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

#	Club	Played	V	D	L	gf/ga	+/-	Points
1	AS Nancy	38	21	8	9	54:33	+21	71
2	Le Mans UC72	38	20	8	10	51:30	+21	68
3	Troyes AC	38	20	8	10	61:48	+13	68
4	Dijon FCO	38	14	15	9	44:34	+10	57
5	LB Châteauroux	38	14	15	9	51:43	+8	57
6	CS Sedan	38	16	9	13	38:38	0	57
7	En Avant Guingamp	38	15	11	12	53:43	+10	56
8	Montpellier HSC	38	15	10	13	44:39	+5	55
9	Stade Brestois	38	13	16	9	38:34	+4	55
10	FC Lorient	38	14	8	16	47:51	-4	50
11	Grenoble Foot 38	38	12	12	14	45:50	-5	48
12	FC Gueugnon	38	12	12	14	30:40	-10	48
13	Amiens	38	11	14	13	41:41	0	47
14	Stade Lavallois	38	13	7	18	39:51	-12	46
15	US Créteil-Lusitanos	38	11	13	14	42:38	+4	46
16	Stade de Reims	38	10	13	15	34:55	-21	43
17	Le Havre AC	38	11	9	18	28:42	-14	42
18	Clermont Foot Auvergne	38	8	15	15	34:39	-5	39
19	SCO Angers	38	8	14	16	32:44	-12	38
20	Chamois Niortais FC	38	9	8	21	38:55	-14	35
# rank ; V victories ; D draws ; D defeats ; gf goals for ; ga goals against ; +/- goals average

Promoted to L1 : AS Nancy, Le Mans UC72, Troyes AC
Relegated to L2 : SM Caen, SC Bastia, FC Istres
Promoted to L2 : Valenciennes FC, FC Sète
Relegated to National : Angers SCO, Chamois Niortais FC
Clermont Foot remained in Ligue 2, as ASOA Valence, which finished second in National, was not financially able to play in Ligue 2.

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bakari Koné	FC Lorient	24
2	Sébastien Grax	Troyes AC	16
3	Elie Kroupi	AS Nancy	14
4	Moumouni Dagano	En Avant Guingamp	13
-	Cédric Fauré	En Avant Guingamp	13
-	James Fanchone	Le Mans UC 72	13
-	Benjamin Nivet	Troyes AC	13
8	Robert Malm	Stade Brestois	12
-	Rui Pataca	US Créteil-Lusitanos	12
10	Laurent Dufresne	AS Nancy	11
11	Marc-Antoine Fortuné	Stade Brestois	10
-	Marco Paulo Rebelo Lopes	Stade Lavallois	10
-	Romain Poyet	Clermont Foot Auvergne	10

v t e Division 2 / Ligue 2 seasons
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Ligue 2 (2002–present)	2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of French second division champions