1997–98 AJ Auxerre season

May 2021 Auxerre 1997–98 President Jean-Claude Hamel Head coach Guy Roux Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Division 1 7th Coupe de France Second round Coupe de la Ligue Semi-finals Intertoto Cup Winners UEFA Cup Quarter-finals Stéphane Guivarc'h (21) Stéphane Guivarc'h (46) 10,974 Ligue 1 1997/1998 » Attendance » Home matches https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/co71/se3636/attendance/ Worldfootball.net 20 June 2021 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 season was the 92nd season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 18th 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 Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup.April 2025 Season summary Auxerre dropped one place in the final table to 7th. They had better success in the cup competitions, reaching the semi-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, winning the Intertoto Cup in the process. Instrumental to Auxerre's success was the form of Stéphane Guivarc'h, who scored 21 league goals to win the Golden Boot; Guivarc'h added 24 further goals across the cups to finish with an astonishing 45 goals in all competitions. Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttps://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te75/aj-auxerre/squad/ AJ Auxerre - Squad 1997/1998 worldfootball.netApril 2025 1 GK Lionel Charbonnier FRA 16 GK Fabien Cool FRA 12 DF Éric Assati FRA 20 DF Laurent Ciechelski FRA 5 DF Frédéric Danjou FRA 2 DF Alain Goma FRA 13 DF Jean-Sébastien Jaurès FRA 22 DF Frédéric Jay FRA 14 DF Cyril Jeunechamp FRA 3 DF Franck Rabarivony FRA 21 DF Johan Radet FRA 19 DF David Recorbet FRA 4 DF Franck Silvestre FRA 27 DF Michael Yobo NGA 25 MF Kuami Agboh Togo 11 MF Bernard Diomède FRA 6 MF Christian Henna FRA 8 MF Yann Lachuer FRA 7 MF Sabri Lamouchi FRA 10 MF Antoine Sibierski FRA 24 MF Benjamin Nivet FRA 32 MF Tarik Sektioui MAR 29 MF Teemu Tainio FIN 28 FW Xavier Chalier FRA 26 MF Arnaud Gonzalez FRA 33 FW Sébastien Heitzmann FRA 15 FW Fabrice Lepaul FRA 23 FW Lilian Compan FRA 18 FW Thomas Deniaud FRA 9 FW Stéphane Guivarc'h FRA 17 FW Steve Marlet FRA Reserves MF Nicolas Marin FRA FW Djibril Cissé FRA Competitions Division 1 1997–98 French Division 1 League table AUX Results summary 10 4 3 36 16 4 5 8 19 29 French Division 1 April 2022 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/H/A/H/A/H Result L/L/W/W/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/W/W/D/D/L/W/L/W/D/W/L/W/L/D/D/D/W/W/L/D/W/D/D Position 18/17/13/9/12/6/9/11/11/11/9/7/5/6/7/8/8/8/7/7/6/7/6/8/7/8/9/8/8/8/8/8/7/7 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold green1 blue1 lavender red1 French Division 1 Intertoto Cup 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup#Group 3 Group 3 AUX 1 28 June 1997 Auxerre FRA 1–1 SUI Lausanne Sports Guivarc'h 38 Ohrel 45 pen. Stade Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 3,917 Emanuel Zammit (Malta) D 2 5 July 1997 Ards NIR 0–3 FRA Auxerre Compan 65 Sibierski 79 Guivarc'h 89 Castlereagh Park Newtownards, Northern Ireland Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia) W 3 12 July 1997 Auxerre FRA 5–0 BEL Royal Antwerp Diomède 11 30 Marlet 25 Guivarc'h 59 72 Stade Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 5,000 Attila Juhos (Hungary) W 4 19 July 1997 Nea Salamis Famagusta CYP 1960 1–10 FRA Auxerre Demetriou 86 Guivarc'h 13 20 24 54 84 Diomède 51 81 Lachuer 66 77 Marlet 70 Ammochostos Stadium Larnaca, Cyprus 400 Gerry Perry (Ireland) W Semi-finals First leg 26 July 1997 21:00 Auxerre FRA 3–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040617092444/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D727/match%3D54189/index.html RUS Torpedo Moscow Goma 43 Diomède 58 Marlet 64 Stade Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 5,000 Karol Ihring (Slovakia) W Second leg 30 July 1997 17:00 Torpedo Moscow RUS 4–1 4–4a https://web.archive.org/web/20040618223432/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D727/match%3D54190/index.html FRA Auxerre Gashkin 23 Mashkarin 36 Samarone 50 Carlos Alberto 88 pen. Guivarc'h 43 Eduard Streltsov Stadium Moscow, Russia 3,000 László Vagner (Hungary) L Finals First leg 12 August 1997 20:20 Duisburg GER 0–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040623094246/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1997/Round%3D728/match%3D54205/index.html FRA Auxerre Wedaustadion Duisburg, Germany 9,350 Sándor Puhl (Hungary) D Second leg 26 August 1997 21:00 Auxerre FRA 2–0 2–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20040714021002/http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/IntertotoCup/AllTimeStatistics/season%3D1998/Round%3D1200/match%3D55659/index.html GER Duisburg Diomède 56 Jeunechamp 83 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 9,000 Anders Frisk (Sweden) W UEFA Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup First round First leg 16 September 1997 21:00 Deportivo La Coruña ESP 1–2 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/54292 FRA Auxerre Djalminha 87 Diomède 72 Guivarc'h 84 Riazor A Coruña, Spain 24,000 Georg Dardenne (Germany) W Second leg 30 September 1997 20:00 Auxerre FRA 0–0 2–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/54293 ESP Deportivo La Coruña Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 18,000 Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) D Second round First leg 21 October 1997 20:30 Auxerre FRA 3–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/54490 GRE OFI Crete Sibierski 15 Guivarc'h 61 90 Nioplias 13 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 21,000 Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia) W Second leg 4 November 1997 20:00 OFI Crete GRE 3–2 4–5 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/54491 FRA Auxerre Papadopoulos 57 75 pen. Anastasiou 90 Guivarc'h 37 Deniaud 60 Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Heraklion, Greece 9,000 Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) L Third round First leg 25 November 1997 18:45 Twente NED 0–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/54540 FRA Auxerre Diomède 70 De Grolsch Veste Enschede, Netherlands 10,000 Terje Hauge (Norway) W Second leg 9 December 1997 20:00 Auxerre FRA 2–0 3–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/54541 NED Twente Diomède 3 Guivarc'h 82 pen. Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 20,000 Aron Huzu (Romania) W Quarter-finals First leg 3 March 1998 20:00 Lazio ITA 1–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/54582 FRA Auxerre Casiraghi 64 Stadio Olimpico Rome, Italy 40,000 Michel Piraux (Belgium) L Second leg 17 March 1998 20:15 Auxerre FRA 2–2 2–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/54583 ITA Lazio Guivarc'h 39 81 Mancini 8 pen. Gottardi 13 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre, France 22,000 Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain) D References Category:AJ Auxerre seasons Auxerre