2004–05 FC Istres season

During the 2004–05 French football season, FC Istres competed in Ligue 1.

FC Istres

2004–05 season
Ligue 1	20th (relegated)
Coupe de la Ligue	Second round
Average home league attendance	7,207[1]

Season summary

Istres competed in Ligue 1 for the first time in their history. They were easily relegated, in bottom place.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Laurent Weber 2 FW  BRA Leandro Amaral 3 DF  FRA Christophe Dumolin 4 DF  MLI Brahim Thiam[notes 1] 5 DF  FRA Bruno Savry 7 MF  FRA Laurent Mohellebi 8 DF  SCG Niša Saveljić 9 DF  SEN Abdoulaye Faye (on loan from Lens) 10 FW  ALG Rafik Saïfi 11 FW  COL Víctor Montaño 12 FW  COD Fiston Kuku 13 MF  FRA Philippe Delaye 14 DF  FRA Romain Trouche 15 MF  SCG Dejan Ilić 16 GK  FRA Rudy Riou 17 MF  MAR Azzeddine Ourahou[notes 2] 18 MF  FRA Sébastien Pérez

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  CIV Ibrahima Bakayoko 20 MF  FRA Franck Chaussidière 21 MF  FRA Amor Kehiha 22 MF  SEN Moussa N'Diaye 23 DF  FRA David Hamed 24 DF  CMR Patrick Leugueun 25 MF  SVN Luka Žinko 26 DF  MAR Noureddine Kacemi 27 DF  FRA Steven Pelé 28 MF  TUN Adel Chedli[notes 3] 29 MF  FRA Laurent Courtois 33 MF  FRA Cedric Gimenez 34 MF  FRA Anthony Sichi — GK  FRA Benoît Aureille — GK  FRA Julien Mondillon — FW  FRA Christophe Caldeirinha

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  TAH Gérald Forschelet (to Neuchâtel Xamax) 18 FW  FRA Florian Maurice (to Châteauroux)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  FRA Steeve Theophile (to Charleroi)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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.
(R) Relegated.

Notes and references

Notes

1. Thiam was born in Bobigny, France, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2001.
2. Ourahou was born in Nîmes, France, but also qualified to represent Morocco internationally and represented them at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
3. Chedli was born in La Ricamarie, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his international debut for Tunisia in May 1996.

References

1. "Ligue 1 2004/2005 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2004-2005/ligue1/istres.htm