AJ Auxerre

The team Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise was established in 1905 under the leadership of Abbot Ernest Abbe Deschamps. The club's success made it an important player to be reckoned with in the Catholic league F.G.S.P.F. The club was in 1908 when the team even made it to the F.G.S.P.F. French Championship final, losing 8-1. The French Championship was won 8-1. First World War, the club was evicted from its stadium. Father Deschamps purchased several parcels in land on the Yonne located on the Vaux road and later formed the Abbe Deschamps Stadium.

Auxerre took its first steps into Division 1 on July 24, 1980 when they played Bastia to Toulon. Auxerre fell 2-0 in the game. 20 November 1980 was the day that Andrzej Szarmach was signed by Auxerre after receiving the consent of Auxerre's Polish Football Association. The following day, he started his first game in the home match against Lyon and scored his first of ninety-four goals in Division 1. AJA's debut season in Division 1 was notable for two performances that stood out that occurred on the 13th of December, 1980 in Parc des Princes, against Paris Saint-Germain (3-2), and on April 7, 1981 at Stade Marcel Saupin against Nantes to win 1-0 which was notable because Nantes did not lose at home in five years or 92 game (between the 15th April of 1976 between 7 April 1981 and 15 April 1976). In the following two seasons AJA was ranked 15th and 8th, respectively.

In the 1983-84 season, AJA was the first to climb at the beginning of the season on the podium after placing third. Patrice Garande was the top scorer with 21 goals. In the following weeks, Garande was awarded an Olympic gold at the Olympics in Los Angeles with the French Olympic football team. Joel Bats and Jean-Marc Ferreri were among the winners of the French side in UEFA Euro 1984. In the summer of 1984, Auxerre recruited Michel N'Gom. A promising international player who was a promising player, he quit Paris Saint-Germain. In preseason the player had five goals scored in 10 matches. In the final weekend before the season's start the player met his old teammates from Paris. He passed away following a road accident on the 12th August 1984. In a tribute to him an area in Abbe Deschamps is named after him. The 1984-85 season saw Auxerre playing in European contest for the first time, taking part as a team in the UEFA Cup, albeit with an unfavorable first round draw together with Sporting Clube de Portugal. On the 19th of September, 1984 at the Estadio Jose Alvalade, AJA made its debut in European football, with an 2-0 loss. The return match took place on the 3rd of October, 1984. AJA did manage to bring back the deficit of two goals with the double of Szarmach however, they were defeated by two goals in the final minutes. However, due to the win of Monaco at the Coupe de France, AJA also got a spot in to play in the UEFA Cup the year after.

The offseason of 1985 witnessed Joel Bats join Paris Saint-Germain. Auxerre hired Bruno Martini as his successor. The UEFA Cup, AJA were drawn against Milan. In the first game, Auxerre won 3-1. Both teams failed to score a penalty while Paolo Maldini made his debut in European competition. In the second match, AJA lost 3-0 and was eliminated. Seventh in the league , and quarter-finalist of the French cup, AJA did not manage an unbeaten third campaign in Europe. Auxerre was fourth in 1986-87 but was eliminated in the opening round of the UEFA Cup the following season by a 2-0 loss away to Panathinaikos which was too much for them for them to conquer in the second match (which Auxerre won 3-2). In 1988-1989, AJA finishing fifth on the table, and make it to the semi-finals in the Coupe de France before elimination by Olympique de Marseille, the eventual winner of the tournament. AJA finished fifth within the league AJA was able to qualify for its way to the UEFA Cup and was its first run of decent success. In the first stage, AJA achieved its very first win. It was defeated at home 0-1 against Dinamo Zagreb, it registered 3-1 in Yugoslavia and was then able to play in the opening round. Auxerre defeated successively Albanians Apolonia Fier, Finns RoPS and Olympiacos from Greece until being knocked out in the last quarterfinal against Fiorentina. Auxerre also won the league. AJA was able to secure sixth position at the top of the table. In the summer of AJA was in the process of selling its players. AJA was able to sell Basile Boli and recruited Enzo Scifo, Alain Roche and Zbigniew Kaczmarek. Auxerre was third after having led in the title for two consecutive weeks.

The 1991-1992 season, Auxerre was eliminated in the second round of the UEFA Cup by Liverpool and was then fourth in Division 1. In the summer of 1991 Auxerre's AJA were sold to Alain Roche and Jean-Marc Ferreri as well as enlisting Frank Verlaat and Gerald Baticle. Auxerre continued to play in UEFA. Auxerre was eliminated Lokomotiv Plovdiv and the newly established F.C. Copenhagen. After the 3rd round AJA defeated Standard Liege. The quarterfinals were where AJA was up against Ajax, the reigning champion and unbeaten at the European Cup for two years. Prior to facing Ajax, Auxerre had suffered five league losses in a row. Auxerre had a home win of 4-2 victory. In the second match, Ajax did not manage to get one win, and Auxerre was able to qualify for the semifinals to take on Borussia Dortmund. In the opening leg of the match in Germany, AJA lost 2-0. A fiercely contested second half brought the score level, however Auxerre were eliminated at the end of penalties.

