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.

Sochaux

2003–04 season
President	Jean-Claude Plessis
Manager	Guy Lacombe
Stadium	Stade Auguste Bonal
Ligue 1	5th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Winners
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Pierre-Alain Frau (17) All: Pierre-Alain Frau (23)
Average home league attendance	16,603

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CIV	Gérard Gnanhouan
2	DF	SEN	Ibrahim Tall
3	DF	FRA	Grégory Paisley
4	DF	FRA	Maxence Flachez
5	DF	FRA	Sylvain Monsoreau
7	MF	TUN	Adel Chedli
8	MF	FRA	Fabien Boudarène
9	FW	FRA	Mickaël Pagis
10	MF	NGA	Wilson Oruma
11	FW	BRA	Francileudo Santos
12	MF	FRA	Mickaël Isabey
13	FW	FRA	Pierre-Alain Frau
14	MF	SUI	Johann Lonfat

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	FRA	Teddy Richert
17	MF	FRA	Benoît Pedretti
18	MF	SEN	Guirane N'Daw
19	DF	FRA	Philippe Raschke
20	FW	FRA	Sigamary Diarra
21	DF	SEN	Souleymane Diawara
25	MF	FRA	Jérémy Mathieu
27	DF	SEN	Omar Daf
28	MF	ARG	Marcelo Trapasso
29	FW	MAR	Jaouad Zaïri
30	GK	FRA	Alexandre Martinović
32	MF	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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	18	9	11	54	42	+12	63	12	4	3	33	17	+16	6	5	8	21	25	−4

Source:

Results by round

Round	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	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
Result	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L
Position	2	12	10	13	10	7	4	7	9	10	10	9	6	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	5

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

Matches

Sochaux v Nantes

2 August 2003 1	Sochaux	2–1	Nantes	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 16,243

Nice v Sochaux

9 August 2003 2	Nice	1–0	Sochaux	Nice
20:00				Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 13,946

Sochaux v Rennes

16 August 2003 3	Sochaux	1–1	Rennes	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 14,069

Marseille v Sochaux

23 August 2003 4	Marseille	2–0	Sochaux	Marseille
20:00				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,782

Sochaux v Lille

30 August 2003 5	Sochaux	2–1	Lille	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 14,643

Bordeaux v Sochaux

13 September 2003 6	Bordeaux	1–3	Sochaux	Bordeaux
20:00				Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 22,208

Sochaux v Strasbourg

20 September 2003 7	Sochaux	3–0	Strasbourg	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 16,729

Bastia v Sochaux

27 September 2003 8	Bastia	2–0	Sochaux	Furiani
20:00				Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 5,844

Sochaux v Paris Saint-Germain

4 October 2003 9	Sochaux	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,561

Lyon v Sochaux

18 October 2003 10	Lyon	1–1	Sochaux	Lyon
20:00				Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,907

Sochaux v Monaco

26 October 2003 11	Sochaux	1–1	Monaco	Montbéliard
20:45				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,232

Metz v Sochaux

1 November 2003 12	Metz	0–1	Sochaux	Metz
20:00				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,834

Sochaux v Toulouse

9 November 2003 13	Sochaux	3–1	Toulouse	Montbéliard
18:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 15,425

Guingamp v Sochaux

22 November 2003 14	Guingamp	1–2	Sochaux	Guingamp
20:00				Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 14,458

Sochaux v Auxerre

30 November 2003 15	Sochaux	3–2	Auxerre	Montbéliard
18:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 17,796

Lens v Sochaux

6 December 2003 17	Lens	0–3	Sochaux	Lens
17:15				Stadium: Stade Félix Bollaert Attendance: 34,340

Sochaux v Ajaccio

13 December 2003 18	Sochaux	2–0	Ajaccio	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 13,699

Le Mans v Sochaux

20 December 2003 19	Le Mans	2–2	Sochaux	Le Mans
20:00				Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 12,579

Sochaux v Nice

10 January 2004 20	Sochaux	0–0	Nice	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 12,728

Rennes v Sochaux

17 January 2004 21	Rennes	4–0	Sochaux	Rennes
20:00				Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 15,225

Montpellier v Sochaux

21 January 2004 16	Montpellier	1–3	Sochaux	Montpellier
20:00				Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,755

