Buy Strasbourg vs Auxerre tickets for the 2026/27 Season, with Le Racing hosting Les Ajaïstes at the Stade de la Meinau on Sunday 1 November 2026, listed for a 15:00 kick-off. This is Matchday 9 of Ligue 1 and the twenty-fifth top-flight meeting between the clubs at this ground since 1980. It is also one of the first big afternoons in a stadium that has just finished a four-year rebuild.
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That rebuild is the story here. The Meinau has gone from 26,280 to 32,300 in a project costing north of 180 million euros, with completion targeted for August 2026, which makes this among the earliest chances to see the finished ground on a full Sunday. Anyone weighing up RC Strasbourg home matches this season is buying into a venue with several thousand seats that did not exist two seasons ago.
The football has caught up with the construction. Strasbourg finished eighth last season on 53 points and reached the Conference League semi-finals, a year after finishing seventh. Auxerre came fifteenth on 34 points. The gap between the sides is real, and so is the Meinau's record in this fixture.
Adding 6,000 seats usually loosens a market. Here it has done the opposite, because the demand arrived at the same time as the concrete. Strasbourg came out of a European run that ended in the last four and they have finished seventh and eighth in consecutive seasons. A club that spent 2011 in the fourth division after bankruptcy now sells out on reputation as well as habit.
Auxerre bring their own pull, though of a different kind. This is a club with a French title, four Coupe de France wins and 36 years of Guy Roux behind it, back in the top flight since 2024 after a decade away. Buyers looking at AJ Auxerre away fixtures should expect the visiting allocation to be handled through the club rather than sold openly, which is the standard arrangement in Ligue 1.
The renewal system does the rest. Strasbourg reward loyalty directly, with a 5 per cent discount for each year of continuous subscription up to a maximum of 20 per cent, which gives long-standing holders a strong reason never to let a seat go. New capacity absorbed by renewals is capacity that never reaches open sale.
The ground itself now pulls people who are not only there for the football. The site has gained a fan zone built to hold up to 5,000 on matchdays, with ticketing, retail, museum space and a sports bar, plus three fan bars and a covered concourse running the circumference. That changes the shape of a matchday crowd: more people arrive earlier, stay longer and treat the fixture as an afternoon rather than ninety minutes.
Yes, though the club route runs in a strict order. The 2026/27 campaign opened with a réabonnement window for existing holders before anything reached new subscribers, and the loyalty discount is calculated on unbroken years rather than total years, so a holder who skips a season starts again. Priority for individual matches then follows the same hierarchy.
What reaches general sale for a Sunday afternoon Ligue 1 fixture is therefore a fraction of 32,300, released in stages rather than all at once. An overseas buyer working across a time difference is often looking at a picked-over seating map by the time general availability opens, and the newly built areas are the first to go because people want to see them.
The marketplace covers that gap. Listings on 1BoxOffice come from verified sellers holding seats that would otherwise go unused, so a buyer with no abonnement, no loyalty history and no French address can choose a tribune, see the total before committing and finish in one sitting.
One structural point is worth understanding before you start. French clubs handle visiting allocations through the away club rather than through open sale, and that sector is segregated with its own access and stewarding. An Auxerre supporter without a route through their own club is in the same position as a neutral, which is to say looking at the home tribunes and needing to dress accordingly.
Five things move the price here: which tribune the seat sits in, how central it is, how much of the ground has already gone, whether the seat is in one of the rebuilt areas and whether the listing carries hospitality. Strasbourg price by tribune and by loyalty tier rather than by opponent, so the resale market rather than the face value is what reflects a fixture's pull.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kop, north-west quarter corner | £40 – £70 | Atmosphere on a budget | Home to Ultra Boys 90 and the Kop Ciel et Blanc. Expanded from roughly 3,500 places to 5,000 |
| Tribune Nord, behind the goal | £50 – £85 | A seat without a premium | Restructured in the rebuild. Full view from behind the goal, calmer than the Kop |
| Tribune Est, longside | £70 – £115 | Balance of price and sightline | Opposite the main stand, running the length of the pitch |
| Tribune Sud, outer blocks | £100 – £165 | Families and groups | The expanded main stand, covered, with the new concourse behind it |
| Tribune Sud premium and business terrace | £250 – £500+ | Premium matchday | Boxes, lounges and the terrace served by the five-storey glazed atrium |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
Face values are set by the club on a tribune-and-loyalty basis rather than by opponent, so a long-standing subscriber and a first-time buyer can hold identical seats at very different prices. That is worth knowing because it means the resale figure you see is driven almost entirely by scarcity rather than by any tier the club has assigned to this fixture.
