Ligue 1 2004/05

	Ligue 1 2004/05
master	Olympique Lyon
Champions League	Olympique Lyon ; OSC Lille
Champions League ; qualification	AS Monaco
Uefa cup	Stade Rennes , AJ Auxerre ; Racing Strasbourg (League Cup)
UI cup	Olympique Marseille ; AS Saint-Étienne ; Racing Lens
Cup winners	AJ Auxerre
Relegated	SM Caen , SC Bastia ; FC Istres
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	826 (ø 2.17 per game)
spectator	8,091,792 (ø 21,294 per game)
Top scorer	Alexander Frei; (Rennes Stadium)
	← Ligue 1 2003/04 Ligue 1 2005/06 →
	Ligue 2 2004/05 ↓

The Ligue 1 2004/05 was the 67th season of the highest French Football League, while the third season under the name Ligue 1. The season began on 6 August 2004 with the opening match OGC Nice to Olympique Lyon (0: 1) and ended on May 28, 2005.

Olympique Lyon became champion for the fourth time in a row .

Teams

Istres

Division 1 venues 2004/05

society	city	Stadion	capacity
AC Ajaccio	Ajaccio	François-Coty Stadium	08,200
AJ Auxerre	Auxerre	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps	23,500
AS Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,500
FC Metz	Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	26,700
FC Nantes Atlantique	Nantes	Louis-Fonteneau stadium	38,300
FC Sochaux	Sochaux	Stade Auguste-Bonal	20,000
Toulouse FC	Toulouse	Municipal Stadium	35,500
Girondins Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Parc Lescure	34,700
OGC Nice	Nice	Stade you Ray	17,400
Olympique Lyon	Lyon	Stade Gerland	40,500
Olympique Marseille	Marseille	Stade Velodrome	60,000
Lille OSC	Lille	Stade Grimonprez-Jooris	21,100
Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,500
Racing Lens	Lens	Stade Félix-Bollaert	41,600
SC Bastia	Bastia	Stade Armand Cesari	12,500
Rennes stadium	Rennes	Stade de la Route de Lorient	31,100
AS Saint-Etienne	Saint-Etienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	42,000
Racing Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,000
SM Caen	Caen	Stade Michel-d'Ornano	21,500
FC Istres	Istres	Stade Parsemain	17,000

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Olympique Lyon (M)	38	22nd	13	3	056:220	+34	79
2.	Lille OSC	38	18th	13	7th	052:290	+23	67
3.	AS Monaco	38	15th	18th	5	052:350	+17	63
4th	Rennes stadium	38	15th	10	13	049:420	+7	55
5.	Olympique Marseille	38	15th	10	13	047:420	+5	55
6th	AS Saint-Etienne (N)	38	12	17th	9	047:340	+13	53
7th	Racing Lens	38	13	13	12	045:390	+6	52
8th.	AJ Auxerre	38	14th	10	14th	048:470	+1	52
9.	Paris Saint-Germain (P)	38	12	15th	11	040:410	−1	51
10.	FC Sochaux (L)	38	13	11	14th	042:410	+1	50
11.	Racing Strasbourg	38	12	12	14th	042:430	−1	48
12.	OGC Nice	38	10	16	12	038:450	−7	46
13.	Toulouse FC	38	12	10	16	031:440	−13	46
14th	AC Ajaccio	38	10	15th	13	036:400	−4	45
15th	Girondins Bordeaux	38	8th	20th	10	037:410	−4	44
16.	FC Metz	38	10	14th	14th	033:450	−12	44
17th	FC Nantes Atlantique	38	10	13	15th	043:380	+5	43
18th	SM Caen (N)	38	10	12	16	036:600	−24	42
19th	SC Bastia	38	11	8th	19th	032:480	−16	41
20th	FC Istres (N)	38	6th	14th	18th	025:510	−26	32

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

French football champion and participation in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2005/06

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2005

Relegation to Ligue 2 in 2005/06

(M)	reigning French champion
(P)	reigning French cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from Ligue 2 2003/04

