1996–97 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

Paris Saint-Germain
1996–97 season
President	Michel Denisot
Manager	Ricardo
Stadium	Parc des Princes
Division 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Patrice Loko (15); All: ; Patrice Loko (21)
Average home league attendance	35,302

The 1996–97 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 27th season in existence.^[1]^[2] PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 35,302 spectators per match.^[1]^[2]^[3] The club was presided by Michel Denisot and the team was coached by Ricardo.^[1]^[2] Raí was the team captain.^[4]

Players

As of the 1996–97 season.^[1]^[2]^[4]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Bernard Lama
—	GK	FRA	Vincent Fernandez
—	DF	FRA	Jimmy Algerino
—	DF	FRA	Alain Roche
—	DF	FRA	Bruno Ngotty
—	DF	FRA	Paul Le Guen
—	DF	FRA	Didier Domi
—	DF	FRA	José Cobos
—	MF	FRA	Benoît Cauet
—	MF	POR	Kenedy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Leonardo
—	MF	FRA	Jérôme Leroy
—	MF	FRA	Laurent Fournier
—	MF	FRA	Vincent Guérin
—	MF	BRA	Raí (captain)
—	MF	FRA	Bernard Allou
—	FW	CMR	Patrick M'Boma
—	FW	FRA	Cyrille Pouget
—	FW	FRA	Patrice Loko
—	FW	PAN	Julio Dely Valdés

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Francis Llacer (at Strasbourg)
—	MF	FRA	Pierre Ducrocq (at Laval)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ALB	Edvin Murati (at Stade Briochin)
—	MF	FRA	Christophe Odé (at Laval)

Kits

German automobile manufacturer Opel was the shirt sponsor. American sportswear brand Nike was the kit manufacturer.^[1]^[5]

Home

Away

Third

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

19 July 1996 Friendly

Châteauroux

9–1

Paris Saint-Germain

France

24 July 1996 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Vitória de Guimarães	USA
				Attendance: 0

27 July 1996 Friendly

Club Brugge

2–0

Paris Saint-Germain

Belgium

3 August 1996 Friendly

Lille

0–4

Paris Saint-Germain

France

5 January 1997 Friendly

Réunion

3–4

Paris Saint-Germain

Saint-Denis, Réunion

8 January 1997 Friendly	Mauritius	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Curepipe, Mauritius
				Stadium: Stade George V

18 February 1997 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain B	France
		Report

29 May 1997 Friendly	Real Madrid	4–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Madrid, Spain
		Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 30,000

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Division 1	10 August 1996	24 May 1997	Matchday 1	2nd	38	18	13	7	57	31	+26	047.37
Coupe de France	19 January 1997	1 March 1997	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	066.67
Coupe de la Ligue	10 December 1996		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	12 September 1996	14 May 1997	First round	Runners-up	9	5	1	3	19	7	+12	055.56
UEFA Super Cup	15 January 1997	5 February 1997	Final	Runners-up	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	000.00
Total					53	25	15	13	88	53	+35	047.17

Source: Competitions

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monaco (C)	38	23	10	5	69	30	+39	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	18	13	7	57	31	+26	67	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Nantes	38	16	16	6	61	32	+29	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Bordeaux	38	16	15	7	59	42	+17	63
5	Metz	38	17	11	10	40	30	+10	62

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	13	7	57	31	+26	67	10	8	1	35	12	+23	8	5	6	22	19	+3

Source: Division 1

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	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	W
Position	8	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2

Source: Division 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 August 1996 1	Strasbourg	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Strasbourg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Leonardo 32'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 20,975 Referee: Claude Colombo

16 August 1996 2	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Caen	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mboma 84' Loko 89'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 24,713 Referee: Marc Batta

23 August 1996 3	Nancy	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 11,988 Referee: Éric Poulat

28 August 1996 4	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Nantes	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Loko 34'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 33,809 Referee: Philippe Leduc

3 September 1996 5	Montpellier	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Valdés 56' Leonardo 78' Fournier 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,030 Referee: Jean-Claude Puyalt

6 September 1996 6	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Monaco	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,529 Referee: Stéphane Bré

15 September 1996 7	Cannes	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Cannes
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Raí 72'	Stadium: Stade Pierre De Coubertin Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Serge Leon

20 September 1996 8	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Lens	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leonardo 17', 83' Raí 35' Anelka 80'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,312 Referee: Alain Sars

29 September 1996 9	Guingamp	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Guingamp
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Carnot 8' Rouxel 15'		Leonardo 25' Raí 75'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gilles Chéron

2 October 1996 10	Lyon	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gava 57'		Valdés 66'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 29,740 Referee: Claude Colombo

5 October 1996 11	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Le Havre	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leonardo 37' Cauet 48'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 32,196 Referee: Patrick Anton

12 October 1996 12	Metz	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Leonardo 32'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,721 Referee: Rémi Harrel

20 October 1996 13	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Auxerre	Paris
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cauet 36'		Sibierski 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 39,885 Referee: Marc Batta

25 October 1996 14	Rennes	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guivarc'h 69' (pen.), 82'		Loko 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Jean-Claude Puyalt

3 November 1996 15	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Bastia	Paris
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Loko 8' Valdés 72', 86'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 34,856 Referee: Gilles Chéron

6 November 1996 16	Nice	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+1)			Loko 66'	Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 6,706 Referee: Philippe Kalt

13 November 1996 17	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Lille	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Valdés 26', 56' Ngotty 33'		Collot 42'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 31,879 Referee: Serge Leon

16 November 1996 18	Bordeaux	5–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Bordeaux
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Papin 4', 52' (pen.) Micoud 30' Biaggio 71' Diawara 83'		Loko 36' Raí 42' Valdés 62'	Stadium: Parc Lescure Attendance: 30,997 Referee: Philippe Leduc

22 November 1996 19	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Marseille	Paris
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,804 Referee: Alain Sars

29 November 1996 20	Caen	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bajkuša 27'		Valdés 34' Guérin 46' Ngotty 53'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,779 Referee: Gilles Veissière

6 December 1996 21	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	Nancy	Paris
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Ngotty 2'		Fischer 65' Gray 90'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 31,037 Referee: Bruno Coué

14 December 1996 22	Nantes	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,978 Referee: Claude Colombo

20 December 1996 23	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Montpellier	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Loko 39'		Bakayoko 78'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 32,038 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

26 January 1997 24	Monaco	2–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Monaco
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Legwinski 63' Anderson 71'			Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bernard Saules

1 February 1997 25	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Cannes	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pouget 12'		Charvet 50'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 33,237 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

13 February 1997 26	Lens	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Lens
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Camara 23'		Loko 53' Raí 68'	Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 27,485 Referee: Marc Batta

22 February 1997 27	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Guingamp	Paris
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Raí 69' (pen.)		Carnot 27'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,129 Referee: Gilles Veissière

9 March 1997 28	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Lyon	Paris
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Raí 47', 88' Loko 86'		Bardon 11'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 31,592 Referee: Stéphane Bré

14 March 1997 29	Le Havre	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bertin 75' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux Attendance: 13,351 Referee: Rémi Harrel

23 March 1997 30	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Metz	Paris
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Loko 20', 24'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,309 Referee: Gilles Chéron

26 March 1997 31	Auxerre	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sibierski 33' Diomède 49'		Cauet 45'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Éric Poulat

5 April 1997 32	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Rennes	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pouget 75'		Guivarc'h 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 33,297 Referee: Claude Colombo

15 April 1997 33	Bastia	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Furiani
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Moravčík 26'		Loko 15'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 10,080 Referee: Marc Batta

27 April 1997 34	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Nice	Paris
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Loko 39', 67', 75', 90' Cauet 80'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 34,859 Referee: Franck Glochon

30 April 1997 35	Lille	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lille
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Algerino 14'	Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Gilles Veissière

