1997–98 AJ Auxerre season

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]

Auxerre
1997–98 season
PresidentJean-Claude Hamel
Head coachGuy Roux
StadiumStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Division 17th
Coupe de FranceSecond round
Coupe de la LigueSemi-finals
Intertoto CupWinners
UEFA CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stéphane Guivarc'h (21)

All:
Stéphane Guivarc'h (46)
Average home league attendance10,974[1]

Season summary

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Auxerre 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

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First-team squad

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Squad at end of season[3][2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FRA Lionel Charbonnier
16 GK   FRA Fabien Cool
12 DF   FRA Éric Assati
20 DF   FRA Laurent Ciechelski
5 DF   FRA Frédéric Danjou
2 DF   FRA Alain Goma
13 DF   FRA Jean-Sébastien Jaurès
22 DF   FRA Frédéric Jay
14 DF   FRA Cyril Jeunechamp
3 DF   FRA Franck Rabarivony
21 DF   FRA Johan Radet
19 DF   FRA David Recorbet
4 DF   FRA Franck Silvestre
27 DF   NGA Michael Yobo
25 MF   TOG Kuami Agboh
11 MF   FRA Bernard Diomède
No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   FRA Christian Henna
8 MF   FRA Yann Lachuer
7 MF   FRA Sabri Lamouchi
10 MF   FRA Antoine Sibierski
24 MF   FRA Benjamin Nivet
32 MF   MAR Tarik Sektioui
29 MF   FIN Teemu Tainio
28 FW   FRA Xavier Chalier
26 MF   FRA Arnaud Gonzalez
33 FW   FRA Sébastien Heitzmann
15 FW   FRA Fabrice Lepaul
23 FW   FRA Lilian Compan
18 FW   FRA Thomas Deniaud
9 FW   FRA Stéphane Guivarc'h
17 FW   FRA Steve Marlet

Reserves

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   FRA Nicolas Marin
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   FRA Djibril Cissé

Competitions

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Division 1

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ 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

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Overall Home Away
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

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultLLWWLWLLLWWWWDDLWLWDWLWLDDDWWLDWDD
Position18171391269111111975678887767687898888877
Source: French Division 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Intertoto Cup

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AUX LS ANT NSL ARD
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
Source: rsssf.com
28 June 1997 1 Auxerre   1–1   Lausanne Sports Auxerre, France
  • Guivarc'h   38'
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
Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Gerry Perry (Ireland)

Semi-finals

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26 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
17:00
Report
Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: László Vagner (Hungary)

Finals

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12 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
Report Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

UEFA Cup

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First round

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16 September 1997 First leg Deportivo La Coruña   1–2   Auxerre A Coruña, Spain
21:00
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

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21 October 1997 First leg Auxerre   3–1   OFI Crete Auxerre, France
20:30
Report
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
Report
Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Third round

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25 November 1997 First leg Twente   0–1   Auxerre Enschede, Netherlands
18:45 Report
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

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3 March 1998 First leg Lazio   1–0   Auxerre Rome, Italy
20:00
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
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

References

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  1. ^ "Ligue 1 1997/1998 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Auxerre 1997/1998". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ^ "AJ Auxerre - Squad 1997/1998". worldfootball.net.