2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue

The 2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue began on 19 August 2008, and its final was held on 25 April 2009 at the Stade de France. The former defending champions, Paris Saint-Germain, were initially barred from participating in the cup after a group of PSG supporters unfurled an offensive banner during last year's final.[1][2] After PSG appealed the ban, however, the Tribunal Administratif de Paris judge vacated the ruling allowing PSG to defend their Coupe de la Ligue title. Due to this, a new draw was announced.[3][4][5] French Football Federation (FFF) president Jean-Pierre Escalettes vowed to get the second ruling overturned, stating, "I won't give up," and, "I can't allow acts like this to go unpunished,"[5] but was unsuccessful. The winners of the Coupe de la Ligue qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Ligue 1 club Bordeaux won the competition by defeating Ligue 2 club Vannes by a score of 4–0 in the final.

Calendar

On 16 July, the Ligue de Football Professionnel announced the calendar for the Coupe de la Ligue.[6]

Note: Due to Paris Saint-Germain's re-entry into the tournament, the draw was redone with different dates attached to the matches.[7]

Date Event
2 September 2008 5 clubs from Championnat National and 5 clubs from Ligue 2 entered the competition
9 September 2008 Remaining clubs from Ligue 2 entered the competition
23–24 September 2008 Clubs from Ligue 1, except Olympique Lyonnais and Bordeaux, entered the competition
11–12 November 2008 Round of 16 (Olympique Lyonnais and Bordeaux entered the competition)
13–14 January 2009 Quarterfinals
3–4 February 2009 Semifinals
25 April 2009 (Saturday) Coupe de la Ligue Final

First round

The matches were played on 3 September 2008.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Créteil 2 – 1 Chamois Niortais
Libourne-Saint-Seurin 0 – 2 Nîmes
Istres 1 – 1 (aet, p. 3–4) Gueugnon
Vannes 3 – 0 Dijon
Tours 1 – 2 Boulogne

Second round

The matches were played on 9 September 2008.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Guingamp 2 – 0 (aet) Gueugnon
Lens 4 – 1 Sedan
Créteil 2 – 1 Stade Brest
Metz 2 – 1 Reims
Troyes 2 – 1 Angers
Vannes 3 – 2 (aet) Amiens
AC Ajaccio 2 – 4 (aet) Montpellier
Strasbourg 1 – 2 (aet) Bastia
Châteauroux 3 – 1 Nîmes
Boulogne 4 – 1 Clermont Foot

Third round

The matches were played on 23 September 2008.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Vannes 3 – 3 (aet, p. 5–4) Valenciennes
Boulogne 1 – 3 Nice
Bastia 0 – 1 Châteauroux
Créteil 1 – 0 Nantes
Auxerre 1 – 1 (aet, p. 6–5) Toulouse

The matches were played on 24 September 2008.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Monaco 0 – 1 PSG
Montpellier 2 – 2 (aet, p. 4–2) Lille
Metz 3 – 1 Troyes
Sochaux 1 – 0 Marseille
Lorient 0 – 3 Lens
Rennes 2 – 2 (aet, p. 4–3) Le Mans
Grenoble 2 – 3 Nancy
Guingamp 4 – 1 Saint-Étienne
Le Havre 3 – 1 Caen

Final Draw

Right Side Bracket
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals
         
1 Lyon 1
13 Metz 3
13 Metz 1 (3)
5 Vannes (pen.) 1 (4)
5 Vannes 2
15 Auxerre 0
5 Vannes (pen.) 1 (4)
7 Nice 1 (3)
7 Nice 3
16 Créteil 0
7 Nice 1
6 Le Havre 0
6 Le Havre 2
4 Rennes 1

Left side bracket
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals
         
2 Bordeaux 4
11 Guingamp 2
2 Bordeaux 2
10 Châteauroux 1
14 Montpellier 1
10 Châteauroux 2
2 Bordeaux 3
8 PSG 0
8 PSG 2
3 Nancy 0
8 PSG 2
12 Lens 0
9 Sochaux 0
12 Lens 1

Final draw results

Round of 16
Sochaux0 – 1Lens
Report Yahia  108'
Attendance: 17,098
Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux
Bordeaux4 – 2Guingamp
Trémoulinas  13'
Obertan  23', 31'
Cavenaghi  77'		 Report Eduardo  33', 44' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,995
Vannes2 – 0Auxerre
Hervé  74'
Bourhani  91'		 Report
Attendance: 4,636
Referee: Alexandre Castro
Nice3 – 0Créteil
Ben Saada  8' (pen.)
Modeste  30'
Bamogo  46'		 Report
Attendance: 6,529
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
Montpellier1 – 2Châteauroux
Compan  44' Report Sako  55'
Mulenga  71'
Attendance: 4,336
Referee: Clément Turpin
Lyon1 – 3Metz
Cris  48' Report Mendy  21'
Renouard  28'
Rocchi  66'
Attendance: 23,053
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
Le Havre2 – 1Rennes
Nabouhane  15'
Lesage  90+3' (pen.)		 Report Sow  24'
Attendance: 5,540
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
PSG2 – 0Nancy
Luyindula  30', 36' Report
Attendance: 15,856
Referee: Stéphane Bre

Quarter-finals
Vannes1 – 1Metz
Hervé  44' Report' Bourgeois  50'
Penalties
Sammaritano
Diguiny
Lebouc
Quintin 		4 – 3 Matheus
Agouazi
Delgado
Bessat
Renouard
Attendance: 3,937
Referee: Thierry Auriac
Nice1 – 0Le Havre
Kanté  88' Report
Attendance: 6,020
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
Bordeaux2 – 1Châteauroux
Gouffran  25'
Bellion  57'		 Report Mulenga  80'
Attendance: 9,209
Referee: Antony Gautier
PSG2 – 0Lens
Keita  14' (o.g.)
Clément  90'		 Report
Attendance: 32,093
Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Semi-finals
Nice1 – 1Vannes
Ben Saada  88' Report Khiter  60'
Penalties
Rémy
Ben Saada
Hellebuyck
Faé
Rool 		3 – 4 Sammaritano
Hervé
Talmont
Quintin
Bourhani
Attendance: 11,357
Referee: Philippe Kalt
PSG0 – 3Bordeaux
Report Bellion  17'
Diawara  87'
Wendel  90'
Attendance: 40,543
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Final
Main article: Coupe de la Ligue Final 2009
Bordeaux4 – 0Vannes
Wendel  2'
Planus  10'
Gouffran  12'
Gourcuff  40'		 Report
Referee: Fredy Fautrel


Topscorer

Madjid Bouabdallah (3 goals)

See also

References
  1. Lens rage after PSG fans banner insult
  2. "PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  3. PSG appeal against League Cup ban
  4. PSG to appeal against league ban
  5. PSG allowed to defend Coupe de la Ligue
  6. Le format de l'édition 2008/2009 Archived 2008-07-30 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  7. La LFP est amenée à modifier le calendrier Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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