2004–05 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season

During the 2004–05 French football season, Paris Saint-Germain F.C. competed in Ligue 1.

Paris Saint-Germain
2004–05 season
PresidentFrancis Graille
(until 2 May)
Pierre Blayau
Head coachVahid Halilhodžić
(until 8 February)
Laurent Fournier
StadiumParc des Princes
Ligue 19th
Trophée des ChampionsRunners-up
Coupe de FranceRound of 16
Coupe de la LigueThird round
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Pauleta (14)
All: Pauleta (19)

Season summary

The season before, PSG had won the Coupe de France and finished second in Ligue 1, just three points away from title glory. However, manager Vahid Halilhodžić's second season at the club was not a success. From their opening Champions League group stage 0–3 home loss to Chelsea, to their poor domestic form, PSG never looked like replicating the winning form of the previous season. Going into the final round of Champions League group stage fixtures in December, the team still had a chance of advancing to the knockout stage.[1] The club, however, suffered a disappointing 1–3 defeat at home, courtesy of a Sergei Semak hat-trick, which meant straight elimination from Europe. It was a bitter loss that even prompted club president Francis Graille to publicly relay his disappointment at the "lack of pride" shown by the squad, though remaining guardedly coy when explicitly asked about Halilhodžić's future at the club.[2]

With only domestic competition to worry about, PSG began 2005 looking to improve its league standing. Sluggish form continued, however, and on 8 February, following a 2–0 home defeat versus Lens that saw PSG drop to 12th, the club's management decided to sack Halilhodžić.[3][4] He was replaced by the coach of the reserves team, Laurent Fournier, under whom the club eventually finished ninth in the league.

Following the conclusion of the season, Sochaux's Guy Lacombe was appointed as manager.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRA Lionel Letizi
2 DF  FRA Stéphane Pichot
5 DF  FRA Bernard Mendy
6 DF  COL Mario Yepes
7 MF  FRA Fabrice Pancrate
8 FW  BRA Reinaldo
9 FW  POR Pauleta
10 MF  SCG Branko Bošković[notes 1]
11 MF  RUS Sergei Semak[notes 2]
13 MF  TUN Hocine Ragued[notes 3]
14 MF  FRA Édouard Cissé
16 GK  FRA Jérôme Alonzo
17 DF  CMR Jean-Hugues Ateba
18 MF  TUN Selim Benachour[notes 4]
19 MF  ALB Lorik Cana[notes 5]
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  POR Hélder[notes 6]
21 MF  POR Filipe Teixeira[notes 7]
22 DF  FRA Sylvain Armand
23 MF  CMR Modeste M'bami
24 DF  FRA José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan
25 MF  FRA Jérôme Rothen
26 DF  FRA Jean-Michel Badiane
27 MF  MTQ Charles-Édouard Coridon
28 FW  SCG Danijel Ljuboja[notes 8]
30 GK  ALG Mohamed Benhamou[notes 9]
33 DF  CIV Sol Bamba[notes 10]
35 GK  FRA Nicolas Cousin
DF  SEN Boukary Dramé[notes 11]
DF  FRA Youness Bengelloun
MF  FRA Rudy Haddad

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF  FRA Fabrice Fiorèse (to Marseille)
12 FW  NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche (on loan to Metz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  BIH Vedad Ibišević (to Dijon)
21 MF  FRA Romain Rocchi (on loan to Bastia)

Competitions

Trophée des Champions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Lens 38 13 13 12 45 39 +6 52 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
8 Auxerre 38 14 10 14 48 47 +1 52 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 12 15 11 40 41  −1 51 9 8 2 24 15  +9 3 7 9 16 26  −10

Source: LFP.fr

Results by match

Match1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLDLDDLDWWLWDWLDDDWWDDDDLLLWWLWDDWWLDLW
Position1314141414171816161614141012121212111010991011121312121212111110789109
Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France

8 January 2005 Round of 64Langueux1–6Paris Saint-GermainGuingamp
20:00 Briend  59' Report Teixeira  4'
Pauleta  21', 29'
Reinaldo  61', 72'
Ljuboja  70'
Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Attendance: 17,990
Referee: Yves Brizou
13 February 2005 Round of 32Paris Saint-Germain3–1 (a.e.t.)BordeauxParis
21:00 Mendy  17'
Reinaldo  45'
Yepes  86'
Pauleta  95', 117'
Report Chamakh  41'  40'  41'
Rool  45'
Jurietti  107'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière
2 March 2005 Round of 16Auxerre3–2Paris Saint-GermainAuxerre
20:45 Kalou  30', 76'
Akalé  79'
Mignot  25'
Kalou  90'
Report Pierre-Fanfan  3'  79'
Hélder  22'
Reinaldo  23'
Rothen  55'
Teixeira  83'
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Bertrand Layec

Coupe de la Ligue

10 November 2004 Round of 32Marseille2–3Paris Saint-GermainMarseille
21:00 Pedretti  4'
Lizarazu  8'
Meïté  30'
Pedretti  38'
Bamogo  41' (pen.)
Report Benachour  4'
Hélder  23'
Bošković  45', 53'
Ateba  47'
Pierre-Fanfan  59'
Mendy  89'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,281
Referee: Stéphane Bré
21 December 2004 Round of 16Montpellier1–0Paris Saint-GermainMontpellier
21:00 Godemèche  20'
Atik  40'
Mendy  57'
Mansaré  85' (pen.)
Report Cana  13'
Cissé  43'  68'
Bošković  57'
Pichot  83'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 16,356
Referee: Pascal Viléo

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chelsea 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Porto 6 2 2 2 4 6 2 8
3 CSKA Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Paris Saint-Germain 6 1 2 3 3 8 5 5
Source:
14 September 2004 1Paris Saint-Germain 0–3 ChelseaParis, France
20:45 Report Terry  29'
Drogba  45+1', 76'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
29 September 2004 2CSKA Moscow 2–0 Paris Saint-GermainMoscow, Russia
18:30 Semak  64'
Vágner Love  77' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
20 October 2004 3Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 PortoParis, France
20:45 Coridon  30'
Pauleta  31'
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
2 November 2004 4Porto 0–0 Paris Saint-GermainPorto, Portugal
20:45 Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
24 November 2004 5Chelsea 0–0 Paris Saint-GermainLondon, England
20:45 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 39,626
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
7 December 2004 6Paris Saint-Germain 1–3 CSKA MoscowParis, France
20:45 Pancrate  37' Report Semak  28', 64', 70' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
gollark: What box?
gollark: They don't notify you for invisiprizes.
gollark: I just had the raffle status thing update with no egg, so obviously no win.
gollark: There's always next month to lose!
gollark: To be honest I'd expect it to be quite likely for someone here to get a prize.

References

  1. "After poor start, PSG still has hope". Associated Press. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. "PSG boss wants answers after loss". Associated Press. 8 December 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. "Halilhodzic sacked as PSG coach". Associated Press. 8 February 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. "PSG otpustio Halilhodžića". sarajevo-x.com. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2004-2005/ligue1/psg.htm

Notes

  1. Bošković was born in Bačka Topola, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), and represented Serbia and Montenegro internationally following Yugoslavia's dissolution, but also qualified to represent Montenegro internationally after they declared independence and would make his international debut for Montenegro in March 2007.
  2. Semak was born in Sychanske, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), but also qualified to represent Russia internationally and made his international debut for Russia in 1997.
  3. Ragued was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and represented them at U-23 level before making his international debut for Tunisia in 2006.
  4. Benachour was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his international debut for Tunisia in 2002.
  5. Cana was born in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo, but part of Serbia and Montenegro during 2004–05), but also qualified to represent Albania, Switzerland, and France internationally, and made his international debut for Albania in June 2003.
  6. Hélder was born in Luanda, Angola, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally and made his international debut for Portugal in February 1992.
  7. Teixeira was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Portugal internationally through his parents and represented Portugal at U-18 and U-21 level.
  8. Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro internationally and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.
  9. Benhamou was born in Paris, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally and made his international debut for Algeria in 2004.
  10. Bamba was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, but also qualified to represent Ivory Coast internationally through his parents and represented Ivory Coast at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for Ivory Coast in 2008.
  11. Dramé was born in Villepinte, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally and made his international debut for Senegal in 2005.
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