| 1. | Assistant trainer Alain Fiard will coach the club in Roux's absence.
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| 2. | Auxerre was coached by Alain Fiard in the absence of veteran trainer Guy Roux.
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| 3. | Fiard retired from professional football in 1993, having made more than 450 league appearances.
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| 4. | Fiard was hired as a youth coach at Auxerre in 1997, before being appointed as Valenciennes.
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| 5. | Fiard started his playing career with Lille, where he remained for six years until the end of his career.
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