The French football club SC Bastia in its 1997–98 season finished in the 13th place in the league. The top scorer of the season, scoring 9 goals in 5 league matches, wasn Ermin Šiljak. The club was eliminated from the Coupe de France round of 64. In the Coupe de la Ligue it was able to reach the round of 32 teams. It also became the Intertoto Cup winner and advanced to the second round of the UEFA Cup.
Transfers
In Summer Éric Durand and Frédéric Mendy from Martigues Laurent Casanova and Christophe Deguerville from Lyon Pascual Garrido from Boca Juniors Franck Jurietti from Gueugnon Pierre-Yves André from Rennes Jean-Jacques Etamé from Cannes Nenad Jestrović from OFK Belgrade Ľubomír Moravčík from Sion Prince Daye from Invincible Eleven Hervé Sekli and François Modesto from Bastia B
Winter Ali Boumnijel from Gueugnon Ardian Kozniku from APOEL Pierre Laurent from Leeds United Nicolas Penneteau from Bastia B
Out Summer Patrick Valéry to Blackburn Rovers Ľubomír Moravčík, Jean-Jacques Eydelie and Pascal Camadini to Sion Laurent Moracchini to Nancy Didier Santini to Toulouse Pierre Maroselli to Rennes Anto Drobnjak to Lens Franck Vandecasteele to Nice Jamie Fullarton to Crystal Palace Laurent Weber to Troyes
Winter Ermin Siljak to Servette Jean-Jacques Etamé to Saint-Louisienne
Squad
French Division 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches DateOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 2 August 1997 Nantes A 0 - 1 Perez 22,696 Marc Batta 8 August 1997 Guingamp H 1 - 0 Siljak 8,000 Serge Léon 16 August 1997 Toulouse A 1 - 1 Richert 10,000 Claude Colombo 22 August 1997 Châteauroux H 1 - 1 Siljak 6,000 Bruno Derrien 30 August 1997 Lyon A 0 - 2 Casanova , Jurietti 18,144 Alain Sars 5 September 1997 Bordeaux H 4 - 1 Jestrovic , Etamé , Swierczewski 7,000 Rémy Harrel 12 September 1997 Paris SG A 2 - 0 - 40,000 Marc Batta 21 September 1997 Metz H 0 - 0 Prince 7,000 Stéphane Bré 26 September 1997 Rennes A 2 - 0 Rool 9,915 Franck Glochon 4 October 1997 Cannes H 5 - 1 Siljak , Gohel , Jurietti , Perez 5,000 Laurent Duhamel 7 October 1997 AS Monaco A 1 - 0 - 4,000 Serge Léon 17 October 1997 Auxerre A 2 - 0 Casanova 5,500 Gilles Chéron 25 October 1997 Marseille H 1 - 1 Siljak 10,000 Éric Poulat 31 October 1997 Le Havre A 2 - 1 Prince , Etamé 9,138 Marc Batta 8 November 1997 Strasbourg H 2 - 0 Moreau , Jurietti 5,000 Claude Colombo 15 November 1997 Montpellier A 1 - 1 Moreau 11,263 Stéphane Bré 21 November 1997 Lens H 1 - 0 Prince 4,500 Pascal Garibian 29 November 1997 Guingamp A 0 - 0 - 9,344 Philippe Kalt 6 December 1997 Toulouse H 0 - 0 - 4,500 Bruno Coué 13 December 1997 Châteauroux A 1 - 1 André , Jurietti 11,278 Alain Sars 19 December 1997 Lyon H 0 - 1 Rool 2,000 Serge Léon 10 January 1998 Bordeaux A 2 - 0 - 15,000 Claude Colombo 21 January 1998 Paris SG H 2 - 0 Laurent , Kozniku 5,000 Gilles Veissière 24 January 1998 Metz A 0 - 1 Kozniku 14,669 Jean-Claude Puyalt 3 February 1998 Rennes H 0 - 0 - 3,500 Rémy Harrel 13 February 