# 2004–05 Olympique Lyonnais season

The 2004–05 season was the 106th season in the existence of Olympique Lyonnais and the club's 16th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. They participated in the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions and UEFA Champions League.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Grégory Coupet |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cris |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Michael Essien |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Caçapa (captain) |
| 7 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Diarra |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Juninho Pernambucano |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Florent Malouda |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Nilmar |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Anthony Réveillère |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Alain Frau |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Sidney Govou |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Lamine Diatta |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Eric Abidal |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Bryan Bergougnoux |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Sylvain Wiltord |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Berthod |
| 25 | GK | FRA | Joan Hartock |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Clément |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Johann Truchet |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Karim Benzema |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Yohan Gomez |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Nicolas Puydebois |
| 31 | MF | ALG | Yacine Hima |
| 32 | MF | CHA | Sylvain Idangar |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa |
| 35 | GK | FRA | Daniel Jaccard |
| — | FW | FRA | Kévin Jacmot |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Florent Balmont (to Nice) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Giovane Élber (to Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Julien Viale (on loan to Reims) |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Romain Sartre (on loan to Laval) |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 6 August 2004 | 28 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 057.89 |
| Coupe de France | 8 January 2005 | 1 March 2005 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 10 November 2004 | 10 November 2004 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 31 July 2004 | 31 July 2004 | Final | Winners | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 September 2004 | 13 April 2005 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 93 | 40 | +53 | 056.60 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 1 | |