2004–05 Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Season	2004–05
Champions	Lyon
Relegated	Caen Bastia Istres
Champions League	Lyon Lille Monaco
UEFA Cup	Rennes Auxerre Strasbourg
Matches played	380
Goals scored	826 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexander Frei (20 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season of Ligue 1 was a very close-run battle. Separating fourth placed Rennes, who enter the UEFA Cup and 18th placed Caen, who get relegated to Ligue 2, were 13 mere points. Lyon were long time leaders and had won the league back in April 2005. On the last day, 4 teams could've got the 4th place guaranteeing a place in the UEFA Cup and any 2 from 6 teams could've been relegated before the final games.

Ajaccio

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Caen

Istres

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

St. Étienne

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Toulouse

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Location of teams in 2004–05 Ligue 1

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals	Right foot	Left foot	Penalties	Headers
1	Alexander Frei	Rennes	20	9	4	0	7
2	Mickaël Pagis	Strasbourg	15	8	2	4	1
3	Pauleta	PSG	14	4	2	5	3
4	Pascal Feindouno	Saint-Étienne	13	6	3	3	1
–	Ilan	Sochaux	13	9	1	1	2
–	Juninho Pernambucano	Lyon	13	10	1	2	0
–	Sébastien Mazure	Caen	13	10	2	0	0
–	Matt Moussilou	Lille	13	8	4	0	1
9	Mamadou Niang	Strasbourg	12	10	1	0	1
–	John Utaka	Lens	12	5	4	1	2

Player of the month

Month	Player
August	Franck Ribéry (FC Metz)
September	Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)
October	Michael Essien (Olympique Lyonnais)
November	Camel Meriem (AS Monaco)
January	Peguy Luyindula (Olympique de Marseille)
February	Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyonnais)
March	Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyonnais)
April	Matt Moussilou (Lille OSC)
May	Mamadou Niang (RC Strasbourg)