Saint-Etienne lost 5-4 on penalty kicks to Auxerre.
Auxerre's Hamza Sakhi scored the first goal of the game before Mahdi Camara got Saint-Etienne's equaliser.
Saint-Etienne owns a record-tying 10 league titles and has not played in the second tier, Ligue 2, since 2005.
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