2003–04 AS Saint-Étienne season

AS Saint-Étienne
2003–04 season
Head coach	Frédéric Antonetti
Stadium	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Ligue 2	1st (promoted)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lilian Compan (11); All: ; Lilian Compan (16)
Average home league attendance	21,898

The 2003–04 season was the 85th season in the existence of AS Saint-Étienne and the club's third consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, AS Saint-Étienne participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	2 August 2003	22 May 2004	Matchday 1	Winners	38	22	7	9	44	29	+15	057.89
Coupe de France	22 November 2003	3 January 2004	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	066.67
Coupe de la Ligue	24 September 2004	4 February 2004	First round	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	080.00
Total					46	28	8	10	58	35	+23	060.87

Source: Competitions

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C, P)	38	22	7	9	44	29	+15	73	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Caen (P)	38	20	11	7	56	31	+25	71
3	Istres (P)	38	19	9	10	44	26	+18	66
4	Lorient	38	17	10	11	57	45	+12	61
5	Sedan	38	15	15	8	42	31	+11	60

Source: Ligue 2
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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	22	7	9	44	29	+15	73	11	5	3	23	14	+9	11	2	6	21	15	+6

Source: Ligue 2

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	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W
Position	19	9	5	8	11	7	3	3	5	8	5	4	3	4	5	6	6	3	2	3	5	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 August 2003 1	Châteauroux	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Châteauroux
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

9 August 2003 2	Nancy	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Tomblaine
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

15 August 2003 3	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Lorient	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

19 August 2003 4	Créteil	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Créteil
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

23 August 2003 5	Saint-Étienne	2–3	Troyes	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

31 August 2003 6	Sedan	1–2	Saint-Étienne	Sedan
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

5 September 2003 7	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Valence	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

13 September 2003 8	Besançon	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Besançon
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

21 September 2003 9	Saint-Étienne	0–2	Amiens	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

27 September 2003 10	Caen	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Caen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

3 October 2003 11	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Rouen	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

19 October 2003 12	Clermont	0–3	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

25 October 2003 13	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Grenoble	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

1 November 2003 14	Laval	2–0	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

7 November 2003 15	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Istres	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

29 November 2003 16	Angers	1–1	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

10 December 2003 17	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Niort	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

6 December 2003 18	Gueugnon	0–1	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

21 December 2003 19	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Le Havre	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

10 January 2004 20	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Nancy	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

18 January 2004 21	Lorient	2–0	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

31 January 2004 20	Saint-Étienne	3–2	Créteil	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

8 February 2004 23	Troyes	0–1	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

14 February 2004 24	Saint-Étienne	0–2	Sedan	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

21 February 2004 25	Valence	1–3	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

16 April 2004 26	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Besançon	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

5 March 2004 27	Amiens	1–2	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

14 March 2004 28	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Caen	Saint-Étienne
16:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,512 Referee: Eric Brocas

20 March 2004 29	Rouen	0–1	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)

27 March 2004 30	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Clermont	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

2 April 2004 31	Grenoble	2–2	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

11 April 2004 32	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Laval	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

23 April 2004 33	Istres	0–2	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

1 May 2004 34	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Angers	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

7 May 2004 35	Niort	0–1	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

13 May 2004 36	Saint-Étienne	1–1	Gueugnon	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

16 May 2004 37	Le Havre	1–0	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)

22 May 2004 38	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Châteauroux	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Source: ^[2]

Coupe de France

22 November 2003 Seventh round	Belley	0–3	Saint-Étienne	Belley
			Mendy 45' Compan 77' Hellebuyck 82'	Stadium: Stade municipal Paul-Chastel Attendance: 4,268 Referee: Jérôme Goulu

13 December 2003 Eighth round	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Le Puy	Saint-Étienne
	Dogbé 18' Carteron 88'		Bakouma 67'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 11,896 Referee: Claude Medam

3 January 2004 Round of 64	Dijon	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Saint-Étienne	Dijon
18:00 CET (UTC+1)			Bakouma 80'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 5,294 Referee: Stéphane Djiouzi
	Penalties
	Heitzmann Livramento Braud		Bridonneau

Coupe de la Ligue

24 September 2003 First round	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Rouen	Saint-Étienne
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)	Compan 83'			Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 5,758 Referee: Eric Brocas

28 October 2003 Second round	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Beauvais	Saint-Étienne
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dogbé 18' Jau 40' Marin 64' Mendy 81'	Report	Grange 36' Ekobo 52' Alcibar 82'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 9,095 Referee: Geoffroy Guichard

17 December 2003 Round of 16	Lille	2–3	Saint-Étienne	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
16:05 CET (UTC+1)	Tafforeau 22' Makoun 59' Brunel 89' 90'	Report	Hellebuyck 24' 74' Bridonneau 28' Marin 62' Compan 73'	Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole Attendance: 7,260 Referee: Bruno Ruffray

14 January 2004 Quarter-finals	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Nice	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jau 31' Compan 53' (pen.)	Report	Cherrad 43' Pamarot 49'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 15,194 Referee: Jean-Paul Chaudre

4 February 2004 Semi-finals	Saint-Étienne	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Sochaux	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hernandez 8' Carteron 18' Compan 22'	Report	Boudaréne 10' Mathieu 42' 75' Oruma 61', 104' Trapasso 112'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 33,661 Referee: Bertrand Layec

References

^ "Ligue 2 2003/2004 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. 24 June 2025.
^ "AS Saint-Étienne - Fixtures & Results 2003/2004". worldfootball.net. 29 March 2025.

[1] "Ligue 2 2003/2004 - Attendance". worldfootball.net. 24 June 2025.

[2] "AS Saint-Étienne - Fixtures & Results 2003/2004". worldfootball.net. 29 March 2025.

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