2012–13 Coupe de la Ligue

2012–13 Coupe de la Ligue
French League Cup
Country	France
Teams	44
Champions	Saint-Étienne (1st title)
Runners-up	Rennes
UEFA Europa League	Saint-Étienne
Matches played	43
Goals scored	115 (2.67 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Romain Alessandrini; Mevlüt Erdinç; Nicolas Haquin; Ibrahima Touré; (3 goals)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Coupe de la Ligue was the 19th edition of the French league cup competition. The competition was organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and is open to the 44 professional clubs in France that are managed by the organization.^[1] The defending champions were Marseille, who defeated Lyon 1–0 in the 2011–12 edition of the final.

The final was contested on 20 April 2013 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.^[2]^[3] The winner of the competition qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League and be inserted into the third qualifying round.

Calendar[]

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs
First Round	7 August 2012	12	44 → 32
Second Round	28 August 2012	6	32 → 26
Third Round	25 September 2012	10	26 → 16
Round of 16	30 October 2012	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	27 November 2012	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	15 January 2013	2	4 → 2
Final	20 April 2013	1	2 → 1

First round[]

The draw for the opening round of the 2012–13 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 11 July 2012.^[4] The first round featured 24 clubs; the four professional clubs in the Championnat National, the third division of French football, and the 20 clubs in Ligue 2. The matches were played on 7 August 2012.^[1]

7 August	Caen	2 – 1	Lens	showStade Michel d'Ornano, Caen
18:45 CEST	Agouazi 35' Nabab 68'	Report	Yahia 31'	Attendance: 4,857 Referee: Sébastien Moreira (Franche-Comté)

7 August	Tours	3 – 3 (5 – 4 p)	Le Havre	showStade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours
20:00 CEST	Gamiette 38' (pen.) Ketkeophomphone 81', 82'	Report	20', 45+1' Riviere 49'	Attendance: 2,095 Referee: Sébastien Desiage (Rhône-Alpes)
	Penalties
	Rigonato Ketkeophomphone Moimbé Biancardini Gamiette		Fanchone Mahrez Nouri Fontaine Mesloub

7 August	Laval	0 – 0 (5 – 4 p)	Le Mans	showStade Francis Le Basser, Laval
20:00 CEST		Report		Attendance: 3,604 Referee: Mikael Lesage (Lower Normandy)
	Penalties
	Viale Gonçalves Mimoun Rose Gamboa		Derouard Sanson Koné Sido

7 August	Amiens	1 – 2	Auxerre	showStade de la Licorne, Amiens
20:00 CEST	Lacourt 55'	Report	Mandjeck 29' Meïté 48'	Attendance: 2,477 Referee: Amaury Delerue (Aquitaine)

7 August	Châteauroux	2 – 2 (2 – 4 p)	Dijon	showStade Gaston Petit, Châteauroux
20:00 CEST	Essombé 7' Orinel 69' (pen.)	Report	K. Koné 12' Thil 83'	Attendance: 2,853 Referee: William Lavis (Méditerranée)
	Penalties
	Neves Hautcoeur Jeannot Orinel		Tavares Guerbert Mollet Thil K. Koné

7 August	Metz	3 – 2	Sedan	showStade Municipal Saint-Symphorien, Metz
20:00 CEST	Ngbakoto 34' Bussmann 74' Sakho 90+3'	Report	Makhedjouf 41' Diallo 45+3'	Attendance: 1,779 Referee: Olivier Husset (Centre)

7 August	Angers	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Nantes	showStade Jean Bouin, Angers
20:00 CEST	Socrier 17' Doré 91'	Report	Veretout 41' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,310 Referee: Dominique Julien (Upper Normandy)

7 August	Istres	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Clermont	showStade Parsemain, Fos-sur-Mer
20:00 CEST	Yahia-Chérif 27'	Report	Pinau 44' Capelle 110'	Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj (Rhône-Alpes)

7 August	Niort	0 – 0 (3 – 2 p)	Boulogne-sur-Mer	showStade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 CEST		Report		Attendance: 2,056 Referee: Florent Batta (Méditerranée)
	Penalties
	Roye Diaw Pallois Hebras Gastien		Loriot Allart Oliveira Chadili Boulenger

7 August	Nîmes	1 – 1 (5 – 6 p)	Monaco	showStade des Costières, Nîmes
20:00 CEST	Thibault 44'	Report	Barazite 71'	Attendance: 5,825 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux (Picardy)
	Penalties
	Stošić Parpeix Robail Amewou Benezet		Adriano Dumont Raggi Touré Labor Mendy

7 August	Vannes	3 – 3 (7 – 8 p)	Gazélec Ajaccio	showStade de la Rabine, Vannes
20:00 CEST	Haquin 15', 50', 67'	Report	Mandrichi 28' Verdier 69' (pen.) Colloredo 81'	Attendance: 1,114 Referee: Wilfried Bien (Rhône-Alpes)
	Penalties
	Diguiny Youssouf N'Diaye Jarsale Gaffory Bonnet Haquin Ponroy		Bocognano Colloredo Seymand Dufau Verdier Poggi Touré Mandrichi Maury

