AJ Auxerre – Paris FC : Presentation of the match

Paris FC travel to the Abbé Deschamps stadium on Tuesday 1st February (7pm) to meet AJ Auxerre, 5th in the table with 37 points. This is a late match of the 22nd round of the Ligue2 BKT.

The point before the match

Since the beginning of the championship, the Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise has always been in the top 5, except for one day. The Icaunais have even climbed onto the podium nine times. They finished the first leg in 4th place with 33 points. AJA were eliminated from the French Cup by Lille (3/1) in the 32nd round, just before the break and with a squad affected by Covid19, they only played two matches in January, both on the road. They won at Grenoble (0/1) on 8 January and took a point from their trip to Ajaccio (0/0) last Friday.
In the general standings, Auxerre are 5th in Ligue2 BKT with 37 points, with 10 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats. Their attack is 2nd (33 goals) and their defence is 7th (23 goals). Their striker Gaëtan Charbonnier is the 2nd highest scorer in Ligue 2, with 12 goals, and midfielder Gauthier Hein is the 3rd best passer of the competition (5 assists).

The Coach

Jean-Marc Furlan has played professionally for Girondins de Bordeaux, Montpellier, Laval, Lyon, SEC Bastia, Lens, Saint-Seurin and Libourne. It was at Libourne that he began his coaching career in 1993. From the youth team, he moved on to the first team. Coach at Strasbourg and Nantes, Jean-Marc Furlan also had a great time at Troyes, with three ascents to L1 (in 2004/05, 2011/12 and 2014/15). After three seasons at Stade Brestois, which he led back to L1 in May 2019, he has signed up with AJA.

First leg

Round 4 (16 August): Paris FC 1-1 AJ Auxerre – Goal: Gaëtan Laura (73rd)

Previous four AJ Auxerre-Paris FC matchs

2015/16 (L2) Auxerre 2-0 Paris FC
2017/18 (L2) Auxerre 1-1 Paris FC
2018/19 (L2) : Auxerre 0-2 Paris FC
2020/21 (L2) : Auxerre 0-0 Paris FC

From one Club to another

Edmond Akichi, Samir Chergui, Cheick Fantamady Diarra, Attila Farkas, François Félix, Gérard Hallet, Gérard Lanthier, William Prunier, Franck Soler, David Vandenbossch have played for both teams. Guy Cotret was president of Paris FC before becoming AJA’s president. Xavier Poitrinal was the goalkeeper of Paris FC and the goalkeeper coach of Auxerre. Jean-Luc Vannuchi and Jean-Guy Wallemme coached both clubs. Finally, Jacques Santini coached at Auxerre and was an advisor at Paris FC.