1995–96 AJ Auxerre season

Auxerre
1995–96 season
President	Jean-Claude Hamel
Head coach	Guy Roux
Stadium	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Division 1	1st
Coupe de France	Winners
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Corentin Martins (13); All: ; Lilian Laslandes (15)
Average home league attendance	11,015
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 season was the 90th season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 16th 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 and UEFA Cup.^[1]

Season summary[edit]

Auxerre won Division 1 for the first time in their history, and also won the Coupe de France.

First team squad[edit]

Squad at end of season^[2]^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Lionel Charbonnier
—	GK	FRA	Fabien Cool
—	GK	FRA	Ronan Le Crom
—	DF	FRA	Laurent Blanc
—	DF	FRA	Frédéric Danjou
—	DF	FRA	Alain Goma
—	DF	FRA	Christian Henna
—	DF	FRA	Franck Rabarivony
—	DF	FRA	Franck Silvestre
—	DF	NGA	Taribo West


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Christophe Cocard
—	MF	FRA	Bernard Diomède
—	MF	FRA	Yann Lachuer
—	MF	FRA	Sabri Lamouchi
—	MF	FRA	Corentin Martins
—	MF	FRA	Philippe Violeau
—	MF	ALG	Moussa Saïb
—	MF	ALG	Abdelhafid Tasfaout
—	FW	FRA	Stéphane Guivarc'h
—	FW	FRA	Lilian Laslandes

Left club during season[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Thomas Deniaud (on loan to Angers)

Competitions[edit]

Division 1[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Auxerre (C)	38	22	6	10	66	30	+36	72	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	19	11	8	65	36	+29	68	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
3	Monaco	38	19	11	8	64	39	+25	68	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Metz	38	18	11	9	42	30	+12	65
5	Lens	38	16	15	7	45	31	+14	63

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	22	6	10	66	30	+36	72	14	1	4	37	11	+26	8	5	6	29	19	+10

Source: French Division 1

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	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	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	15	8	9	12	16	12	8	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Division 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

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Coupe de France[edit]

Coupe de la Ligue[edit]

UEFA Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

12 September 1995 First leg	Viking	1–1	Auxerre	Stavanger, Norway
	Ulfstein 55'	Report	West 14'	Stadium: Stavanger Stadion Attendance: 4,097 Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

26 September 1995 Second leg	Auxerre	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Viking	Auxerre, France
	Silvestre 47'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 11,000 Referee: António Almeida Marçal (Portugal)

Second round[edit]

17 October 1995 First leg	Auxerre	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Auxerre, France
		Report	Stone 23'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

31 October 1995 Second leg	Nottingham Forest	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Auxerre	Nottingham, England
		Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,063 Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Source

Out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Source

Loans in[edit]

Start	Pos.	Name	From	Expiry	Source

Loans out[edit]

Start	Pos.	Name	To	Expiry	Source

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Auxerre 1995/1996". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "1995-96 AJ Auxerre Season". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-06-23.

[table_note_res_CWC0.47701988903667-3] Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

[foot96-1] "Auxerre 1995/1996". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[2] "1995-96 AJ Auxerre Season". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-06-23.

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