- Participating teams
- Final table
- Top goal scorers
- References
- See also
- External links
{{Refimprove|date=April 2013}}{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Division 1
| logo =
| dates =
| season = 1996–97
| winners = Monaco (6th title)
| relegated = Caen
Nancy
Lille
Nice
| continentalcup1 = Champions League
| continentalcup1 qualifiers =
| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup
| continentalcup2 qualifiers =
| continentalcup3 = Intertoto Cup
| continentalcup3 qualifiers =
| best player = Sonny Anderson
| league topscorer = Stéphane Guivarc'h (22)
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| matches = 380
| total goals = 884
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 1995–96
| nextseason = 1997–98
}}The 1996–97 Division 1 season was the 59th since its establishment. AS Monaco won 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{{colbegin}}- 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
- Montpellier HSC
- AS Nancy
- FC Nantes Atlantique
- OGC Nice
- Paris Saint-Germain FC
- Stade Rennais FC
- RC Strasbourg
{{colend}}{{Location map+ |France |width=350 |float=right |caption=Location of teams in 1996–97 Division 1 |places={{Location map~ |France |lat=47.786753 |long=3.588664 |label=Auxerre|position=left}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=42.39504 |long=9.263343 |label=Bastia|position=left }}{{Location map~ |France |lat=44.829242 |long=-0.598253 |label=Bordeaux|position=left}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=49.179461 |long=-0.396767 |label=Caen|position=left}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=43.553056 |long=6.964608 |label=Cannes|position=left}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=48.566186 |long=-3.164706 |label=Guingamp|position=left}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=49.501942 |long=0.171061 |label=Le Havre }}{{Location map~ |France |lat=50.43285 |long=2.814853 |label=Lens |position=bottom}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=50.621137 |long=3.157519 |label=Lille|position=right}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=45.723778 |long=4.93225 |label=Lyon}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=43.269806 |long=5.395922 |label=Marseille|position=bottom}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=49.0713 |long=6.1040 |label=Metz |position=right}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=43.727606 |long=7.415614 |label=AS Monaco |position=right }}{{Location map~ |France |lat=43.61194 |long=3.97722 |label=Montpellier|position=top}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=48.6955 |long=6.210687 |label=Nancy|position=right}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=47.255631 |long=-1.525375 |label=Nantes }}{{Location map~ |France |lat=43.683328 |long=7.25875 |label=Nice|position=bottom}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=48.841422 |long=2.393053 |label=PSG}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=48.107458 |long=-1.712839 |label=Rennes}}{{Location map~ |France |lat=48.58 |long=7.75 |label=Strasbourg|position=bottom}}
}}Final table{{1996–97 French Division 1 table}}Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1997/1998 - LB Châteauroux : champion of Ligue 2
- Toulouse FC : runners-up
Top goal scorers| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|
| 1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Guivarc'h | Rennes | 22 | | 2 | {{flagicon|Chad}} Japhet N'Doram | Nantes | 21 | | 3 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Sonny Anderson | Monaco | 19 | | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Caveglia | Lyon | 19 | | {{flagicon|FRA}} David Zitelli | Strasbourg | 19 | | 6 | {{flagicon|FRY}} Anto Drobnjak | Bastia | 18 | | 7 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Papin | Bordeaux | 16 | | {{flagicon|FRA}} Ludovic Giuly | Lyon | 16 | | 9 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Xavier Gravelaine | Marseille | 15 | | {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrice Loko | Paris Saint-Germain | 15 | |
ReferencesSee also- 1996–97 Coupe de France
- 1996–97 French Division 2
External links- France 1996/97 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
{{Ligue 1 seasons}}{{1996–97 in European Football (UEFA)}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 French Division 1}} 3 : Ligue 1 seasons|1996–97 in European association football leagues|1996–97 in French football |