2004–05 FC Lorient season

FC Lorient

2004–05 season
President	Marcel Le Mentec
Head coach	Christian Gourcuff
Stadium	Stade du Moustoir
Ligue 2	14th
Coupe de France	Seventh round
Coupe de la Ligue	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Bakari Koné (24) All: Bakari Koné (24)
Average home league attendance	8,248[1]
Biggest win	Reims 1–4 Lorient Lorient 3–0 Brest
Biggest defeat	Niort 4–0 Lorient
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The 2004–05 FC Lorient season was the club's 79th season in existence and the third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Lorient participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

Players

First-team 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 — GK  FRA Guillaume Gauclin — GK  FRA Stéphane Le Garrec — GK  FRA Jean-Marc Le Rouzic — GK  SUI Sébastien Roth — GK  FRA Romain Salin — DF  FRA Marc Boutruche — DF  SEN Malick Diop — DF  FRA Nicolas Flégeau — DF  FRA Benjamin Genton — DF  FRA Richard Martini — DF  FRA Carl Medjani — DF  FRA Jérémy Morel — DF  FRA Grégoire Nadjior — DF  FRA Anthony Scaramozzino — MF  FRA Christophe Bastien — MF  FRA Christophe Coué — MF  CIV Mamadou Dansoko — MF  CIV Garry Franchi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Vincent Gragnic — MF  FRA Nicolas Hislen — MF  FRA Sylvain Macé — MF  FRA Joris Marveaux — MF  FRA Stéphane Pedron — MF  FRA Therry Racon — MF  FRA Virgile Reset — MF  FRA Diego Yesso — MF  ALG Karim Ziani — FW  CIV Serge Ayeli — FW  FRA Manfa Camara — FW  FRA André-Pierre Gignac — FW  CIV Bakari Koné — FW  FRA Sébastien Le Toux — FW  FRA Cédric Ouattara — FW  BRA Robson — FW  FRA Ludovic Viltard

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
	MF	Karim Ziani	Troyes	Loan	10 October 2004	[2]
	GK	Sébastien Roth	Servette	Free	1 January 2005	[3]
	DF	Anthony Scaramozzino	Nice	Loan	10 January 2005	[4]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
	MF	Tchiressoua Guel	MKE Ankaragücü	Free	19 July 2004	[5]
	MF	Nicolas Esceth-N'Zi	Montpellier	Free	21 July 2004	[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	6 August 2004	27 May 2005	Matchday 1	14	38	13	8	17	44	53	−9	034.21
Coupe de France	November 2004		Seventh round	Seventh round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	6 October 2004		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					40	13	8	19	45	56	−11	032.50

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Amiens	38	11	14	13	41	41	0	47
13	Laval	38	13	8	17	43	51	−8	47
14	Lorient	38	13	8	17	44	53	−9	47
15	Créteil	38	11	13	14	42	38	+4	46
16	Reims	38	10	13	15	34	55	−21	43

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	13	8	17	44	53	−9	47	9	3	7	29	24	+5	4	5	10	15	29	−14

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 2 July 2004.

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Primeira Liga	Taça de Portugal	Taça da Liga	Total
1	FW			Bakari Koné	24	0	0	24
2	FW			Christophe Bastien	5	0	0	5
	FW			Robson	5	0	0	5
Own goals					0	0	0	0
Totals					0	0	1	0

References

External links

• Official website