2022–23 AJ Auxerre season

AJ Auxerre
2022–23 season
Owner	James Zhou
Head coach	Jean-Marc Furlan; (until 11 October); Christophe Pélissier; (from 26 October)
Stadium	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Ligue 1	17th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; M'Baye Niang (6); All: ; M'Baye Niang (7)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 118th season in the history of AJ Auxerre and their first season back in the top flight since 2012. The club participated in Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 2 February 2023.^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ROU	Ionuț Radu (on loan from Inter Milan)
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
9	FW	CPV	Nuno da Costa
10	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Perrin
11	FW	SEN	M'Baye Niang
12	MF	MLI	Birama Touré (captain)
13	DF	ALG	Akim Zedadka (on loan from Lille)
14	DF	GHA	Gideon Mensah
16	GK	GUF	Donovan Léon
17	FW	MLI	Lassine Sinayoko
18	MF	MAR	Kays Ruiz-Atil
19	FW	FRA	Matthis Abline (on loan from Rennes)
21	FW	FRA	Rémy Dugimont


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	MAR	Hamza Sakhi
24	DF	MAD	Kenji-Van Boto
27	DF	GUI	Julian Jeanvier
28	FW	GUI	Ousmane Camara
29	MF	FRA	Mathias Autret
31	MF	FRA	Kylian Silvestre
32	DF	FRA	Dénys Bain
34	MF	FRA	Natanaël Bouekou
35	MF	FRA	Kévin Danois
36	FW	TOG	Idjessi Metsoko
37	GK	ITA	Vincenzo Cozzella
40	GK	MTQ	Théo De Percin
42	MF	GHA	Elisha Owusu
77	FW	SCO	Siriki Dembélé (on loan from Bournemouth)
80	MF	FRA	Han-Noah Massengo (on loan from Bristol City)
95	DF	FRA	Isaak Touré (on loan from Marseille)
97	MF	MAD	Rayan Raveloson

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Sonny Laiton (at Stade Briochin until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	FRA	Clément Akpa (at Orléans until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	FRA	Paul Joly (at Dijon until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	FRA	Alec Georgen (at Concarneau until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Brayann Pereira (at FBBP01 until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	TUN	Mohamed Ben Fredj (at Le Puy until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	FRA	Nicolas Mercier (at Avranches until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

2 July 2022 Friendly	Auxerre	1–2	Grenoble	Saint-Priest
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben Fredj 60'		Ba 3' Inikurogha 64'	Stadium: Stade Jacques Joly

9 July 2022 Friendly	Auxerre	2–3	Amiens	Châlons-en-Champagne
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ben Fredj 46' Ruiz-Atil 61'		Gomis 49' Bianchini 53' Doums 77'	Stadium: Stade René Sache

13 July 2022 Friendly	Auxerre	3–2	Orléans	Migennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hein 34', 39' Sinayoko 90'	Report	Gassama 11' Lepaul 82'	Stadium: Stade Lucien Masson Referee: Malki

16 July 2022 Friendly	Auxerre	0–2	Reims	Auxerre
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Koeberlé 4' Agbadou 40'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Bouillot

20 July 2022 Friendly	Auxerre	3–1	UNFP	Migennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Perrin 29', 45' Autret 35'	Report	Dembélé 15'	Stadium: Stade Lucien Masson Referee: Lopez

23 July 2022 Friendly	Auxerre	1–0	Troyes	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hein 75'			Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps Attendance: 4,662 Referee: Ben El Hadj

30 July 2022 Friendly	Auxerre	3–2	Red Star	Migennes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hein 2' Autret 43' Ruiz-Atil 66'		Dembi 55' Macalou 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Lucien Masson Referee: Berté

9 December 2022 Friendly	Metz	1–5	Auxerre	Marly
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Centre d’entraînement Frescaty

21 December 2022 Friendly	Auxerre	1–0	Hajduk Split	Auxerre
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	7 August 2022	3 June 2023	Matchday 1	17th	38	8	11	19	35	63	−28	021.05
Coupe de France	8 January 2023	8 February 2023	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	033.33
Total					41	9	12	20	43	68	−25	021.95

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Strasbourg	38	9	13	16	51	59	−8	40
16	Nantes	38	7	15	16	37	55	−18	36
17	Auxerre (R)	38	8	11	19	35	63	−28	35	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Ajaccio (R)	38	7	5	26	23	74	−51	26
19	Troyes (R)	38	4	12	22	45	81	−36	24

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[2]
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	8	11	19	35	63	−28	35	5	7	7	18	28	−10	3	4	12	17	35	−18

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L
Position	19	18	10	7	9	12	14	16	14	16	16	18	16	15	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	16	17	17	17	17	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	17