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2004/05
Olympique Lyon		0: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	5: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 1	4-0	0-0	3: 2	4-0	2: 1
Paris Saint-Germain	0-0		0: 1	1-0	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	3-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 2	2: 2	2: 2
AS Monaco	1: 1	2-0		0-0	1: 3	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	2-0	2-0	3: 4	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	5: 2	1: 1	5: 2	2: 1
AJ Auxerre	0: 3	1: 1	2: 2		2-0	2: 1	0-0	3-0	3: 1	1: 3	4: 3	0-0	0-0	4-0	1-0	3: 2	4: 1	2: 2	1-0	0-0
FC Sochaux	0: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2		1-0	2-0	1: 2	3-0	0: 2	0-0	4-0	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1
FC Nantes	2: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 2		2: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 3	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0	1-0
Olympique Marseille	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0: 2	3: 1		2: 1	3: 1	3-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	1: 3	1: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1
RC Lens	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 2	2-0	0-0		5: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	3-0	0: 1	0: 1
Rennes stadium	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	1-0	3: 1		0: 1	4: 1	2-0	4-0	3: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1
Lille OSC	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0-0		1-0	0-0	1: 1	4-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2-0	8-0
OGC Nice	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1		3: 3	0-0	1: 1	3-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	0-0
Girondins Bordeaux	0-0	3-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	0: 2	3: 3	1: 1	0-0	1: 3	5: 1		0: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 2	2: 2
Racing Strasbourg	0: 1	3: 1	0-0	3: 1	0-0	0: 2	1-0	2: 2	1-0	1: 2	3: 1	1-0		3: 1	1-0	1: 4	2-0	1: 1	5-0	1: 1
FC Metz	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	3-0	0-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0		1-0	0: 1	2-0	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1
AC Ajaccio	1: 1	1-0	3-0	4: 3	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 2	1: 2		1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	0-0
Toulouse FC	0: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 3	0-0	0: 2	1-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 1		1-0	0: 2	2: 3	2: 1
SC Bastia	1: 1	1: 2	0: 2	1-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	1: 4	2: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1		0: 3	2-0	2-0
AS Saint-Etienne	2: 3	0-0	0: 1	3: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	3-0	0-0	3-0		5-0	2-0
SM Caen	1-0	0-0	1-0	0: 2	0: 2	2: 1	2: 3	1-0	2: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	2-0		1: 1
FC Istres	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	2-0	0: 1	0: 2	0: 2	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	1-0	1-0	3: 2	0: 2

Champion team Olympique Lyon

1.	Olympique Lyon
	Goal: Grégory Coupet (31 / -); Nicolas Puydebois (7 / -) Defense: Cris (33/3); Anthony Réveillère (33 / -); Eric Abidal (29 / -); Jérémy Berthod (22 / -); Caçapa (21/1); Lamine Diatta (19 / -) Midfield: Florent Malouda (37/5); Michael Essien (37/4); Sidney Govou (36/8); Mahamadou Diarra (33/2); Juninho (32/13); Jérémy Clément (18/1); Hatem Ben Arfa (9 / -) Forward: Pierre-Alain Frau (32/7); Nilmar (32/2); Sylvain Wiltord (25/3); Bryan Bergougnoux (24/4); Karim Benzema (6 / -); Giovane Elber (3/1); Julien Viale (2 / -) Coach: Paul Le Guen

* Florent Balmont (2/1) left the club during the season.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
01.	Switzerland Alexander Frei	Rennes stadium	20th
02.	Mickaël Pagis	Racing Strasbourg	15th
03.	Portugal Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	14th
04th	Guinea-a Pascal Feindouno	AS Saint-Etienne	13
	Brazil Juninho	Olympique Lyon
	Sébastien Mazure	SM Caen
07th	Matt Moussilou	Lille OSC	12
	Senegal Mamadou Niang	Racing Strasbourg
	Brazil Ilan Araújo	FC Sochaux
	Nigeria John Utaka	Racing Lens

Web links

Commons : Ligue 1 2004/05 - collection of images, videos and audio files

weltfussball.de Games and table of the playing time

Individual evidence

↑ Goal scorers 2004/05. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved February 10, 2018 .

[1] Goal scorers 2004/05. In: lfp.fr. Retrieved February 10, 2018 .

Ligue 1 2004/05

master	Olympique Lyon
Champions League	Olympique Lyon OSC Lille
Champions League qualification	AS Monaco
Uefa cup	Stade Rennes , AJ Auxerre Racing Strasbourg (League Cup)
UI cup	Olympique Marseille AS Saint-Étienne Racing Lens
Cup winners	AJ Auxerre
Relegated	SM Caen , SC Bastia FC Istres
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	826 (ø 2.17 per game)
spectator	8,091,792 (ø 21,294 per game)
Top scorer	Switzerland Alexander Frei (Rennes Stadium)
← Ligue 1 2003/04 Ligue 1 2005/06 →
Ligue 2 2004/05 ↓