Read those bands as overlapping rather than fixed. In the first months of a finished stadium the newly opened areas carry a curiosity premium that has little to do with the sightline, so a Tribune Est seat bought early will often beat a rebuilt-area seat bought late. The listings that hold firmest are the business terrace and the boxes, neither of which gets restocked.
The Meinau opened in 1914 and was rebuilt once already for the 1984 European Championship, so this is a ground with several architectural generations layered on one site. The current work, designed by Populous, restructured the east, north and west sides and rebuilt the south stand entirely. Its most distinctive feature is a sunshade on the south stand made from 196 upcycled fuselage panels taken from decommissioned Airbus A340 aircraft.
Four sides wrap around the pitch with quarter-corners between them, and it is those corners that matter when reading a listing. The Kop sits in the north-west quarter rather than filling a whole stand, so a block described as being in the corner can mean something very different from a block in the middle of the same side.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kop, north-west quarter corner | Home support at full volume | Lowest | Ultra Boys 90 and the Kop Ciel et Blanc. Standing-style support and no realistic chance of sitting down |
| Visiting sector | AJ Auxerre supporters | Lowest | Segregated with its own access and stewarding. Distributed through the visiting club rather than sold openly |
| Tribune Nord | Lower-priced home seating behind the goal | Low | Restructured in the rebuild. A quieter end than the Kop corner beside it |
| Tribune Ouest | Regulars who want the Kop noise without being in it | Low to mid | The west side, expanded as part of the same works |
| Tribune Est | Neutral buyers and first-time visitors | Mid | Longside opposite the main stand, with a full view of the shape of the game |
| Tribune Sud | Central covered viewing | Highest outside hospitality | The rebuilt main stand, holding the press and premium areas under the Airbus panel sunshade |
Neutral buyers and anyone undecided should start with the Tribune Est. It sits away from the Kop corner and the visiting sector, keeps the whole pitch in view and rarely carries the premium the south stand now attracts. Wearing Auxerre colours outside the visiting sector is not advisable, so buyers travelling from Burgundy should match the tribune to the shirt.
One point specific to this season. Because the ground has changed shape, block numbers and stand names that circulated in previous years no longer map cleanly onto what is on sale, so read a listing against a current plan rather than one you remember from a visit before the works.
Distance shapes this one too. Auxerre sit in Burgundy and Strasbourg on the German border, a long haul across the country rather than a regional hop, and a Sunday afternoon kick-off gives a travelling supporter a full day on the road in each direction. The practical effect is that the visiting sector is unlikely to be the constraint here. The pressure sits on the home tribunes, which is where almost every buyer reading this will end up.
The rebuild has changed Strasbourg's hospitality more than it has changed the football. The upper south stand now carries a business terrace fed by a five-storey glazed atrium, and the ground has gained bars, lounges, boxes and a restaurant that trades beyond matchdays.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Business terrace, upper Tribune Sud | Companies and regular corporate guests | New reception spaces distributed from the glazed atrium, central to the pitch |
| Private boxes | Small groups and partners | Self-contained space with its own catering, built into the rebuilt main stand |
| Lounge and restaurant packages | Buyers wanting a full evening | Year-round facilities rather than matchday-only catering |
| Central seating without catering | Buyers who want the view, not the meal | Tribune Sud position at well below full package pricing |
Hospitality listings behave differently from ordinary seats. They surface in small numbers, they are released later than general stock and they hold their price rather than softening as the date approaches. In a stadium whose premium areas have just opened, that effect is stronger than usual.
