2008 Coupe de la Ligue final

The 2008 Coupe de la Ligue final was a football match that was held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on March 29, 2008. It was contested between Paris Saint-Germain and RC Lens. It was PSG's 4th appearance in the final. They won the inaugural cup in 1995, won again in 1998, and lost to FC Gueugnon in the 2000 final. It was Lens's 2nd appearance in the final. They won the cup in their only appearance back in 1999.

2008 Coupe de la Ligue final
Event2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue
Date29 March 2008
VenueStade de France, Paris
RefereeLaurent Duhamel
Attendance78,741
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After an opening goal from Pauleta, Lens secured an equalising goal just after halftime from Eric Carrière. With extra time looming, PSG striker Péguy Luyindula was hauled down by Hilton in the penalty area, which resulted in the referee pointing to the spot. Bernard Mendy would convert giving PSG their 3rd Coupe de la Ligue title and also giving them a spot in the UEFA Cup.

Lens mayor Guy Delcourt wanted the match to be replayed after a PSG fan unfurled a comical banner midway through the game.[1] The match was not replayed, but PSG were fined and penalized. One of the penalties being that they would be unable to participate in next's year League Cup, however this was later overturned on appeal.[2][3]

Route to the final

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Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Paris Saint-Germain Round Lens
Opponent Result 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue Opponent Result
Lorient (A) 3–0 Third round[4] Lille (H) 1–0
Montpellier (H) 2–0 Round of 16 Monaco (A) 2–1
Valenciennes (H) 4–0 Quarter-finals Nancy (H) 3–0
Auxerre (A) 3–2 Semi-finals Le Mans (A) 5–4

Match details

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Paris Saint-Germain2–1Lens
Pauleta   19'
Mendy   90+3'
Report Carrière   51'
Attendance: 78,741
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PSG
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RC Lens
PSG:
GK 1   Mickaël Landreau
RB 2   Ceará
CB 3   Mamadou Sakho
CB 15   Zoumana Camara
LB 22   Sylvain Armand
RM 20   Clément Chantôme   55'   64'
CM 24   Grégory Bourillon
CM 23   Jérémy Clément
LM 25   Jérôme Rothen
FW 9   Pauleta (c)   66'
FW 11   Amara Diané
Substitutes:
GK 16   Jérôme Alonzo
DF 5   Bernard Mendy   64'
DF 12   Larrys Mabiala
MF 10   Souza
FW 7   Péguy Luyindula   66'
FW 14   David Ngog
FW 18   Loris Arnaud
Manager:
  Paul Le Guen
RC Lens:
GK 16   Ronan Le Crom
RB 15   Fabien Laurenti   36'
CB 4   Adama Coulibaly
CB 3   Hilton (c)   90+3'
LB 11   Nadir Belhadj
AM 10   Eric Carrière
DM 23   Nenad Kovačević
DM 6   Kader Mangane
AM 14   Kévin Monnet-Paquet   68'
FW 8   Toifilou Maoulida   84'
FW 9   Loïc Rémy   13'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Vedran Runje
DF 2   Marco Ramos
DF 26   Yohan Demont   84'
MF 28   Julien Sablé
MF 18   Olivier Monterrubio   13'
MF 21   Sidi Yaya Keita
FW 27   Aruna Dindane   68'
Manager:
  Jean-Pierre Papin

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Vincent Texier
    • Stéphane Duhamel
  • Fourth official: Olivier Thual

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes extra-time (15 minute intervals)
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

References

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  1. ^ Lens rage after PSG fans banner insult - Soccernet
  2. ^ PSG Hearing set Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "French Football League : PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-06-06. PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue
  4. ^ Clubs competing in UEFA competitions receive a bye to the Third round
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