2012–13 AC Ajaccio season

AC Ajaccio

2012–13 season
Chairman	Alain Orsoni
Manager	Alex Dupont
Stadium	Stade François Coty
Ligue 1	17th
Coupe de France	End of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Eduardo (1) All: Eduardo (1)
Highest home attendance	9,402 vs PSG (19 August 2012)
Lowest home attendance	5,874 vs Evian (2 September 2012)
Average home league attendance	7,638
Home colours Away colours Third colours
←  2011–12 2013–14  →

The 2012–13 season was AC Ajaccio's 95th season.

Transfers

Main articles: List of French football transfers summer 2012 and List of French football transfers winter 2013

In Date Name Moving from Moving to Fee 14 June 2012 Ricardo Faty Aris Thessaloniki Ajaccio Free [1] 27 June 2012 Brandon Deville Anderlecht Ajaccio Free [2] 28 June 2012 Chakhir Belghazouani Zulte Waregem Ajaccio Free [3] 3 July 2012 Sigamary Diarra Lorient Ajaccio Free [4]

Out Date Name Moving from Moving to Fee 3 July 2012 Yannick Gigliarelli Ajaccio Gazélec Ajaccio Free [5] 12 July 2012 Ilan Ajaccio Bastia Free [6] 13 July 2012 Richard Socrier Ajaccio Angers Free [7]

Current squad and statistics

As of 25 August 2012 ^[8]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MEX	Guillermo Ochoa	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	MLI	Oumar Sissoko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	FRA	David Oberhauser	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	FRA	Mickael Charvet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	FRA	Fabrice Begeorgi	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	FRA	Yoann Poulard	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	FRA	Anthony Lippini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	MLI	Fousseni Diawara	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	FRA	Arnaud Maire	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	FRA	Samuel Bouhours	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	BRA	Felipe Saad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	SEN	Ricardo Faty	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	ALG	Carl Medjani	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	FRA	Benjamin André	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi (captain)	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	FRA	Chakhir Belghazouani	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	FRA	Karim El Hany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	FRA	Frédéric Sammaritano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ALG	Mehdi Mostefa	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	FRA	Johan Cavalli	2	0	2+0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	FRA	Paul Lasne	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	FRA	Damien Tibéri	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	BEL	Brandon Deville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	FRA	Andy Delort	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	FRA	David Gigliotti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	MLI	Sigamary Diarra	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	BRA	Eduardo	3	1	3+0	1	0	0	0	0

Friendly matches

Bastia v Ajaccio

12 July 2012Friendly match	Bastia	2–1	Ajaccio	Corte, France
	Yatabaré 66' Thauvin 82'	Report	36' Belghazouani	Stadium: Stade Santos Manfredi Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Ajaccio v Bordeaux

18 July 2012Friendly match	Ajaccio	2–1	Bordeaux	Biscarrosse, France
	Eduardo 37' (pen.) S. Diarra 41'	Report	26' Ben Khalfallah	Attendance: 1,500

Ajaccio v Toulouse

21 July 2012Friendly match

Ajaccio

0–0

Toulouse

Tarbes, France

UNFP v Ajaccio

28 July 2012Friendly match	UNFP	0–2	Ajaccio	Fos-sur-Mer, France
		Report	10' Eduardo 11' S. Diarra	Stadium: Stade Municipal

Ajaccio v Cagliari

4 August 2012Michel Moretti Cup	Ajaccio	2–1	Cagliari	Ajaccio, France
	Mostefa 32' Cavalli 86'	Report	61' Conti	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dany

Competitions

Ligue 2

See also: 2012–13 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Sochaux	38	10	11	17	41	57	−16	41
16	Evian	38	10	10	18	46	53	−7	40
17	Ajaccio	38	9	15	14	39	51	−12	40 [lower-alpha 1]
18	Nancy (R)	38	9	11	18	38	58	−20	38	Relegation to Ligue 2
19	Troyes (R)	38	8	13	17	43	61	−18	37