1998 Cannes A 1 - 1 Mendy , Gohel , Garrido 5,000 Pascal Garibian 20 February 1998 AS Monaco H 1 - 0 Gohel 5,000 Alain Sars 7 March 1998 Auxerre H 1 - 2 Swierczewski 5,000 Éric Poulat 15 March 1998 Marseille A 1 - 0 - 30,000 Laurent Duhamel 28 March 1998 Le Havre H 2 - 0 Kozniku , Jurietti 2,500 Bruno Coué 7 April 1998 Strasbourg A 1 - 1 Moravcik 18,712 Gilles Veissière 18 April 1998 Montpellier H 2 - 1 Kozniku , Moravcik 2,500 Bruno Ruffray 25 April 1998 Lens A 5 - 1 Perez 40,478 Pascal Garibian 9 May 1998 Nantes H 2 - 1 Kozniku , Laurent 3,000 Patrick Lhermite
Coupe de France
DateTourOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 17 January 1998 End of 64 Niort H [ 1 - 0] Prince 2,000 Bruno Coué 8 February 1998 End of 32 Metz A [ 1 - 0] Jurietti , Prince 8,567 Philippe Kalt
Coupe de la Ligue
DateTourOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 5 January 1998 End of 32 Nancy A 2 - 2 (pen. 3 - 2) André , Jestrovic 5,000 Gilles Chéron
Europe
UEFA Intertoto Cup
Group stage
Matches DateOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceReferee 22 June 1997 Hrvatski Dragovoljac A [ 0 - 1] Šiljak 3,000 Carlo Bertolini 5 July 1997 Silkeborg H [ 1 - 0] Šiljak , André , Rool 3,000 Josef Krula 13 July 1997 Ebbw Vale A [ 1 - 2] Šiljak 950 Thomas Michael McCurry 19 July 1997 GAK H [ 1 - 2] F. Mendy 2,500 Zygmunt Ziober
Qualifying DateOpponentH / AResultGoal(s)AttendanceRefereeSemi final 26 July 1997 Hamburg A [ 0 - 1] Rool 16,633 Manuel Díaz Vega 30 July 1997 Hamburg H [ 1 - 1] (a.e.t.) Prince 2,500 Vaclav KrondlFinal 12 August 1997 Halmstad A [ 0 - 1] Prince 2,140 Ryszard Wójcik 26 August 1997 Halmstad H [ 1 - 1] (a.e.t.) O. Soumah 8,000 Daniel Dimitrov
UEFA Cup
First round
Bastia won 1–0 on aggregate.
Second round
Steaua Bucharest 3–3 Bastia on aggregate. Steaua Bucharest won on away goals rule.
Statistics
Top scorers Bastia 1997-98 buts, LFP, Retrieved 16 July 2012. PlacePositionNationNameLigue 1Coupe de FranceCoupe de la LigueIntertoto CupUEFA CupTotal1 FWErmin Siljak 5 0 0 4 0 92 FWPrince Daye 2 1 0 2 2 73 FWArdian Kozniku 5 0 0 0 0 54 DFFranck Jurietti 4 0 0 0 0 45 MFSébastien Perez 3 0 0 0 0 3= FWWilfried Gohel 3 0 0 0 0 3= MFNenad Jestrović 2 0 1 0 0 3= FWPierre-Yves André 1 0 1 0 1 39 FWPierre Laurent 2 0 0 0 0 2= FWĽubomír Moravčík 2 0 0 0 0 2= DFPatrick Moreau 2 0 0 0 0 2= MFPiotr Świerczewski 2 0 0 0 0 2= DFFrédéric Mendy 0 0 0 1 1 214 DFLaurent Casanova 1 0 0 0 0 1= MFJean-Jacques Etamé 1 0 0 0 0 1= FWOusmane Soumah 0 0 0 1 0 1= DFCyril Rool 0 0 0 1 0 1
League assists , stat2foot, Retrieved 16 July 2012. PlacePositionNationNameAssists1 FWĽubomír Moravčík 4= FWPrince Daye 43 FWPierre-Yves André 3= MFPiotr Świerczewski 3= FWWilfried Gohel 3= FWNenad Jestrović 37 DFFranck Jurietti 2= MFMamadou Faye 2= MFJean-Jacques Etamé 2= DFLaurent Casanova 211 FWPierre Laurent 1= DFCyril Rool 1= DFChristophe Deguerville 1= FWArdian Kozniku 1= FWErmin Siljak 1= MFSébastien Perez 1
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