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.

Ligue 1
Season2004–05
Dates6 August 2004 – 28 May 2005
ChampionsLyon (4th Title)
RelegatedCaen
Bastia
Istres
Champions LeagueLyon
Lille
Monaco
UEFA CupRennes
Auxerre
Strasbourg
Matches played380
Goals scored826 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexander Frei
(20 goals)

Participating teams

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Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsors (front) Shirt sponsors (back) Shirt sponsors (sleeve) Shorts sponsors
Ajaccio   Rolland Courbis Baliston Géant Casino None Conseil Général de la Corse du Sud, Collectivité Territoriale de Corse None
Auxerre   Guy Roux Uhlsport PlayStation 2 Eurotyre None None
Bastia   Michel Padovani &   Éric Durand (caretakers) Uhlsport Géant Casino, Pago Premium Fruit Juice None Groupe Onet, Conseil départemental de la Haute-Corse Nouvelles Frontières
Bordeaux   Michel Pavon Puma Motorola None Groupe M6 Motorola
Caen   Franck Dumas Erreà Isigny Sainte-Mère (Home) / Philips (Away & Third), Brittany Ferries Philips (Home) / Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie(Away) Guy Dauphin Environnement Guy Dauphin Environnement
Istres   Mehmed Baždarević Baliston Ouest Provence / ParuVendu, K-Sport Fidelidade None None
Lens   Francis Gillot Nike Orange Orange None None
Lille   Claude Puel Kipsta Partouche Casino Partouche Casino None None
Lyon   Paul Le Guen Umbro Renault Trucks (H)/LG Mobile (A), NC Numericable, Renault Trucks LG Mobile Fertiligène ISS
Marseille   Philippe Troussier Adidas Neuf Creyf's Interim Indesit Quick
Metz   Jean Fernandez Puma Sollac, Moselle None Cora BigBen Interactive
Monaco   Didier Deschamps Puma Fedcom Gian Alberto Caporale None Monaco Telecom
Nantes   Serge Le Dizet Le Coq Sportif Synergie Interim (Home) / Paprec Recyclage (Away), Pays de la Loire Paprec Recyclage (Home) / Synergie Interim (Away) Hero by Wrangler Hero by Wrangler
Nice   Frédéric Antonetti Puma Rica Lewis (Home) / Gorenje (Away), RMC Gorenje (Home) / Rica Lewis (Away) Pizzorno Environnement Pizzorno Environnement
Paris Saint-Germain   Laurent Fournier Nike Thomson 32 75 La Ligne Officielle PSG 32 75 La Ligne Officielle PSG Poweo
Rennes   László Bölöni Airness Conforama (Home) / Fiat Utilitaires (Away), Samsic Propreté, Rennes Fiat Utilitaires (Home) / Conforama(Away) Association ELA None
Saint-Étienne   Élie Baup Duarig Konica Minolta, Conseil général de la Loire en Rhône-Alpes Vocalcom Loire, SACMA Agencements Saint-Étienne
Sochaux   Guy Lacombe Lotto Esso, Franche-Comté Alliance Intérim Megnin Bernard Peugeot
Strasbourg   Jacky Duguépéroux Adidas Steelcase (Home) / Europe 2 (Away), Europe 2 None None Barrisol
Toulouse   Erick Mombaerts Lotto Nicopatch, Monné-Decroix, Sud Radio / Eaux d'Alet None None None

League table

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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[a]
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[b]
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) Champions; (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

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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

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Rank Player Club Goals[1]
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

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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

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  1. ^ Ligue 1 - Saison 2004-2005 - Classement des buteurs deux-zero.com
  2. ^ "UNFP – Archives". Archived from the original on 13 April 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
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