2002–03 AJ Auxerre season

Auxerre
2002–03 season
	Before Auxerre's game against Arsenal, October 2, 2002
President	Jean-Claude Hamel
Head coach	Guy Roux
Stadium	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Ligue 1	6th
Coupe de France	Winners
Coupe de la Ligue
Champions League	First group stage
UEFA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Djibril Cisse (14); All: ; Djibril Cisse (21)
Average home league attendance	10,974
	← 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was the 97th season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 23rd 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 , the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.^[2]

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^[3]^[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	CMR	Jean-Alain Boumsong
5	DF	FRA	Philippe Mexès
6	MF	TOG	Kuami Agboh
7	MF	SEN	Amdy Faye
8	MF	FRA	Yann Lachuer
9	FW	FRA	Djibril Cissé
10	MF	FIN	Teemu Tainio
11	MF	SEN	Khalilou Fadiga
13	DF	SUI	Stéphane Grichting
14	MF	FRA	David Vandenbossche
16	GK	FRA	Sébastien Hamel
18	MF	FRA	Lionel Mathis
19	MF	FRA	Nicolas Marin
20	MF	FRA	Arnaud Gonzalez
21	FW	ZIM	Benjani Mwaruwari
23	FW	FRA	Olivier Kapo
24	MF	FRA	Pierre Deblock


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	FRA	David Recorbet
26	DF	FRA	Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé
27	MF	FRA	Pantxi Sirieix
28	FW	FRA	Romain Poyet
29	DF	FRA	Joseph Assati
30	GK	FRA	Baptiste Chabert
31	MF	FRA	Hassan Yebda
32	MF	CIV	Kanga Akalé
33	MF	FRA	Jean-Pascal Mignot
34	FW	FRA	Benoit Leroy
35	DF	FRA	Richard Suriano
37	MF	FRA	Ferdinand Bitangane
38	MF	FRA	Sebastien Cochet
39	FW	FRA	Rafik Djebbour
40	MF	FRA	Kevin Lejeune
41	MF	FRA	Baptiste Llop
42	MF	FRA	Julien Petitjean
43	DF	FRA	Guillaume Legacheur
44	GK	FRA	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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	FRA	Frédéric Jay (on loan to Rennes)
17	FW	POR	Hélder Esteves (on to Créteil)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	FRA	Pedro Kamata (on loan to Clermont Foot)

Squad statistics[]

Competitions[]

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	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: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches[]

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Coupe de France[]

31 May 2003 Final	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2	Auxerre	Saint-Denis
	Hugo Leal 21'		Cissé 76' Boumsong 89'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Coupe de la Ligue[]

Champions League[]

Third qualifying round[]

13 August 2002 First leg	Boavista	0–1	Auxerre	Porto, Portugal
22:00		Report	Cissé 71'	Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

28 August 2002 Second leg	Auxerre	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Boavista	Auxerre, France
20:30		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

First group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arsenal	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10	Advance to second group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to second group stage
3	Auxerre	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	PSV Eindhoven	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6

Source: RSSSF

17 September 2002 1	Auxerre	0–0	PSV Eindhoven	Auxerre, France
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 11,902 Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

25 September 2002 2	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Auxerre	Dortmund, Germany
20:45	Koller 6' Amoroso 78'	Report	Benjani 83'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

2 October 2002 3	Auxerre	0–1	Arsenal	Auxerre, France
20:45		Report	Gilberto Silva 48'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 19,454 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

22 October 2002 4	Arsenal	1–2	Auxerre	London, England
20:45	Kanu 53'	Report	Kapo 8' Fadiga 27'	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 35,302 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

30 October 2002 5	PSV Eindhoven	3–0	Auxerre	Eindhoven, Netherlands
20:45	Bruggink 34' Rommedahl 48' Robben 64'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

12 November 2002 6	Auxerre	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Auxerre, France
20:45	Benjani 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,959 Referee: (Romania)

UEFA Cup[]

Round of 32[]

28 November 2002 First leg	Real Betis	1–0	Auxerre	Seville, Spain
21:30	Alfonso 10' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Manuel Ruíz de Lopera Attendance: 25,000 Referee: (Germany)

12 December 2002 Second leg	Auxerre	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Real Betis	Auxerre, France
19:30	Tainio 19' Lachuer 48'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Round of 16[]

20 February 2003 First leg	Auxerre	0–1	Liverpool	Auxerre, France
20:45		Report	Hyypiä 72'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 20,452 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

27 February 2003 Second leg	Liverpool	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Auxerre	Liverpool, England
21:05	Owen 66' Murphy 72'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 34,252 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

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[]

^ "Ligue 1 2002/2003 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Auxerre 2002/2003". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "FootballSquads - Auxerre - 2002/03". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-06-23.

[attendance-1] "Ligue 1 2002/2003 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[foot03-2] "Auxerre 2002/2003". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[3] "FootballSquads - Auxerre - 2002/03". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-06-23.

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