2024–25 AJ Auxerre season

AJ Auxerre
2024–25 season
Manager	Christophe Pélissier
Stadium	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Ligue 1	10th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hamed Traorè (7); All: ; Hamed Traorè (7)
Highest home attendance	17,052 v Lens; (14 Dec 2024, Ligue 1)
Lowest home attendance	8,189 v Dunkerque; (22 Dec 2024, Coupe de France)
Biggest win	4–0 v Rennes; (Home, 3 Nov 2024, Ligue 1)
Biggest defeat	0–3 v Monaco; (Home, 14 Sept 2024, Ligue 1)
	← 2023–24
	All statistics correct as of 19 August 2024.

The 2024–25 season is the 120th season in the history of AJ Auxerre. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Coupe de France.

Summary

On 27 June 2024, the club released a pre-season schedule that included an official friendly match on 19 July against Championnat National club US Orléans followed by a friendly match on 27 against Ligue 2 club Grenoble Foot. Four days later, the Burgundy club faces ES Troyes AC, which was recently relegated to the third division. The fourth friendly match will be against Red Star F.C., which recently joined the ranks of the second division. Auxerre concludes the pre-season with a match against host Stade de Reims on 10 August.^[1] On July 11, Auxerre brought defender Gabriel Osho for free after the end of his contract with English club Luton Town.

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 August 2024^[2]

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
3	DF	NGA	Gabriel Osho
4	DF	BRA	Jubal (captain)
5	DF	FRA	Théo Pellenard
6	DF	MAR	Saad Agouzoul
8	MF	FRA	Nathan Buayi-Kiala
9	FW	CAN	Theo Bair
10	FW	FRA	Gaëtan Perrin
11	FW	NED	Eros Maddy
14	DF	GHA	Gideon Mensah
16	GK	GUF	Donovan Léon
17	FW	MLI	Lassine Sinayoko
18	MF	SEN	Assane Dioussé
19	FW	FRA	Florian Ayé
20	DF	CIV	Sinaly Diomandé


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	CIV	Lasso Coulibaly
23	DF	NED	Ki-Jana Hoever (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
24	DF	FRA	Ange-Loïc N'Gatta
25	MF	CIV	Hamed Traorè (on loan from Bournemouth)
26	DF	FRA	Paul Joly
27	MF	FRA	Kévin Danois
30	GK	FRA	Tom Negrel
37	GK	FRA	Raphaël Adicéam
40	GK	FRA	Théo De Percin
42	MF	GHA	Elisha Owusu
45	FW	JPN	Ado Onaiwu
92	DF	CIV	Clément Akpa
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
—	FW	GUI	Ousmane Camara (at Annecy until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Lasso Coulibaly	FC Nordsjælland	€2m	1 July 2024	^[3]
DF	Gabriel Osho	Luton Town	Free	11 July 2024	^[4]

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

19 July 2024 Friendly	Orléans	1–1	Auxerre	Orléans
18:00				Stadium: Stade de la Source

27 July 2024 Friendly	Grenoble	3–0	Auxerre	Chambon-sur-Lignon
17:00	14' 54' 120'
Note: Two periods of 60 minutes

31 July 2024 Friendly	Auxerre	2–1	Troyes	Migennes
18:00

3 August 2024 Friendly	Auxerre	2–0	Red Star
18:00	Perrin 65' Viadère 71'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	18 August 2024	May 2025	Matchday 1	19	6	6	7	25	29	−4	031.58
Coupe de France	21 December 2024		Round of 64	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total				20	6	6	8	25	30	−5	030.00

Last updated: 28 January 2025
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Strasbourg	19	7	6	6	33	31	+2	27
10	Toulouse	19	7	4	8	20	21	−1	25
11	Auxerre	19	6	5	8	25	29	−4	23
12	Reims	19	5	7	7	25	27	−2	22
13	Angers	19	6	4	9	21	28	−7	22

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2025. 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).^[5]

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
19	6	5	8	25	29	−4	23	5	4	1	15	8	+7	1	1	7	10	21	−11

Last updated: 28 January 2025.
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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	D
Position	5	10	13	15	16	12	14	12	13	10	9	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2025. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 21 June 2024.^[6]

18 August 2024 1	Auxerre	2–1	Nice	Auxerre
15:00	Raveloson 44' Coulibaly 90+4'	Report	Cho 21'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,354 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

18 August 2024 2	Nantes	2–0	Auxerre	Nantes
15:00	Simon 14' Zézé 63' Douglas Augusto 79' Guirassy 90+6'	Report	Raveloson 20' Onaiwu 54'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 31,077 Referee: Gaël Angoula

1 September 2024 3	Le Havre	3–1	Auxerre	Le Havre
17:00	Owusu 23' (o.g.) Ndiaye 52' Casimir 81' Touré 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Joly 11' Hoever 14' 45' Perrin 17' Sinayoko 28' Jubal 89'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 19,715 Referee: Marc Bollengier

14 September 2024 4	Auxerre	0–3	Monaco	Auxerre
	Osho 13' Owusu 43' Jubal 45+1'	Report	Kehrer 8' Vanderson 25' Zakaria 89'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,045 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

22 September 2024 5	Montpellier	3–2	Auxerre	Montpellier
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nzingoula 33' Adams 65', 75', 76' Bećir Omeragić 66' Sagnan 71'	Report	Traorè 18' Owusu 48' Sinayoko 57' Diomandé 61' Perrin 66' Onaiwu 72'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,643 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

