2003–04 Ligue 2

65th season of the second-tier football league in France Ligue 2 2003–04 2002–03 2004–05 The Ligue 2 season 2003–04, organised by the LFP was won by AS Saint-Étienne and saw the promotions of AS Saint-Étienne, SM Caen and FC Istres, whereas ASOA Valence, Besançon RC and FC Rouen were relegated to National. 20 participating teams 18em Amiens Angers Besançon Caen Châteauroux Clermont Créteil Grenoble Gueugnon Istres Laval Le Havre Lorient Nancy Niort Rouen Saint-Étienne Sedan Troyes Valence League table main WDL Promotion or Relegation 5 STE Saint-Étienne SMC Caen FCI Istres LOR Lorient SED Sedan NAN Nancy HAC Le Havre CNFC Niort ASC Amiens TRO Troyes BC Châteauroux USCL Créteil ANG Angers CLE Clermont GF38 Grenoble FCG Gueugnon LAV Laval VAL Valence BES Besançon ROU Rouen 22 7 9 44 29 C,P 20 11 7 56 31 P 19 9 10 44 26 P 17 10 11 57 45 15 15 8 42 31 14 13 11 45 36 15 10 13 44 46 13 14 11 47 44 15 8 15 43 45 13 13 12 43 48 13 10 15 44 49 10 15 13 41 47 11 12 15 36 43 9 17 12 36 48 9 16 13 38 43 9 15 14 40 43 10 12 16 51 55 9 13 16 45 56 R 8 14 16 37 45 R 5 14 19 27 50 R green1 Promotion to Ligue 1 P P P blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round Since the Coupe de France winners Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup went to Châteauroux, who were the Coupe de France runners-up. ELPR red1 Relegation to Championnat National [fr] R R R complete Ligue 2 Results main FBR grey AMI ANG BES CAE CHA CLE CRE GRE GUE IST LAV LHA LOR NAL NRT ROU STE SED TRO VLN Amiens 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–4 1–1 2–2 Angers 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 Besançon 0–2 2–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 Caen 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 4–1 Niort 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–3 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 Châteauroux 4–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 Clermont 0–2 4–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 Créteil 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 Grenoble 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–3 Gueugnon 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 Istres 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 Le Havre 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 Lorient 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–3 4–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–5 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 Nancy 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–4 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 Rouen 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 Saint-Étienne 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–0 Sedan 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–4 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 Laval 1–2 3–3 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–2 Troyes 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 Valence 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–1 complete Ligue 2 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1FRA David SuarezAmiens172FRA Laurent DufresneNancy163FRA Bertrand FayolleValence15FRA Guilherme MauricioLaval5FRA Hervé BugnetLe Havre136FRA Cyrille WatierCaen12ALG Mansour BoutaboutGueugnonCIV Marc-Éric GueïChâteaurouxTOG Robert MalmGrenobleFRA Jacques RémyIstres Attendances # Club Average 1 Saint-Étienne 21,950 2 Caen 12,635 3 Sedan 9,426 4 Le Havre 8,228 5 Lorient 7,952 6 Amiens 7,859 7 La Berrichonne 6,750 8 Nancy 6,362 9 Clermont 6,111 10 ESTAC 6,089 11 Rouen 5,911 12 Angers 5,408 13 Grenoble 5,197 14 Chamois niortais 4,586 15 Gueugnon 3,891 16 Stade lavallois 3,846 17 Besançon 3,733 18 Valence 2,910 19 Istres 2,102 20 Créteil 1,965Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra04.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk August 31, 2026 References External links RSSSF archives of results 2003–04 2 France