# 2004–05 AS Saint-Étienne season

The 2004–05 season was the 72nd season in the existence of AS Saint-Étienne and the club's first season back in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Saint-Étienne 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.

## 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 | 7 August 2004 | 28 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 031.58 |
| Coupe de France | 9 January 2005 | 9 January 2005 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 10 November 2004 | March 2005 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 034.88 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 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 |
* ↑ Auxerre was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de France.

#### 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 | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |

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

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Frédéric Piquionne | 11 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | | Pascal Feindouno | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Julien Sablé | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 25 | FW | | Lilian Compan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 2 | 7 | 46 |