# 2004–05 FC Lorient season

The 2004–05 FC Lorient season was the club's 79th season in existence and the third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lorient participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | FRA | Guillaume Gauclin |
| — | GK | FRA | Stéphane Le Garrec |
| — | GK | FRA | Jean-Marc Le Rouzic |
| — | GK | SUI | Sébastien Roth |
| — | GK | FRA | Romain Salin |
| — | DF | FRA | Marc Boutruche |
| — | DF | SEN | Malick Diop |
| — | DF | FRA | Nicolas Flégeau |
| — | DF | FRA | Benjamin Genton |
| — | DF | FRA | Richard Martini |
| — | DF | FRA | Carl Medjani |
| — | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel |
| — | DF | FRA | Grégoire Nadjior |
| — | DF | FRA | Anthony Scaramozzino |
| — | MF | FRA | Christophe Bastien |
| — | MF | FRA | Christophe Coué |
| — | MF | CIV | Mamadou Dansoko |
| — | MF | CIV | Garry Franchi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Vincent Gragnic |
| — | MF | FRA | Nicolas Hislen |
| — | MF | FRA | Sylvain Macé |
| — | MF | FRA | Joris Marveaux |
| — | MF | FRA | Stéphane Pedron |
| — | MF | FRA | Therry Racon |
| — | MF | FRA | Virgile Reset |
| — | MF | FRA | Diego Yesso |
| — | MF | ALG | Karim Ziani |
| — | FW | CIV | Serge Ayeli |
| — | FW | FRA | Manfa Camara |
| — | FW | FRA | André-Pierre Gignac |
| — | FW | CIV | Bakari Koné |
| — | FW | FRA | Sébastien Le Toux |
| — | FW | FRA | Cédric Ouattara |
| — | FW | BRA | Robson |
| — | FW | FRA | Ludovic Viltard |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Karim Ziani | Troyes | Loan | 10 October 2004 |
| GK | Sébastien Roth | Servette | Free | 1 January 2005 |
| DF | Anthony Scaramozzino | Nice | Loan | 10 January 2005 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| | MF | Tchiressoua Guel | MKE Ankaragücü | Free | 19 July 2004 | |
| | MF | Nicolas Esceth-N'Zi | Montpellier | Free | 21 July 2004 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 2 | 6 August 2004 | 27 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 14 | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 034.21 |
| Coupe de France | November 2004 | November 2004 | Seventh round | Seventh round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 6 October 2004 | 6 October 2004 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 032.50 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Montpellier | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 55 |
| 9 | Brest | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 55 |
| 10 | Lorient | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 50 |
| 11 | Grenoble | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 48 |
| 12 | Gueugnon | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 48 |

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 15 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 July 2004.

### Coupe de la Ligue
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Primeira Liga | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Total |
| 1 | FW | | | Bakari Koné | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | FW | | | Christophe Bastien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | | | Robson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |