# 2006–07 AJ Auxerre season

The 2006–07 season was the 101st season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 27th 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, the UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Fabien Cool |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Johan Radet |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Jean-Sébastien Jaurès |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Stéphane Grichting |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Benoît Pedretti |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Benoît Cheyrou |
| 8 | MF | SEN | Issa Ba |
| 10 | MF | DEN | Thomas Kahlenberg |
| 11 | MF | CIV | Kanga Akalé |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Jean-Pascal Mignot |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Kévin Lejeune |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Frédéric Thomas |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Baptiste Martin |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Anthony Basso |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Lionel Mathis |
| 19 | MF | SEN | Moussa N'Diaye |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Ludovic Genest |
| 21 | FW | ROU | Daniel Niculae |
| 22 | FW | POL | Ireneusz Jeleń |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Younès Kaboul |
| 27 | FW | BFA | Alain Traoré |
| 28 | FW | POL | Kamil Oziemczuk |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Bacary Sagna |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Olivier Sorin |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Guillaume Lecacheur |
| 40 | GK | SVN | Denis Petrić |
| 53 | DF | TOG | Serge Akakpo |
| 54 | MF | FRA | Irélé Apo |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | CZE | René Bolf (to Baník Ostrava) |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Luigi Pieroni (to Nantes) |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Hassan Yebda (to Le Mans) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Vadócz (on loan to Motherwell) |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Michaël Ciani (on loan to Lorient) |
| 25 | DF | GUI | Oumar Kalabane (to Manisaspor) |

## 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 | 5 August 2006 | 26 May 2007 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 41 | +0 | 034.21 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2007 | 6 January 2007 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 20 September 2006 | 25 October 2006 | Third round | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Intertoto Cup | 15 July 2006 | 22 July 2006 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 10 August 2006 | 14 December 2006 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 037.25 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Sochaux | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Auxerre | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 54 | |
| 9 | Monaco | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 51 | |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 50 | |
* ↑ Bordeaux, the winner of the Coupe de la Ligue, is awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The winners of the Coupe de France, Sochaux also have been awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rangers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Livorno | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Auxerre | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Partizan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |