2004–05 AJ Auxerre season

AJ Auxerre
2004–05 season
Chairman	Jean-Claude Hamel
Manager	Guy Roux
Ligue 1	8th
Coupe de France	Winners
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Benjani Mwaruwari (11); All: ; Bonaventure Kalou (18)
Average home league attendance	11,232
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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

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.^[2]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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	Philippe Violeau
7	MF	FRA	Benoît Cheyrou
8	MF	FRA	Yann Lachuer
9	FW	BEL	Luigi Pieroni
10	MF	FIN	Teemu Tainio
11	MF	CIV	Kanga Akalé
12	DF	FRA	Jean-Pascal Mignot
14	MF	FRA	David Vandenbossche
15	MF	CIV	Bonaventure Kalou
16	GK	FRA	Sébastien Hamel
17	MF	FRA	Hassan Yebda^{[notes 1]}
18	MF	FRA	Lionel Mathis
19	MF	FRA	Pierre Vignaud
20	MF	FRA	Arnaud Gonzalez
21	FW	ZIM	Benjani Mwaruwari
22	DF	FRA	Richard Suriano
23	DF	CZE	René Bolf
24	MF	FRA	Abou Diaby
25	DF	FRA	David Recorbet
26	DF	FRA	Younès Kaboul


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	MLI	Mamoutou Coulibaly
28	DF	FRA	Michaël Ciani
29	DF	FRA	Bacary Sagna
30	GK	FRA	Baptiste Chabert
36	FW	FRA	Garra Dembélé^{[notes 2]}
37	MF	FRA	Kévin Lejeune
38	MF	FRA	Ferdinand Bitangane
39	DF	FRA	Mickaël Bertrand
40	GK	FRA	Mickaël Castejon
41	MF	FRA	David Dareglosse
42	MF	FRA	Nicolas Gourio
43	MF	FRA	Karim Hraiba
44	MF	FRA	Cédric Kisamba^{[notes 3]}
45	MF	FRA	Alexis Lafon
46	DF	FRA	Baptiste Martin
47	DF	FRA	David Pierre
48	GK	FRA	Stéphane Veron
49	DF	ALG	Karim Ziouane
50	MF	SEN	Ousmane Cissokho
51	MF	FRA	Damien Dufour
52	GK	FRA	Arnaud Sauvage
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
28	FW	FRA	Romain Poyet (on loan to Clermont Foot)

Transfers

Out

Djibril Cissé - Liverpool, 1 July, £14,000,000^[4]

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
9	Paris Saint-Germain	38	12	15	11	40	41	−1	51
10	Sochaux	38	13	11	14	42	41	+1	50

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

^ Auxerre was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de France.

Coupe de France

10 May 2005 Semi-final	Auxerre	2–1	Nîmes	Auxerre
	Kalou 46' (o.g.) Tainio 78'	(Report)	Verschave 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps

4 June 2005 Final	Sedan	1–2	Auxerre	Saint-Denis
	Noro 63'		Benjani 37' Kalou 90'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 78,721 Referee: Bruno Derrien

Coupe de la Ligue

10 November 2004 Round of 32	Rennes	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Auxerre	Rennes
	Källström 54'	(Report)	Dudu Cearense 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 19,553 Referee: Laurent Duhamel
	Penalties
	Källström Dudu Cearense Mvuemba Sorlin		Cheyrou Benjani Vandenbossche Akalé Lachuer

22 December 2004 Round of 16	Auxerre	2–1	Nantes	Auxerre
	Pieroni 79' Benjani 87'	(Report)	Ahamada 20'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 10,472 Referee: Claude Colombo

19 January 2005 Quarter-final	Auxerre	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Caen	Auxerre
	Pieroni 107'	(Report)	Watier 110'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 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 First leg	Aalborg	1–1	Auxerre	Aalborg, Denmark
19:00	Borgersen 43'	Report	Benjani 38'	Stadium: Aalborg Stadion Referee: Milan Šedivý (Czech Republic)

30 September 2004 Second leg	Auxerre	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Aalborg	Auxerre, France
20:45	Kalou 4' Benjani 74'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AZ	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Auxerre	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	7
3	GAK	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
4	Rangers	4	2	0	2	8	3	+5	6
5	Amica Wronki	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0

Source: RSSSF

21 October 2004 1	Auxerre	0–0	GAK	Auxerre, France
20:45 (CET)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Fernando Carmona Méndez (Spain)

4 November 2004 2	AZ	2–0	Auxerre	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:15 (CET)	Huysegems 2', 18'	Report		Stadium: Alkmaarderhout Referee: Andy D'Urso (England)

2 December 2004 3	Auxerre	5–1	Amica Wronki	Auxerre, France
20:45 (CET)	Mignot 1' Pieroni 5', 24', 26' Kalou 56'	Report	Kryszałowicz 14'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

15 December 2004 4	Rangers	0–2	Auxerre	Glasgow, Scotland
20:45 (CET)		Report	Kalou 9', 46'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Germany)

Round of 32

16 February 2005 First leg	Ajax	1–0	Auxerre	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00 (CET)	Maxwell 36'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)

24 February 2005 Second leg	Auxerre	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Ajax	Auxerre, France
20:45 (CET)	Kalou 31' Cheyrou 55' Mathis 86'	Report	Babel 36'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Round of 16

10 March 2005 First leg	Lille	0–1	Auxerre	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
20:30 (CET)		Report	Akalé 45'	Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

17 March 2005 Second leg	Auxerre	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Lille	Auxerre, France
20:45 (CET)		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Mike RIley (England)

Quarter-finals

7 April 2005 First leg	CSKA Moscow	4–0	Auxerre	Moscow, Russia
18:30 (CET)	Odiah 21' Ignashevich 63' (pen.) Vágner Love 71' Gusev 77'	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

14 April 2005 Second leg	Auxerre	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	CSKA Moscow	Auxerre, France
20:45 (CET)	Lachuer 9' Kalou 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Notes and references

Notes

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Kisamba was born in Kinshasa, DR Congo, but also qualified to represent France internationally through his parents and represented them at U-19 level.

References

^ "Ligue 1 2004/2005 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Auxerre name Santini as new coach". BBC Sport. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2004-2005/ligue1/auxerre.htm
^ "Liverpool tie up Cissé deal". BBC Sport. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2008.

[table_note_res_UCCF0.025806763687081-8] Auxerre was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de France.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] Kisamba was born in Kinshasa, DR Congo, but also qualified to represent France internationally through his parents and represented them at U-19 level.

[attendance-1] "Ligue 1 2004/2005 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[2] "Auxerre name Santini as new coach". BBC Sport. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[3] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2004-2005/ligue1/auxerre.htm

[7] "Liverpool tie up Cissé deal". BBC Sport. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2008.

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