2006–07 AJ Auxerre season

Auxerre

2006–07 season
President	Jean-Claude Hamel
Head coach	Jean Fernandez
Stadium	Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps
Ligue 1	8th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Intertoto Cup	Third round
UEFA Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ireneusz Jeleń (10) All: Ireneusz Jeleń (15)
Average home league attendance	10,097[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2006–07 season was the 101st season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 27th 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]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3][2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Fabien Cool 2 DF  FRA Johan Radet 3 DF  FRA Jean-Sébastien Jaurès 4 DF  SUI Stéphane Grichting 6 MF  FRA Benoît Pedretti 7 MF  FRA Benoît Cheyrou 8 MF  SEN Issa Ba 10 MF  DEN Thomas Kahlenberg 11 MF  CIV Kanga Akalé 12 DF  FRA Jean-Pascal Mignot 13 MF  FRA Kévin Lejeune 14 MF  FRA Frédéric Thomas 15 DF  FRA Baptiste Martin 16 GK  FRA Anthony Basso

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  FRA Lionel Mathis 19 MF  SEN Moussa N'Diaye 20 FW  FRA Ludovic Genest 21 FW  ROU Daniel Niculae 22 FW  POL Ireneusz Jeleń 26 DF  FRA Younès Kaboul 27 FW  BFA Alain Traoré 28 FW  POL Kamil Oziemczuk 29 DF  FRA Bacary Sagna 30 GK  FRA Olivier Sorin 33 DF  FRA Guillaume Lecacheur 40 GK  SVN Denis Petrić[notes 1] 53 DF  TOG Serge Akakpo 54 MF  FRA Irélé Apo

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  CZE René Bolf (to Baník Ostrava) 9 FW  BEL Luigi Pieroni (to Nantes) 17 MF  FRA Hassan Yebda[notes 2] (to Le Mans)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  HUN Krisztián Vadócz (on loan to Motherwell) 24 DF  FRA Michaël Ciani (on loan to Lorient) 25 DF  GUI Oumar Kalabane (to Manisaspor)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	5 August 2006	26 May 2007	Matchday 1	8th	38	13	15	10	41	41	+0	034.21
Coupe de France	6 January 2007		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	20 September 2006	25 October 2006	Third round	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Intertoto Cup	15 July 2006	22 July 2006	Third round	Third round	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
UEFA Cup	10 August 2006	14 December 2006	Second qualifying round	Group stage	8	4	1	3	17	11	+6	050.00
Total					51	19	17	15	66	57	+9	037.25

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2006–07 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Bordeaux	38	16	9	13	39	35	+4	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
7	Sochaux	38	15	12	11	46	48	−2	57
8	Auxerre	38	13	15	10	41	41	0	54
9	Monaco	38	13	12	13	45	38	+7	51
10	Lille	38	13	11	14	45	43	+2	50

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Bordeaux, the winner of the Coupe de la Ligue, is awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The winners of the Coupe de France, Sochaux also have been awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

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	13	15	10	41	41	0	54	10	7	2	20	13	+7	3	8	8	21	28	−7

Source: ^[citation needed]

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	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W
Position	9	11	17	18	13	13	12	8	11	12	14	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	14	13	13	14	12	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	9	11	8	8

Source: ^[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Auxerre v Valenciennes

5 August 2006 1	Auxerre	1–1	Valenciennes	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Sochaux v Auxerre

12 August 2006 2	Sochaux	1–1	Auxerre	Bordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

Auxerre v Marseille

19 August 2006 3	Auxerre	0–3	Marseille	Auxerre
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Nancy v Auxerre

27 August 2006 4	Nancy	1–0	Auxerre	Tomblaine
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot

Auxerre v Monaco

9 September 2006 5	Auxerre	2–1	Monaco	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Saint-Étienne v Auxerre

17 September 2006 6	Saint-Étienne	2–3	Auxerre	Saint-Étienne
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Auxerre v Sedan

23 September 2006 7	Auxerre	2–2	Sedan	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Auxerre v Nantes

1 October 2006 8	Auxerre	1–0	Nantes	Auxerre
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Rennes v Auxerre

14 October 2006 9	Rennes	3–1	Auxerre	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

Auxerre v Paris Saint-Germain

22 October 2006 10	Auxerre	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Auxerre
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Lens v Auxerre