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

7 August 2022 1	Lille	4–1	Auxerre	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	André 1' David 3', 39' Ang. Gomes 58' Zedadka 64' Djaló 74'	Report	Jeanvier 44' Charbonnier 68'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 32,292 Referee: Eric Wattellier

14 August 2022 2	Auxerre	2–2	Angers	Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jeanvier 4' Hountondji 10' (o.g.) Charbonnier 17' Sinayoko 31' 57' Joly 37' Da Costa 69'	Report	Mendy 7' Diony 22' Ounahi 61' Salama 77' Šabanović 83'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 15,577 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

21 August 2022 3	Montpellier	1–2	Auxerre	Montpellier
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sakho 39', 73' Fayad 46' Savanier 90+4'	Report	Da Costa 5' 88', 70' Joly 43' Niang 51' Autret 75' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,137 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

27 August 2022 4	Auxerre	1–0	Strasbourg	Auxerre
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Perrin 29'	Report	Bellegarde 25'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,059 Referee: Johan Hamel

31 August 2022 5	Lyon	2–1	Auxerre	Lyon
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tetê 29' Toko Ekambi 71'	Report	Ruiz-Atil 56' Autret 79' Perrin 90+2'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 38,609 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

3 September 2022 6	Auxerre	0–2	Marseille	Auxerre
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jubal 39'	Report	Gerson 8' Sánchez 84' Harit 90'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,025 Referee: Willy Delajod

11 September 2022 7	Rennes	5–0	Auxerre	Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Sulemana 3' Rodon 28' Gouiri 60' Terrier 68' Tait 79' Abline 85'	Report	Sakhi 82'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,837 Referee: Thomas Léonard

16 September 2022 8	Auxerre	1–3	Lorient	Auxerre
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mensah 40' Hein 50' B. Touré 75' Dugimont 83'	Report	Ouattara 15' Moffi 37' Le Fée 42' Kalulu 59'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,866 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

2 October 2022 9	Auxerre	1–1	Brest	Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sakhi 4' Jeanvier 5' 52' Niang 59', 86' (pen.)	Report	Slimani 25', 64' Chardonnet 57' Del Castillo 82' Bizot 85'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,630 Referee: Florent Batta

9 October 2022 10	Clermont	2–1	Auxerre	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khaoui 55' Kyei 58'	Report	Jubal 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 11,119 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

16 October 2022 11	Auxerre	1–1	Nice	Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Da Costa 42'	Report	Delort 20'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,125 Referee: Eric Wattellier

23 October 2022 12	Reims	2–1	Auxerre	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Locko 25' Balogun 28' Matusiwa 42' Keita 74' Ito 87' Diouf 90+2'	Report	Niang 33'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 11,411 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

30 October 2022 13	Auxerre	1–0	Ajaccio	Auxerre
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sakhi 4' Jubal 23' Niang 56'	Report	Vidal 39' Avinel 62'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 15,092 Referee: Benoît Millot

4 November 2022 14	Troyes	1–1	Auxerre	Troyes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Salmier 17' Lopes 72' Ripart 72'	Report	Perrin 86'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 12,689 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

13 November 2022 15	Paris Saint-Germain	5–0	Auxerre	Paris
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbappé 11' Soler 51' Hakimi 57' Sanches 81' Ekitike 84'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Thomas Léonard

28 December 2022 16	Auxerre	2–3	Monaco	Auxerre
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niang 30' (pen.) Jeanvier 34' Fofana 60' (o.g.)	Report	Ben Yedder 45+3' (pen.) Ben Seghir 58', 85'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,503 Referee: Marc Bollengier

1 January 2023 17	Nantes	1–0	Auxerre	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Coco 74' Moutoussamy 90+1'	Report	Mensah 21' Camara 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,266 Referee: Benoît Bastien

11 January 2023 18	Auxerre	0–5	Toulouse	Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niang 43' Mensah 55' Jubal 88'	Report	Chaïbi 4' Rouault 33' Van den Boomen 41' (pen.) Sylla 44' Aboukhlal 75' Dallinga 88'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 12,405 Referee: Florent Batta

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 19	Lens	1–0	Auxerre	Lens
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Danso 26' Medina 53' Frankowski 58' (pen.)	Report	B. Touré 53' 64' Da Costa 90'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 38,208 Referee: Willy Delajod

29 January 2023 20	Auxerre	0–2	Montpellier	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mensah 54' B. Touré 90+4'	Report	Tchato 40' Leroy 60' Mavididi 62', 80', 67'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,206 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

