# 2004–05 Lille OSC season

The 2004–05 season was the 60th season in the existence of Lille OSC and the club's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lille participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

## 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 | 2nd | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 047.37 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2005 | 2 March 2005 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 10 November 2004 | 21 December 2004 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 17 July 2004 | 24 August 2004 | Third round | Winners | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 16 September 2004 | 17 March 2005 | First round | Round of 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 83 | 48 | +35 | 049.15 |
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 |
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#### 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 | 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 | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

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

The group stage draw was held on 5 October 2004.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIL | SEV | AAC | ZEN | AEK |
| 1 | Lille | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Sevilla | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 2–0 | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | Alemannia Aachen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | — | 2–2 | — |
| 4 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 | | — | 1–1 | — | — | 5–1 |
| 5 | AEK Athens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 | | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | — | — |