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.