2004–05 AJ Auxerre season

During the 2004–05 French football season, AJ Auxerre competed in Ligue 1.

AJ Auxerre
2004–05 season
Manager Guy Roux (until 5 June)
Jacques Santini (from 7 June)
Ligue 18th
Coupe de FranceWinners
Coupe de la LigueQuarter-finals
UEFA CupQuarter-finals

Season summary

Auxerre fell to 8th in the final table, but won the Coupe de France. Manager Guy Roux retired at the end of the season, after 36 years managing the club. He was replaced by Jacques Santini.[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. Position Player
1 GK Fabien Cool
2 DF Johan Radet
3 DF Jean-Sébastien Jaurès
4 DF Stéphane Grichting
6 MF Philippe Violeau
7 MF Benoît Cheyrou
8 MF Yann Lachuer
9 FW Luigi Pieroni
10 MF Teemu Tainio
11 MF Kanga Akalé
12 DF Jean-Pascal Mignot
14 MF David Vandenbossche
15 MF Bonaventure Kalou
16 GK Sébastien Hamel
17 MF Hassan Yebda[3]
18 MF Lionel Mathis
19 MF Pierre Vignaud
20 MF Arnaud Gonzalez
21 FW Benjani Mwaruwari
22 DF Richard Suriano
23 DF René Bolf
24 MF Abou Diaby
25 DF David Recorbet
26 DF Younès Kaboul
No. Position Player
27 DF Mamoutou Coulibaly
28 DF Michaël Ciani
29 DF Bacary Sagna
30 GK Baptiste Chabert
36 FW Garra Dembélé[4]
37 MF Kévin Lejeune
38 MF Ferdinand Bitangane
39 DF Mickaël Bertrand
40 GK Mickaël Castejon
41 MF David Dareglosse
42 MF Nicolas Gourio
43 MF Karim Hraiba
44 MF Cédric Kisamba[5]
45 MF Alexis Lafon
46 DF Baptiste Martin
47 DF David Pierre
48 GK Stéphane Veron
49 DF Karim Ziouane
50 MF Ousmane Cissokho
51 MF Damien Dufour
52 GK Arnaud Sauvage
53 DF Serge Akakpo
54 MF 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. Position Player
28 FW Romain Poyet (on loan to Clermont Foot)

Transfers

Out

Competitions

Ligue 1
Main article: 2004–05 Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Saint-Étienne 38 12 17 9 47 34 +13 53 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7 Lens 38 13 13 12 45 39 +6 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8 Auxerre 38 14 10 14 48 47 +1 52 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
9 Paris Saint-Germain 38 12 15 11 40 41 −1 51
10 Sochaux 38 13 11 14 42 41 +1 50
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Auxerre was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de France.

Coupe de France

Semi-final
10 May 2005 AJ Auxerre2–1Nîmes OlympiqueStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
Kalou  46' (p.k.)
Tainio  78'		 (Report) Verschave  93'

Final
4 June 2005 CS Sedan Ardennes1–2AJ AuxerreStade de France, Saint-Denis
Noro  63' Benjani  37'
Kalou  90'		 Attendance: 78,721
Referee: Bruno Derrien

Coupe de la Ligue

Second round
10 November 2004 Rennes1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		AuxerreStade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
Källström  54' (Report) Dudu Cearense  85' (og) Attendance: 19,553
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
Penalties
Källström
Dudu Cearense
Mvuemba
Sorlin 		Cheyrou
Benjani
Vandenbossche
Akalé
Lachuer

Third round
22 December 2004 Auxerre2–1NantesStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
Pieroni  79'
Benjani  87'		 (Report) Ahamada  20' Attendance: 10,472
Referee: Claude Colombo

Quarter-final
19 January 2005 Auxerre1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		CaenStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
Pieroni  107' (Report) Watier  110' Attendance: 7,549
Referee: Éric Poulat
Penalties
Jaurès
Cheyrou
Kalou
Benjani
Pieroni
Mignot 		Askar
Zubar
Watier
Hengbart
Deroin
Jovičić

UEFA Cup

First round
16 September 2004 Aalborg BK 1–1 AuxerreAalborg Stadion, Aalborg
19:00 Borgersen  43' Report Benjani  38' Referee: Milan Šedivý (Czech Republic)
30 September 2004 Auxerre 2–0 Aalborg BKStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:45 Kalou  4'
Benjani  74'		 Report Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Auxerre won 3-1 on aggregate.

Group stage
21 October 2004 Auxerre 0–0 GAKStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:45 (CET) Report Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez (Spain)
4 November 2004 AZ 2–0 AuxerreAlkmaarderhout, Alkmaar
21:15 (CET) Huysegems  2', 18' Report Referee: Andy D'Urso (England)
2 December 2004 Auxerre 5–1 Amica WronkiStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:45 (CET) Mignot  1'
Pieroni  5', 24', 26'
Kalou  56'		 Report Kryszałowicz  14' Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)
15 December 2004 Rangers 0–2 AuxerreIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
20:45 (CET) Report Kalou  9', 46' Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

Round of 32
16 February 2005 Ajax 1–0 AuxerreAmsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:00 (CET) Maxwell  36' Report Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)
24 February 2005 Auxerre 3–1 AjaxStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:45 (CET) Kalou  31'
Cheyrou  55'
Mathis  86'		 Report Babel  36' Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Round of 16
10 March 2005 Lille 0–1 AuxerreStadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:30 (CET) Report Akalé  45' Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
17 March 2005 Auxerre 0–0 LilleStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:45 (CET) Report Referee: Mike RIley (England)

Auxerre won 1–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
7 April 2005 CSKA Moscow 4–0 AuxerreLokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
18:30 (CET) Odiah  21'
Ignashevich  63' (pen.)
Vágner Love  71'
Gusev  77'		 Report Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
14 April 2005 Auxerre 2–0 CSKA MoscowStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:45 (CET) Lachuer  9'
Kalou  78' (pen.)		 Report Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

CSKA Moscow won 4–2 on aggregate.

References
  1. "Auxerre name Santini as new coach". BBC Sport. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2004-2005/ligue1/auxerre.htm
  3. Yebda was born in Saint-Maurice, France, and represented them at every youth level between U-16 and U-19, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Algeria in October 2009.
  4. Dembélé was born in Gennevilliers, France, and represented them at U-18 and U-19 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Mali in February 2011.
  5. Kisamba was born in Kinshasa, DR Congo, but also qualified to represent France internationally through his parents and represented them at U-19 level.
  6. "Liverpool tie up Cissé deal". BBC Sport. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
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