Division 1 1996/97
| Division 1 1996/97 | |
| master | AS Monaco | 
| Champions League | AS Monaco | 
| Champions League  qualification  | 
Paris Saint-Germain | 
| Uefa cup | 
FC Nantes Atlantique  Girondins Bordeaux FC Metz Racing Strasbourg  | 
| UI cup | 
AJ Auxerre , SC Bastia ,  HSC Montpellier  | 
| Cup winners | OGC Nice | 
| European  Cup Winners' Cup  | 
OGC Nice | 
| Relegated | 
SM Caen , AS Nancy  OSC Lille , OGC Nice  | 
| Teams | 20th | 
| Games | 380 | 
| Gates | 884 (ø 2.33 per game) | 
| spectator | 5,168,093 (ø 13,600 per game) | 
| Top scorer | 
Stéphane Guivarc'h (AJ Auxerre)  | 
| ← Division 1 1995/96 | |
The Division 1 1996/97 was the 59th time the highest French football league. The season began on August 9, 1996 with the opening game between FC Nantes Atlantique and AS Monaco (1: 3) and ended on May 24, 1997.
As promoters, SM Caen , Olympique Marseille and AS Nancy from Ligue 2 were added. The season as champions ended the AS Monaco and became the successor to AJ Auxerre . Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the UEFA Champions League . FC Nantes , Girondins Bordeaux , Auxerre, SC Bastia and Olympique Lyon as well as FC Metz and Racing Strasbourg qualified for the UEFA Cup via the Coupe de la Ligue . At the UEFA Intertoto Cup the following season took HSC Montpellier part. OGC Nice secured participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup of the following year through the Coupe de France . Caen, Nancy, OSC Lille and Nice had to relegate to Division 2 .
Teams
Division 1 venues in 1996/97  | 
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points | 
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| 1. | AS Monaco | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 69:30 | +39 | 79 | 
| 2. | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 18th | 13 | 7th | 57:31 | +26 | 67 | 
| 3. | FC Nantes Atlantique | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6th | 61:32 | +29 | 64 | 
| 4th | Girondins Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 15th | 7th | 59:42 | +17 | 63 | 
| 5. | FC Metz (L) | 38 | 17th | 11 | 10 | 40:30 | +10 | 62 | 
| 6th | AJ Auxerre (M, P) | 38 | 17th | 10 | 11 | 49:32 | +17 | 61 | 
| 7th | SC Bastia | 38 | 17th | 10 | 11 | 54:47 | +7 | 61 | 
| 8th. | Olympique Lyon | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 59:50 | +9 | 60 | 
| 9. | Racing Strasbourg | 38 | 19th | 3 | 16 | 52:49 | +3 | 60 | 
| 10. | HSC Montpellier | 38 | 12 | 15th | 11 | 40:40 | ± 0 | 51 | 
| 11. | Olympique Marseille (N) | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 43:48 | −5 | 49 | 
| 12. | EA Guingamp | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14th | 32:36 | −4 | 46 | 
| 13. | Racing Lens | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17th | 40:52 | −12 | 45 | 
| 14th | Le Havre AC | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15th | 34:43 | −9 | 43 | 
| 15th | AS Cannes | 38 | 9 | 14th | 15th | 25:41 | −16 | 41 | 
| 16. | Rennes stadium | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18th | 40:58 | −18 | 40 | 
| 17th | SM Caen (N) | 38 | 7th | 16 | 15th | 35:46 | −11 | 37 | 
| 18th | AS Nancy (N) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19th | 33:51 | −18 | 37 | 
| 19th | Lille OSC | 38 | 8th | 11 | 19th | 32:58 | −26 | 35 | 
| 20th | OGC Nice | 38 | 5 | 8th | 25th | 30:68 | −38 | 23 | 
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
| (M) | reigning French champion | 
| (P) | reigning French cup winner | 
| (L) | reigning league cup winner | 
| (N) | Newcomers from Division 2 1995/96 | 
Crosstab
The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.
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| AJ Auxerre | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 7-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | |
| AS Monaco | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | |
| FC Metz | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
| RC Lens | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 0: 4 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | |
| HSC Montpellier | 0-0 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | |
| FC Nantes | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 7-0 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | |
| Rennes stadium | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | |
| RC Strasbourg | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | |
| EA Guingamp | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | |
| Olympique Lyon | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 2 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 8-0 | 2-0 | |
| OGC Nice | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | |
| AC Le Havre | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | |
| AS Cannes | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | |
| SC Bastia | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
| Girondins Bordeaux | 0-0 | 5: 3 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 4-0 | 0: 1 | |
| Lille OSC | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 4 | 3: 3 | 3: 1 | 2: 4 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | |
| SM Caen | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | |
| Olympique Marseille | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | |
| AS Nancy | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 
Master team AS Monaco
| 1. | AS Monaco | 
 
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List of goalscorers
| Pl. | player | society | Gates | 
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| 1. | Stéphane Guivarc'h | AJ Auxerre | 22nd | 
| 2. | 
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FC Nantes Atlantique | 21st | 
| 3. | Alain Caveglia | Olympique Lyon | 19th | 
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AS Monaco | ||
| David Zitelli | Racing Strasbourg | ||
| 6th | 
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SC Bastia | 18th | 
| 7th | Ludovic Giuly | Olympique Lyon | 16 | 
| Jean-Pierre Papin | Girondins Bordeaux | ||
| 9. | Xavier Gravelaine | Olympique Marseille | 15th | 
| Patrice Loko | Paris Saint-Germain | 
See also
Web links
- Overview on the Ligue 1 homepage
 - Games and table on weltfussball.de