2004–05 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

Sochaux 2004–05 football season

Sochaux2004–05 season

President| Jean-Claude Plessis
Manager| Guy Lacombe
Stadium| Stade Auguste Bonal
Ligue 1| 10th
Coupe de France| Quarter-finals
Coupe de la Ligue| Third round
UEFA Cup| Round of 32
Top goalscorer| League:
Ilan (12)
All:
Ilan (17)
Average home league attendance| 15,689[1]

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The 2004–05 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season was the club's 77th season in existence and the club's fourth consecutive season in the first division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Sochaux participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.[2]

## Season summary[edit]

Sochaux dropped five places in the table to finish 10th, their lowest finish since promotion in 2001.[2] Manager Guy Lacombe left at the end of the season to manage Paris Saint-Germain. He was replaced by former Ajaccio manager Dominique Bijotat.

## First-team squad[edit]

Squad at end of season[3][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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1  | GK |  CIV | Gérard Gnanhouan[notes 1]
2  | DF |  SEN | Ibrahim Tall[notes 2]
3  | DF |  FRA | Grégory Paisley
5  | DF |  FRA | Sylvain Monsoreau
6  | DF |  FRA | Lionel Potillon
7  | FW |  TOG | Mohamed Kader
8  | MF |  FRA | Fabien Boudarène
9  | FW |  BRA | Ilan
10  | MF |  NGA | Wilson Oruma
11  | FW |  TUN | Francileudo Santos[notes 3]
12  | MF |  FRA | Michaël Isabey
14  | MF |  SUI | Johann Lonfat
16  | GK |  FRA | Teddy Richert
17  | MF |  FRA | Romain Pitau
18  | MF |  SEN | Guirane N'Daw
20  | MF |  MLI | Sigamary Diarra[notes 4]
21  | DF |  SEN | Souleymane Diawara
22  | FW |  FRA | Thomas Régnier
23  | DF |  FRA | Cédric Rey
24  | DF |  FRA | Aimé Lavie
25  | DF |  FRA | Jérémy Mathieu
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26  | MF |  FRA | Jérémy Ménez
27  | DF |  SEN | Omar Daf
28  | MF |  ARG | Marcello Trapasso
29  | MF |  MAR | Jaouad Zairi
30  | GK |  FRA | Alexandre Martinović
31  | DF |  EGY | Ahmed Samir Farag
32  | DF |  KOR | Cho Won-kwang
34  | FW |  FRA | Francis Laurent
40  | MF |  FRA | Steve Bernardet
41  | DF |  FRA | Jean Calvé
42  | GK |  FRA | Jérémy Deichelbohrer
43  | MF |  FRA | Hakim El Bounadi
44  | FW |  FRA | Mevlüt Erdinç[notes 5]
45  | MF |  FRA | Benjamin Genghini
46  | DF |  FRA | Maxime Josse
47  | MF |  FRA | Fabien Lavoyer
48  | MF |  FRA | Kevin Le Bigot
49  | DF |  FRA | Mathieu Pelletey
50  | FW |  FRA | Gabriel Rodriguez
51  | MF |  SEN | Badara Sène
52  | MF |  ALG | Toufik Zerara

### Left club during season[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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4  | DF |  FRA | Maxence Flachez (to Guingamp)
7  | MF |  TUN | Adel Chedli[notes 6] (to Istres)
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19  | FW |  SEN | Basile de Carvalho[notes 7] (to Stade Brest)

## Competitions[edit]

### Overview[edit]

Competition  | First match  | Last match  | Starting round  | Final position  | Record

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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win %
Ligue 1 | 7 August 2004  | 28 May 2005  | Matchday 1  | 10th  | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 41 | +1  | 034.21
Coupe de France | 8 January 2005  | 1 March 2005  | Round of 64  | Quarter-finals  | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4  | 075.00
Coupe de la Ligue | 9 November 2004  | 22 December 2004  | Second round  | Third round  | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1  | 050.00
UEFA Cup | 16 September 2004  | 24 February 2005  | First round  | Round of 32  | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | +7  | 062.50
Total  | 52 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 65 | 52 | +13  | 042.31

Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1[edit]

Main article: 2004–05 Ligue 1

#### League table[edit]

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8  | Auxerre | 38  | 14  | 10  | 14  | 48  | 47  | +1  | 52  | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
9  | Paris Saint-Germain | 38  | 12  | 15  | 11  | 40  | 41  | −1  | 51  |
10  | Sochaux | 38  | 13  | 11  | 14  | 42  | 41  | +1  | 50
11  | Strasbourg | 38  | 12  | 12  | 14  | 42  | 43  | −1  | 48  | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[b]
12  | Nice | 38  | 10  | 16  | 12  | 38  | 45  | −7  | 46  |

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. ^ Auxerre was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de France.
2. ^ Strasbourg was qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup as winners of the 2004–05 Coupe de la Ligue.

