2002–03 AJ Auxerre season

During the 2002–03 French football season, AJ Auxerre competed in Ligue 1.

AJ Auxerre
2002–03 season
ManagerGuy Roux
Ligue 16th
Coupe de FranceWinners
Coupe de la Ligue?
Champions LeagueFirst group stage
UEFA CupFourth round
Top goalscorerDjibril Cisse (14)
Before Auxerre's game against Arsenal, October 2, 2002

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 season[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
1 GK  FRA Fabien Cool
2 DF  FRA Johan Radet
3 DF  FRA Jean-Sébastien Jaurès
4 DF  CMR Jean-Alain Boumsong
5 DF  FRA Philippe Mexès
6 MF  TOG Kuami Agboh
7 MF  SEN Amdy Faye
8 MF  FRA Yann Lachuer
9 FW  FRA Djibril Cissé
10 MF  FIN Teemu Tainio
11 MF  SEN Khalilou Fadiga
13 DF   SUI Stéphane Grichting
14 MF  FRA David Vandenbossche
16 GK  FRA Sébastien Hamel
18 MF  FRA Lionel Mathis
19 MF  FRA Nicolas Marin
20 MF  FRA Arnaud Gonzalez
21 FW  ZIM Benjani Mwaruwari
23 FW  FRA Olivier Kapo
24 MF  FRA Pierre Deblock
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  FRA David Recorbet
26 DF  FRA Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé
27 MF  FRA Pantxi Sirieix
28 FW  FRA Romain Poyet
29 DF  FRA Joseph Assati
30 GK  FRA Baptiste Chabert
31 MF  FRA Hassan Yebda
32 MF  CIV Kanga Akalé
33 MF  FRA Jean-Pascal Mignot
34 FW  FRA Benoit Leroy
35 DF  FRA Richard Suriano
37 MF  FRA Ferdinand Bitangane
38 MF  FRA Sebastien Cochet
39 FW  FRA Rafik Djebbour
40 MF  FRA Kevin Lejeune
41 MF  FRA Baptiste Llop
42 MF  FRA Julien Petitjean
43 DF  FRA Guillaume Legacheur
44 GK  FRA Christophe Langlois

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  FRA Frédéric Jay (on loan to Rennes)
17 FW  POR Hélder Esteves (on to Créteil)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW  FRA Pedro Kamata (on loan to Clermont Foot)

Squad statistics

Competitions

Ligue 1
Main article: 2002–03 Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Bordeaux 38 18 10 10 57 36 +21 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Sochaux 38 17 13 8 46 31 +15 64
6 Auxerre 38 18 10 10 38 29 +9 64
7 Guingamp 38 19 5 14 59 46 +13 62 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
8 Lens 38 14 15 9 43 31 +12 57 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches
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Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

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. Name To Expiry Source
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gollark: Actually, it is unlikely to consume the lobsters GTech™ has genetically engineered to be extremely large.

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Auxerre - 2002/03". Archived from the original on 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
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