2004–05 Ligue 1

The 2004–05 season of Ligue 1 was a very close-run battle. Separating fourth placed Rennes, who enter the UEFA Cup and 18th placed Caen, who get relegated to Ligue 2, were just 13 points. Lyon were long time leaders and had won the league back in April 2005. On the last day, 4 teams could have got the 4th place guaranteeing a place in the UEFA Cup and any 2 from 6 teams could have been relegated before the final games.

Ligue 1

Season	2004–05
Dates	6 August 2004 – 28 May 2005
Champions	Lyon (4th Title)
Relegated	Caen Bastia Istres
Champions League	Lyon Lille Monaco
UEFA Cup	Rennes Auxerre Strasbourg
Matches played	380
Goals scored	826 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexander Frei (20 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Participating teams

Ajaccio

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Caen

Istres

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St. Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Toulouse

Location of teams in 2004–05 Ligue 1

• Ajaccio
• Auxerre
• Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Caen
• Istres
• Lens
• Lille
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Metz
• Monaco
• Nantes
• Nice
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Rennes
• Saint-Étienne
• Sochaux
• Strasbourg
• Toulouse

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)	Shirt sponsors (back)	Shirt sponsors (sleeve)	Shorts sponsors
Ajaccio	Rolland Courbis	Baliston	Géant Casino	None	Conseil Général de la Corse du Sud, Collectivité Territoriale de Corse	None
Auxerre	Guy Roux	Uhlsport	PlayStation 2	Eurotyre	None	None
Bastia	Michel Padovani & Éric Durand (caretakers)	Uhlsport	Géant Casino, Pago Premium Fruit Juice	None	Groupe Onet, Conseil départemental de la Haute-Corse	Nouvelles Frontières
Bordeaux	Michel Pavon	Puma	Motorola	None	Groupe M6	Motorola
Caen	Franck Dumas	Erreà	Isigny Sainte-Mère (Home) / Philips (Away & Third), Brittany Ferries	Philips (Home) / Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie(Away)	Guy Dauphin Environnement	Guy Dauphin Environnement
Istres	Mehmed Baždarević	Baliston	Ouest Provence / ParuVendu, K-Sport	Fidelidade	None	None
Lens	Francis Gillot	Nike	Orange	Orange	None	None
Lille	Claude Puel	Kipsta	Partouche Casino	Partouche Casino	None	None
Lyon	Paul Le Guen	Umbro	Renault Trucks (H)/LG Mobile (A), NC Numericable, Renault Trucks	LG Mobile	Fertiligène	ISS
Marseille	Philippe Troussier	Adidas	Neuf	Creyf's Interim	Indesit	Quick
Metz	Jean Fernandez	Puma	Sollac, Moselle	None	Cora	BigBen Interactive
Monaco	Didier Deschamps	Puma	Fedcom	Gian Alberto Caporale	None	Monaco Telecom
Nantes	Serge Le Dizet	Le Coq Sportif	Synergie Interim (Home) / Paprec Recyclage (Away), Pays de la Loire	Paprec Recyclage (Home) / Synergie Interim (Away)	Hero by Wrangler	Hero by Wrangler
Nice	Frédéric Antonetti	Puma	Rica Lewis (Home) / Gorenje (Away), RMC	Gorenje (Home) / Rica Lewis (Away)	Pizzorno Environnement	Pizzorno Environnement
Paris Saint-Germain	Laurent Fournier	Nike	Thomson	32 75 La Ligne Officielle PSG	32 75 La Ligne Officielle PSG	Poweo
Rennes	László Bölöni	Airness	Conforama (Home) / Fiat Utilitaires (Away), Samsic Propreté, Rennes	Fiat Utilitaires (Home) / Conforama(Away)	Association ELA	None
Saint-Étienne	Élie Baup	Duarig	Konica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-Alpes	Vocalcom	Loire, SACMA Agencements	Saint-Étienne
Sochaux	Guy Lacombe	Lotto	Esso, Franche-Comté	Alliance Intérim	Megnin Bernard	Peugeot
Strasbourg	Jacky Duguépéroux	Adidas	Steelcase (Home) / Europe 2 (Away), Europe 2	None	None	Barrisol
Toulouse	Erick Mombaerts	Lotto	Nicopatch, Monné-Decroix, Sud Radio / Eaux d'Alet	None	None	None

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	22	13	3	56	22	+34	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Lille	38	18	13	7	52	29	+23	67
3	Monaco	38	15	18	5	52	35	+17	63	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Rennes	38	15	10	13	49	42	+7	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Marseille	38	15	10	13	47	42	+5	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6	Saint-Étienne	38	12	17	9	47	34	+13	53	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7	Lens	38	13	13	12	45	39	+6	52
8	Auxerre	38	14	10	14	48	47	+1	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
9	Paris Saint-Germain	38	12	15	11	40	41	−1	51
10	Sochaux	38	13	11	14	42	41	+1	50
11	Strasbourg	38	12	12	14	42	43	−1	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[b]
12	Nice	38	10	16	12	38	45	−7	46
13	Toulouse	38	12	10	16	36	43	−7	46
14	Ajaccio	38	10	15	13	36	40	−4	45
15	Bordeaux	38	8	20	10	37	41	−4	44
16	Metz	38	10	14	14	33	45	−12	44
17	Nantes	38	10	13	15	33	38	−5	43
18	Caen (R)	38	10	12	16	36	60	−24	42	Relegation to Ligue 2
19	Bastia (R)	38	11	8	19	32	48	−16	41
20	Istres (R)	38	6	14	18	25	51	−26	32

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

1. Auxerre was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de France.
2. Strasbourg was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de la Ligue.

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	AUX	BAS	BOR	CAE	IST	RCL	LIL	OL	OM	MET	ASM	NAN	NIC	PSG	REN	STE	SOC	STR	TFC
Ajaccio		4–3	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0
Auxerre	1–0		4–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–3	0–0	4–0	2–2	2–1	4–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–2
Bastia	1–0	1–0		1–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–1
Bordeaux	0–0	0–0	0–0		2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	5–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1
Caen	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–1		1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–2
Istres	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–2		0–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0
Lens	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1		1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	5–2	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–0
Lille	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	8–0	2–1		2–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Lyon	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	4–0
Marseille	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–1		1–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0
Metz	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1
Monaco	2–2	0–0	5–2	1–1	5–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0		2–1	3–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–1
Nantes	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0		0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–2
Nice	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0		1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0
Paris SG	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1		1–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0
Rennes	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–1		2–2	3–0	4–0	1–1
Saint-Étienne	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	5–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–1	0–0
Sochaux	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1		1–2	2–0
Strasbourg	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–4
Toulouse	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–0

Source: Ligue 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Alexander Frei	Rennes	20
2	Mickaël Pagis	Strasbourg	15
3	Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	14
4	Pascal Feindouno	Saint-Étienne	13
	Ilan	Sochaux
	Juninho Pernambucano	Lyon
	Sébastien Mazure	Caen
	Matt Moussilou	Lille
9	Mamadou Niang	Strasbourg	12
	John Utaka	Lens

Player of the month

Month	Player
August	Franck Ribéry (FC Metz)
September	Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)
October	Michael Essien (Olympique Lyonnais)
November	Camel Meriem (AS Monaco)
January	Peguy Luyindula (Olympique de Marseille)
February	Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyonnais)
March	Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyonnais)
April	Matt Moussilou (Lille OSC)
May	Mamadou Niang (RC Strasbourg)

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