# 2004–05 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

The 2004–05 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season was the club's 77th season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the first division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Sochaux participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

## 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
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 |
| 2 | DF | SEN | Ibrahim Tall |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 (to Istres) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Basile de Carvalho (to Stade Brest) |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 7 August 2004 | 28 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 034.21 |
| Coupe de France | 8 January 2005 | 1 March 2005 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 9 November 2004 | 22 December 2004 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 16 September 2004 | 24 February 2005 | First round | Round of 32 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 042.31 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 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 |
| 12 | Nice | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 46 | |
* ↑ Auxerre was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de France.
* ↑ Strasbourg was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de la Ligue.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | 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 |
| Result | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 |

### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Newcastle United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Sochaux | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Panionios | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |