# 2004–05 AJ Auxerre season

The 2004–05 season was the 99th season in the existence of AJ Auxerre and the club's 25th 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 fell to 8th in the final table, but won the Coupe de France. Manager Guy Roux retired at the end of the season, after 36 years managing the club. He was replaced by Jacques Santini.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Fabien Cool |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Johan Radet |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Jean-Sébastien Jaurès |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Stéphane Grichting |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Philippe Violeau |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Benoît Cheyrou |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Yann Lachuer |
| 9 | FW | BEL | Luigi Pieroni |
| 10 | MF | FIN | Teemu Tainio |
| 11 | MF | CIV | Kanga Akalé |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Jean-Pascal Mignot |
| 14 | MF | FRA | David Vandenbossche |
| 15 | MF | CIV | Bonaventure Kalou |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Hamel |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Hassan Yebda |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Lionel Mathis |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Pierre Vignaud |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Arnaud Gonzalez |
| 21 | FW | ZIM | Benjani Mwaruwari |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Richard Suriano |
| 23 | DF | CZE | René Bolf |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Abou Diaby |
| 25 | DF | FRA | David Recorbet |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Younès Kaboul |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | MLI | Mamoutou Coulibaly |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Michaël Ciani |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Bacary Sagna |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Baptiste Chabert |
| 36 | FW | FRA | Garra Dembélé |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Kévin Lejeune |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Ferdinand Bitangane |
| 39 | DF | FRA | Mickaël Bertrand |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Mickaël Castejon |
| 41 | MF | FRA | David Dareglosse |
| 42 | MF | FRA | Nicolas Gourio |
| 43 | MF | FRA | Karim Hraiba |
| 44 | MF | FRA | Cédric Kisamba |
| 45 | MF | FRA | Alexis Lafon |
| 46 | DF | FRA | Baptiste Martin |
| 47 | DF | FRA | David Pierre |
| 48 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Veron |
| 49 | DF | ALG | Karim Ziouane |
| 50 | MF | SEN | Ousmane Cissokho |
| 51 | MF | FRA | Damien Dufour |
| 52 | GK | FRA | Arnaud Sauvage |
| 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Romain Poyet (on loan to Clermont Foot) |

## Transfers
### Out

* Djibril Cissé - Liverpool, 1 July, £14,000,000

## 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 2004 | 28 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 036.84 |
| Coupe de France | 8 January 2005 | 4 June 2005 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 10 November 2004 | 19 January 2005 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 033.33 |
| UEFA Cup | 16 September 2004 | 14 April 2005 | First round | Quarter-finals | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 054.55 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 80 | 65 | +15 | 046.55 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 53 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 52 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 8 | Auxerre | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 9 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 51 | |
| 10 | Sochaux | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 50 | |
* ↑ Auxerre was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de France.

#### 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 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | AZ | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Auxerre | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | GAK | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
| 5 | Amica Wronki | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 | |