2004–05 Ligue 1

67th season of top-tier French football April 2016 Ligue 1 2004–05 6 August 2004 – 28 May 2005 Lyon (4th Title) CaenBastiaIstres Champions League LyonLilleMonaco UEFA Cup RennesAuxerreStrasbourg Alexander Frei(20 goals) 380 826 2003–04 2005–06 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. Participating teams France 350 right Location of teams in 2004–05 Ligue 1 France 41.92667 8.73694 Ajaccio left France 47.786753 3.588664 Auxerre left France 42.39504 9.263343 Bastia left France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 49.179461 -0.396767 Caen left France 43.5151 4.9895 Istres left France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille left France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.120278 6.177778 Metz top France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes France 43.723328 7.458756 Nice bottom France 48.841422 2.393053 PSG France 48.107458 -1.712839 Rennes France 45.460767 4.490117 St. Étienne left France 47.412417 6.9112 Sochaux top France 48.5844 7.7486 Strasbourg right France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse left 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 TeamManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsors (front)Shirt sponsors (back)Shirt sponsors (sleeve)Shorts sponsorsAjaccioFrance Rolland CourbisBalistonGéant CasinoNoneConseil Général de la Corse du Sud, Collectivité Territoriale de CorseNoneAuxerreFrance Guy RouxUhlsportPlayStation 2EurotyreNoneNoneBastiaFrance Michel Padovani & France Éric Durand (caretakers)UhlsportGéant Casino, Pago Premium Fruit JuiceNoneGroupe Onet, Conseil départemental de la Haute-CorseNouvelles FrontièresBordeauxFrance Michel PavonPumaMotorolaNoneGroupe M6MotorolaCaenFrance Franck DumasErreàIsigny Sainte-Mère (Home) / Philips (Away & Third), Brittany FerriesPhilips (Home) / Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie(Away)Guy Dauphin EnvironnementGuy Dauphin EnvironnementIstresBIH Mehmed BaždarevićBalistonOuest Provence / ParuVendu, K-SportFidelidadeNoneNoneLensFrance Francis GillotNikeOrangeOrangeNoneNoneLilleFrance Claude PuelKipstaPartouche CasinoPartouche CasinoNoneNoneLyonFrance Paul Le GuenUmbroRenault Trucks (H)/LG Mobile (A), NC Numericable, Renault TrucksLG MobileFertiligèneISSMarseilleFrance Philippe TroussierAdidasNeufCreyf's InterimIndesitQuickMetzFrance Jean FernandezPumaSollac, MoselleNoneCoraBigBen InteractiveMonacoFRA Didier DeschampsPumaFedcomGian Alberto CaporaleNoneMonaco TelecomNantesFRA Serge Le DizetLe Coq SportifSynergie Interim (Home) / Paprec Recyclage (Away), Pays de la LoirePaprec Recyclage (Home) / Synergie Interim (Away)Hero by WranglerHero by WranglerNiceFrance Frédéric AntonettiPumaRica Lewis (Home) / Gorenje (Away), RMCGorenje (Home) / Rica Lewis (Away)Pizzorno EnvironnementPizzorno EnvironnementParis Saint-GermainFrance Laurent FournierNikeThomson32 75 La Ligne Officielle PSG32 75 La Ligne Officielle PSGPoweoRennesROU László BölöniAirnessConforama (Home) / Fiat Utilitaires (Away), Samsic Propreté, RennesFiat Utilitaires (Home) / Conforama(Away)Association ELANoneSaint-ÉtienneFrance Élie BaupDuarigKonica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-AlpesVocalcomLoire, SACMA AgencementsSaint-ÉtienneSochauxFrance Guy LacombeLottoEsso, Franche-ComtéAlliance IntérimMegnin BernardPeugeotStrasbourgFrance Jacky DuguépérouxAdidasSteelcase (Home) / Europe 2 (Away), Europe 2NoneNoneBarrisolToulouseFrance Erick MombaertsLottoNicopatch, Monné-Decroix, Sud Radio / Eaux d'AletNoneNoneNone League table main WDL QR 5 OL Lyon LIL Lille ASM Monaco REN Rennes OM Marseille STE Saint-Étienne RCL Lens AUX Auxerre PSG Paris Saint-Germain SOC Sochaux RCS Strasbourg NIC Nice TFC Toulouse ACA Ajaccio BOR Bordeaux MET Metz FCN Nantes CAE Caen BAS Bastia IST Istres 22 13 3 56 22 C 18 13 7 52 29 15 18 5 52 35 15 10 13 49 42 