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2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = Coupe de la Ligue

| year = 2008–09

| other_title = French League Cup

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| country = France

| dates = 2 September 2008 – 25 April 2009

| num_teams = 45

| defending champions = Paris Saint-Germain

| champions = Bordeaux (2nd title)

| runner-up = Vannes

| matches = 43

| goals = 138

| top goal scorer = Madjid Bouabdellah (3 goals)

| player =

| prevseason = 2007–08

| nextseason = 2009–10

}}

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132035/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=521204&cc=5901 Lens rage after PSG fans banner insult]{{Cite web |url=http://www.frenchleague.com/coupeLigue/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10166 |title=PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue |access-date=2008-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606001235/http://www.frenchleague.com/coupeLigue/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10166 |archive-date=2008-06-06 |url-status=dead }} 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20201122021200/https://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_WORLDFOOTBALL/idUKL0768706620080507 PSG appeal against League Cup ban][http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2008/7/20/sports/21873261&sec=sports PSG to appeal against league ban][https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132728/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=562842&sec=europe&&cc=5901 PSG allowed to defend Coupe de la Ligue] 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," but was unsuccessful. The winners of the Coupe de la Ligue qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

Numbers within brackets represented a team's league level in the 2008–09 season, level 1 being Ligue 1, level 2 Ligue 2, and level 3 the Championnat National.

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.[http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10437 Le format de l'édition 2008/2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730143435/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10437 |date=2008-07-30 }} {{in lang|fr}}

Note: Due to Paris Saint-Germain's re-entry into the tournament, the draw was redone with different dates attached to the matches.[http://www.lfp.fr/actualiteLFP/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10605 La LFP est amenée à modifier le calendrier] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818141806/http://www.lfp.fr/actualiteLFP/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=10605 |date=2008-08-18 }} {{in lang|fr}}

class="wikitable"
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.

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Créteil (3)||2–1|Niort (3)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Libourne (3)||0–2|Nîmes (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Istres (3)||1–1 {{aet}}
(3–4 p)|Gueugnon (3)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Vannes (2)||3–0|Dijon (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Tours (2)||1–2|Boulogne (2)||}}

|}

Second round

The matches were played on 9 September 2008.

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Guingamp (2)||2–0 {{aet}}|Gueugnon (3)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Lens (2)||4–1|Sedan (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Créteil (3)||2–1|Brest (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Metz (2)||2–1|Reims (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Troyes (2)||2–1|Angers (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Vannes (2)||3–2 {{aet}}|Amiens (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Ajaccio (2)||2–4 {{aet}}|Montpellier (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Strasbourg (2)||1–2 {{aet}}|Bastia (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Châteauroux (2)||3–1|Nîmes (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Boulogne (2)||4–1|Clermont Foot (2)||}}

|}

Third round

The matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2008.

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Vannes (2)||3–3 {{aet}}
(5–4 p)|Valenciennes (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Boulogne (2)||1–3|Nice (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Bastia (2)||0–1|Châteauroux (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Créteil (3)||1–0|Nantes (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Auxerre (1)||1–1 {{aet}}
(6–5 p)|Toulouse (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Monaco (1)||0–1|Paris Saint-Germain (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Montpellier (2)||2–2 {{aet}}
(4–2 p)|Lille (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Metz (2)||3–1|Troyes (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Sochaux (1)||1–0|Marseille (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Lorient (1)||0–3|Lens (2)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Rennes (1)||2–2 {{aet}}
(4–3 p)|Le Mans (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Grenoble (1)||2–3|Nancy (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Guingamp (2)||4–1|Saint-Étienne (1)||}}

{{OneLegResult|Le Havre (1)||3–1|Caen (1)||}}

|}

Final Draw

=Right Side Bracket=

{{8TeamBracket |

| RD1=Round of 16

| RD1-team1=Lyon

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team2=Metz

| RD1-seed2=13

| RD1-score1=1

| RD1-score2=3

| RD1-team3=Vannes

| RD1-seed3=5

| RD1-team4=Auxerre

| RD1-seed4=15

| RD1-score3=2

| RD1-score4=0

| RD1-team5=Nice

| RD1-seed5=7

| RD1-team6=Créteil

| RD1-seed6=16

| RD1-score5=3

| RD1-score6=0

| RD1-team7=Le Havre

| RD1-seed7=6

| RD1-team8=Rennes

| RD1-seed8=4

| RD1-score7=2

| RD1-score8=1

| RD2=Quarterfinals

| RD2-team1=Metz

| RD2-seed1=13

| RD2-team2=Vannes (pen.)