#### Results summary[edit]

Overall | Home | Away

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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD
38  | 13  | 11  | 14  | 42  | 41  |  +1  | 50  | 10  | 3  | 6  | 25  | 16  |  +9  | 3  | 8  | 8  | 17  | 25  |  −8

Source: [citation needed]

#### Results by round[edit]

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

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Ground| H| A| 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
Result| W| D| L| L| W| L| L| W| D| W| D| W| W| D| W| L| D| L| D| L| L| W| W| D| D| L| W| L| W| D| W| L| D| L| L| D| W| L
Position| 4| 7| 12| 12| 11| 13| 14| 13| 14| 9| 8| 6| 4| 4| 3| 3| 4| 7| 8| 9| 10| 7| 7| 7| 6| 8| 6| 9| 7| 7| 7| 8| 7| 9| 10| 10| 8| 10

Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

### Coupe de France[edit]

Main article: 2004–05 Coupe de France

### Coupe de la Ligue[edit]

Main article: 2004–05 Coupe de la Ligue

### UEFA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup

#### First round[edit]

Sochaux  v  Stabæk 16 September 2004 First leg|  Sochaux  | 4–0|  Stabæk | Montbéliard, France

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20:30 | Oruma 25'
Zairi 60'
Ilan 69'
Isabey 85' | Report |  | Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)

Stabæk v  Sochaux 30 September 2004 Second leg|  Stabæk | 0–5
(0–9 agg.)|  Sochaux | Oslo, Norway

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19:00 |  | Report | Santos 26'
Zairi 35'
Ilan 76', 90'
Mathieu 81' | Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

#### Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage § Group D

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Newcastle United | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 8  | 1  | +7  | 10  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Sochaux | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 9
3  |  Sporting CP | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 3  | +6  | 7
4  |  Panionios | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 6  | 8  | −2  | 3  |
5  |  Dinamo Tbilisi | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 2  | 13  | −11  | 0

Source: RSSSF

Dinamo Tbilisi v  Sochaux 21 October 2004 1|  Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–2|  Sochaux | Tbilisi, Georgia

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20:00 |  | Report | Ilan 17'
Paisley 37' | Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

Sochaux  v  Newcastle United 25 November 2004 2|  Sochaux  | 0–4|  Newcastle United | Montbéliard, France

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20:45 |  | Report | Bowyer 62'
Ameobi 46'
Bellamy 76'
Robert 90' | Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 15,175
Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

Sporting CP v  Sochaux 1 December 2004 3|  Sporting CP | 0–1|  Sochaux | Lisbon, Portugal

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20:45 |  | Report | Lonfat 2' | Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 21,349
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Germany)

Sochaux  v  Panionios 16 December 2004 4|  Sochaux  | 1–0|  Panionios | Montbéliard, France

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20:45 | Isabey 86' | Report |  | Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

#### Round of 32[edit]

Olympiacos v  Sochaux 17 February 2005 First leg|  Olympiacos | 1–0|  Sochaux | Piraeus, Greece

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20:45 | Okkas 29' | Report |  | Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

Sochaux  v  Olympiacos 24 February 2005 Second leg|  Sochaux  | 0–1
(0–2 agg.)|  Olympiacos | Montbéliard, France

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19:00 |  | Report | Stoltidis 67' | Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Markus Nobs (Switzerland)

## Notes and references[edit]

### Notes[edit]

1. ^ Gnanhouan was born in Adzope, Ivory Coast, but also qualified to represent France internationally and represented them at U-18 level before making his international debut for Ivory Coast in 2003.
2. ^ Tall was born in Aubervilliers, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Senegal in 2003.
3. ^ Santos was born in Zé Doca, Brazil, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his international debut for Tunisia in 2004.
4. ^ Diarra was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in 2004.
5. ^ Erdinç was born in Saint-Claude, France, and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Turkey in March 2008.
6. ^ Chedli was born in La Ricamarie, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his international debut for Tunisia in May 1996.
7. ^ De Carvalho was born in Ziguinchor, Senegal, but also qualified to represent Guinea-Bissau internationally and would make his international debut for Guinea-Bissau in March 2011.

### References[edit]

1. ^ "Ligue 1 2004/2005 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
2. ^ a b c "Sochaux 2004/2005". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
3. ^ "Sochaux - 2004/05". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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