15 10 13 47 42 12 17 9 47 34 13 13 12 45 39 14 10 14 48 47 12 15 11 40 41 13 11 14 42 41 12 12 14 42 43 10 16 12 38 45 12 10 16 36 43 10 15 13 36 40 8 20 10 37 41 10 14 14 33 45 10 13 15 33 38 10 12 16 36 60 R 11 8 19 32 48 R 6 14 18 25 51 R green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 #CCCCFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round IC3 #DDDDFF Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 IC2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UCCF Auxerre was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de France. blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UCCL Strasbourg was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de la Ligue. red1 Relegation to Ligue 2 R R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Ligue 1 Results main FBR grey 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 complete Ligue 1 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsLigue 1 - Saison 2004-2005 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com 1 SUI Alexander Frei Rennes 20 2 FRA Mickaël Pagis Strasbourg 15 3 POR Pauleta Paris Saint-Germain 14 4 GUI Pascal Feindouno Saint-Étienne 13 BRA Ilan Sochaux BRA Juninho Pernambucano Lyon FRA Sébastien Mazure Caen FRA Matt Moussilou Lille 9 SEN Mamadou Niang Strasbourg 12 NGA John Utaka Lens Awards Player of the month Monthhttp://www.unfp.org/site/page.php?id_rubrique=2825&id_langue=1 UNFP – Archives 5 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20050413205113/http://www.unfp.org/site/page.php?id_rubrique=2825&id_langue=1 13 April 2005 dead dmy-all PlayerAugustFrance Franck Ribéry (FC Metz)SeptemberFrance Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)OctoberGhana Michael Essien (Olympique Lyonnais)NovemberFrance Camel Meriem (AS Monaco)JanuaryFrance Peguy Luyindula (Olympique de Marseille)FebruaryBrazil Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyonnais)MarchBrazil Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyonnais)AprilFrance Matt Moussilou (Lille OSC)MaySenegal Mamadou Niang (RC Strasbourg) Annual Trophées UNFP du football AwardWinnerClubRef.Player of the SeasonGHA Michael EssienOlympique Lyonnaishttps://fr.uefa.com/news-media/news/01a9-0f8473a59e64-a1fd4f6e5685-1000--essien-n-1-de-ligue-1/ Essien, n°1 de Ligue 1 UEFA fr 23 May 2005 23 August 2026Young Player of the SeasonFRA Jérémy ToulalanNantesGoalkeeper of the SeasonFRA Grégory CoupetOlympique LyonnaisGoal of the SeasonFRA Laurent BatllesOlympique de MarseilleManager of the SeasonFRA Paul Le GuenOlympique Lyonnais Team of the YearGoalkeeperFRA Grégory Coupet (Lyon)Defenders SEN Habib Beye (Marseille) BRA Cris (Lyon) FRA Gaël Givet (Monaco) FRA Éric Abidal (Lyon)Midfielders CIV Bonaventure Kalou (Auxerre) BRA Juninho (Lyon) GHA Michael Essien (Lyon) FRA Florent Malouda (Lyon)Forwards FRA Sylvain Wiltord (Lyon)CHE Alexander Frei (Rennes) Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra05.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 29 June 2026 No. Club Average attendance Change Highest 1 Olympique de Marseille 52,996 2.3% 57,041 2 Olympique lyonnais 37,509 4.2% 40,352 3 Paris Saint-Germain FC 35,401 -8.8% 43,904 4 RC Lens 34,964 0.4% 40,281 5 FC Nantes 30,738 -0.2% 37,022 6 AS Saint-Étienne 29,875 36.1% 35,070 7 Girondins de Bordeaux 23,474 -0.6% 32,712 8 Toulouse FC 23,323 16.2% 35,767 9 Stade rennais 23,267 34.6% 29,164 10 SM Caen 19,806 56.8% 20,972 11 FC Metz 18,205 1.1% 25,908 12 RC Strasbourg 17,441 5.3% 26,631 13 FC Sochaux 15,686 -4.9% 19,931 14 LOSC 13,333 -11.7% 16,891 15 AS Monaco 11,775 13.3% 17,512 16 OGC Nice 11,521 -3.5% 15,755 17 AJ auxerroise 11,373 -11.9% 21,227 18 FC Istres 6,937 230.0% 13,614 19 SC Bastia 5,213 -13.1% 8,598 20 AC Ajaccio 3,047 -13.3% 4,707 References External links France 2004/05 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2004–05 1 France