1 February 2023 21	Monaco	3–2	Auxerre	Monaco
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ben Yedder 11' Ben Seghir 30' Embolo 82'	Report	Abline 68' Da Costa 84'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 3,561 Referee: Eric Wattellier

5 February 2023 22	Auxerre	0–0	Reims	Auxerre
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mensah 22' Jubal 37'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 14,680 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

12 February 2023 23	Angers	1–1	Auxerre	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Raveloson 2' (o.g.) Bentaleb 62' Blažič 90'	Report	Abline 22' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 7,873 Referee: Thomas Léonard

17 February 2023 24	Auxerre	2–1	Lyon	Auxerre
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Da Costa 38' Perrin 51' (pen.) Jubal 53' Massengo 54' B. Touré 68' Hein 90+4'	Report	Dembélé 36' Barcola 83' Lepenant 90+5'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,396 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

26 February 2023 25	Lorient	0–1	Auxerre	Lorient
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meïté 56' Abergel 77'	Report	B. Touré 32' Raveloson 58' Dembélé 67' Massengo 77'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,089 Referee: Benoît Millot

3 March 2023 26	Nice	1–1	Auxerre	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Laborde 42', 45+1'	Report	Hein 36' Zedadka 41'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,133 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

11 March 2023 27	Auxerre	0–0	Rennes	Auxerre
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zedadka 68' I. Touré 79'	Report	Wooh 10' Meling 84'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 15,695 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

19 March 2023 28	Strasbourg	2–0	Auxerre	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nyamsi 4' Diallo 21', 84' Perrin 43' Liénard 55'	Report	I. Touré 18'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,530 Referee: Eric Wattellier

2 April 2023 29	Auxerre	1–0	Troyes	Auxerre
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niang 73'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,512 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

9 April 2023 30	Ajaccio	0–3	Auxerre	Ajaccio
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 49'	Report	B. Touré 2' Jeanvier 4' Da Costa 5' Alphonse 45+1' (o.g.) M'Changama 65' Zedadka 86'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,742 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

16 April 2023 31	Auxerre	2–1	Nantes	Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jubal 5' (pen.) Zedadka 33' Da Costa 43' I. Touré 90+4'	Report	João Victor 36' Mohamed 55' Pallois 89'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 15,714 Referee: Eric Wattellier

22 April 2023 32	Auxerre	1–1	Lille	Auxerre
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niang 62' (pen.)	Report	Fonte 27' David 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,779 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

30 April 2023 33	Marseille	2–1	Auxerre	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Sánchez 40', 76' Ünder 74'	Report	B. Touré 32'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 64,523 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

7 May 2023 34	Auxerre	1–1	Clermont	Auxerre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	I. Touré 36' Zedadka 88'	Report	Khaoui 54'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,330 Referee: Marc Bollengier

14 May 2023 35	Brest	1–0	Auxerre	Brest
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Le Douaron 69'	Report		Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 15,028 Referee: Eric Wattelier

21 May 2023 36	Auxerre	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Auxerre
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Jubal 46' Sinayoko 51'	Report	Mbappé 6', 8'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,682 Referee: Benoît Bastien

27 May 2023 37	Toulouse	1–1	Auxerre	Toulouse
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aboukhlal 44' Spierings 71'	Report	Massengo 18' Raveloson 24' Abline 84'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 25,172 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

3 June 2023 38	Auxerre	1–3	Lens	Auxerre
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jubal 27' Niang 71'	Report	Abdul Samed 6' Claude-Maurice 19', 48' Haïdara 69' Openda 78' Gradit 83'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,246 Referee: Benoît Millot

Coupe de France

8 January 2023 Round of 64	USL Dunkerque	2–2 (4–5 p)	Auxerre	Dunkirk
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baghdadi 5' Thiam 25' Keita 33' Ipiélé 68'	Report	Raveloson 19', 35' Hein 43'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 4,000 Referee: François Letexier
	Penalties
	Baghdadi Bilingi Ipiélé Pierre Ghrieb		Niang Jubal Jeanvier Perrin Touré

22 January 2023 Round of 32	Niort	0–4	Auxerre	Niort
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Sakhi 34' Perrin 39', 67' Da Costa 43' Abline 64'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,429 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

8 February 2023 Round of 16	Auxerre	2–3	Rodez	Auxerre
18:15 CET (UTC+1)	Niang 45+2' Sakhi 65' Bain 75' Jubal 90+1'	Report	Mendes 3' Valério 61' Corredor 68' Park Jung-bin 76' (pen.) Adeline 90+5'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 5,322 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

References

^ "Effectif pro" (in French). AJ Auxerre Official Site. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

[1] "Effectif pro" (in French). AJ Auxerre Official Site. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[2] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[3] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

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