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. On 9 August 2012, Ajaccio was docked two points, one suspended, by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ligue de Football Professionnel for the 2012–13 season because of incidents during a 2011–12 league match against Lyon. ^[9]

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
38	9	15	14	39	50	−11	42	7	5	7	19	20	−1	2	10	7	20	30	−10

Last updated: 18 May 2013.
Source: lfp.fr

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	D	L
Position	7	9	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17

Source: lfp.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

Nice v Ajaccio

11 August 20121	Nice	0–1	Ajaccio	Nice, France
21:00 (UTC+1)		Report	11' Eduardo  45' Mostefa	Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 9,342 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Ajaccio v Paris Saint-Germain

19 August 20122	Ajaccio	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Ajaccio, France
21:00 (UTC+1)		Report	58' Lavezzi	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 9,402 Referee: Clément Turpin

Valenciennes v Ajaccio

25 August 20123	Valenciennes	3–0	Ajaccio	Valenciennes, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	M. Samassa 16' Néry 56' Oberhauser 80' (o.g.)	Report	40' Pierazzi	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 11,876 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Ajaccio v Evian

1 September 20124	Ajaccio	2–0	Evian	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Medjani 20' Cavalli 42'	Report		Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 5,874 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Olympique Lyonnais v Ajaccio

16 September 20125	Olympique Lyonnais	2–0	Ajaccio	Lyon, France
17:00 (UTC+1)	Grenier  15' Lovern 26' López 75'	Summary	Bonhours  13' Mutu  70'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 25,666 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Bordeaux v Ajaccio

23 September 20126	Bordeaux	2–2	Ajaccio	Bordeaux, France
14:00 (UTC+1)	Henrique  23'54' Sertic  48' Carrasso  73' Gouffran 78'	Summary	Bouhours  35' Faty 64' Belghazouani 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 16,295 Referee: Antony Gautier

Ajaccio v Stade Brestois 29

29 September 20127	Ajaccio	1–0	Stade Brestois 29	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Mostefa 57' Belghazouani  88'	Summary	Lička  46' Coulibaly  62'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,029 Referee: Olivier Thual

Lille OSC v Ajaccio

6 October 20128	Lille OSC	2–0	Ajaccio	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Roux 42' Ryan Mendes 56' Túlio de Melo  59' Balmont  66'	Summary	Mutu  3'	Stadium: Grand Stade Lille Métropole Attendance: 39,375 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Ajaccio v Bastia

21 October 20129	Ajaccio	0–0	Bastia	Ajaccio, France
14:00 (UTC+1)	Bouhours  65' André  80' Cavalli  83'	Summary	Modeste  78' Angoula  83' Harek  90+2'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 10,344 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

FC Lorient v Ajaccio

28 October 201210	FC Lorient	4–4	Ajaccio	Lorient, France
14:00 (UTC+1)	Bourillon  12' Lautoa 33' Aliadière 46', 79' Sunu 90'	Summary	Belghazouani 1' Mutu 11' 35' Eduardo 40', 45' Poulard  41' André  86'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 15,191 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

Ajaccio v Marseille

4 November 201211	Ajaccio	0–2	Marseille	Ajaccio, France
14:00 (UTC+1)	Medjani  70' Gigliotti  80'	Summary	Ayew  48'55' Abdallah  64' Ayew 87'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,920 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Toulouse v Ajaccio

10 November 201212	Toulouse	2–4	Ajaccio	Toulouse, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Lippini 4' (o.g.) Tabanou  61' Didot  69' Abdennour 72' Akpa Akpro  81'	Summary	Sammaritano 16' Belghazouani 34', 90+2' Mostefa  38' Faty  44' Diarra 67'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 10,431 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Ajaccio v Sochaux

17 November 201213	Ajaccio	0–1	Sochaux	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Mutu  51' Lasne  84'	Summary	Bouhours 11' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,163 Referee: Amaury Delerue

