France v Azerbaijan (UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying)

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UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
Group F
EventUEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
France Azerbaijan
France Azerbaijan
10 0
Date6 September 1995 (1995-09-06)
VenueStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France
RefereeAlfred Micallef (Malta)
Attendance15,000

The Auxerre tragedy, as it is known in the Azerbaijani media,[1] was a game belonging to the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying that took place on 6 September 1995.

The game went down in the history as both the biggest defeat of the Azerbaijan national team and the biggest victory of the France national team.

Background[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 8 5 3 0 15 6 +9 18
 Poland 8 3 3 2 13 8 +5 12
 France 7 2 5 0 7 1 +6 11
 Slovakia 8 3 2 3 10 15 −5 11
 Israel 8 2 3 3 11 11 0 9
 Azerbaijan 7 0 0 7 2 17 −15 0

This would be the 8th match for both teams in the first group of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying. While Azerbaijan already lost its chance to participate in the tournament, France was still fighting for a ticket. Prior to the game, France's biggest victory was 8–0, twice over Luxembourg (20 April 1913 and 17 December 1953) and against Iceland (2 June 1957).[2] Azerbaijan had suffered its biggest defeat (0–5) in a friendly match against Malta on 19 April 1994.[3]

Context[]

The French team was in difficulty following a series of poor results, the most recent being a 1–1 draw conceded at the Parc des Princes against Poland a few weeks earlier. Azerbaijan was one of the weakest European selections, so the victory of the Blues was not really in doub, so the challenge for the Blues was to reassure themselves by regaining their effectiveness on target.

Match[]

Details[]

France 10–0 Azerbaijan
Desailly 13'
Djorkaeff 18', 78'
Guérin 35'
Pedros 49'
Leboeuf 53', 74'
Dugarry 66'
Zidane 72'
Cocard 90'		 Match Report
Attendance: 13,479
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)
Fransa
Azərbaycan
GK 1 Bernard Lama
RB 2 Jocelyn Angloma
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
CB 4 Marcel Desailly
CB 5 Frank Leboeuf
AM 6 Youri Djorkaeff
DM 7 Didier Deschamps
CM 8 Vincent Guérin
FW 9 Christophe Dugarry
AM 10 Zinédine Zidane
AM 11 Reynald Pedros
Substitutes:
DF 13 Lilian Thuram
FW 14 David Ginola
MF 15 Christophe Cocard
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet
GK 1 Elkhan Hasanov
DF 2 Arif Asadov
DF 3 İqor Getman
DF 4 Tarlan Ahmadov
DF 5 Emin Ağayev
DM 6 Rasim Abushev
FW 7 Yunis Huseynov
MF 8 Shahin Diniyev
MF 9 Vladislav Kadyrov
MF 10 Mahmud Qurbanov
MF 11 Vyacheslav Lychkin
Substitutes:
FW 14 Mushfig Huseynov
FW 15 Samir Alakbarov
GK 16
Manager:
Aghasalim Mirjavadov

Post-match[]

After the game, France took second place with 14 points, ahead of Poland; the Azerbaijani team remained in the last place with 8 losses and 0 points. Head coach Aghasalim Mirjavadov resigned immediately after the defeat, citing the inability of the players, the low level of training and the fact that the opponent was very strong as the reasons for the defeat.[4]

In 2016, pastemagazine.com included the Auxerre tragedy in its list of Top 10 Biggest National Defeats.[5]

Final table[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 8 5 3 0 15 6 +9 18
 France 8 3 5 0 17 1 +16 14
 Poland 8 3 3 2 13 8 +5 12
 Slovakia 8 3 2 3 10 15 −5 11
 Israel 8 2 3 3 11 11 0 9
 Azerbaijan 8 0 0 8 2 27 −25 0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mililimiz üçün "qara tarix"lər: "Oser faciəsi" və digər darmadağınlar - LAYİHƏ". Sportnet.az. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. ^ "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  3. ^ "AFFA - Azərbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası". www.affa.az. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  4. ^ ""Oser faciəsi" - Mircavadov Fransaya 0:10 hesablı məğlubiyyətdən danışır... - Sportlife.Az". sportlife.az. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  5. ^ ""Oser faciəsi" "onluq"da". Milli.Az (in Azerbaijani). 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
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