# 2003–04 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

The 2003–04 season was the 75th season in the existence of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Sochaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, and UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.

## 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 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Maxence Flachez |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau |
| 7 | MF | TUN | Adel Chedli |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Fabien Boudarène |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Pagis |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Wilson Oruma |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Francileudo Santos |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Mickaël Isabey |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Pierre-Alain Frau |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Johann Lonfat |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Teddy Richert |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Benoît Pedretti |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Guirane N'Daw |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Philippe Raschke |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Sigamary Diarra |
| 21 | DF | SEN | Souleymane Diawara |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Mathieu |
| 27 | DF | SEN | Omar Daf |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Marcelo Trapasso |
| 29 | FW | MAR | Jaouad Zaïri |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Martinović |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Jeremi Leguen |

## 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 | 2 August 2003 | 23 May 2004 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 047.37 |
| Coupe de France | 3 January 2004 | 3 January 2004 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 29 October 2003 | 17 April 2004 | First round | Winners | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 24 September 2003 | 3 March 2004 | First round | Third round | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 050.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Auxerre | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sochaux | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Nantes | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 60 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Marseille | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 57 | |

#### 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 | A | H | 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 |
| Result | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |