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
President	Francis Graille (until 2 May) Pierre Blayau
Head coach	Vahid Halilhodžić (until 8 February) Laurent Fournier
Stadium	Parc des Princes
Ligue 1	9th
Trophée des Champions	Runners-up
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: 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

Main article: 2004 Trophée des Champions

Paris Saint-Germain v Lyon

31 July 2004	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 (6–7 p)	Lyon	Cannes
20:45	Fiorèse  71'	Report	Élber  54'	Stadium: Stade Pierre de Coubertin Attendance: 9,429 Referee: Gilles Veissière
	Penalties
	Pauleta Rothen Yepes Armand Mendy Cissé Benachour Touré		Bergougnoux Viale Malouda Balmont Juninho Essien Abidal Berthod

Ligue 1

Main article: 2004–05 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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Match	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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W
Position	13	14	14	14	14	17	18	16	16	16	14	14	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	7	8	9	10	9

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

Coupe de France

Main article: 2004–05 Coupe de France

Langueux v Paris Saint-Germain

8 January 2005 Round of 64	Langueux	1–6	Paris Saint-Germain	Guingamp
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

Paris Saint-Germain v Bordeaux

13 February 2005 Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Bordeaux	Paris
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

Auxerre v Paris Saint-Germain

2 March 2005 Round of 16	Auxerre	3–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Auxerre
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

Main article: 2004–05 Coupe de la Ligue

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

10 November 2004 Round of 32	Marseille	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
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

Montpellier v Paris Saint-Germain

21 December 2004 Round of 16	Montpellier	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Montpellier
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

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group H

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:

Paris Saint-Germain v Chelsea

14 September 2004 1	Paris Saint-Germain	0–3	Chelsea	Paris, France
20:45		Report	Terry  29' Drogba  45+1', 76'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

CSKA Moscow v Paris Saint-Germain

29 September 2004 2	CSKA Moscow	2–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Moscow, Russia
18:30	Semak  64' Vágner Love  77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Paris Saint-Germain v Porto

20 October 2004 3	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Porto	Paris, France
20:45	Coridon  30' Pauleta  31'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Porto v Paris Saint-Germain

2 November 2004 4	Porto	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Porto, Portugal
20:45		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Chelsea v Paris Saint-Germain

24 November 2004 5	Chelsea	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	London, England
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,626 Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Paris Saint-Germain v CSKA Moscow

7 December 2004 6	Paris Saint-Germain	1–3	CSKA Moscow	Paris, France
20:45	Pancrate  37'	Report	Semak  28', 64', 70'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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.