After finishing in sixth place at the top of the table, Auxerre again qualified for the UEFA Cup after the VA-OM case. However, unlike the epic run in last season AJA had to be eliminated from the tournament in its first round, which was won by Tenerife. AJA had a good run throughout the season, and finished with an overall third place however, it was able to capture its first significant trophy in the form of that of the French cup. After advancing past teams from the lower division in the first round, AJA eliminated Nantes in the semifinals and then won 3 goals to 1 at Parc Des Princes to win the title match against Montpellier. In the subsequent year, Auxerre finished fourth in the league, and was one of the quarter-finalists in the Cup Winners' Cup. Auxerre was knocked out by Arsenal in the Abbe Deschamps game (1-0) following the draw of 1-1 at Highbury.

The 1995-96 season was the first time the club was able to win Division 1 for the first time in their history and also was awarded the Coupe de France.

On the 13th of May, 2012, Auxerre's 32-year run within the premier division ended after a 3-0 loss away against Marseille. In the next year, Auxerre finished a disappointing ninth position, with an average goal difference of 2. The following season was also no better for AJA and they ended the season in at a poor 16th position. However, they didn't get promoted. in the 2015-2016 Ligue 2 season was better for AJA as a Burgundy Auxerre-based team, since they placed the ninth position at the bottom of Ligue 2 and finishing runners-up in the 2015 Coupe de France Final after losing to Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade de France in the presence of more than 80,000. The Auxerre's 2018-19 season was their seventh consecutive year in Ligue 2. For the 2020-21 Ligue 2 season, the Auxerrois were able to achieve their highest finishing in the second division following their demotion by finishing 6th however, they were placed in the top five teams required for at-least the playoffs at the conclusion of 17 out of 38 games in the. The 2021-22 Ligue 2 season, AJA were promoted into Ligue 1 after 10 years after an overtime win over Saint Etienne during the Ligue1 promotion/relegation play-offs.

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

As of 16 July 2022

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  FRA Brayann Pereira 3 DF  FRA Quentin Bernard 4 DF  BRA Jubal 5 DF  FRA Théo Pellenard 6 MF  COM Youssouf M'Changama 7 FW  FRA Gauthier Hein 8 MF  FRA Ousoumane Camara 10 FW  FRA Gaëtan Perrin 11 FW  FRA Nicolas Mercier 12 MF  MLI Birama Touré 14 FW  TUN Mohamed Ben Fredj 15 DF  FRA Alec Georgen 16 GK  GUF Donovan Léon 18 MF  FRA Kays Ruiz-Atil 19 FW  FRA Gaëtan Charbonnier

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  FRA Alexandre Coeff 21 FW  FRA Rémy Dugimont 22 MF  MAR Hamza Sakhi 23 MF  FRA Kylian Silvestre 24 FW  FRA Kryss Chapelle 25 FW  MLI Lassine Sinayoko 26 DF  FRA Paul Joly 29 MF  FRA Mathias Autret 30 GK  FRA Sonny Laiton 32 DF  FRA Dénys Bain 35 MF  FRA Kévin Danois 40 GK  FRA Théo De Percin — GK  FRA Benoît Costil — MF  FRA Kenji-Van Boto

Below are the top 11 of the most famous footballers who have played for Auxerre both in international and league tournaments since Auxerre's founding at the age of 1905. The list was voted on by the club's fans.

• Khalilou Fadiga
• Bruno Martini
• Basile Boli
• Philippe Mexès
• Bacary Sagna
• Enzo Scifo
• Jean-Alain Boumsong
• Abou Diaby
• Yann Lachuer
• Djibril Cissé
• Eric Cantona
• Andrzej Szarmach
• Fabien Cool
• Yaya Sanogo

• Owner: James Zhou
• Head coach: Jean-Marc Furlan
• Director of Youth: Frédéric Zago

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• League
• Cups

Ligue 1

• Champions: 1995–96

Ligue 2

• Winners: 1979–80

Division d'Honneur (Burgundy)

• Winners: 1970

FGSPF Championnat

• Runners-up: 1909

FGSPF Burgundy Championnat

• Champions : 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914

Coupe de France

• Winners: 1993–94, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2004–05
• Runners-up: 1978–79, 2014–15

UEFA Intertoto Cup

• Winners: 1997, 2006 (joint winner)
• Runners-up: 2000

Coppa delle Alpi

• Champions: 1985, 1987

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