AS Nancy v Ajaccio

24 November 201214	AS Nancy	1–1	Ajaccio	Tomblaine, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Bakar 8' Lotiès  10' Puygrenier  76' Sané  82' André Luiz  90'	Summary	Faty  24' Mutu 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 13,659 Referee: Olivier Thual

Ajaccio v Saint-Étienne

30 November 201215	Ajaccio	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Ajaccio, France
20:45 (UTC+1)		Summary		Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 5,939 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Montpellier v Ajaccio

8 December 201216	Montpellier	3–0	Ajaccio	Montpellier
20:00 (UTC+1)	Pitau  16' Utaka 28' Cabella 32' Belhanda 67'	Summary	Boulhours  23' Faty  48'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 11,258 Referee: Said Ennjimi

Ajaccio v Reims

12 December 201217	Ajaccio	2–0	Reims	Ajaccio, France
19:00 (UTC+1)	Cavalli  13' Belghazouani  24' Mutu 31' 51' Tacalfred 77' (o.g.)	Summary		Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 5,843 Referee: Tony Chapron

Troyes v Ajaccio

15 December 201218	Troyes	3–2	Ajaccio	Troyes
20:00 (UTC+1)	Darbion 34' Nivet 39' Camus 45+1' Marcos  74'	Summary	Pierazzi  23' Belghazouani  42' Lasne 90' Cavalli 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 17,474 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Ajaccio v Stade Rennais

22 December 201219	Ajaccio	2–4	Stade Rennais	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Mutu 2' Diawara 42' Mostefa  45+1' Cavalli  54'	Summary	Alessandrini  9'44' Féret 17' (pen.) Diarra 60'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,312 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Paris Saint-Germain v Ajaccio

11 January 201320	Paris Saint-Germain	0–0	Ajaccio	Paris
21:00 (UTC+1)	Thiago Motta  45+1' Ibrahimović  89'	Summary	Sammaritano  41' Delort  73'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,008 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Ajaccio v Valenciennes

19 January 201321	Ajaccio	1–1	Valenciennes	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Mutu 30' Lippini  58' Delort  83'	Summary	Bong  28' Isimat-Mirin  55' Nguette  57'69' Angoua  64'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,052 Referee: Jean Cailleux

Evian v Ajaccio

26 January 201322	Evian	1–1	Ajaccio	Annecy
20:00 (UTC+1)	Wass 54' Mbarki  71'	Summary	Felipe Saad  25' Oliech 36' Lasne  50'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 7,601 Referee: Benoît Millot

Ajaccio v Olympique Lyonnais

3 February 201323	Ajaccio	3–1	Olympique Lyonnais	Ajaccio, France
14:00 (UTC+1)	Mutu  34'65', 90+2' (pen.) Belghazouani 57' Mostefa  66' Oliech  89'	Summary	Lacazette 53' Ghezzal  63' Lovren  90' Anthony Martial  90+4'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,987 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Ajaccio v Bordeaux

9 February 201324	Ajaccio	1–0	Bordeaux	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Faty 31' 70' Felipe Saad  45+2'	Summary		Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,513 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Stade Brestois 29 v Ajaccio

16 February 201325	Stade Brestois 29	1–1	Ajaccio	Brest, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Raspentino 12' Chafni  76'	Summary	Lasne  27' Oliech 70' Felipe Saad  88'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 12,067 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Ajaccio v Lille OSC

23 February 201326	Ajaccio	1–3	Lille OSC	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Belghazouani 77'	Summary	Poulard 38' (o.g.) Balmont  39' Digne  61' Payet 67', 74'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 5,873 Referee: Benoit Bastien

Bastia v Ajaccio

2 March 201327	Bastia	1–0	Ajaccio	Bastia, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Marchal  14' Choplin  43' Maoulida 47' Rothen  90+7' Thauvin  90+7'	Summary	Chalmé  54'  Oliech  56'  bouhours  80' André  90+7'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 15,205 Referee: Clement Turpin

Ajaccio v FC Lorient

9 March 201328	Ajaccio	1–0	FC Lorient	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Zubar 75' Lippini  85'	Summary	Manga  69' Gassama  77'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,344 Referee: Benoît Millot

