2003–04 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard season

The 2003–04 season was the 75th season in the existence of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and the club's third consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Sochaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, and UEFA Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004.[2]

Sochaux
2003–04 season
PresidentJean-Claude Plessis
ManagerGuy Lacombe
StadiumStade Auguste Bonal
Ligue 15th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Coupe de la LigueWinners
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Pierre-Alain Frau (17)
All:
Pierre-Alain Frau (23)
Average home league attendance16,603[1]

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[3][2]

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 Ivory Coast CIV Gérard Gnanhouan
2 DF Senegal SEN Ibrahim Tall
3 DF France FRA Grégory Paisley
4 DF France FRA Maxence Flachez
5 DF France FRA Sylvain Monsoreau
7 MF Tunisia TUN Adel Chedli
8 MF France FRA Fabien Boudarène
9 FW France FRA Mickaël Pagis
10 MF Nigeria NGA Wilson Oruma
11 FW Brazil BRA Francileudo Santos
12 MF France FRA Mickaël Isabey
13 FW France FRA Pierre-Alain Frau
14 MF Switzerland SUI Johann Lonfat
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 GK France FRA Teddy Richert
17 MF France FRA Benoît Pedretti
18 MF Senegal SEN Guirane N'Daw
19 DF France FRA Philippe Raschke
20 FW France FRA Sigamary Diarra
21 DF Senegal SEN Souleymane Diawara
25 MF France FRA Jérémy Mathieu
27 DF Senegal SEN Omar Daf
28 MF Argentina ARG Marcelo Trapasso
29 FW Morocco MAR Jaouad Zaïri
30 GK France FRA Alexandre Martinović
32 MF France FRA Jeremi Leguen

Transfers

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 2 August 2003 23 May 2004 Matchday 1 5th 38 18 9 11 54 42 +12 047.37
Coupe de France 3 January 2004 Round of 64 Round of 64 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Coupe de la Ligue 29 October 2003 17 April 2004 First round Winners 5 4 1 0 12 5 +7 080.00
UEFA Cup 24 September 2003 3 March 2004 First round Third round 6 3 3 0 11 4 +7 050.00
Total 50 25 13 12 77 53 +24 050.00

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1
Main article: 2003–04 Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Monaco 38 21 12 5 59 30 +29 75 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Auxerre 38 19 8 11 60 34 +26 65 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Sochaux 38 18 9 11 54 42 +12 63
6 Nantes 38 17 9 12 47 35 +12 60 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7 Marseille 38 17 6 15 51 45 +6 57
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 18 9 11 54 42  +12 63 12 4 3 33 17  +16 6 5 8 21 25  −4

Source:

