2021–22 AJ Auxerre season

AJ Auxerre
2021–22 season
Owner	James Zhou
Head coach	Jean-Marc Furlan
Stadium	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Ligue 2	3rd (promoted via play-off)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gaëtan Charbonnier (17); All: ; Gaëtan Charbonnier (17)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 117th season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 10th consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Auxerre participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	HAI	Carlens Arcus
3	DF	FRA	Quentin Bernard
4	DF	BRA	Jubal Jr.
5	DF	FRA	Théo Pellenard
6	MF	FRA	Aly Ndom
7	FW	FRA	Gauthier Hein
8	MF	FRA	Ousoumane Camara
10	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Perrin
11	FW	FRA	Nicolas Mercier
12	MF	MLI	Birama Touré
14	FW	TUN	Mohamed Ben Fredj
15	DF	FRA	Alec Georgen
16	GK	FRA	Donovan Léon
17	DF	FRA	Gautier Lloris
19	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Charbonnier


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	FRA	Alexandre Coeff
21	FW	FRA	Rémy Dugimont
22	MF	MAR	Hamza Sakhi
23	MF	FRA	Kylian Silvestre
24	FW	FRA	Kryss Chapelle
25	FW	MLI	Lassine Sinayoko
26	DF	FRA	Paul Joly
27	MF	FRA	Alexis Trouillet (on loan from Nice)
28	MF	FRA	Ryan Ponti
29	MF	FRA	Mathias Autret
30	GK	FRA	Sonny Laiton
34	MF	COM	Iyad Mohamed
35	MF	FRA	Kévin Danois
40	GK	FRA	Théo De Percin
—	FW	CHN	Ji Xiaoxuan

Out on loan

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	Kenji-Van Boto (on loan to Pau)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

7 July 2021 Friendly	Auxerre	3–1	Créteil	Migennes, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Lucien Masson

10 July 2021 Friendly	Reims	4–1	Auxerre	Reims, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ekitike 13', 18' Zeneli 28' Kebbal 52'	Report	Hein 45'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune

17 July 2021 Friendly	Auxerre	1–3	Orléans	Auxerre, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps

3 September 2021 Friendly	Metz	0–3	Auxerre	Saint-Dizier, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Hein 7', 65' Ben Fredj 52'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Jacquin

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	24 July 2021	14 May 2022	Matchday 1	3rd	38	21	11	6	61	39	+22	055.26
Ligue 1 promotion play-offs	20 May 2022	29 May 2022	Round 2	Winners	3	0	3	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Coupe de France	13 November 2021	18 December 2021	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	0	1	11	9	+2	066.67
Total					44	23	14	7	74	50	+24	052.27

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Toulouse (C, P)	38	23	10	5	82	33	+49	79	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Ajaccio (P)	38	22	9	7	39	19	+20	75	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Auxerre (O, P)	38	21	11	6	61	39	+22	74	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Paris FC	38	20	10	8	54	35	+19	70
5	Sochaux	38	19	11	8	47	34	+13	68

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	11	6	61	39	+22	74	11	4	4	33	19	+14	10	7	2	28	20	+8

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	4	3	4	5	7	6	3	4	4	3	3	5	5	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[1]^[2]

24 July 2021 1	Amiens	1–2	Auxerre	Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Alphonse 39', 87' Lomotey 76'	Report	Perrin 45+2' Georgen 48' Sakhi 63' Hein 71' Sinayoko 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Referee: Mathieu Vernice

2 August 2021 2	Auxerre	3–0	Grenoble	Auxerre
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Autret 3' (pen.) Hein 14' Sakhi 85'	Report	Bunjaku 42'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Romain Lissorgue

7 August 2021 3	Auxerre	0–0	Ajaccio	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 60' Sinayoko 68' Hein 90+7'	Report	Youssouf 40' Botué 78' Gonzalez 83' Courtet 90'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Olivier Thual

16 August 2021 4	Paris FC	1–1	Auxerre	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Name 15' Laura 73' Guilavogui 79'	Report	Léon 53' Sinayoko 68' Autret 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Nicolas Rainville

23 August 2021 5	Auxerre	1–2	Guingamp	Auxerre
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sinayoko 40' Perrin 64' Autret 89'	Report	M'Changama 45' Phaëton 49' Diarra 72'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Aurelien Petit

