1997–98 AJ Auxerre season
1997–98 season | |
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President | Jean-Claude Hamel |
Head coach | Guy Roux |
Stadium | Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps |
Division 1 | 7th |
Coupe de France | Second round |
Coupe de la Ligue | Semi-finals |
Intertoto Cup | Winners |
UEFA Cup | Quarter-finals |
Top goalscorer | League: Stéphane Guivarc'h (21) All: Stéphane Guivarc'h (46) |
Average home league attendance | 10,974[1] |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
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]
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.
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Reserves
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
Division 1
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ 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
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Source: French Division 1
Results by round
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 |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 10 | Advanced to semi-finals |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 8 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Switzerland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png)
28 June 1997 1 | Auxerre ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Auxerre, France |
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| Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 3,917 Referee: Emanuel Zammit (Malta) |
![Northern Ireland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png)
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
5 July 1997 2 | Ards ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Newtownards, Northern Ireland |
Stadium: Castlereagh Park Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia) |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Belgium](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
12 July 1997 3 | Auxerre ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() | Auxerre, France |
Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Attila Juhos (Hungary) |
![Cyprus](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus_%281960%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png)
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
19 July 1997 4 | Nea Salamis Famagusta ![]() | 1–10 | ![]() | Larnaca, Cyprus |
| Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Gerry Perry (Ireland) |
Semi-finals
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
26 July 1997 First leg | Auxerre ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Auxerre, France |
21:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karol Ihring (Slovakia) |
![Russia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png)
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
30 July 1997 Second leg | Torpedo Moscow ![]() | 4–1 (4–4a agg.) | ![]() | Moscow, Russia |
17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Eduard Streltsov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: László Vagner (Hungary) |
Finals
![Germany](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png)
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
12 August 1997 First leg | Duisburg ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Duisburg, Germany |
20:20 | Report | Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 9,350 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary) |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Germany](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png)
26 August 1997 Second leg | Auxerre ![]() | 2–0 (2–0 agg.) | ![]() | Auxerre, France |
21:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
UEFA Cup
First round
![Spain](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
16 September 1997 First leg | Deportivo La Coruña ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | A Coruña, Spain |
21:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany) |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Spain](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
30 September 1997 Second leg | Auxerre ![]() | 0–0 (2–1 agg.) | ![]() | Auxerre, France |
20:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) |
Second round
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
21 October 1997 First leg | Auxerre ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Auxerre, France |
20:30 | Report |
| Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia) |
![Greece](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png)
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
4 November 1997 Second leg | OFI Crete ![]() | 3–2 (4–5 agg.) | ![]() | Heraklion, Greece |
20:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) |
Third round
![Netherlands](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png)
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
25 November 1997 First leg | Twente ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Enschede, Netherlands |
18:45 | Report |
| Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Netherlands](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png)
9 December 1997 Second leg | Auxerre ![]() | 2–0 (3–0 agg.) | ![]() | Auxerre, France |
20:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania) |
Quarter-finals
![Italy](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png)
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
3 March 1998 First leg | Lazio ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Rome, Italy |
20:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium) |
![France](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png)
![Italy](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png)
17 March 1998 Second leg | Auxerre ![]() | 2–2 (2–3 agg.) | ![]() | Auxerre, France |
20:15 |
| Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain) |