France v Azerbaijan (UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying)

The Auxerre tragedy, as it is known in the Azerbaijani media,[1] was a game belonging to the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying that took place on 6 September 1995.

UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
Group F
EventUEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
France Azerbaijan
10 0
Date6 September 1995 (1995-09-06)
VenueStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France
RefereeAlfred Micallef (Malta)
Attendance15,000

The game went down in the history as both the biggest defeat of the Azerbaijan national team and the biggest victory of the France national team.

Background
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 8530156+918
 Poland 8332138+512
 France 725071+611
 Slovakia 83231015−511
 Israel 8233111109
 Azerbaijan 7007217−150

This would be the 8th match for both teams in the first group of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying. While Azerbaijan already lost its chance to participate in the tournament, France was still fighting for a ticket. Prior to the game, France's biggest victory was 8–0, twice over Luxembourg (20 April 1913 and 17 December 1953) and against Iceland (2 June 1957).[2] Azerbaijan had suffered its biggest defeat (0–5) in a friendly match against Malta on 19 April 1994.[3]

Context

The French team was in difficulty following a series of poor results, the most recent being a 1–1 draw conceded at the Parc des Princes against Poland a few weeks earlier. As Azerbaijan was one of the weakest European selections a Les Blues victory was not in doubt. Instead, the challenge for the Blues was to reassure themselves by regaining their effectiveness on target.

Match

Details
France 10–0 Azerbaijan
Desailly 13'
Djorkaeff 18', 78'
Guérin 35'
Pedros 49'
Leboeuf 53', 74'
Dugarry 66'
Zidane 72'
Cocard 90'		 Match Report
Attendance: 13,479
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)
Fransa
Azərbaycan
GK1Bernard Lama
RB2Jocelyn Angloma
LB3Bixente Lizarazu
CB4Marcel Desailly
CB5Frank Leboeuf
AM6Youri Djorkaeff
DM7Didier Deschamps
CM8Vincent Guérin
FW9Christophe Dugarry
AM10Zinédine Zidane
AM11Reynald Pedros
Substitutes:
DF13Lilian Thuram
FW14David Ginola
MF15Christophe Cocard
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet
GK1Elkhan Hasanov
DF2Arif Asadov
DF3İqor Getman
DF4Tarlan Ahmadov
DF5Emin Ağayev
DM6Rasim Abushev
FW7Yunis Huseynov
MF8Shahin Diniyev
MF9Vladislav Kadyrov
MF10Mahmud Qurbanov
MF11Vyacheslav Lychkin
Substitutes:
FW14Mushfig Huseynov
FW15Samir Alakbarov
GK16Nizami Sadiqov
Manager:
Aghasalim Mirjavadov

Post-match

After the game, France took second place with 14 points, ahead of Poland; the Azerbaijani team remained in the last place with 8 losses and 0 points. Head coach Aghasalim Mirjavadov resigned immediately after the defeat, citing the inability of the players, the low level of training and the fact that the opponent was very strong as the reasons for the defeat.[4]

In 2016, pastemagazine.com included the Auxerre tragedy in its list of Top 10 Biggest National Defeats.[5]

Final table
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 8530156+918
 France 8350171+1614
 Poland 8332138+512
 Slovakia 83231015−511
 Israel 8233111109
 Azerbaijan 8008227−250

See also

References
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  2. "Fédération Française de Football". www.fff.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  3. "AFFA - Azərbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası". www.affa.az. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  4. ""Oser faciəsi" - Mircavadov Fransaya 0:10 hesablı məğlubiyyətdən danışır... - Sportlife.Az". sportlife.az. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  5. ""Oser faciəsi" "onluq"da". Milli.Az (in Azerbaijani). 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
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