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 13 mere points. Lyon were long time leaders and had won the league back in April 2005. On the last day, 4 teams could've got the 4th place guaranteeing a place in the UEFA Cup and any 2 from 6 teams could've been relegated before the final games.

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

Ligue 1

Season	2004–05
Champions	Lyon
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 →

Final standings

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
7	Lens	38	13	13	12	45	39	+6	52	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8	Auxerre	38	14	10	14	48	47	+1	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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) Champion; (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	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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References

1. "UNFP – Archives". Archived from the original on 13 April 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2008.