# 2022–23 AJ Auxerre season

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.
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 | 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. 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

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 021.95 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 19 | Troyes (R) | 38 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 45 | 81 | −36 | 24 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.