Ligue 1

• 4–0Biggest win: Rennes 4–0 MontpellierSun 23 May 2004
• 3goals, a hat-trick: Bernard DiomedeAjaccio 3–1 Metz
• 2goals: Alexander FreiRennes 4–0 Montpellier
• 2goals: Steve MarletMarseille 2–1 Guingamp

• Biggest winParis Saint Germain 6–1 MontpellierSat 7 Feb

• 80%of the teams ahead at half-time won the match179 of 224; 10 matches turned round
• 7points won after trailing at half-time: Nice and 1 other, level for the mostBehind at the break 11 times
• 9points dropped after leading at half-time: Lille and 1 other, level for the mostAhead at the break 14 times
• 0–1at half-time, 4–1 at the end: Rennes v Ajaccio, the biggest turnaroundSat 21 Feb 2004

• 10%of the goals in the last five minutes and stoppage time84 goals, 0 of them in stoppage time
• 71%of the teams that scored first won the match243 of 342; 63 drew, 36 lost
• 8points won in the last five minutes: Marseille, the most7 goals scored from the 86th minute on
• 6points thrown away in the last five minutes: Bordeaux and 1 other, level for the most3 goals conceded from the 86th minute on
• 18points won after going behind: Monaco, the mostBehind at some point in 13 matches
• 22points dropped after going ahead: Bordeaux, the mostAhead at some point in 21 matches
• 1'the fastest goal: Bonaventure Kalou, AuxerreAuxerre 1–1 Ajaccio, Sat 8 May 2004
• 90'the latest winning goal, with 12 others in the same minute: Ibrahima Bakayoko, MarseilleGuingamp 0–1 Marseille, Sat 2 Aug 2003

Goal minutes known, for 342 of the 380 matches played. Minutes as the match reports write them; a winning goal is the one past the loser's final total (the second of a 3–1).

• 23.7years: Metz, the youngest of the 17 teams with enough birth datesAverage age, weighted by minutes played
• 28.8years: Guingamp, the oldest of the 17 teams with enough birth datesAverage age, weighted by minutes played
• 18years and 261 days: Stephane N'Guema, the youngest scorer with a known birth dateSat 9 Aug 2003
• 34years: Benoit Cauet, the oldest scorer with a known birth dateSat 31 Jan 2004
• 60%of the minutes played by players from France50 nationalities; fewest: Monaco (59%), most: Nantes (78%)

Birth dates and citizenships of the players known with certainty: 88% of the minutes played. A player can hold more than one citizenship. Team ages only where at least 75% of the minutes are covered (17 of 20 teams).