Marseille v Ajaccio

15 March 201329	Marseille	0–0	Ajaccio	Marseille
20:30 (UTC+1)		Summary	Sammaritano  64'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 30,986 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Ajaccio v Toulouse

30 March 201330	Ajaccio	2–3	Toulouse	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Zebina 18' (o.g.) Mutu 41' Lasne  90+1'	Summary	Capoue 25'79' (pen.) Tabanou 32' Zebina  73' Abdennour  90+2'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,524 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Sochaux v Ajaccio

6 April 201331	Sochaux	0–0	Ajaccio	Montbéliard
20:00 (UTC+1)	Bakambu  19'	Summary	Ochoa  61' Chalmé  68'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 16,818 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Ajaccio v Nancy

13 April 201332	Ajaccio	1–1	Nancy	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Mostefa 7' André  57' Chalmé  67'	Summary	Alo'o 5'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Saint-Étienne v Ajaccio

24 April 201333	Saint-Étienne	4–2	Ajaccio	Saint-Étienne
18:30 (UTC+1)	Aubameyang 23', 88' Bodmer 48' Cohade 50' Perrin  78' Ghoulam  81'	Summary	Mutu 15'76' (pen.) Zubar  54' Cavalli  70'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 25,084 Referee: Stephane Lannoy

Ajaccio v Montpellier HSC

27 April 201334	Ajaccio	2–1	Montpellier HSC	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)	Mutu  16' Diawara  47' Lasne  63' Delort 82' (pen.) Oliech 90+1'	Summary	Mounier 56' Belhanda  60' El Kaoutari  81'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 5,991 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Reims v Ajaccio

4 May 201335	Reims	1–1	Ajaccio	Reims
20:00 (UTC+1)	Signorino  8' Mandi 36' Agassa  64'	Summary	Mutu 24' Belghazouani  55' Cavalli  72' Ochoa  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 16,842 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Ajaccio v Troyes

11 May 201336	Ajaccio	0–1	Troyes	Ajaccio, France
20:00 (UTC+1)		Summary	Jarjat 17'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Rennes v Ajaccio

18 May 201337	Rennes	1–1	Ajaccio	Rennes
21:00 (UTC+1)	Erdinç 45+1' 87'	Summary	Diawara 5' Mostefa  33' Zubar  81' André  84' Belghazouani  90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 15,805 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

Ajaccio v Nice

26 May 201338	Ajaccio	0–2	Nice	Ajaccio, France
21:00 (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade François Coty

Coupe de France

Main article: 2012–13 Coupe de France

FC Rouen v AC Ajaccio

5 January 2013Last 64	FC Rouen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	AC Ajaccio	Rouen
18:00	Ousmane Cissokho  49' Zerdab 62' Julien Jahier  66'	Summary	Poulard  68' Wilfried Zahibo 88' Begeorgi  96' Gigliotti  117'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 4,993 Referee: Stephane Lannoy

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2012–13 Coupe de la Ligue

AC Arles-Avignon v AC Ajaccio

26 September 2012Round 2	AC Arles-Avignon	2–1	AC Ajaccio	Avignon
20:00	Dalé 61' Draman 90+4'	Summary	Faty 86'	Stadium: Parc des Sports (Avignon) Attendance: 437 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 7 August 2012 ^[8]

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Total
1	MF		18	Cavalli	1	0	0	1
1	FW		29	Eduardo	1	0	0	1
1	DF		6	Medjani	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					3	0	0	3

References

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2. "Brandon Deville d'Anderlecht à Ajaccio" (in French). RTBF. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
3. "Belghazouani à Ajaccio" (in French). L'Equipe. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
4. "Sigamary Diarra à Ajaccio" (in French). So Foot. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
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6. "Ilan signe au SC Bastia" (in French). Spiritu-Turchinu. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
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9. "Trois points de pénalité dont un avec sursis à l'AC Ajaccio pour 2012–2013" (in French). Eurosport. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.