2003–04 Besançon RC season
# 2003–04 Besançon RC season

The 2003–04 season was the 100th season in the existence of Besançon RC and the club's first season back in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Besançon RC participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | 19th | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 021.05 |
| Coupe de France | 22 November 2003 | 24 January 2004 | Seventh round | Round of 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 23 September 2003 | 23 September 2003 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 025.58 |

Last updated: 22 May 2004 Source: Competitions

### Ligue 2

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Gueugnon | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 42 | |
| 17 | Laval | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 42 | |
| 18 | Valence (R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 40 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 19 | Besançon (R) | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 38 | Relegation to Championnat National |
| 20 | Rouen (R) | 38 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 29 | Relegation to Championnat National |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 22 May 2004. 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 |
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| Ground | 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 | H |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