One seasonal note. Alsace in early November is cold and often damp, and a 15:00 kick-off finishes as the light goes. The Tribune Sud is the covered option and the corners are the most exposed, which is worth weighing if you are bringing children.
| Delivery Type | What to Check |
|---|---|
| Mobile transfer | The transfer reaches the email address on your order. Accept it before travelling and keep the phone charged for entry |
| E-ticket or PDF | Downloadable and printable. Check whether the listing names a holder, as French clubs personalise tickets for some fixtures |
| Local collection | Meeting point and window are stated in the listing. Agree a fixed landmark, as the ground sits in a residential quarter |
| Courier delivery | Used for paper stock and hospitality passes. Confirm the address is reachable before matchday |
Read the listing notes before you buy rather than after, because delivery method and any name requirement are set out there. Bring valid photo identification that matches the name on the ticket. Charge your phone if the delivery is a mobile transfer. Screenshot the barcode as a backup in case signal drops in a full ground.
Give yourself time getting in. A 32,300 crowd is several thousand more than the Meinau handled before the works, the surrounding streets are residential rather than built for stadium traffic and the new fan zone draws people to the site well before kick-off. Public transport into the Meinau quarter is the sensible option over driving.
1BoxOffice has been a verified marketplace since 2006 and every order carries a 150% money-back guarantee, so the process below runs the same whether you want one seat or six together.
Step1
Open the fixture listing
Go to the match page for the 1 November meeting at the Meinau and check the date, kick-off and venue line before anything else.
Step2
Set up your account
You can create an account in under a minute. Having one ready before you start speeds up checkout when a good listing appears.
Step3
Choose your tribune
Settle the Kop corner against the longsides and the main stand before you compare prices. At this ground the corner blocks behave very differently from the middle of the same side.
Step4
Filter by quantity
Set the number of seats first so the listings shown can actually satisfy your group. Pairs and singles behave very differently from blocks of four or more.
Step5
Read the listing notes
Tribune, block, restricted view, split seating and delivery method are all declared here. Two minutes of reading prevents most matchday problems.
Step6
Check the all-in total
Move to checkout and look at the final figure with fees and delivery included, then compare that against the other tribunes on your shortlist.
Step7
Complete the purchase
Pay through the secured checkout and keep the confirmation email. It carries your order reference and the delivery method attached to your seats.
Step8
Follow your delivery
Use track order to watch the progress of your seats and confirm they have arrived before you travel to Alsace.
Strasbourg is one of the easier French away days to reach from abroad. The TGV runs from Paris Gare de l'Est in about an hour and three quarters, the city sits on the German border with Frankfurt and Stuttgart within straightforward reach by rail, while Strasbourg Airport and Basel Mulhouse both serve the area. The Meinau quarter is south of the centre and connected by tram, so the ground does not need a car.
Two planning points deserve attention. If you need seats together, buy them from a single listing rather than assembling separate purchases, because sellers hold blocks as they hold them and orders cannot be merged afterwards. And leave slack in your travel dates: Ligue 1 confirms kick-off times and broadcast selections in batches, and a Sunday fixture can still be moved within its weekend, so a flight booked tight against the current slot carries real risk.
The fixture began in August 1980, in Auxerre's first season in the French top flight, and Strasbourg won it 1-0. That set a pattern the Meinau has largely kept: 12 home wins from 24 league meetings, against five for the visitors and seven draws. Auxerre grew into the stronger club through the Guy Roux decades, taking the French title in 1995/96 and four Coupe de France finals, yet the Meinau stayed awkward for them throughout.
Strasbourg's own history runs on a different rhythm. A single French title in 1978/79, three Coupe de France wins and four League Cups sit alongside a collapse into the fourth division after bankruptcy in 2011 and a climb back through three promotions to Ligue 1 in 2017. The last two meetings here, a 3-1 in January 2025 and a 3-0 in October 2025, are the most emphatic back-to-back home results the fixture has produced.
