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

Paris Saint-Germain
2004–05 season
PresidentFrancis Graille
(until 2 May 2005)
Pierre Blayau
(from 2 May 2005)
Head coachVahid Halilhodžić
(until 8 February 2005)
Laurent Fournier
(from 9 February 2005)
StadiumParc des Princes
Ligue 19th
Coupe de FranceRound of 16
Coupe de la LigueThird round
Trophée des ChampionsRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Pauleta (14)
All:
Pauleta (19)
Highest home attendance43,904
(vs Rennes, 28 May 2005)
Lowest home attendance32,814
(vs Caen, 14 August 2004)
Average home league attendance35,369

The 2004–05 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 35th season in existence.[1][2] PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 35,369 spectators per match.[1][2][3] The club was presided by Francis Graille until 2 May 2005, when Pierre Blayau became the new president. The team was coached by Vahid Halilhodžić until 8 February 2005, when Laurent Fournier replaced him.[1][2] José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan was the team captain.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7][8] 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.

Players

As of the 2004–05 season.[1][2][4]

Squad

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 France FRA Lionel Letizi
2 DF France FRA Stéphane Pichot
5 DF France FRA Bernard Mendy
6 DF Colombia COL Mario Yepes
7 MF France FRA Fabrice Pancrate
8 FW Brazil BRA Reinaldo
9 FW Portugal POR Pauleta
10 MF Serbia and Montenegro SCG Branko Bošković[notes 1]
11 MF Russia RUS Sergei Semak[notes 2]
13 MF Tunisia TUN Hocine Ragued[notes 3]
14 MF France FRA Édouard Cissé
16 GK France FRA Jérôme Alonzo
17 DF Cameroon CMR Jean-Hugues Ateba
18 MF Tunisia TUN Selim Benachour[notes 4]
19 MF Albania ALB Lorik Cana[notes 5]
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Portugal POR Hélder[notes 6]
21 MF Portugal POR Filipe Teixeira[notes 7]
22 DF France FRA Sylvain Armand
23 MF Cameroon CMR Modeste M'bami
24 DF France FRA José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan (captain)
25 MF France FRA Jérôme Rothen
26 DF France FRA Jean-Michel Badiane
27 MF Martinique MTQ Charles-Édouard Coridon
28 FW Serbia and Montenegro SCG Danijel Ljuboja[notes 8]
30 GK Algeria ALG Mohamed Benhamou[notes 9]
33 DF Ivory Coast CIV Sol Bamba[notes 10]
35 GK France FRA Nicolas Cousin
— DF Senegal SEN Boukary Dramé[notes 11]
— DF France FRA Youness Bengelloun
— MF France 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 France FRA Fabrice Fiorèse (to Marseille)
12 FW Nigeria NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche (on loan to Metz)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Vedad Ibišević (to Dijon)
21 MF France FRA Romain Rocchi (on loan to Bastia)

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 7 August 2004 28 May 2005 Matchday 1 9th 38 12 15 11 40 41 −1 031.58
Coupe de France 8 January 2005 2 March 2005 Round of 64 Round of 16 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 075.00
Coupe de la Ligue 10 November 2004 21 December 2004 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Trophée des Champions 31 July 2004 Final Runners-up 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
UEFA Champions League 14 September 2004 7 December 2004 Group stage Group stage 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 016.67
Total 51 17 18 16 58 58 +0 033.33

Source: Competitions

Trophée des Champions

Main article: 2004 Trophée des Champions
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 soccer ball with check mark
Rothen soccer ball with check mark
Yepes soccer ball with check mark
Armand soccer ball with red X
Mendy soccer ball with check mark
Cissé soccer ball with check mark
Benachour soccer ball with check mark
Touré soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Bergougnoux
soccer ball with check mark Viale
soccer ball with red X Malouda
soccer ball with check mark Balmont
soccer ball with check mark Juninho
soccer ball with check mark Essien
soccer ball with check mark Abidal
soccer ball with check mark 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[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]
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

