# 2004–05 Ligue 2

The Ligue 2 season 2004/2005, organised by the LFP was won by AS Nancy and saw the promotions of AS Nancy, Le Mans UC72 and Troyes AC, whereas Angers SCO and SC Bastia were relegated to National.

## 20 participating teams

* Amiens
* Angers
* Brest
* Châteauroux
* Clermont
* Créteil
* Dijon
* Grenoble
* Gueugnon
* Guingamp
* Laval
* Le Havre
* Le Mans
* Lorient
* Montpellier
* Nancy
* Niort
* Reims
* Sedan
* Troyes

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Nancy (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 71 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Le Mans (P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 68 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Troyes (P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 68 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 4 | Dijon | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 57 | |
| 5 | Châteauroux | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 57 | |
| 6 | Sedan | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 57 | |
| 7 | Guingamp | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 56 | |
| 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 | |
| 13 | Amiens | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 47 | |
| 14 | Laval | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 47 | |
| 15 | Créteil | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 46 | |
| 16 | Reims | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 43 | |
| 17 | Le Havre | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 42 | |
| 18 | Clermont | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 39 | |
| 19 | Niort (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 38 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Angers (R) | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 38 | Relegation to Championnat National |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMI | ANG | BRS | CHA | CLE | CRE | DIJ | GRE | GUE | GUI | LAV | LHA | MFC | LOR | MHS | NAL | NRT | REI | SED | TRO |
| Amiens | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Angers | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Brest | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Châteauroux | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Clermont | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Créteil | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Dijon | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Grenoble | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Gueugnon | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Guingamp | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Laval | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Le Havre | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Le Mans | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Lorient | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Montpellier | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 |
| Nancy | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Niort | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Reims | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Sedan | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 |
| Troyes | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Bakari Koné | Lorient | 24 |
| 2 | Sébastien Grax | Troyes | 16 |
| 3 | Élie Kroupi | Nancy | 14 |
| 4 | Moumouni Dagano | Guingamp | 13 |
| 4 | Cédric Fauré | Guingamp | 13 |
| 4 | James Fanchone | Le Mans | 13 |
| 4 | Benjamin Nivet | Troyes | 13 |
| 8 | Robert Malm | Brest | 12 |
| 8 | Rui Pataca | Créteil | 12 |
| 10 | Laurent Dufresne | Nancy | 11 |