AJ Auxerre

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Auxerre
Full name	Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise
Nickname(s)	AJA
Founded	1905
Ground	Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre (Capacity 23,467)
Chairman	Jean-Claude Hamel
Manager	Jean Fernandez
League	Ligue 1
2007-08	Ligue 1, 15th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise, or AJ Auxerre, is a French football team, founded in 1905, playing in the town of Auxerre in Burgundy. Its home ground is Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the River Yonne (capacity 23,467, 22,000 seated). Auxerre are famous throughout Europe, their success at the highest level being unprecedented for a club from such a small town (under 40,000). With Nantes being relegated into Ligue 2 in 2007, Auxerre remain the only French team who have never been relegated.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Current squad 3 Current Reserve squad 4 Transfers 5 Notable players 5.1 Greatest team ever 6 Coaches 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Honours

• Ligue 1 Championship: 1995-96
• Ligue 2 Championship: 1979-80
• French Cup: 1993-94, 1995-96, 2002-03, 2004-05
• French Cup finalists: 1978-79^[1]

[edit] Current squad

As of February 1, 2008.[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Olivier Sorin 3 DF Jean-Sébastien Jaurès 4 DF Stéphane Grichting 5 MF Frédéric Thomas 6 DF Marcos António Elias Santos (Captain) 7 MF Kamel Chafni 8 MF Issa Ba 9 FW Vlad Munteanu (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg) 10 MF Thomas Kahlenberg 11 FW Julien Quercia 12 DF Jean-Pascal Mignot 13 FW Kevin Lejeune 14 FW Dennis Oliech 15 DF Baptiste Martin

No. Position Player 16 GK Remy Riou 17 MF Benoît Pedretti 18 DF Gabriel Tamas 19 MF Steeven Langil 20 FW Ludovic Genest 21 FW Daniel Niculae 22 FW Ireneusz Jeleń 23 DF Onanga Itoua 24 FW Lynel Kitambala 25 DF Jérémy Messiba 26 DF Maxime Jasse 27 MF Alain Traoré 28 DF Robert Popov 29 DF Sammy Traoré (loan from PSG) 30 GK Denis Petrič FW Maurice Junior Dalé

[edit] Current Reserve squad

No. Position Player 2 DF Marc Fachan 3 DF Charlie Abraham 4 DF Bernard Itoua 5 DF Guillaume Lecacheur 7 FW Yohann Capolungo 8 MF Karim El Idrissi 9 FW Nicolas Lemaigre 10 MF Cecil Filanckembo 11 FW Loic Puyo 12 FW Kevin Malaga 13 DF Mathieu Guenot 14 DF Rahavi Kifouéti 15 DF Modeste Gnakpa 16 GK Willy Maeyens 17 DF Jessie Londas

No. Position Player 18 MF Benoit Mourlon 19 DF Azrack Mahamat 20 FW Abdoul Diakite 21 DF Jules Ondjola 23 MF Philippe Poulain 24 FW Vincent Acapandie 25 MF Delvin Ndinga 27 FW Garra Dembele 28 FW Kamil Oziemczuk 31 MF Irélé Apo 32 DF Ogdnadon Serge Akakpo 35 DF Arkadiusz Rys 43 DF Mame Ousmane Cissokho 48 GK Stephane Veron 50 GK Arnaud Sauvage

[edit] Transfers

In:

• Kamel Chafni - AC Ajaccio
• Steeven Langil - Nîmes Olympique
• Gabriel Tamas - Celta de Vigo
• Rémy Riou - Olympique Lyonnais
• Sammy Traoré - Paris Saint-Germain FC on loan
• Dennis Oliech - FC Nantes
• Robert Popov - PFC Litex Lovech
• Julien Quercia - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Out:

• Nabil Brahim Bounab - L'Entente SSG
• Michael Ciani - FC Lorient
• Moussa N'Diaye - Al-Rayyan Sports Club
• Benoît Cheyrou - Olympique de Marseille
• Bacary Sagna - Arsenal F.C.
• Kanga Akalé - RC Lens
• Younes Kaboul - Tottenham Hotspur
• Fabien Cool - Retired
• Thierry Audel - U.S. Triestina Calcio
• Damien Dufour - Grenoble Foot 38
• Oxence M'Bani Madzou - L'Entente SSG on loan
• Jordan Galtier - FC Girondins de Bordeaux
• Pierre Cotant - SC Eisenstadt
• Xavier Martin - Jura Sud Lavans
• Brahim Ferradj - Stade Brest 29
• Benoît Cheyrou - Olympique de Marseille
• Bacary Sagna - Arsenal F.C.
• Christophe Di Mech - Bagnols-sur-Cèze
• David Pierre - L'Entente SSG
• Krisztián Vadócz - NEC Nijmegen
• Johan Radet - Retired
• Lionel Mathis - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• Gils M'Bang - SC Eisenstadt

Anthony Basso - Heart of Midlothian

• Toifilou Maoulida - RC Lens
• Jean-Michel Lesage - Le Havre AC was loaned

[edit] Notable players

For a complete list of AJ Auxerre players, see here

France Anthony Basso Joel Bats Laurent Blanc Basile Boli Jean-Alain Boumsong Eric Cantona Lionel Charbonnier Christophe Cocard Fabien Cool Benoit Cheyrou Djibril Cissé Abou Diaby Bernard Diomede Daniel Dutuel Jean-Marc Ferreri Alain Goma Stéphane Guivarc'h Younes Kaboul Olivier Kapo Yann Lachuer Sabri Lamouchi Lilian Laslandes Bruno Martini Corentin Martins Philippe Mexès Alain Roche William Prunier Bacary Sagna Antoine Sibierski Philippe Violeau

Algeria Moussa Saib Abdelhafid Tasfaout Belgium Enzo Scifo Luigi Pieroni Chile Pedro Reyes Cote d'Ivoire Bonaventure Kalou Kanga Akale Colombia Henry Valderrama Croatia Marko Mlinarić Czech Republic Rene Bolf Finland Teemu Tainio Netherlands Frank Verlaat Mali Momo Sissoko Nigeria Taribo West Poland Paweł Janas Andrzej Szarmach Tomasz Klos Josef Klose Senegal Khalilou Fadiga Amdy Faye Moussa N'Diaye Zimbabwe Benjani Mwaruwari

[edit] Greatest team ever

MARTINI MEXES BOUMSONG BLANC BOLI LACHUER MARTINS SCIFO CISSÉ CANTONA SZARMACH

Greatest ever AJ Auxerre team

The following team was voted the greatest AJ Auxerre team ever by supporters.^[2]

• Bruno Martini
• Laurent Blanc
• Basile Boli
• Philippe Mexès
• Jean-Alain Boumsong
• Vincenzo Scifo
• Corentin Martins
• Yann Lachuer
• Djibril Cissé
• Eric Cantona
• Andrzej Szarmach

[edit] Coaches

• Pierre Grosjean :1946-1947
• J. Pastel :1947-1948
• Jacques Boulard and Bruneau: 1948-1950
• Georges Hatz : 1950-1952
• Marc Olivier : 1952-1953
• M. Pignault: 1953-1955
• Pierre Meunier : 1955-1956
• Jacques Boulard : 1956-1958
• J. Helmann: 1958-1959
• Christian Di Orio : 1959-1961
• Guy Roux : 1961-1962
• Interim by Gagneux and Jacques Chevalier: 1962-1964 (Guy Roux was on conscription)
• Guy Roux : 1964-2000
• Daniel Rolland : 2000-2001
• Guy Roux : 2001-2005 (interim by Alain Fiard from November 2001 to January 2002, Guy Roux underwent a Coronary artery bypass surgery)
• Jacques Santini : 2005-2006
• Jean Fernandez : 2006-^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (French) Official website
• (French) [2]

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