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

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

Matches

7 August 2004 1 Rennes 2–1 Paris Saint-Germain Rennes
20:00 Sorlin 22'
Frei 23'		 Report Pauleta 40' (pen.) Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 25,150
Referee: Alain Hamer
14 August 2004 2 Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 Caen Paris
17:15 Fiorèse 8'
Yepes 56'
Yepes Red card 89'		 Report Hengbart 43'
Sarr 72' (pen.)		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 32,814
Referee: Olivier Thual
21 August 2004 3 Toulouse 2–1 Paris Saint-Germain Toulouse
20:00 Moreira 55'
Eduardo 70'		 Report Reinaldo 75' Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 34,080
Referee: Alain Sars
29 August 2004 4 Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 Saint-Étienne Paris
18:00 Pauleta 69' (pen.)
Ogbeche 74'		 Report Piquionne 64', 86' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,763
Referee: Damien Ledentu
11 September 2004 5 Istres 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain Nîmes
20:00 Saïfi 2' Report Pauleta 68' (pen.) Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 10,512
Referee: Philippe Kalt
19 September 2004 6 Paris Saint-Germain 0–1 Monaco Paris
21:00 Report Adebayor 82' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,039
Referee: Stéphane Bré
22 September 2004 7 Lens 2–2 Paris Saint-Germain Lens
20:30 Bąk 81'
Hilton 86'		 Report Cana 44'
Pancrate 76'		 Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert
Attendance: 36,649
Referee: Éric Poulat
25 September 2004 8 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Strasbourg Paris
20:00 Pauleta 78' Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 32,935
Referee: Bruno Ruffray
2 October 2004 9 Bastia 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain Furiani
20:00 Hadji 17' Report Reinaldo 28'
Pancrate 29'		 Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Attendance: 7,164
Referee: Gilles Veissière
16 October 2004 10 Nantes 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain Nantes
20:00 Savinaud 88' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 35,232
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
23 October 2004 11 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Ajaccio Paris
20:00 Pancrate 10' Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 35,487
Referee: Dominique Fraise
30 October 2004 12 Auxerre 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain Auxerre
20:00 Kalou 58' Report Pauleta 35'
Ibišević Red card 88'		 Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 20,736
Referee: Alain Sars
7 November 2004 13 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Marseille Paris
21:00 Pauleta 32'
Cissé 69'
Armand Red card 20'		 Report Batlles 41' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,131
Referee: Gilles Veissière
13 November 2004 14 Bordeaux 3–0 Paris Saint-Germain Bordeaux
20:00 Pichot 6' (o.g.)
Laslandes 48'
Rool 76'		 Report Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 31,988
Referee: Bertrand Layec
19 November 2004 15 Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 Lyon Paris
21:00 Yepes Yellow card 12' Yellow-red card 22' Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 42,478
Referee: Alain Sars
28 November 2004 16 Nice 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain Nice
21:00 Traoré 68' (pen.) Report Pancrate 68' (pen.)
Cissé Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 64'		 Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 11,760
Referee: Philippe Kalt
4 December 2004 17 Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 Lille Paris
17:15 Reinaldo 33' Report Bodmer 16' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,940
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
12 December 2004 18 Sochaux 1–2 Paris Saint-Germain Montbéliard
21:00 Santos 74' Report Pauleta 24', 41' Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 17,209
Referee: Stéphane Bré
18 December 2004 19 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Metz Paris
20:00 Méniri 39' (o.g.)
Pauleta 68' (pen.)
Pancrate 74'		 Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,881
Referee: Alain Hamer
12 January 2005 20 Caen 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain Caen
18:00 Report Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 20,930
Referee: Gilles Veissière
15 January 2005 21 Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 Toulouse Paris
20:00 Cana Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 72' Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 37,559
Referee: Philippe Malige
22 January 2005 22 Saint-Étienne 0–0 Paris Saint-Germain Saint-Étienne
20:00 Sablé Yellow card 73' Yellow-red card 89' Report Mendy Yellow card 23' Yellow-red card 75' Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 31,672
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
26 January 2005 23 Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 Istres Paris
20:30 Hélder 30'
Pauleta 52'		 Report Bakayoko 61' (pen.)
Pelé 81'		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 29,445
Referee: Dominique Fraise
30 January 2005 24 Monaco 2–0 Paris Saint-Germain Fontvieille
21:00 Kallon 36'
Bernardi 56'		 Report Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 12,147
Referee: Éric Poulat
6 February 2005 25 Paris Saint-Germain 0–2 Lens Paris
21:00 Report Diarra 41'
Leroy 45'		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 34,111
Referee: Thierry Auriac
19 February 2005 26 Strasbourg 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain Strasbourg
17:15 Niang 20'
Pagis 36' (pen.)
Abdessadki 60'		 Report Lacour 82' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 16,987
Referee: Bruno Coué
26 February 2005 27 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Bastia Paris
20:00 Benachour 66' (pen.) Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Referee: Claude Colombo
5 March 2005 28 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Nantes Paris
20:00 Pauleta 88' (pen.) Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 33,737
Referee: Damien Ledentu
12 March 2005 29 Ajaccio 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain Ajaccio
20:00 André Luiz 15' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 2,557
Referee: Thierry Auriac
20 March 2005 30 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Auxerre Paris
18:00 Pauleta 7' Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 35,896
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
3 April 2005 31 Marseille 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
21:00 Batlles 74' Report Nakata 46' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,087
Referee: Éric Poulat
9 April 2005 32 Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 Bordeaux Paris
20:00 Ljuboja 32' Report Meriem 72' (pen.) Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 39,433
Referee: Bruno Coué
17 April 2005 33 Lyon 0–1 Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
21:00 Report Ljuboja 44' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 37,864
Referee: Claude Colombo
22 April 2005 34 Paris Saint-Germain 3–1 Nice Paris
20:00 Pauleta 39' (pen.)
Rothen 43'
Semak 85'		 Report Armand 90' (o.g.) Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,098
Referee: Pascal Viléo
7 May 2005 35 Lille 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain Lille
20:00 Mirallas 85' Report Stadium: Stadium Nord Lille Métropole
Attendance: 16,823
Referee: Tony Chapron
14 May 2005 36 Paris Saint-Germain 2–2 Sochaux Paris
20:00 Armand 88'
Yepes 89'		 Report Santos 48', 57' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 39,959
Referee: Bruno Ruffray
21 May 2005 37 Metz 3–2 Paris Saint-Germain Metz
20:45 Signorino 7'
Obraniak 26'
Tum 73'		 Report Pierre-Fanfan 51'
Yepes 57'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 23,874
Referee: Bruno Coué
28 May 2005 38 Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 Rennes Paris
20:00 Pauleta 52' Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,904
Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Coupe de France