| RD2-seed2=5

| RD2-score1= 1 (3)

| RD2-score2= 1 (4)

| RD2-team3=Nice

| RD2-seed3=7

| RD2-team4=Le Havre

| RD2-seed4=6

| RD2-score3=1

| RD2-score4=0

| RD3=Semi-finals

| RD3-seed1=5

| RD3-team1=Vannes (pen.)

| RD3-seed2=7

| RD3-team2=Nice

| RD3-score1=1 (4)

| RD3-score2=1 (3)

}}

=Left side bracket=

{{8TeamBracket |

| RD1=Round of 16

| RD1-team1=Bordeaux

| RD1-seed1=2

| RD1-team2=Guingamp

| RD1-seed2=11

| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-score2=2

| RD1-team3=Montpellier

| RD1-seed3=14

| RD1-team4=Châteauroux

| RD1-seed4=10

| RD1-score3=1

| RD1-score4=2

| RD1-team5=PSG

| RD1-seed5=8

| RD1-team6=Nancy

| RD1-seed6=3

| RD1-score5=2

| RD1-score6=0

| RD1-team7=Sochaux

| RD1-seed7=9

| RD1-team8=Lens

| RD1-seed8=12

| RD1-score7=0

| RD1-score8=1

| RD2=Quarterfinals

| RD2-team1=Bordeaux

| RD2-seed1=2

| RD2-team2=Châteauroux

| RD2-seed2=10

| RD2-score1=2

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=8

| RD2-team3=PSG

| RD2-seed4=12

| RD2-team4=Lens

| RD2-score3=2

| RD2-score4=0

| RD3=Semi-finals

| RD3-seed1=2

| RD3-team1=Bordeaux

| RD3-seed2=8

| RD3-team2=PSG

| RD3-score1=3

| RD3-score2=0

}}

Final draw results

=Round of 16=

{{football box collapsible

|date= 11 November 2008

|team1= Sochaux (1)

|score= 0–1

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=8&code_jr_tr=T96 Report]

|team2= Lens (2)

|goals1= |

|goals2= Yahia {{goal|108}}

|stadium= Stade Auguste Bonal

|location= Montbéliard

|attendance= 17,098

|referee= Jean-Charles Cailleux

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 11 November 2008

|team1= Bordeaux (1)

|score= 4–2

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=5&code_jr_tr=T96 Report]

|team2= Guingamp (2)

|goals1= Trémoulinas {{goal|13}}
Obertan {{goal|23||31}}
Cavenaghi {{goal|77}}

|goals2= Eduardo {{goal|33||44|pen.}}

|stadium= Stade Chaban Delmas

|location= Bordeaux

|attendance= 13,995

|referee= Laurent Duhamel

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 11 November 2008

|team1= Vannes (2)

|score= 2–0

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=2&code_jr_tr=T96 Report]

|team2= Auxerre (1)

|goals1= Hervé {{goal|74}}
Bourhani {{goal|91}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade de la Rabine

|location= Vannes

|attendance= 4,636

|referee= Alexandre Castro

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 11 November 2008

|team1= Nice (1)

|score= 3–0

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=3&code_jr_tr=T96 Report]

|team2= Créteil (3)

|goals1= Ben Saada {{goal|8|pen.}}
Modeste {{goal|30}}
Bamogo {{goal|46}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Municipal du Ray

|location= Nice

|attendance= 6,529

|referee= Saïd Ennjimi

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 11 November 2008

|team1= Montpellier (2)

|score= 1–2

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=6&code_jr_tr=T96 Report]

|team2= Châteauroux (2)

|goals1= Compan {{goal|44}}

|goals2= Sako {{goal|55}}
Mulenga {{goal|71}}

|stadium= Stade de la Mosson

|location= Montpellier

|attendance= 4,336

|referee= Clément Turpin

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 11 November 2008

|team1= Lyon (1)

|score= 1–3

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20081224033900/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008%2F2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=1&code_jr_tr=T96 Report]

|team2= Metz (2)