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultWLDLWWWLLDDWWWWWWWDDLWLDWWDLDWDWLWLLWL
Position21210131074791010965533333545554444444544545
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
2 August 2003 1 Sochaux 2–1 Nantes Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 16,243
9 August 2003 2 Nice 1–0 Sochaux Nice
20:00 Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 13,946
16 August 2003 3 Sochaux 1–1 Rennes Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 14,069
23 August 2003 4 Marseille 2–0 Sochaux Marseille
20:00 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,782
30 August 2003 5 Sochaux 2–1 Lille Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 14,643
13 September 2003 6 Bordeaux 1–3 Sochaux Bordeaux
20:00 Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 22,208
20 September 2003 7 Sochaux 3–0 Strasbourg Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 16,729
27 September 2003 8 Bastia 2–0 Sochaux Furiani
20:00 Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Attendance: 5,844
4 October 2003 9 Sochaux 0–1 Paris Saint-Germain Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,561
18 October 2003 10 Lyon 1–1 Sochaux Lyon
20:00 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 36,907
26 October 2003 11 Sochaux 1–1 Monaco Montbéliard
20:45 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,232
1 November 2003 12 Metz 0–1 Sochaux Metz
20:00 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 16,834
9 November 2003 13 Sochaux 3–1 Toulouse Montbéliard
18:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 15,425
22 November 2003 14 Guingamp 1–2 Sochaux Guingamp
20:00 Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Attendance: 14,458
30 November 2003 15 Sochaux 3–2 Auxerre Montbéliard
18:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 17,796
6 December 2003 17 Lens 0–3 Sochaux Lens
17:15 Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert
Attendance: 34,340
13 December 2003 18 Sochaux 2–0 Ajaccio Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 13,699
20 December 2003 19 Le Mans 2–2 Sochaux Le Mans
20:00 Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée
Attendance: 12,579
10 January 2004 20 Sochaux 0–0 Nice Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 12,728
17 January 2004 21 Rennes 4–0 Sochaux Rennes
20:00 Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 15,225
21 January 2004 16 Montpellier 1–3 Sochaux Montpellier
20:00 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 10,755
31 January 2004 22 Sochaux 2–1 Marseille Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,754
7 February 2004 23 Lille 2–0 Sochaux Lille
20:00 Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris
Attendance: 14,426
14 February 2004 24 Sochaux 1–1 Bordeaux Montbéliard
17:15 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 15,276
21 February 2004 25 Strasbourg 0–2 Sochaux Strasbourg
20:00 Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 18,019
29 February 2004 26 Sochaux 2–1 Bastia Montbéliard
18:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 15,930
6 March 2004 27 Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 Sochaux Paris
20:00 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,544
13 March 2004 28 Sochaux 1–2 Lyon Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,495
20 March 2004 29 Monaco 1–1 Sochaux Monaco
20:00 Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 10,448
27 March 2004 30 Sochaux 2–0 Metz Montbéliard
17:15 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 14,373
3 April 2004 31 Toulouse 0–0 Sochaux Toulouse
20:00 Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 21,109
10 April 2004 32 Sochaux 2–0 Guingamp Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 15,144
Referee: Olivier Thual
24 April 2004 33 Auxerre 2–1 Sochaux Auxerre
20:00 Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps
Attendance: 18,491
1 May 2004 34 Sochaux 3–1 Montpellier Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 16,352
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
8 May 2004 35 Sochaux 0–3 Lens Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,791
Referee: Pascal Viléo
12 May 2004 36 Ajaccio 1–0 Sochaux Ajaccio
20:30 Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 2,975
15 May 2004 37 Sochaux 3–0 Le Mans Montbéliard
20:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 17,387
Referee: Gilles Veissière
23 May 2004 38 Nantes 3–1 Sochaux Nantes
20:00 Stadium: Stade de La Beaujoire
Attendance: 28,506

Coupe de France
Main article: 2003–04 Coupe de France
3 January 2004 Round of 64 Auxerre 2–0 Sochaux Auxerre
20:30 Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps
Attendance: 5,803
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Coupe de la Ligue
Main article: 2003–04 Coupe de la Ligue
29 October 2003 First round Sochaux 3–2 (a.e.t.) ASOA Valence Montbéliard
19:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 9,131
Referee: Bruno Ruffray
17 December 2003 Round of 16 Sochaux 1–0 Marseille Montbéliard
21:00 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,510
Referee: Bertrand Layec
13 January 2004 Quarter-finals Lens 0–4 Sochaux Lens
21:00 Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 20,947
Referee: Bertrand Layec
3 February 2004 Semi-finals Saint-Étienne 2–3 (a.e.t.) Sochaux Saint-Étienne
21:00
  • Carteron 18'
  • Compan 22'
Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps
Attendance: 33,665
Referee: Bertrand Layec
17 April 2004 Final Nantes 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Sochaux Saint-Denis
20:50
Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 78,409
Referee: Pascal Garibian

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

First round
24 September 2003 First leg MyPa Finland 0–1 France Sochaux Kouvola, Finland
18:00 Report Diawara 45' Stadium: Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion
Attendance: 2,275
Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)
15 October 2003 Second leg Sochaux France 2–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Finland MyPa Sochaux, France
19:15 Monsoreau 58'
Santos 82'		 Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 8,885
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

Second round
6 November 2003 First leg Borussia Dortmund Germany 2–2 France Sochaux Dortmund, Germany
20:30 Senesie 68'
Ewerthon 78'		 Report Santos 12'
Frau 27'		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 40,100
Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)
27 November 2003 Second leg Sochaux France 4–0
(6–2 agg.)		 Germany Borussia Dortmund Sochaux, France
20:30 Frau 5' (pen.)
Santos 67'
Oruma 76'
Mathieu 89'		 Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 18,584
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Third round
26 February 2004 First leg Sochaux France 2–2 Italy Internazionale Sochaux, France
21:00 Frau 59', 81' Report Vieri 8'
Recoba 61'		 Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,561
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
3 March 2004 Second leg Internazionale Italy 0–0
(2 (a)–2 agg.)		 France Sochaux Milan, Italy
20:45 Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 15,883
Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Statistics

References
  1. "Ligue 1 2003/2004 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. "Sochaux 2003/2004". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. "Sochaux - 2003/04". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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