2004–05 Ligue 1

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Season 2004–05 Champions League LyonLilleMonaco Champion Olympique Lyonnais Goals scored 826		Champions Lyon Start date 2004 Location France Matches played 380

UEFA Cup RennesAuxerreStrasbourg Top goalscorer Alexander Frei(20 goals) Relegated Stade Malherbe Caen, SC Bastia, FC Istres Similar 2002–03 Ligue 1, 2007–08 Ligue 1, 2008–09 Ligue 1, 2009–10 Ligue 1, 2011–12 Ligue 1

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.

Final standings

This means that for the 2005–06 season:

Lyon and Lille enter the group phase of the Champions League.

Monaco plays in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. They must survive a two-legged elimination tie to advance to the group phase; if they lose, they go to the UEFA Cup.

Monaco lost this tie to Real Betis of Spain.

Rennes join French Cup winners Auxerre and League Cup winners Strasbourg in the UEFA Cup.

Marseille, Saint-Etienne and Lens qualify for the Intertoto Cup.

As two of the three winners of the 2005 Intertoto Cup, Marseille and Lens both qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Caen, Bastia and Istres are relegated to Ligue 2.

References

2004–05 Ligue 1 Wikipedia

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