28 August 2021 6	Nancy	1–4	Auxerre	Tomblaine
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bondo 83' (pen.) Basila 88'	Report	Jubal Jr. 6' Arcus 17' Ndom 30' Bernard 61' Charbonnier 63', 77'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Gael Angoula

11 September 2021 7	Auxerre	4–0	Niort	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Charbonnier 16', 70', 87' Conté 90+1' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

18 September 2021 8	Quevilly-Rouen	0–0	Auxerre	Rouen
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dekoke 62' Sidibé 90+4'	Report	Hein 57' Touré 57'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Referee: Olivier Thual

21 September 2021 9	Auxerre	1–0	Rodez	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Charbonnier 8'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

24 September 2021 10	Sochaux	0–0	Auxerre	Montbéliard
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Pellenard 65' Ndom 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Remi Landry

2 October 2021 11	Auxerre	2–2	Nîmes	Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 18' Charbonnier 23', 48' Autret 40'	Report	Cubas 37' Koné 75', 90', 90+1' Sainte-Luce 79'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Romain Lissorgue

16 October 2021 12	Toulouse	6–0	Auxerre	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Evitt-Healey 4', 72' Ratão 7', 46', 47' Mvoué 24' Genreau 44' Nicolaisen 83'	Report	Dugimont 49'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Referee: Frank Schneider

25 October 2021 13	Auxerre	1–0	Bastia	Auxerre
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Touré 34' Charbonnier 37' Coeff 66'	Report	Ducrocq 59'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Pierre Legat

1 November 2021 14	Valenciennes	1–2	Auxerre	Valenciennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Hamache 48'	Report	Sinayoko 50' Perrin 63'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Aurelien Petit

6 November 2021 15	Auxerre	4–1	Pau	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Perrin 8' Hein 34' Autret 73' (pen.) Bernard 74' Mohamed 89' Charbonnier 90+2'	Report	Kouassi 39' Batisse 59' Armand 67'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Guillaume Paradis

22 November 2021 16	Dijon	3–1	Auxerre	Dijon
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Jacob 16' Scheidler 38' Benzia 79' Coulibaly 87'	Report	Jubal Jr. 41' Touré 60' Charbonnier 61' Pellenard 87'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Nicolas Rainville

4 December 2021 17	Auxerre	2–2	Caen	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Riou 45+1' (o.g.) Pellenard 53' Jubal 81'	Report	Mendy 13' Vandermersch 76', 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 6,366 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

11 December 2021 18	Dunkerque	0–2	Auxerre	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dudouit 42'	Report	Autret 54' Sakhi 84'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Guillaume Paradis

21 December 2021 19	Auxerre	2–3	Le Havre	Auxerre
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Charbonnier 11' 90+4', 17', 90+1' Hein 35' Autret 63' Bernard 90+7'	Report	Boura 3', 42' 68' Alioui 41' Boutaïb 61' Fofana 79' Bonnet 90+6'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Pierre Legat

8 January 2022 20	Grenoble	0–1	Auxerre	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gaspar 84'	Report	Georgen 25' Charbonnier 31' Joly 55' Touré 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

28 January 2022 21	Ajaccio	0–0	Auxerre	Ajaccio
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vidal 48' Marchetti 60' 70'	Report	Joly 30' Léon 35' Jubal 72'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Mathieu Vernice

1 February 2022 22	Auxerre	1–2	Paris FC	Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Charbonnier 13' Léon 34'	Report	Guilavogui 35' (pen.), 70' Hadjam 53' Iglesias 56'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Gaël Angoula

5 February 2022 23	Guingamp	1–1	Auxerre	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sampaio 71' Muyumba 77'	Report	Sinayoko 64' Arcus 80'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

12 February 2022 24	Auxerre	1–1	Nancy	Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Charbonnier 33' Pellenard 38' Autret 41' Hein 45+4'	Report	Thiam 4' El Aynaoui 45'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Marc Bollengier

19 February 2022 25	Niort	0–1	Auxerre	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Merdji 61'	Report	Hein 33' Bernard 53' Charbonnier 84'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Frank Schneider

26 February 2022 26	Auxerre	1–0	Quevilly-Rouen	Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dugimont 13', 66'	Report	Bahassa 88'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Remi Landry

5 March 2022 27	Rodez	1–3	Auxerre	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boissier 75', 88' Corredor 90'	Report	Hein 6', 37', 52' Arcus 56'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