Main article: 2004–05 Coupe de France
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
13 February 2005 Round of 32 Paris Saint-Germain 3–1 (a.e.t.) Bordeaux Paris
21:00 Mendy Yellow card 17'
Reinaldo Yellow card 45'
Yepes 86'
Pauleta 95', 117'		 Report Chamakh 41' Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 41'
Rool Yellow card 45'
Jurietti Yellow card 107'		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Gilles Veissière
2 March 2005 Round of 16 Auxerre 3–2 Paris Saint-Germain Auxerre
20:45 Kalou 30', 76'
Akalé 79'
Mignot Yellow card 25'
Kalou Yellow card 90'		 Report Pierre-Fanfan 3' Yellow card 79'
Hélder Yellow card 22'
Reinaldo 23'
Rothen Yellow card 55'
Teixeira Yellow card 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
10 November 2004 Round of 32 Marseille 2–3 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
21:00 Pedretti Yellow card 4'
Lizarazu Yellow card 8'
Meïté Yellow card 30'
Pedretti 38'
Bamogo 41' (pen.)		 Report Benachour Yellow card 4'
Hélder Yellow card 23'
Bošković 45', 53'
Ateba Yellow card 47'
Pierre-Fanfan Yellow card 59'
Mendy 89'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,281
Referee: Stéphane Bré
21 December 2004 Round of 16 Montpellier 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain Montpellier
21:00 Godemèche Yellow card 20'
Atik Yellow card 40'
Mendy Yellow card 57'
Mansaré 85' (pen.)		 Report Cana Yellow card 13'
Cissé Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 68'
Bošković Yellow card 57'
Pichot Yellow card 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 England Chelsea 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage
2 Portugal Porto 6 2 2 2 4 6 −2 8
3 Russia CSKA Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 France Paris Saint-Germain 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 5
Source: [9]
14 September 2004 1 Paris Saint-Germain France 0–3 England Chelsea Paris, 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 2 CSKA Moscow Russia 2–0 France Paris Saint-Germain Moscow, Russia
18:30 Semak 64'
Vágner Love 77' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
20 October 2004 3 Paris Saint-Germain France 2–0 Portugal Porto Paris, France
20:45 Coridon 30'
Pauleta 31'		 Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
2 November 2004 4 Porto Portugal 0–0 France Paris Saint-Germain Porto, Portugal
20:45 Report Stadium: Estádio do Dragão
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)
24 November 2004 5 Chelsea England 0–0 France Paris Saint-Germain London, England
20:45 Report Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 39,626
Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)
7 December 2004 6 Paris Saint-Germain France 1–3 Russia CSKA Moscow Paris, France
20:45 Pancrate 37' Report Semak 28', 64', 70' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Notes and references

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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