7 August	Arles-Avignon	1 – 0	Guingamp	showParc des Sports, Avignon
20:00 CEST	Douniama 82'	Report		Attendance: 1,285 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel (Bourgogne)

Second round[]

The draw for the second round of the 2012–13 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 11 July 2012.^[4] The round featured the 12 winners of the first round matches. The matches were contested on 28 August 2012.^[1]

28 August	Metz	1 – 0	Tours	showStade Municipal Saint-Symphorien, Metz
20:00 CEST	Bussmann 84'	Report		Attendance: 6,196 Referee: Abdelali Chaoui (Languedoc-Roussillon

28 August	Clermont	0 – 1	Caen	showStade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand
20:00 CEST		Report	Wague 88'	Attendance: 1,561 Referee: Olivier Husset (Centre)

28 August	Laval	0 – 2	Angers	showStade Francis Le Basser, Laval
20:00 CEST		Report	Keserü 46' Diers 68'	Attendance: 4,170 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel (Bourgogne)

28 August	Niort	1 – 2	Monaco	showStade René Gaillard, Niort
20:00 CEST	Durak 50'	Report	Touré 2' Poulsen 47'	Attendance: 6,252 Referee: Benoît Millot (Île-de-France)

28 August	Gazélec Ajaccio	1 – 2	Arles-Avignon	showStade Ange Casanova, Ajaccio
20:00 CEST	Romey 87'	Report	Suarez 31' Douniama 84'	Attendance: 1,205 Referee: Tony Chapron (Rhône-Alpes)

28 August	Auxerre	2 – 1	Dijon	showStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:50 CEST	Hengbart 30' Jullien 90+2'	Report	Tavares 75'	Attendance: 5,532 Referee: Wilfried Bien (Rhône-Alpes)

Third round[]

The draw for the third round of the 2012–13 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 29 August 2012. The round featured the six winners of the second round matches and the 14 Ligue 1 clubs that did not qualify for European competition in the 2011–12 season. The matches were contested on 25–26 September 2012.

25 September	Auxerre	2 – 0	Angers	showStade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre
20:00 CEST	Madiba 18' Makengo 51' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 4,680 Referee: Sébastien Desiage (Rhône-Alpes)

25 September	Bastia	3 – 0	Metz	showStade Armand Cesari, Bastia
20:00 CEST	Maoulida 2', 50' Modeste 50'	Report		Attendance: 2,095 Referee: Olivier Thual (Aquitaine)

25 September	Rennes	3 – 2	Nancy	showStade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
20:50 CEST	Alessandrini 16' Erdinç 27', 47'	Report	Bakar 14' Moukandjo 84'	Attendance: 8,458 Referee: Alexandre Castro (Rhône-Alpes)

26 September	Brest	2 – 4	Nice	showStade Francis-Le Blé, Brest
18:00 CEST	Ospina 26' (o.g.) Ayité 54'	Report	Kolodziejczak 10' Cvitanich 37', 43' Eysseric 90+2'	Attendance: 10,360 Referee: Mikael Lesage (Lower Normandy)

26 September	Arles-Avignon	2 – 1	Ajaccio	showParc des Sports, Avignon
20:00 CEST	Dalé 59' Draman 90+3'	Report	Faty 86'	Attendance: 437 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (Picardy)

26 September	Caen	0 – 1	Toulouse	showStade Michel d'Ornano, Caen
20:55 CEST		Report	Djaló 84'	Attendance: 4,333 Referee: Benoît Bastien (Lorraine)

26 September	Monaco	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Valenciennes	showStade Louis II, Fontvieille
20:55 CEST	Touré 38', 120' Carrasco 45' (pen.) Ocampos 104'	Report	Danic 5' Wolf 32' (o.g.)	Attendance: 4,456 Referee: Phillippe Kalt (Alsace)

26 September	Sochaux	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Evian	showStade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard
20:55 CEST	Boudebouz 32' (pen.) Bakambu 70', 101'	Report	Mongongu 2' (pen.) Khelifa 41' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,692 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela (Brittany)

26 September	Reims	1 – 2	Troyes	showStade Auguste Delaune, Reims
20:55 CEST	Fauvergue 18'	Report	Ngoyi 23' Yattara 67'	Attendance: 6,175 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo (Brittany)

26 September	Lorient	1 – 1 (0 – 3 p)	Saint-Étienne	showStade du Moustoir, Lorient
20:55 CEST	Sunu 26'	Report	Brandão 54'	Attendance: 12,521 Referee: Benoît Millot (Île-de-France)
	Penalties
	Aliadière Lautoa Corgnet		Cohade Ghoulam Mignot

Round of 16[]

The draw for the Round of 16 of the 2012–13 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 26 September 2012 following the conclusion of the third round matches. The round featured the ten winners of the third round matches and the six Ligue 1 clubs that qualify for European competition in the 2011–12 season. The matches were contested on 30–31 October and 7 November 2012.

