996–97 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | 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 | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| 10 August 1996 | Rennes | H | 2 - 0 | Drobnjak 17', 79' | 6,000 | Jean-Claude Puyalt |
| 16 August 1996 | Guingamp | H | 1 - 0 | Moravcik 39' | 8,000 | Serge Léon |
| 24 August 1996 | Nice | A | 1 - 1 | Drobnjak 81' | 6,500 | Stéphane Bré |
| 26 August 1996 | Lille | H | 0 - 0 | - | 5,000 | Rémy Harrel |
| 3 September 1996 | Bordeaux | A | 3 - 1 | Laurent 64' | 22,000 | Bruno Coué |
| 6 September 1996 | Marseille | H | 2 - 0 | Moravcik 18', Drobnjak 42' | 7,000 | Claude Tellène |
| 14 September 1996 | Strasbourg | A | 1 - 3 | Moravcik 26', Drobnjak 73', 86' | 9,159 | Gilles Veissière |
| 20 September 1996 | Caen | H | 4 - 2 | Swierczewski 35', 70', Perez 55', Drobnjak 83' | 5,000 | Éric Poulat |
| 28 September 1996 | Nancy | A | 2 - 2 | Drobnjak 17' (pen.), Fullarton 65' Moravcik 76' | 7,108 | Marc Batta |
| 2 October 1996 | Nantes | H | 0 - 0 | - | 5,000 | Gilles Chéron |
| 5 October 1996 | Montpellier | A | 3 - 1 | Eydelie 55' | 9,122 | Claude Colombo |
| 11 October 1996 | AS Monaco | H | 0 - 0 | - | 7,000 | Patrick Anton |
| 19 October 1996 | Cannes | A | 1 - 1 | Camadini 89' | 5,000 | Éric Poulat |
| 25 October 1996 | Lens | H | 0 - 1 | Perez 79' | 5,000 | Philippe Kalt |
| 3 November 1996 | Paris SG | A | 3 - 0 | - | 34,856 | Gilles Chéron |
| 6 November 1996 | Lyon | H | 3 - 1 | Gohel 17', 79', Vandecasteele 36' | 4,000 | Alain Sars |
| 13 November 1996 | Le Havre | A | 0 - 1 | Perez 51' | 7,643 | Claude Tellène |
| 16 November 1996 | Metz | H | 2 - 1 | Perez 80', Laurent 89' | 5,000 | Pascal Garibian |
| 22 November 1996 | Auxerre | A | 1 - 2 | Drobnjak 27' (pen.), 75' | 8,000 | Claude Colombo |
| 29 November 1996 | Guingamp | A | 2 - 1 | Swierczewski 90' | 7,288 | Jean-Marc Gonon |
| 7 December 1996 | Nice | H | 1 - 0 | Drobnjak 17' | 3,500 | Jean-Claude Puyalt |
| 14 December 1996 | Lille | A | 1 - 2 | Vandecasteele 46', Laurent 64' | 8,066 | Philippe Leduc |
| 19 December 1996 | Bordeaux | H | 3 - 1 | Drobnjak 18', Perez 26', Moreau 44' | 5,000 | Laurent Duhamel |
| 25 January 1997 | Marseille | A | 1 - 0 | Valery 74' | 19,000 | Éric Poulat |
| 2 February 1997 | Strasbourg | H | 3 - 1 | Siljak 34', Gohel 43', Drobnjak 51' | 5,500 | Stéphane Bré |
| 11 February 1997 | Caen | A | 2 - 2 | Drobnjak 33', Perez 44', Eydelie 75' | 16,465 | Gilles Veissière |
| 22 February 1997 | Nancy | H | 2 - 0 | Gohel 60', Drobnjak 89' | 4,000 | Claude Tellène |
| 8 March 1997 | Nantes | A | 3 - 0 | Moravcik 28' | 27,000 | Claude Colombo |
| 14 March 1997 | Montpellier | H | 2 - 2 | Moreau 76', Perez 88' | 5,000 | Jean-Marc Gonon |
| 22 March 1997 | AS Monaco | A | 3 - 1 | Swierczewski 40' | 5,500 | Stéphane Bré |
| 26 March 1997 | Cannes | H | 1 - 0 | Drobnjak 87' | 5,000 | Bruno Derrien |
| 6 April 1997 | Lens | A | 1 - 1 | Siljak 44' | 20,000 | Laurent Duhamel |
| 15 April 1997 | Paris SG | H | 1 - 1 | Moravcik 26' | 10,080 | Marc Batta |
| 26 April 1997 | Lyon | A | 4 - 2 | Camadini 29', Swierczewski 31', Drobnjak 40' | 20,000 | Bernard Saules |
| 30 April 1997 | Le Havre | H | 1 - 2 | Perez 89' | 6,000 | Philippe Kalt |
| 3 May 1997 | Metz | A | 1 - 0 | - | 20,927 | Jean-Claude Puyalt |
| 17 May 1997 | Auxerre | H | 2 - 1 | Siljak 53', Moreau 87' | 5,500 | Stéphane Bré |
| 24 May 1997 | Rennes | A | 1 - 3 | Moravcik 13', Vandecasteele 45', Drobnjak 65' | 11,446 | Roger Philippi |

## Coupe de France

| Date | Round | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| 17 January 1997 | End of 64 | La Roche | A | 2 - 4 | Vandecasteele 18', 46', Drobnjak 32', Laurent 80' | 3,839 | Jean-Marc Gonon |
| 7 February 1997 | End of 32 | Nice | H | 2 - 2 (pen. 3-4) | Camadini 20', Siljak 86' | 6,000 | Alain Sars |

## Coupe de la Ligue

| Date | Round | Opponent | H / A | Result | Goal(s) | Attendance | Referee |
| 11 December 1996 | End of 32 | Montpellier | A | 2 - 2 (pen. 4 - 2) | Siljak 63', 85' | 3,818 | Gilles Veissière |

## Top scorers

    As of 4 August 2012
| Place | Position | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | FW | Anto Drobnjak | 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | Sébastien Perez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | Lubomir Moravcik | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| = | FW | Ermin Siljak | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | Franck Vandecasteele | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | Wilfried Gohel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | MF | Piotr Swierczewski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| = | FW | Pierre Laurent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | DF | Patrick Moreau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | Pascal Camadini | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | Jean-Jacques Eydelie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |