2002–03 AJ Auxerre season

Auxerre 2002–03 Champions League - Auxerre-Arsenal - 02 october 2002 - échauffement.jpg 260px Before Auxerre's game against Arsenal, October 2, 2002 President Jean-Claude Hamel Head coach Guy Roux Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Ligue 1 6th Coupe de France Winners Coupe de la Ligue Round of 16 Champions League First group stage UEFA Cup Fourth round Djibril Cisse (14) Djibril Cisse (21) 10,974 Ligue 1 2002/2003 » Attendance » Home matches https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co71/se2752/attendance/ Worldfootball.net 1 February 2021 2001–02 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 Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.April 2025 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 seasonFootballSquads - Auxerre - 2002/03 http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2002-2003/ligue1/auxerre.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030836/http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2002-2003/ligue1/auxerre.htm 2016-03-04 live 2013-06-23 April 2025 1 FRA GK Fabien Cool 2 FRA DF Johan Radet 3 FRA DF Jean-Sébastien Jaurès 4 CMR DF Jean-Alain Boumsong 5 FRA DF Philippe Mexès 6 TOG MF Kuami Agboh 7 SEN MF Amdy Faye 8 FRA MF Yann Lachuer 9 FRA FW Djibril Cissé 10 FIN MF Teemu Tainio 11 SEN MF Khalilou Fadiga 13 SUI DF Stéphane Grichting 14 FRA MF David Vandenbossche 16 FRA GK Sébastien Hamel 18 FRA MF Lionel Mathis 19 FRA MF Nicolas Marin 20 FRA MF Arnaud Gonzalez 21 ZIM FW Benjani Mwaruwari 23 FRA FW Olivier Kapo 24 FRA MF Pierre Deblock 25 FRA DF David Recorbet 26 FRA DF Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé 27 FRA MF Pantxi Sirieix 28 FRA FW Romain Poyet 29 FRA DF Joseph Assati 30 FRA GK Baptiste Chabert 31 FRA MF Hassan Yebda 32 CIV MF Kanga Akalé 33 FRA MF Jean-Pascal Mignot 34 FRA FW Benoit Leroy 35 FRA DF Richard Suriano 37 FRA MF Ferdinand Bitangane 38 FRA MF Sebastien Cochet 39 FRA FW Rafik Djebbour 40 FRA MF Kevin Lejeune 41 FRA MF Baptiste Llop 42 FRA MF Julien Petitjean 43 FRA DF Guillaume Legacheur 44 FRA GK Christophe Langlois Left club during season 15 FRA DF Frédéric Jay on loan to Rennes 17 POR FW Hélder Esteves on to Créteil 22 FRA FW Pedro Kamata on loan to Clermont Foot Competitions Overall record 5 Ligue 1 3 August 2002 24 May 2003 Matchday 1 6th 18 10 10 38 29 Coupe de France 4 January 2003 31 May 2003 Round of 64 Winners 5 1 0 12 4 Coupe de la Ligue 8 December 2002 Round of 32 Round of 32 0 0 1 0 1 Champions League 13 August 2002 12 November 2002 Third qualifying round First group stage 3 2 3 5 7 UEFA Cup 28 November 2002 27 February 2003 Third round Fourth round 1 0 3 2 4 Ligue 1 2002–03 Ligue 1 League table AUX Results summary 11 5 3 19 8 7 5 7 19 21 April 2021 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/D/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/D/D/D/W/W/D/L/W/W/L/L/L/D/D/W/L/W/W/D/W/W Position 16/9/4/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/7/4/7/8/10/9/6/6/7/7/7/5/4/6/5/3/4/7/7/9/9/9/8/6/6/6/6/6 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold green1 green2 blue1 yellow1 red2 red1 Matches 1 3 August 2002 20:00 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Auxerre Parc des Princes Paris L 2 8 August 2002 20:00 Auxerre 2–0 Montpellier Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 3 17 August 2002 20:00 Troyes 1–2 Auxerre Stade de l'Aube Troyes W 4 24 August 2002 20:00 Auxerre 2–1 Guingamp Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 5 1 September 2002 20:45 Marseille 0–0 Auxerre Stade Vélodrome Marseille D 6 11 September 2002 20:30 Auxerre 1–0 Bastia Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 7 14 September 2002 20:00 Sochaux 1–1 Auxerre Stade Auguste Bonal Montbéliard D 9 28 September 2002 17:15 Nantes 1–4 Auxerre Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes W 10 6 October 2002 18:15 Auxerre 1–1 Monaco Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre D 11 19 October 2002 17:15 Lyon 3–0 Auxerre Stade de Gerland Lyon L 12 26 October 2002 20:00 Auxerre 1–0 Rennes Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 13 2 November 2002 20:00 Lens 3–1 Auxerre Stade Félix Bollaert Lens L 14 7 November 2002 20:00 Ajaccio 1–0 Auxerre Stade François Coty Ajaccio L 15 16 November 2002 17:30 Auxerre 0–2 Nice Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre L 16 23 November 2002 20:00 Le Havre 0–1 Auxerre Stade Jules Deschaseaux Le Havre W 17 1 December 2002 20:45 Auxerre 1–0 Bordeaux Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 18 4 December 2002 20:30 Lille 2–2 Auxerre Stade Grimonprez-Jooris Lille D 19 15 December 2002 20:00 Auxerre 0–0 Strasbourg Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre D 21 11 January 2003 20:00 Auxerre 1–0 Troyes Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 22 15 January 2003 20:30 Guingamp 0–2 Auxerre Stade de Roudourou Guingamp W 20 18 January 2003 19:00 Montpellier 0–0 Auxerre Stade de la Mosson Montpellier D 23 21 January 2003 20:45 Auxerre 0–0 Marseille Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre D 24 29 January 2003 20:30 Bastia 2–0 Auxerre Stade Armand Cesari Furiani L 25 1 February 2003 17:15 Auxerre 2–0 Sochaux Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 26 5 February 2003 18:00 Sedan 1–2 Auxerre Stade Louis Dugauguez Sedan W 27 9 February 2003 20:45 Auxerre 0–1 Nantes Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre L 28 23 February 2003 20:45 Monaco 3–1 Auxerre Stade Louis II Monaco L 29 2 March 2003 20:45 Auxerre 1–2 Lyon Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre L 30 8 March 2003 17:15 Rennes 0–0 Auxerre Stade de la Route de Lorient Rennes D 31 22 March 2003 20:00 Auxerre 0–0 Lens Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre D 32 5 April 2003 20:00 Auxerre 1–0 Ajaccio Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 8 8 April 2003 20:00 Auxerre 3–1 Sedan Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 33 12 April 2003 20:00 Nice 1–0 Auxerre Stade du Ray Nice L 34 19 April 2003 20:00 Auxerre 1–0 Le Havre Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W 35 3 May 2003 20:00 Bordeaux 0–1 Auxerre Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux W 36 10 May 2003 20:00 Auxerre 0–0 Lille Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre D 37 20 May 2003 20:30 Strasbourg 1–2 Auxerre Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg W 38 24 May 2003 20:30 Auxerre 2–0 Paris Saint-Germain Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre W Coupe de France 2002–03 Coupe de France Round of 64 4 January 2003 Caen 1–2 Auxerre Stade Michel d'Ornano Caen W Round of 32 25 January 2003 Amnéville 0–3 Auxerre Stade Municipal Amnéville W Round of 16 15 February 2003 Bourg-en-Bresse 1–3 Auxerre Stade de Gerland Lyon W Quarter-finals 16 March 2003 Angoulême 0–0 Auxerre 2–4 Stade de la Pépinière Poitiers D Semi-finals 26 April 2003 Auxerre 2–1 Rennes Cissé 42 90 Sorlin 63 Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps Auxerre W Final 31 May 2003 Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 Auxerre Hugo Leal 21 Cissé 76 Boumsong 89 Stade de France Saint-Denis 78,000 Bertrand Layec W Coupe de la Ligue 2002–03 Coupe de la Ligue Round of 32 8 December 2002 Monaco 1–0 Auxerre Stade Louis II Monaco L Champions League 2002–03 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round First leg 13 August 2002 22:00 Boavista POR 0–1 http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2002/matches/round=1635/match=70039/index.html FRA Auxerre Cissé 71 Estádio do Bessa Porto, Portugal 8,000 Valentin Ivanov (Russia) W Second leg 28 August 2002 20:30 Auxerre FRA 0–0 1–0 http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2002/matches/round=1635/match=70040/index.html POR Boavista Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 14,500 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) D First group stage 2002–03 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group A Group A n AUX 1 17 September 2002 20:45 Auxerre FRA 0–0 http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2002/matches/round=1636/match=1036431/index.html NED PSV Eindhoven Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 11,902 Alfredo Trentalange (Italy) D 2 25 September 2002 20:45 Borussia Dortmund GER 2–1 http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2002/matches/round=1636/match=1036447/index.html FRA Auxerre Koller 6 Amoroso 78 Benjani 83 Westfalenstadion Dortmund, Germany 46,500 Terje Hauge (Norway) L 3 2 October 2002 20:45 Auxerre FRA 0–1 http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2002/matches/round=1636/match=1036464/index.html ENG Arsenal Gilberto Silva 48 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 19,454 Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) L 4 22 October 2002 20:45 Arsenal ENG 1–2 http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2002/matches/round=1636/match=1036480/index.html FRA Auxerre Kanu 53 Kapo 8 Fadiga 27 Highbury London, England 35,302 Domenico Messina (Italy) W 5 30 October 2002 20:45 PSV Eindhoven NED 3–0 http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2002/matches/round=1636/match=1036495/index.html FRA Auxerre Bruggink 34 Rommedahl 48 Robben 64 Philips Stadion Eindhoven, Netherlands 27,500 Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark) L 6 12 November 2002 20:45 Auxerre FRA 1–0 http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2002/matches/round=1636/match=1036511/index.html GER Borussia Dortmund Benjani 76 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 16,959 Sorin Corpodean (Romania) W UEFA Cup 2002–03 UEFA Cup Third round First leg 28 November 2002 21:30 Real Betis ESP 1–0 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2002/matches/round=1628/match=70399/index.html FRA Auxerre Alfonso 10 pen. Estadio Manuel Ruíz de Lopera Seville, Spain 25,000 Helmut Fleischer (Germany) L Second leg 12 December 2002 19:30 Auxerre FRA 2–0 2–1 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2002/matches/round=1628/match=70400/index.html ESP Real Betis Tainio 19 Lachuer 48 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 12,000 Stuart Dougal (Scotland) W Fourth round First leg 20 February 2003 20:45 Auxerre FRA 0–1 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2002/matches/round=1629/match=70591/index.html ENG Liverpool Hyypiä 72 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 20,452 Massimo De Santis (Italy) L Second leg 27 February 2003 21:05 Liverpool ENG 2–0 3–0 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2002/matches/round=1629/match=70592/index.html FRA Auxerre Owen 66 Murphy 72 Anfield Liverpool, England 34,252 Antonio López Nieto (Spain) L 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. 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