2006–07 AJ Auxerre season

During the 2006–07 French football season, AJ Auxerre competed in Ligue 1.

Auxerre
2006–07 season
ChairmanJean-Claude Hamel
ManagerJean Fernandez
StadiumStade l'Abbé-Deschamps
Ligue 18th
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Intertoto CupThird round
UEFA CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ireneusz Jeleń (10)
All:
Ireneusz Jeleń (15)
Average home league attendance10,097[1]

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[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 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. 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

Ligue 1
Main article: 2006–07 Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1]
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.

Intertoto Cup
Main article: 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round
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
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
10 August 2006 First leg OFK Beograd 1–0 Auxerre Belgrade, Serbia
Bajalica  31' Stadium: Omladinski Stadion
Referee: Tsvetan Georgiev (Bulgaria)
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
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)
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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Rangers 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10
Maccabi Haifa 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
Livorno 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
Auxerre 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
Partizan 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5 1
Source:
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)
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)
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)
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. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2006-2007/ligue1/auxerre.htm
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