27 September 2024 6	Auxerre	3–0	Brest	Auxerre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Akpa 16' Owusu 26' Jubal 37' (pen.) Diomandé 53' Traorè 59'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 15,381 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

5 October 2024 7	Saint-Étienne	3–1	Auxerre	Saint-Étienne
	Davitashvili 15', 54', 86' Nadé 47' Ekwah 67' Pétrot 79'	Report	Owusu 35' Bair 74'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 31,445 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

20 October 2024 8	Auxerre	2–1	Reims	Auxerre
17:00	Diomandé 16' Traorè 23', 52' Jubal 36' Akpa 90+5'	Report	Atangana 1' Buta 56' Nakamura 90+5' Munetsi 90+5'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,016 Referee: Florent Batta

27 October 2024 9	Lyon	2–2	Auxerre	Décines-Charpieu
15:00	Mikautadze 45+5' (pen.), 62'	Report	Diomandé 44', 47' Jubal 45+7' Traorè 72' Léon 80' Raveloson 90+3'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 54,868 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

3 November 2024 10	Auxerre	4–0	Rennes	Auxerre
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Perrin 27', 39' Sinayoko 65' (pen.) Onaiwu 90+2'	Report	Matusiwa 35' Faye 64'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,366 Referee: Gaël Angoula

8 November 2024 11	Marseille	1–3	Auxerre	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Rabiot 60' Greenwood 65' (pen.), 66' Wahi 87'	Report	Sinayoko 10' Perrin 43' Traorè 45' Léon 66' Blair 88'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 64,184 Referee: Marc Bollengier

24 November 2024 12	Auxerre	1–0	Angers	Auxerre
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Owusu 26' Mensah 50' Raveloson 84' Traorè 90+3' (pen.), 90+4'	Report	Arcus 33'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,120 Referee: François Letexier

1 December 2024 13	Toulouse	1–0	Auxerre	Toulouse
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	King 32' Sierro 39' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 23,525 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

6 December 2024 14	Auxerre	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Auxerre
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Traorè 73' Sinayoko 76'	Report	Pacho 85'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,028 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

14 December 2024 15	Auxerre	2–2	Lens	Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sinayoko 21' Perrin 31' Mensah 52' Joly 64' Osho 73'	Report	El Aynaoui 22', 51' Nzola 45'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 17,052 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

5 January 2025 16	Strasbourg	3–1	Auxerre	Strasbourg
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Emegha 45+1', 87' Diarra 45+4' (pen.) Lemaréchal 59'	Report	Traorè 14' Jubal 45+1' Akpa 51'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Florent Batta

10 January 2025 17	Auxerre	0–0	Lille	Auxerre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Joly 64'	Report	André 12' David 15', 58' Gomes 55' Alexsandro 90+8'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 15,599 Referee: Gaël Angoula

19 January 2025 18	Angers	2–0	Auxerre	Angers
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Biumla 14' Diomandé 18' (o.g.) Lepaul 47' Allevinah 60'	Report	Osho 22' N'Gatta 90'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,938 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

24 January 2025 19	Auxerre	1–1	Saint-Étienne	Auxerre
CET (UTC+1)	Traorè 27' Jubal 68' Massengo 84'	Report	Stassin 45'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 16,805 Referee: Marc Bollengier

1 February 2025 20	Monaco	v	Auxerre	Fontvieille, Monaco
18:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Louis II

Coupe de France

22 December 2024 Round of 64	Auxerre	0–1	Dunkerque	Auxerre
14:45 CET (UTC+1)	Raveloson 45'	Report	Bardeli 26' Sekongo 90'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps Attendance: 8,189 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played 24 January 2025

Place	Position	Number	Name	Ligue 1	Total
1	MF	25	Hamed Traorè	8	8
2	FW	10	Gaëtan Perrin	5	5
3	DF	20	Sinaly Diomandé	2	2
	FW	45	Ado Onaiwu	2	2
	FW	17	Lassine Sinayoko	2	2
6	FW	9	Theo Bair	1	1
	MF	21	Lasso Coulibaly	1	1
	DF	4	Jubal	1	1
	DF	3	Gabriel Osho	1	1
	MF	42	Elisha Owusu	1	1
	MF	97	Rayan Raveloson	1	1
			TOTALS	25	25

References

^ Alain, Alexandre (27 June 2024). "Le programme complet de la pré-saison". AJA.
^ "Effectif pro" (in French). AJ Auxerre Official Site. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ Alain, Alexandre (20 June 2024). "Lasso Coulibaly, première recrue du mercato !". AJA.
^ "Official | Gabriel Osho joins Auxerre from Luton - Get French Football News". 11 July 2024.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ Garlan, Victor (21 June 2024). "La LFP dévoile le nouveau calendrier de la Ligue 1 édition 2024-2025". Foot Mercato (in French).

[1] Alain, Alexandre (27 June 2024). "Le programme complet de la pré-saison". AJA.

[2] "Effectif pro" (in French). AJ Auxerre Official Site. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

[3] Alain, Alexandre (20 June 2024). "Lasso Coulibaly, première recrue du mercato !". AJA.

[4] "Official | Gabriel Osho joins Auxerre from Luton - Get French Football News". 11 July 2024.

[5] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[6] Garlan, Victor (21 June 2024). "La LFP dévoile le nouveau calendrier de la Ligue 1 édition 2024-2025". Foot Mercato (in French).

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