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The 1997–98 season was the 92nd season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Auxerre participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup.[2]
1997–98 season | |
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President | Jean-Claude Hamel |
Head coach | Guy Roux |
Stadium | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps |
Division 1 | 7th |
Coupe de France | Second round |
Coupe de la Ligue | Semi-finals |
Intertoto Cup | Winners |
UEFA Cup | Quarter-finals |
Top goalscorer | League: Stéphane Guivarc'h (21) All: Stéphane Guivarc'h (46) |
Average home league attendance | 10,974[1] |
Season summary
editAuxerre dropped one place in the final table to 7th. They had better success in the cup competitions, reaching the semi-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, winning the Intertoto Cup in the process. Instrumental to Auxerre's success was the form of Stéphane Guivarc'h, who scored 21 league goals to win the Golden Boot; Guivarc'h added 24 further goals across the cups to finish with an astonishing 45 goals in all competitions.
Players
editFirst-team squad
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Reserves
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Competitions
editDivision 1
editLeague table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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5 | Bordeaux | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
6 | Lyon | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 53 | |
7 | Auxerre | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 51 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
8 | Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 50 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
9 | Bastia | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 50 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1997–98 Coupe de France and 1997–98 Coupe de la Ligue.
Results summary
editOverall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 29 | −10 |
Source: French Division 1
Results by round
editIntertoto Cup
editGroup stage
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUX | LS | ANT | NSL | ARD | |
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1 | Auxerre | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 10 | Advanced to semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | — | — | |
2 | Lausanne Sports | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 8 | — | — | — | 4–1 | 6–0 | ||
3 | Royal Antwerp | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | — | 2–2 | — | 4–0 | — | ||
4 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 3 | 1–10 | — | — | — | 4–1 | ||
5 | Ards | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
28 June 1997 1 | Auxerre | 1–1 | Lausanne Sports | Auxerre, France |
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Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 3,917 Referee: Emanuel Zammit (Malta) |
5 July 1997 2 | Ards | 0–3 | Auxerre | Newtownards, Northern Ireland |
Stadium: Castlereagh Park Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia) |
12 July 1997 3 | Auxerre | 5–0 | Royal Antwerp | Auxerre, France |
Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary) |
19 July 1997 4 | Nea Salamis Famagusta | 1–10 | Auxerre | Larnaca, Cyprus |
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Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Gerry Perry (Ireland) |
Semi-finals
edit26 July 1997 First leg | Auxerre | 3–0 | Torpedo Moscow | Auxerre, France |
21:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia) |
30 July 1997 Second leg | Torpedo Moscow | 4–1 (4–4a agg.) | Auxerre | Moscow, Russia |
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Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: László Vagner (Hungary) |
Finals
edit12 August 1997 First leg | Duisburg | 0–0 | Auxerre | Duisburg, Germany |
20:20 | Report | Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 9,350 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary) |
26 August 1997 Second leg | Auxerre | 2–0 (2–0 agg.) | Duisburg | Auxerre, France |
21:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
UEFA Cup
editFirst round
edit16 September 1997 First leg | Deportivo La Coruña | 1–2 | Auxerre | A Coruña, Spain |
21:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany) |
30 September 1997 Second leg | Auxerre | 0–0 (2–1 agg.) | Deportivo La Coruña | Auxerre, France |
20:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) |
Second round
edit21 October 1997 First leg | Auxerre | 3–1 | OFI Crete | Auxerre, France |
20:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia) |
4 November 1997 Second leg | OFI Crete | 3–2 (4–5 agg.) | Auxerre | Heraklion, Greece |
20:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) |
Third round
edit25 November 1997 First leg | Twente | 0–1 | Auxerre | Enschede, Netherlands |
18:45 | Report |
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Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) |
9 December 1997 Second leg | Auxerre | 2–0 (3–0 agg.) | Twente | Auxerre, France |
20:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania) |
Quarter-finals
edit3 March 1998 First leg | Lazio | 1–0 | Auxerre | Rome, Italy |
20:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium) |
17 March 1998 Second leg | Auxerre | 2–2 (2–3 agg.) | Lazio | Auxerre, France |
20:15 |
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Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain) |
References
edit- ^ "Ligue 1 1997/1998 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Auxerre 1997/1998". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "AJ Auxerre - Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net.