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2004–05 Top 16 season

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Countries
  
France

Start date
  
2004

Country
  
France

Runners-up
  
Stade Français

Champion
  
Biarritz Olympique

Champions
  
Biarritz Olympique (4th title)

Relegated
  
FC Grenoble, AS Béziers Hérault, FC Auch Gers

Similar
  
2007–08 Top 14 season, 2008–09 Top 14 season, 2011–12 Top 14 season, 2013–14 Top 14 season, 2014–15 Top 14 season

The 2004-05 Top 16 season was the top level of French club rugby in 2004-05. It was the final season under the 16 club format, as the competition became the Top 14 for the 2005-06 season. Biarritz Olympique won the championship, defeating Stade Français Paris in the final at Stade de France. FC Grenoble, Béziers and Auch were relegated to Rugby Pro D2 after the 2004-05 season.

Final

Stade Français Paris: 1.Rodrigo Roncero, 2.Mathieu Blin, 3.Pieter de Villiers, 4.David Auradou, 5.Mike James, 6.Pierre Rabadan, 7.Rémy Martin, 8.Shaun Sowerby, 9.Agustín Pichot, 10.David Skrela, 11.Christophe Dominici, 12. Brian Liebenberg, 13.Stéphane Glas, 14.Julien Arias, 15.Juan Martín Hernández - Replacements: Benjamin Kayser, Sylvain Marconnet, Olivier Brouzet, Mauro Bergamasco, Mirco Bergamasco, Olivier Sarramea, Jérôme Fillol
Biarritz Olympique: 1. Petru Balan, 2.Benoît August, 3.Denis Avril, 4.Jérôme Thion, 5.David Couzinet, 6.Serge Betsen, 7.Imanol Harinordoquy, 8.Thomas Lièvremont, 9.Dimitri Yachvili, 10.Julien Peyrelongue, 11.Jean-Baptiste Gobelet, 12.Damien Traille, 13.Guillaume Bousses, 14.Philippe Bidabé, 15.Nicolas Brusque - Replacements: Jean-Michel Gonzales, Benoît Lecouls, Olivier Olibeau, Didier Chouchan, Julien Dupuy, Federico Martín Aramburú, Benjamin Dambielle

References

2004–05 Top 16 season Wikipedia