2003–04 Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Season	2003–04
Champions	Lyon
Relegated	Guingamp Le Mans Montpellier
Champions League	Lyon Paris SG Monaco
UEFA Cup	Auxerre Sochaux
Matches played	380
Goals scored	884 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Djibril Cissé (26 goals)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Olympique Lyonnais won Ligue 1 season 2003–04 of the French Association Football League with 79 points.

20 participating clubs

• AC Ajaccio
• Auxerre
• Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Guingamp
• Le Mans
• Lens
• Lille
• Lyon
• Marseille
• Metz
• Monaco
• Montpellier
• Nantes
• Nice
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Rennes
• Sochaux
• Strasbourg
• Toulouse

Ajaccio

Auxerre

Bastia

Bordeaux

Guingamp

Le Mans

Lens      

Lille

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

AS Monaco

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

PSG

Rennes

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Toulouse

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Location of teams in 2003–04 Ligue 1

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	24	7	7	64	26	+38	79	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	22	10	6	50	28	+22	76
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
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
8	Lens	38	15	8	15	34	48	−14	53
9	Rennes	38	14	10	14	56	44	+12	52
10	Lille	38	14	9	15	41	41	0	51	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
11	Nice	38	11	17	10	42	39	+3	50	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
12	Bordeaux	38	13	11	14	40	43	−3	50
13	Strasbourg	38	10	13	15	43	50	−7	43
14	Metz	38	11	9	18	34	42	−8	42
15	Ajaccio	38	10	10	18	33	55	−22	40
16	Toulouse	38	9	12	17	31	44	−13	39
17	Bastia	38	9	12	17	33	49	−16	39
18	Guingamp (R)	38	10	8	20	36	58	−22	38	Relegation to Ligue 2
19	Le Mans (R)	38	9	11	18	35	57	−22	38
20	Montpellier (R)	38	8	7	23	41	74	−33	31

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Djibril Cissé	Auxerre	26
2	Alexander Frei	Rennes	20
3	Didier Drogba	Marseille	19
4	Pauleta	Paris Saint-Germain	18
5	Pierre-Alain Frau	Sochaux	17
6	Péguy Luyindula	Lyon	16
	Habib Bamogo	Montpellier
8	Francileudo Santos	Sochaux	14
9	Vladimir Manchev	Lille	13
	Ludovic Giuly	Monaco
11	Toifilou Maoulida	Metz	12
	Danijel Ljuboja	Strasbourg (7) Paris Saint-Germain (5)
13	Daniel Cousin	Le Mans	11
	Viorel Moldovan	Nantes
15	Bonaventure Kalou	Auxerre	10
	Giovane Élber	Lyon
	Juninho	Lyon
	Fernando Morientes	Monaco
	Lilian Laslandes	Nice
	Cédric Fauré	Toulouse

Player of the Month

Month	Player
January	Didier Drogba (Marseille)
February	Danijel Ljuboja (Paris Saint-Germain)
March	Viorel Moldovan (Nantes)
April	Juan Pablo Sorín (Paris Saint-Germain)
May	Didier Drogba (Marseille)