12 March 2022 28	Auxerre	3–2	Sochaux	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sakhi 5' Autret 18' Hein 35' Charbonnier 56'	Report	Kitala 36' Aaneba 55' Mauricio 76' Kalulu 86'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

15 March 2022 29	Nîmes	1–2	Auxerre	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Benrahou 20'	Report	Hein 9' Perrin 25' Sinayoko 42' Arcus 44' Sakhi 90+4'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

19 March 2022 30	Auxerre	1–2	Toulouse	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Charbonnier 38' Pellenard 42' Dugimont 71'	Report	Spierings 9' Van den Boomen 33' (pen.), 41'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

2 April 2022 31	Bastia	1–1	Auxerre	Furiani
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Magri 45' Le Cardinal 64'	Report	Jubal 50' Ben Fredj 90'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Referee: Frank Schneider

9 April 2022 32	Auxerre	1–0	Valenciennes	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pellenard 8' Sinayoko 60'	Report	Debuchy 52' Masson 52' Lecoeuche 89'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Gaël Angoula

16 April 2022 33	Pau	1–4	Auxerre	Pau
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Daubin 11' Lobry 43' Sylvestre 55' Kouassi 55' Boto 64' Batisse 68'	Report	Sakhi 5' Hein 13', 81' Sinayoko 74' Joly 87'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Aurelian Petit

19 April 2022 34	Auxerre	2–1	Dijon	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hein 3' Coeff 24' Arcus 82'	Report	Younoussa 31' Philippoteaux 59' Scheidler 69'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Marc Bollengier

23 April 2022 35	Caen	1–1	Auxerre	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cissé 41' Abdi 83' Deminguet 89' da Costa 90'	Report	Charbonnier 40' Autret 48' Arcus 55' Ndom 78'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Pierre Legat

30 April 2022 36	Auxerre	1–0	Dunkerque	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pellenard 68' Perrin 75', 88'	Report	Pierre 34' Trichard 41'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

7 May 2022 37	Le Havre	1–2	Auxerre	Le Havre
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	P. Bâ 15', 41' Bonnet 30'	Report	Pellenard 36' Jubal 41' 61' Hein 54' Charbonnier 66'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Nicolas Rainville

14 May 2022 38	Auxerre	2–1	Amiens	Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hein 33' Charbonnier 62'	Report	Fofana (Fr.) 74' Sangaré 82'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Aurelian Petit

Promotion play-offs

20 May 2022 Round 2	Auxerre	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Sochaux	Auxerre
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Charbonnier 66' Bernard 92'	Report	Henry 60' Kitala 108' Prévot 116'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,324 Referee: Jérôme Brisard
	Penalties
	Dugimont Jubal Perrin Charbonnier Touré		Pogba Henry Kitala Virginius Ambri

26 May 2022 Play-off Final First leg	Auxerre	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bernard 50' Perrin 87'	Report	Youssouf 15' Bouanga 59'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,479 Referee: Benoît Millot

29 May 2022 Play-off Final Second leg	Saint-Étienne	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–5 p)	Auxerre	Saint-Étienne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Camara 76'	Report	Sakhi 51' Touré 89'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,489 Referee: Antony Gautier
	Penalties
	Boudebouz Nordin Trauco Dioussé Bouanga		Dugimont Jubal Perrin Charbonnier Touré

Coupe de France

13 November 2021 Seventh round	FC Limonest Saint-Didier	2–4	Auxerre	Limonest
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Feneuil 1' Benedick 43'	Report	Ben Fredj 24', 52', 83' Joly 40'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Courtois-Fillot Referee: Arnaud Baert

27 November 2021 Eighth round	Chambéry SF	4–6	Auxerre	Chambéry
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fortier 15', 61' Bennour 55' Scarantino 88'	Report	Ben Fredj 9', 31' Dugimont 34' Trouillet 40' Sinayoko 49' Hein 81'	Stadium: Plaine De Jeux Mager Referee: Mathieu Vernice

18 December 2021 Round of 64	Lille	3–1	Auxerre	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gomes 23' David 33' Çelik 39'	Report	Dugimont 48'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Eric Wattellier

References

^ "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

[1] "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.

[2] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

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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
38	21	11	6	61	39	+22	74	11	4	4	33	19	+14	10	7	2	28	20	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	11	6	61	39	+22	74	11	4	4	33	19	+14	10	7	2	28	20	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	11	6	61	39	+22	74	11	4	4	33	19	+14	10	7	2	28	20	+8