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

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.

Season summary

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

First team squad

Squad at end of season^[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
—	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

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
—	FW	FRA	Thomas Deniaud (on loan to Angers)

Competitions

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	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


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

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

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Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

UEFA Cup

First round

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

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

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

References

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

[table_note_res_CWC0.45849354819325-2] Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.

[1] "1995-96 AJ Auxerre Season". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-06-23.

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