|goals1= Cris {{goal|48}}

|goals2= Mendy {{goal|21}}
Renouard {{goal|28}}
Rocchi {{goal|66}}

|stadium= Stade de Gerland

|location= Lyon

|attendance= 23,053

|referee= Fredy Fautrel

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 12 November 2008

|team1= Le Havre (1)

|score= 2–1

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=4&code_jr_tr=T96 Report]

|team2= Rennes (1)

|goals1= Nabouhane {{goal|15}}
Lesage {{goal|90+3|pen.}}

|goals2= Sow {{goal|24}}

|stadium= Stade Jules Deschaseaux

|location= Le Havre

|attendance= 5,540

|referee= Stéphane Lannoy

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 12 November 2008

|team1= Paris Saint-Germain (1)

|score= 2–0

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=7&code_jr_tr=T96 Report]

|team2= Nancy (1)

|goals1= Luyindula {{goal|30||36}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Parc des Princes

|location= Paris

|attendance= 15,856

|referee= Stéphane Bré

}}

=Quarter-finals=

{{football box collapsible

|date= 13 January 2009

|team1= Vannes (2)

|score= 1–1

|aet = yes

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=1&code_jr_tr=T97 Report]

|team2= Metz (2)

|goals1= Hervé {{goal|44}}

|goals2= Bourgeois {{goal|50}}

|stadium= Stade de la Rabine

|location= Vannes

|attendance= 3,937

|referee= Thierry Auriac

|penalties1 = Sammaritano {{pengoal}}
Diguiny {{pengoal}}
Lebouc {{pengoal}}
Quintin {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 4–3

|penalties2 = {{penmiss}} Matheus
{{pengoal}} Agouazi
{{pengoal}} Delgado
{{pengoal}} Bessat
{{penmiss}} Renouard

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 13 January 2009

|team1= Nice (1)

|score= 1–0

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=2&code_jr_tr=T97 Report]

|team2= Le Havre (1)

|goals1= Kanté {{goal|88}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Municipal du Ray

|location= Nice

|attendance= 6,020

|referee= Lionel Jaffredo

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 14 January 2009

|team1= Bordeaux (1)

|score= 2–1

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=3&code_jr_tr=T97 Report]

|team2= Châteauroux (2)

|goals1= Gouffran {{goal|25}}
Bellion {{goal|57}}

|goals2= Mulenga {{goal|80}}

|stadium= Stade Chaban Delmas

|location= Bordeaux

|attendance= 9,209

|referee= Antony Gautier

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 14 January 2009

|team1= Paris Saint-Germain (1)

|score= 2–0

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=4&code_jr_tr=T97 Report]

|team2= Lens (2)

|goals1= Keita {{goal|14|o.g.}}
Clément {{goal|90}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Parc des Princes

|location= Paris

|attendance= 32,093

|referee= Fredy Fautrel

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{football box collapsible

|date= 4 February 2009

|team1= Nice (1)

|score= 1–1

|aet = yes

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=1&code_jr_tr=T98 Report]

|team2= Vannes (2)

|goals1= Ben Saada {{goal|88}}

|goals2= Khiter {{goal|60}}

|stadium= Stade Municipal du Ray

|location= Nice

|attendance= 11,357

|referee= Philippe Kalt

|penalties1 = Rémy {{penmiss}}
Ben Saada {{pengoal}}
Hellebuyck {{pengoal}}
Faé {{pengoal}}
Rool {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore = 3–4

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Sammaritano
{{pengoal}} Hervé
{{pengoal}} Talmont
{{penmiss}} Quintin
{{pengoal}} Bourhani

}}

{{football box collapsible

|date= 4 February 2009

|team1= Paris Saint-Germain (1)

|score= 0–3

|report= [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=CL&num_ordre=2&code_jr_tr=T98 Report]

|team2= Bordeaux (1)

|goals1=

|goals2= Bellion {{goal|17}}
Diawara {{goal|87}}
Wendel {{goal|90}}

|stadium= Parc des Princes

|location= Paris

|attendance= 40,543

|referee= Saïd Ennjimi

}}

=Final=

{{main|2009 Coupe de la Ligue final}}

{{:2009 Coupe de la Ligue final}}

=Topscorer=

Madjid Bouabdellah (3 goals)

See also

External links

  • Coupe de la Ligue official websites:
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090415003053/http://www.ligue1.com/coupeLigue/ English]
  • [http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/index.asp French]

References

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{{2008-09 in European Football (UEFA)}}

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