28 October 2006 11	Lens	1–0	Auxerre	Lens
17:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Auxerre v Le Mans

4 November 2006 12	Auxerre	2–3	Le Mans	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Bordeaux v Auxerre

11 November 2006 13	Bordeaux	0–0	Auxerre	Bordeaux
17:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

Auxerre v Toulouse

19 November 2006 14	Auxerre	1–0	Toulouse	Auxerre
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Lyon v Auxerre

26 November 2006 15	Lyon	1–0	Auxerre	Lyon
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland

Auxerre v Nice

2 December 2006 16	Auxerre	0–0	Nice	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Troyes v Auxerre

9 December 2006 17	Troyes	3–3	Auxerre	Troyes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Aube

Auxerre v Lorient

17 December 2006 18	Auxerre	2–1	Lorient	Auxerre
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Lille v Auxerre

23 December 2006 19	Lille	1–1	Auxerre	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole

Auxerre v Sochaux

13 January 2007 20	Auxerre	1–0	Sochaux	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Marseille v Auxerre

24 January 2007 21	Marseille	3–1	Auxerre	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

Auxerre v Nancy

28 January 2007 22	Auxerre	2–0	Nancy	Auxerre
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Monaco v Auxerre

3 February 2007 23	Monaco	2–1	Auxerre	Monaco
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II

Auxerre v Saint-Étienne

10 February 2007 24	Auxerre	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Sedan v Auxerre

17 February 2007 25	Sedan	2–2	Auxerre	Sedan
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez

Nantes v Auxerre

24 February 2007 26	Nantes	1–1	Auxerre	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Auxerre v Rennes

3 March 2007 27	Auxerre	1–0	Rennes	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Paris Saint-Germain v Auxerre

11 March 2007 28	Paris Saint-Germain	0–1	Auxerre	Paris
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes

Auxerre v Lens

18 March 2007 29	Auxerre	1–0	Lens	Auxerre
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Le Mans v Auxerre

1 April 2007 30	Le Mans	2–2	Auxerre	Le Mans
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée

Auxerre v Bordeaux

7 April 2007 31	Auxerre	0–0	Bordeaux	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Toulouse v Auxerre

14 April 2007 32	Toulouse	2–0	Auxerre	Toulouse
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse

Auxerre v Lyon

22 April 2007 33	Auxerre	0–0	Lyon	Auxerre
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Nice v Auxerre

28 April 2007 34	Nice	0–0	Auxerre	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Ray

Auxerre v Troyes

5 May 2007 35	Auxerre	1–0	Troyes	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Lorient v Auxerre

9 May 2007 36	Lorient	2–1	Auxerre	Lorient
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Moustoir

Auxerre v Lille

19 May 2007 37	Auxerre	2–1	Lille	Auxerre
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Valenciennes v Auxerre

26 May 2007 38	Valenciennes	1–3	Auxerre	Valenciennes
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut

Coupe de France

Main article: 2006–07 Coupe de France

Auxerre v Niort

6 January 2007 Round of 64	Auxerre	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Niort	Auxerre
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2010–11 Coupe de la Ligue

Auxerre v Strasbourg

20 September 2006 Third round	Auxerre	2–0	Strasbourg	Auxerre
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieroni 40' Kahlenberg 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 4,368 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Auxerre v Bordeaux

25 October 2006 Round of 16	Auxerre	0–1	Bordeaux	Auxerre
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Darcheville 23'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 6,704 Referee: Tony Chapron

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round

Auxerre v Farul Constanţa

15 July 2006 First leg	Auxerre	4–1	Farul Constanţa	Auxerre, France
	Mathis 7' Pieroni 9' Kahlenberg 53' Traoré 77'		Guriță 17'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

Farul Constanţa v Auxerre

22 July 2006 Second leg	Farul Constanţa	1–0 (2–4 agg.)	Auxerre	Constanța, Romania
	Todoran 46' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadionul Farul

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

OFK Beograd v Auxerre

10 August 2006 First leg	OFK Beograd	1–0	Auxerre	Belgrade, Serbia
	Bajalica 31'			Stadium: Omladinski Stadium Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)

Auxerre v OFK Beograd

24 August 2006 Second leg	Auxerre	5–1 (5–2 agg.)	OFK Beograd	Auxerre, France
20:00	Mignot 23' Jeleń 44' Pieroni 82', 86', 89'	Report	Pilipović 31'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Alfonso Pérez Burrull (Spain)

First round

Dinamo Zagreb v Auxerre

14 September 2006 First leg	Dinamo Zagreb	1–2	Auxerre	Zagreb, Croatia
20:15	Eduardo 69'	Report	Jeleń 43' Niculae 72'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Referee: Paolo Dondarini (Italy)

Auxerre v Dinamo Zagreb

28 September 2006 Second leg	Auxerre	3–1 (5–2 agg.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Auxerre, France
19:30	Jeleń 35', 41' Mathis 70'	Report	Eduardo 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Group stage

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup group stage § Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rangers	4	3	1	0	8	4	+4	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Maccabi Haifa	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
3	Livorno	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
4	Auxerre	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
5	Partizan	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1

Source: ^[citation needed]

Maccabi Haifa v Auxerre

19 October 2006 1	Maccabi Haifa	3–1	Auxerre	Tel Aviv, Israel
18:45	Masudi 13' Boccoli 56' Colautti 58'	Report	Niculae 29'	Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Auxerre v Rangers

23 November 2006 2	Auxerre	2–2	Rangers	Auxerre, France
19:30	Jeleń 31' Niculae 75'	Report	Novo 62' Boyd 84'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Partizan v Auxerre

29 November 2006 3	Partizan	1–4	Auxerre	Belgrade, Serbia
20:45	Marinković 5'	Report	Cheyrou 18' Niculae 24' Akalé 36' Pieroni 82'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Brage Sandmoen (Norway)

Auxerre v Livorno

14 December 2006 4	Auxerre	0–1	Livorno	Auxerre, France
20:45		Report	Lucarelli 59'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Notes and references

Notes

1. Petrić was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia), and represented Slovenia at U-17 and U-19 level, but also qualified to represent Serbia internationally and would later represent them at U-21 level.
2. Yebda was born in Saint-Maurice, France, and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-18, and U-19 level, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally and would make his international debut for Algeria in October 2009.

References

1. "Ligue 1 2006/2007 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
2. "Auxerre 2006/2007". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
3. "FootballSquads - Auxerre - 2006/07". www.footballsquads.co.uk.