2002–03 AJ Auxerre season

During the 2002–03 French football season, AJ Auxerre competed in Ligue 1.

AJ Auxerre
2002–03 season
ManagerGuy Roux
Ligue 16th
Coupe de FranceWinners
Coupe de la Ligue?
Champions LeagueFirst group stage
UEFA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerDjibril Cisse (14)
Before Auxerre's game against Arsenal, October 2, 2002

Season summary

Auxerre missed out on only a second-ever league title by four points, finishing in sixth to qualify for the UEFA Cup. They were also knocked out of the Champions League in the first group stage, finishing behind Arsenal and Dortmund, and the UEFA Cup in the fourth round by Liverpool. Compensation came in the form of winning the Coupe de France.

First team squad
Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Fabien Cool
2 DF Johan Radet
3 DF Jean-Sébastien Jaurès
4 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong
5 DF Philippe Mexès
6 MF Kuami Agboh
7 MF Amdy Faye
8 MF Yann Lachuer
9 FW Djibril Cissé
10 MF Teemu Tainio
11 MF Khalilou Fadiga
13 DF Stéphane Grichting
14 MF David Vandenbossche
16 GK Sébastien Hamel
18 MF Lionel Mathis
19 MF Nicolas Marin
20 MF Arnaud Gonzalez
21 FW Benjani Mwaruwari
23 FW Olivier Kapo
24 MF Pierre Deblock
No. Position Player
25 DF David Recorbet
26 DF Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé
27 MF Pantxi Sirieix
28 FW Romain Poyet
29 DF Joseph Assati
30 GK Baptiste Chabert
31 MF Hassan Yebda
32 MF Kanga Akalé
33 MF Jean-Pascal Mignot
34 FW Benoit Leroy
35 DF Richard Suriano
37 MF Ferdinand Bitangane
38 MF Sebastien Cochet
39 FW Rafik Djebbour
40 MF Kevin Lejeune
41 MF Baptiste Llop
42 MF Julien Petitjean
43 DF Guillaume Legacheur
44 GK Christophe Langlois

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. Position Player
15 DF Frédéric Jay (on loan to Rennes)
17 FW Hélder Esteves (on to Créteil)
No. Position Player
22 FW Pedro Kamata (on loan to Clermont Foot)

Squad statistics

Competitions

Ligue 1
Main article: 2002–03 Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Bordeaux 38 18 10 10 57 36 +21 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Sochaux 38 17 13 8 46 31 +15 64
6 Auxerre 38 18 10 10 38 29 +9 64
7 Guingamp 38 19 5 14 59 46 +13 62 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Lens 38 14 15 9 43 31 +12 57 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches
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Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

Transfers

In
Date Pos. Name From Fee Source

Out
Date Pos. Name To Fee Source

Loans in
Start Pos. Name From Expiry Source

Loans out
Start Pos. Name To Expiry Source

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Auxerre - 2002/03". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
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