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[]

11 November

Sochaux	0 – 1	Lens
	Report	Yahia 108'

Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard

Attendance: 17,098

Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

11 November

Bordeaux	4 – 2	Guingamp
Trémoulinas 13' Obertan 23', 31' Cavenaghi 77'	Report	Eduardo 33', 44' (pen.)

Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux

Attendance: 13,995

Referee: Laurent Duhamel

11 November

Vannes	2 – 0	Auxerre
Hervé 74' Bourhani 91'	Report

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Attendance: 4,636

Referee: Alexandre Castro

11 November

Nice	3 – 0	Créteil
Ben Saada 8' (pen.) Modeste 30' Bamogo 46'	Report

Stade Municipal du Ray, Nice

Attendance: 6,529

Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

11 November

Montpellier	1 – 2	Châteauroux
Compan 44'	Report	Sako 55' Mulenga 71'

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Attendance: 4,336

Referee: Clément Turpin

11 November

Lyon	1 – 3	Metz
Cris 48'	Report	Mendy 21' Renouard 28' Rocchi 66'

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 23,053

Referee: Fredy Fautrel

12 November

Le Havre	2 – 1	Rennes
Nabouhane 15' Lesage 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Sow 24'

Stade Jules Deschaseaux, Le Havre

Attendance: 5,540

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

12 November

PSG	2 – 0	Nancy
Luyindula 30', 36'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 15,856

Referee: Stéphane Bre

Quarter-finals[]

13 January

Vannes	1 – 1	Metz
Hervé 44'	Report'	Bourgeois 50'
Penalties
Sammaritano Diguiny Lebouc Quintin	4 – 3	Matheus Agouazi Delgado Bessat Renouard

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes

Attendance: 3,937

Referee: Thierry Auriac

13 January

Nice	1 – 0	Le Havre
Kanté 88'	Report

Stade Municipal du Ray, Nice

Attendance: 6,020

Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

14 January

Bordeaux	2 – 1	Châteauroux
Gouffran 25' Bellion 57'	Report	Mulenga 80'

Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux

Attendance: 9,209

Referee: Antony Gautier

14 January

PSG	2 – 0	Lens
Keita 14' (o.g.) Clément 90'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 32,093

Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Semi-finals[]

4 February

Nice	1 – 1	Vannes
Ben Saada 88'	Report	Khiter 60'
Penalties
Rémy Ben Saada Hellebuyck Faé Rool	3 – 4	Sammaritano Hervé Talmont Quintin Bourhani

Stade Municipal du Ray, Nice

Attendance: 11,357

Referee:

4 February

PSG	0 – 3	Bordeaux
	Report	Bellion 17' Diawara 87' Wendel 90'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 40,543

Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Final[]

25 April

20:50 CET

Bordeaux	4 – 0	Vannes
Wendel 2' Planus 10' Gouffran 12' Gourcuff 40'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Topscorer[]

Madjid Bouabdallah (3 goals)

External links[]

Coupe de la Ligue official websites:
- English
- French

References[]

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

[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

[PSG-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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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Contents

Calendar[]

First round[]

Second round[]

Third round[]

Final Draw[]

Right Side Bracket[]

Left side bracket[]

Final draw results[]

Round of 16[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

Topscorer[]

See also[]

External links[]

References[]