30 October	Sochaux	0 – 3	Saint-Étienne	showStade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard
18:00 CET		Report	Hamouma 10' (67) Alonso 88'	Attendance: 7,244 Referee: Benoît Bastien (Lorraine)

30 October	Monaco	1 – 2	Troyes	showStade Louis II, Fontvieille
20:00 CET	Carrasco 26'	Report	Rincón 65' Othon 81'	Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Alexandre Castro (Rhône-Alpes)

30 October	Rennes	1 – 0	Arles-Avignon	showStade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
20:00 CET	Alessandrini 18'	Report		Attendance: 8,524 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi (Centre)

30 October	Lille	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Toulouse	showGrand Stade Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CET	Roux 117'	Report		Attendance: 21,653 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (Lower Normandy)

31 October	Nice	3 – 1	Lyon	showStade du Ray, Nice
17:00 CET	Eysseric 6' (pen.) Traoré 9' Civelli 15'	Report	Gomis 7'	Attendance: 8,466 Referee: Nicolas Rainville (Languedoc-Roussillon)

31 October	Montpellier	1 – 0	Bordeaux	showStade de la Mosson, Montpellier
18:45 CET	Tinhan 61'	Report		Attendance: 7,339 Referee: Alexandre Castro (Rhône-Alpes)

31 October	Paris Saint-Germain	2 – 0	Marseille	showParc des Princes, Paris
20:55 CET	Silva 29' (pen.) Ménez 50'	Report		Attendance: 43,753 Referee: Antony Gautier (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

7 November	Bastia	1 – 0	Auxerre	showStade Armand Cesari, Bastia
20:00 CET	Modeste 83'	Report		Attendance: 7,282 Referee: Wilfried Bien (Rhône-Alpes)

Quarter-finals[]

The draw for the quarterfinals of the 2012–13 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 31 October 2012 following the conclusion of the Round of 16 matches. The round featured the eight winners of the Round of 16 matches and were contested on 27–29 November 2012.

27 November 2012	Saint-Étienne	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 p)	Paris Saint-Germain	showStade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
20:55 CEST		Report		Attendance: 25,306 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo (Brittany)
	Penalties
	Cohade Ghoulam Brandão Perrin Aubameyang		Ibrahimović Nenê Silva Armand

28 November 2012	Montpellier	3 – 2	Nice	showStade de la Mosson, Montpellier
17:00	Cabella 30' Herrera 52' Tinhan 83'	Report	Bosetti 22' Bauthéac 66' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,658 Referee: Fredy Fautrel (Lower Normandy)

28 November 2012	Bastia	0 – 3	Lille	showStade Armand Cesari, Bastia
18:45		Report	Bruno 11' Rodelin 62' Sidibé 84'	Attendance: 6,910 Referee: Tony Chapron (Rhône-Alpes)

29 November 2012	Rennes	2 – 1	Troyes	showStade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
20:55	Pitroipa 8' Alessandrini 88'	Report	Jean 23'	Attendance: 7,338 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux (Picardy)

Semi-finals[]

The draw for the semifinals of the 2012–13 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 29 November 2012 following the conclusion of the quarter-final matches.^[5] The round features the 4 winners of the quarterfinal matches and will be contested on 15 January 2013.

15 January 2013	Saint-Étienne	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (7 – 6 p)	Lille	showStade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
20:55		Report		Attendance: 23,011 Referee: Clément Turpin (Burgundy)
	Penalties
	Cohade Mollo Perrin Mayi Aubameyang Guilavogui Clément Clerc		Chedjou Baša Bruno Rodelin Balmont Mavuba Béria Gueye

16 January 2013	Rennes	2 – 0	Montpellier	showStade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes
21:00	Féret 7' Erdinç 51'	Report		Attendance: 28,028 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Final[]

20 April 2013	Saint-Étienne	1 – 0	Rennes	showStade de France, Saint-Denis
21:00	Brandão 18'	Report		Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "1er et 2e tours : tirage au sort le 11 juillet". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Le calendrier général 2012/2013 adopté". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 4 May 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ 20 avril 2013 : ASSE 1-0 Rennes - Finale Coupe de la Ligue, Poteaux Carrés, 20 April 2019
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Les matchs des 1er et 2e tours". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^ "Les affiches du dernier carré !". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 29 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.

External links[]

Official site (in French)

[coupeligue_draw-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "1er et 2e tours : tirage au sort le 11 juillet". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[2] "Le calendrier général 2012/2013 adopté". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 4 May 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[3] 20 avril 2013 : ASSE 1-0 Rennes - Finale Coupe de la Ligue, Poteaux Carrés, 20 April 2019

[coupedelaliguedraw-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Les matchs des 1er et 2e tours". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[5] "Les affiches du dernier carré !". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 29 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.

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