1997–98 AS Saint-Étienne season
# 1997–98 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 1997–98 season was the 65th season in the existence of AS Saint-Étienne and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Saint-Étienne participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
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| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| French Division 2 | 2 August 1997 | 8 May 1998 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 028.57 |
| Coupe de France | 29 November 1997 | 20 December 1997 | Seventh round | Eighth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 5 January 1998 | 5 January 1998 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 028.89 |

Source: Competitions

### French Division 2

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Nîmes | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 52 | |
| 16 | Beauvais | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 51 | |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 60 | −13 | 51 | |
| 18 | Wasquehal | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 51 | |
| 19 | Louhans-Cuiseaux (R) | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 49 | Relegation to Championnat National |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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Source: Ligue 2

**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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
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| Ground | H | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
