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

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

First-team squad

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

Reserves

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

Competitions

Division 1

League table

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[lower-alpha 1]
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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 14 9 11 55 45  +10 51 10 4 3 36 16  +20 4 5 8 19 29  −10

Results by round

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

Intertoto Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France Auxerre 4 3 1 0 19 2 +17 10 Advanced to semi-finals
2 Switzerland Lausanne Sports 4 2 2 0 13 4 +9 8
3 Belgium Royal Antwerp 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7
4 Cyprus Nea Salamis Famagusta 4 1 0 3 6 19 13 3
5 Northern Ireland Ards 4 0 0 4 1 14 13 0
Source: rsssf.com
28 June 1997 1 Auxerre France 1–1 Switzerland Lausanne Sports Auxerre, France
  • Guivarc'h 38'
Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 3,917
Referee: Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
5 July 1997 2 Ards Northern Ireland 0–3 France Auxerre Newtownards, Northern Ireland
Stadium: Castlereagh Park
Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia)
12 July 1997 3 Auxerre France 5–0 Belgium Royal Antwerp Auxerre, France
Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary)
19 July 1997 4 Nea Salamis Famagusta Cyprus 1–10 France Auxerre Larnaca, Cyprus
  • Demetriou 86'
Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Gerry Perry (Ireland)

Semi-finals

26 July 1997 First leg Auxerre France 3–0 Russia 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 Russia 4–1
(4–4a agg.)
France Auxerre Moscow, Russia
17:00 Report Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: László Vagner (Hungary)

Finals

12 August 1997 First leg Duisburg Germany 0–0 France Auxerre Duisburg, Germany
20:20 Report Stadium: Wedaustadion
Attendance: 9,350
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
26 August 1997 Second leg Auxerre France 2–0
(2–0 agg.)
Germany Duisburg Auxerre, France
21:00 Report Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1997 First leg Deportivo La Coruña Spain 1–2 France Auxerre A Coruña, Spain
21:00 Report Stadium: Riazor
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)
30 September 1997 Second leg Auxerre France 0–0
(2–1 agg.)
Spain Deportivo La Coruña Auxerre, France
20:00 Report Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Second round

21 October 1997 First leg Auxerre France 3–1 Greece 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 Greece 3–2
(4–5 agg.)
France Auxerre Heraklion, Greece
20:00
Report Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Third round

25 November 1997 First leg Twente Netherlands 0–1 France Auxerre Enschede, Netherlands
18:45 Report Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
9 December 1997 Second leg Auxerre France 2–0
(3–0 agg.)
Netherlands Twente Auxerre, France
20:00 Report Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)

Quarter-finals

3 March 1998 First leg Lazio Italy 1–0 France Auxerre Rome, Italy
20:00 Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
17 March 1998 Second leg Auxerre France 2–2
(2–3 agg.)
Italy Lazio Auxerre, France
20:15
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)

References

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