3 May 1997 36	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Bordeaux	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngotty 13' Raí 90'		Papin 36' Diawara 89'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,361 Referee: Bernard Saules

17 May 1997 37	Marseille	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Roy 39' (pen.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 24,200 Referee: Alain Sars

24 May 1997 38	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Strasbourg	Paris
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Guen 62' Guérin 88'		Dacourt 50'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 39,887 Referee: Philippe Leduc

Coupe de France

19 January 1997 Round of 64	Besançon	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Besançon
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Renou 9' (o.g.) Pouget 70' Maître 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Patrick Anton

8 February 1997 Round of 32	US Fécamp	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Le Havre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Pouget 76' Valdés 81'	Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux Attendance: 12,948 Referee: Philippe Leduc

1 March 1997 Round of 16	Clermont	4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Paris Saint-Germain	Clermont-Ferrand
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bessaque 51' (pen.) Chastang 69' Le Bellec 82' Ngotty 87' (o.g.)	Report	Cauet 12' Valdés 24' Raí 57' Loko 68'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Philippe Kalt
	Penalties
	Amblard Cohade Chastang Ribérol		Pouget Le Guen Raí Valdés Guérin

Coupe de la Ligue

10 December 1996 Round of 32	Lyon	2–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Lyon
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gava 6' Patouillard 75'	Report	Fournier 4'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jean-Claude Puyalt

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round

12 September 1996 First leg	Vaduz	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Le Guen 12' Dely Valdés 39' Leonardo 43' Allou 72'	Stadium: Gemeindesportplatz Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

26 September 1996 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0 (7–0 agg.)	Vaduz	Paris, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Allou 23' Roche 40' Mboma 50'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 15,973 Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

Second round

17 October 1996 First leg	Galatasaray	4–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Istanbul, Turkey
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Şükür 5', 31' Tugay 12' Ünsal 52'	Report	Le Guen 16' Dely Valdés 17'	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

31 October 1996 Second leg	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0 (6–4 agg.)	Galatasaray	Paris, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Leonardo 9' Dely Valdés 23' Loko 58' Raí 77'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 34,032 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia)

Quarter-finals

6 March 1997 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	AEK Athens	Paris, France
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 21,952 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

20 March 1997 Second leg	AEK Athens	0–3 (0–3 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Athens, Greece
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Loko 21', 44', 81'	Stadium: Nikos Goumas Stadium Attendance: 27,200 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Semi-finals

10 April 1997 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Liverpool	Paris, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Leonardo 11' Cauet 43' Leroy 83'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,142 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

24 April 1997 Second leg	Liverpool	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Liverpool, England
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Fowler 12' Wright 79'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,700 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Final

14 May 1997 Final	Barcelona	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ronaldo 38' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Feijenoord Stadion Attendance: 36,802 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

UEFA Super Cup

15 January 1997 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	1–6	Juventus	Paris, France
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Raí 52' (pen.)	Report	Porrini 4' Padovano 22', 40' Ferrara 33' Lombardo 83' Amoruso 88'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 29,519 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

5 February 1997 Second leg	Juventus	3–1 (9–2 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	Palermo, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Del Piero 36', 70' Vieri 90+3'	Report	Raí 64' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio La Favorita Attendance: 35,100 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Saison 1996-1997". Histoire du PSG. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Paris S-G 1996/1997". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 1996/1997 » Attendance » Home matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Les principaux capitaines du PSG". L'Équipe. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
^ "L'historique des maillots du PSG : Les années 1990". Histoire du PSG. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

External links

Official websites

PSG.FR - Site officiel du Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain - Ligue 1 Archived 22 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine
Paris Saint-Germain - UEFA.com

[saison97-1] "Saison 1996-1997". Histoire du PSG. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[foot97-2] "Paris S-G 1996/1997". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[3] "Ligue 1 1996/1997 » Attendance » Home matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[captain-4] "Les principaux capitaines du PSG". L'Équipe. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

[5] "L'historique des maillots du PSG : Les années 1990". Histoire du PSG. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

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