What gives the fixture its shape now is the mismatch between the two records. Auxerre have the deeper trophy cabinet and the longer top-flight history, Strasbourg have the better recent form and a home record here that has held for four decades. Add a stadium that has just grown by 6,000 seats and a home crowd that watched European semi-final football last spring, and the demand does not look like a mid-table Sunday.
Every figure below covers French top-flight meetings played at the Stade de la Meinau with Strasbourg as hosts, from August 1980 to the most recent fixture in October 2025.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 24 |
| Strasbourg wins | 12 |
| Auxerre wins | 5 |
| Draws | 7 |
| Strasbourg goals | 34 |
| Auxerre goals | 24 |
| Biggest Strasbourg win | 3-0 |
| Biggest Auxerre win | 1-3 |
| First top-flight meeting in scope | 5 August 1980 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 29 October 2025 |
Totals compiled from the match-by-match results below, cross-checked against league season records and an independent confrontation archive.
The useful signal in those figures is the draw column rather than the win column. Seven level results in 24 is a lower rate than the fixture's reputation for tight afternoons suggests, and the scoring line of 34 to 24 works out at 2.4 goals a game. Strasbourg have lost only five of 24 here across four decades, which is the number that explains why the home tribunes rather than the visiting sector are where the pressure sits.
All 24 French top-flight fixtures between the sides at the Stade de la Meinau, newest first, with Strasbourg listed first in every scoreline. Cup ties and second-tier meetings sit outside this scope and are excluded.
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2025 | 3-0 |
| 05 Jan 2025 | 3-1 |
| 19 Mar 2023 | 2-0 |
| 15 Aug 2007 | 3-0 |
| 30 Jul 2005 | 0-0 |
| 20 Nov 2004 | 3-1 |
| 17 Jan 2004 | 0-2 |
| 20 May 2003 | 1-2 |
| 28 Apr 2001 | 1-0 |
| 13 Oct 1999 | 1-3 |
| 13 Feb 1999 | 2-1 |
| 31 Oct 1997 | 1-1 |
| 03 Sep 1996 | 2-1 |
| 05 Mar 1996 | 1-0 |
| 29 Jul 1994 | 1-1 |
| 24 Jul 1993 | 1-1 |
| 17 Oct 1992 | 1-1 |
| 06 May 1989 | 1-0 |
| 08 Feb 1986 | 1-3 |
| 25 May 1985 | 1-1 |
| 28 Apr 1984 | 2-1 |
| 03 Sep 1982 | 0-2 |
| 06 Feb 1982 | 2-2 |
| 05 Aug 1980 | 1-0 |
Every score verified against two independent record sets: French top-flight season results grids and a full confrontation archive covering both clubs.
The fifteen-year hole in the middle of that list is the story of both clubs at once. Strasbourg went down in 2008 and kept falling, reaching the fourth division after bankruptcy in 2011 before three promotions carried them back to Ligue 1 in 2017. Auxerre's 32-year run in the top flight ended in 2012 and they did not return until 2024, with a further single-season relegation in between. The fixture simply did not exist between August 2007 and March 2023.
Yes. Verified sellers list seats released after the renewal campaign closes, so no subscription, loyalty history or French address is needed to buy.
Completion was targeted for August 2026, taking capacity from 26,280 to 32,300. This fixture falls among the first months of the finished ground.
In the Kop at the north-west quarter corner, home to Ultra Boys 90 and the Kop Ciel et Blanc. That section grew from around 3,500 places to 5,000 in the rebuild.
The south stand carries a sunshade built from 196 upcycled fuselage panels taken from decommissioned Airbus A340 aircraft. It is visible from most of the ground.
The TGV from Paris Gare de l'Est takes about an hour and three quarters, and the German border puts Frankfurt and Stuttgart within rail reach. Tram serves the Meinau quarter.
Sources: RC Strasbourg official club and ticketing communications for the season ticket campaign and loyalty terms; Strasbourg city and stadium project publications for the transformation, capacity and premium areas; French top-flight season results records and an independent confrontation archive for every head-to-head result; club records for honours, stadium capacity and supporters groups; AJ Auxerre club records for league history and honours.