1996–97 French Division 1

AS Monaco won Division 1 season 1996–1997 of 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

Auxerre Bastia Bordeaux SM Caen AS Cannes EA Guingamp Le Havre AC RC Lens Lille OSC Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco FC Montpellier HSC AS Nancy FC Nantes Atlantique OGC Nice Paris Saint-Germain FC Stade Rennais FC RC Strasbourg

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 (runner-up of Coupe de la Ligue)
6	AJ Auxerre	61	38	17	10	11	49	32	+17	10603	UEFA Cup
7	SC Bastia	61	38	17	10	11	54	47	+7	5415	UEFA Cup
8	Olympique Lyonnais	60	38	16	12	10	59	50	+9	21624	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	Federal Republic of 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 Becanovic	Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Lille OSC	13
12	Victor Ikpeba Nosa	Nigeria	AS Monaco	13
12	Ibrahima Bakayoko	Côte d'Ivoire	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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