Original Errea football shirt Stade Malherbe Caen 2004/05

In 2004-2005, Stade Malherbe de Caen returned to Ligue 1 after seven consecutive seasons in Division 2.

The leaders decide to trust the players who picked up the climb. Voluntary but inexperienced, the team made a good start to the season but gradually approached the relegation zone, until falling there at the end of the season. After the defeat in the final of the League Cup and when the situation in Ligue 1 is desperate, Patrick Remy is dismissed and replaced by the sporting director Franck Dumas, who cannot prevent relegation.