Sochaux v Marseille

31 January 2004 22	Sochaux	2–1	Marseille	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,754

Lille v Sochaux

7 February 2004 23	Lille	2–0	Sochaux	Lille
20:00				Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris Attendance: 14,426

Sochaux v Bordeaux

14 February 2004 24	Sochaux	1–1	Bordeaux	Montbéliard
17:15				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 15,276

Strasbourg v Sochaux

21 February 2004 25	Strasbourg	0–2	Sochaux	Strasbourg
20:00				Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 18,019

Sochaux v Bastia

29 February 2004 26	Sochaux	2–1	Bastia	Montbéliard
18:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 15,930

Paris Saint-Germain v Sochaux

6 March 2004 27	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Sochaux	Paris
20:00				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,544

Sochaux v Lyon

13 March 2004 28	Sochaux	1–2	Lyon	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,495

Monaco v Sochaux

20 March 2004 29	Monaco	1–1	Sochaux	Monaco
20:00				Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 10,448

Sochaux v Metz

27 March 2004 30	Sochaux	2–0	Metz	Montbéliard
17:15				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 14,373

Toulouse v Sochaux

3 April 2004 31	Toulouse	0–0	Sochaux	Toulouse
20:00				Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 21,109

Sochaux v Guingamp

10 April 2004 32	Sochaux	2–0	Guingamp	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 15,144 Referee: Olivier Thual

Auxerre v Sochaux

24 April 2004 33	Auxerre	2–1	Sochaux	Auxerre
20:00				Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps Attendance: 18,491

Sochaux v Montpellier

1 May 2004 34	Sochaux	3–1	Montpellier	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 16,352 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

Sochaux v Lens

8 May 2004 35	Sochaux	0–3	Lens	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,791 Referee: Pascal Viléo

Ajaccio v Sochaux

12 May 2004 36	Ajaccio	1–0	Sochaux	Ajaccio
20:30				Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 2,975

Sochaux v Le Mans

15 May 2004 37	Sochaux	3–0	Le Mans	Montbéliard
20:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 17,387 Referee: Gilles Veissière

Nantes v Sochaux

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

Auxerre v Sochaux

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

Sochaux v ASOA Valence

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

Sochaux v Marseille

17 December 2003 Round of 16	Sochaux	1–0	Marseille	Montbéliard
21:00				Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,510 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Lens v Sochaux

13 January 2004 Quarter-finals	Lens	0–4	Sochaux	Lens
21:00				Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 20,947 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Saint-Étienne v Sochaux

3 February 2004 Semi-finals	Saint-Étienne	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Sochaux	Saint-Étienne
21:00	Carteron 18' Compan 22'		Mathieu 42' Oruma 61', 103'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps Attendance: 33,665 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Nantes v Sochaux

17 April 2004 Final	Nantes	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Sochaux	Saint-Denis
20:50	Pujol 14'		Monsoreau 19'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 78,409 Referee: Pascal Garibian

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

First round

MyPa v Sochaux

24 September 2003 First leg	MyPa	0–1	Sochaux	Kouvola, Finland
18:00		Report	Diawara 45'	Stadium: Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion Attendance: 2,275 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

Sochaux v MyPa

15 October 2003 Second leg	Sochaux	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	MyPa	Sochaux, France
19:15	Monsoreau 58' Santos 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 8,885 Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

Second round

Borussia Dortmund v Sochaux

6 November 2003 First leg	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	Sochaux	Dortmund, Germany
20:30	Senesie 68' Ewerthon 78'	Report	Santos 12' Frau 27'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 40,100 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Sochaux v Borussia Dortmund

27 November 2003 Second leg	Sochaux	4–0 (6–2 agg.)	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

Sochaux v Internazionale

26 February 2004 First leg	Sochaux	2–2	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)

Internazionale v Sochaux

3 March 2004 Second leg	Internazionale	0–0 (2 (a)–2 agg.)	Sochaux	Milan, Italy
20:45		Report		Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 15,883 Referee: Steve Bennett (England)

Statistics