2004–05 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

During the 2004–05 French football season, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard competed in Ligue 1.

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
2004–05 season
Manager Guy Lacombe
Ligue 110th
Coupe de FranceQuarter-finals
Coupe de la LigueThird round
Champions LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerIlan (13)
Average home league attendance15,689[1]

Season summary

Sochaux dropped five places in the table to finish 10th, their lowest finish since promotion in 2001. Manager Guy Lacombe left at the end of the season to manage Paris Saint-Germain. He was replaced by former Ajaccio manager Dominique Bijotat.

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  CIV Gérard Gnanhouan[notes 1]
2 DF  SEN Ibrahim Tall[notes 2]
3 DF  FRA Grégory Paisley
5 DF  FRA Sylvain Monsoreau
6 DF  FRA Lionel Potillon
7 FW  TOG Mohamed Kader
8 MF  FRA Fabien Boudarène
9 FW  BRA Ilan
10 MF  NGA Wilson Oruma
11 FW  TUN Francileudo Santos[notes 3]
12 MF  FRA Michaël Isabey
14 MF   SUI Johann Lonfat
16 GK  FRA Teddy Richert
17 MF  FRA Romain Pitau
18 MF  SEN Guirane N'Daw
20 MF  MLI Sigamary Diarra[notes 4]
21 DF  SEN Souleymane Diawara
22 FW  FRA Thomas Régnier
23 DF  FRA Cédric Rey
24 DF  FRA Aimé Lavie
25 DF  FRA Jérémy Mathieu
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF  FRA Jérémy Ménez
27 DF  SEN Omar Daf
28 MF  ARG Marcello Trapasso
29 MF  MAR Jaouad Zairi
30 GK  FRA Alexandre Martinović
31 DF  EGY Ahmed Samir Farag
32 DF  KOR Cho Won-kwang
34 FW  FRA Francis Laurent
40 MF  FRA Steve Bernardet
41 DF  FRA Jean Calvé
42 GK  FRA Jérémy Deichelbohrer
43 MF  FRA Hakim El Bounadi
44 FW  FRA Mevlüt Erdinç[notes 5]
45 MF  FRA Benjamin Genghini
46 DF  FRA Maxime Josse
47 MF  FRA Fabien Lavoyer
48 MF  FRA Kevin Le Bigot
49 DF  FRA Mathieu Pelletey
50 FW  FRA Gabriel Rodriguez
51 MF  SEN Badara Sène
52 MF  ALG Toufik Zerara

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
4 DF  FRA Maxence Flachez (to Guingamp)
7 MF  TUN Adel Chedli[notes 6] (to Istres)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  SEN Basile de Carvalho[notes 7] (to Stade Brest)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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.

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 2004 First leg Sochaux 4–0 Stabæk Montbéliard, France
20:30 Oruma  25'
Zairi  60'
Ilan  69'
Isabey  85'
Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
30 September 2004 Second leg Stabæk 0–5
(0–9 agg.)
Sochaux Oslo, Norway
19:00 Report Santos  26'
Zairi  35'
Ilan  76', 90'
Mathieu  81'
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Newcastle United 4 3 1 0 8 1 +7 10
Sochaux 4 3 0 1 4 4 0 9
Sporting CP 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 7
Panionios 4 1 0 3 6 8 2 3
Dinamo Tbilisi 4 0 0 4 2 13 11 0
Source: RSSSF
21 October 2004 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 0–2 Sochaux Tbilisi, Georgia
20:00 Report Ilan  17'
Paisley  37'
Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)
25 November 2004 2 Sochaux 0–4 Newcastle United Montbéliard, France
20:45 Report Bowyer  62'
Ameobi  46'
Bellamy  76'
Robert  90'
Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 15,175
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)
1 December 2004 3 Sporting CP 0–1 Sochaux Lisbon, Portugal
20:45 Report Lonfat  2' Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 21,349
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)
16 December 2004 4 Sochaux 1–0 Panionios Montbéliard, France
20:45 Isabey  86' Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Round of 32

17 February 2005 First leg Olympiacos 1–0 Sochaux Piraeus, Greece
20:45 Okkas  29' Report Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
24 February 2005 Second leg Sochaux 0–1
(0–2 agg.)
Olympiacos Montbéliard, France
19:00 Report Stoltidis  67' Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Markus Nobs (Switzerland)

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Gnanhouan was born in Adzope, Ivory Coast, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-18 level before making his international debut for Ivory Coast in 2003.
  2. Tall was born in Aubervilliers, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Senegal in 2003.
  3. Santos was born in Zé Doca, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his international debut for Tunisia in 2004.
  4. Diarra was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
  5. Erdinç was born in Saint-Claude, France, and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Turkey in March 2008.
  6. Chedli was born in La Ricamarie, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his international debut for Tunisia in May 1996.
  7. De Carvalho was born in Ziguinchor, Senegal, but also qualified to represent Guinea-Bissau internationally and would make his international debut for Guinea-Bissau in March 2011.

References

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