2014 Coupe de France final

The 2014 Coupe de France final decided the winner of the 2013–14 Coupe de France, the 97th season of France's premier football cup. It was played on 3 May at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris.

2014 Coupe de France final
Event2013–14 Coupe de France
Date3 May 2014
VenueStade de France, Saint-Denis
RefereeTony Chapron
Attendance80,000
2013
2015

In the final, Guingamp beat Rennes 2–0 in a Derby Breton to win their second Coupe de France title. By winning, they qualified for the Group Stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, and the 2014 Trophée des Champions against the 2013–14 Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Background

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The match was Rennes' sixth final, of which they had won two (1965 and 1971). Their most recent final was in 2009, which they lost 2–1 to Guingamp. That was Guingamp's second appearance in the final after their unsuccessful attempt in 1997 when they lost on penalties to Nice.[1]

Hundreds of supporters of Guingamp (based in a small agricultural town in northern Brittany, the team is nicknamed 'The Farmers') travelled to Paris in a motorcade of tractors.[2]

Route to the final

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Rennes Round Guingamp
Opponent H/A Result 2013–14 Coupe de France Opponent H/A Result
Valenciennes H 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 pen.)
Round of 64 FC Bourg-Péronnas A 2–0
Boulogne A 2–0 Round of 32 Concarneau A 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Auxerre A 1–0 Round of 16 Île-Rousse A 2–0
Lille H 2–0 Quarter-finals Cannes A 2–0
Angers A 3–2 Semi-finals Monaco A 3–1 (a.e.t.)

Rennes

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Rennes, of Ligue 1, began their campaign in the Round of 64 on 4 January at home to fellow top-flight team Valenciennes, winning 8-7 on penalties. In the next round, they won 2-0 at third-tier Boulogne, with goals from Anders Konradsen and Silvio Romero. In the Round of 16, away to Ligue 2 Auxerre, they won via a first-half Foued Kadir goal. Rennes then beat Lille 2-0 at home, with goals from Kamil Grosicki and Romain Alessandrini.[3] In their semi-final on 15 April, Rennes beat second-tier Angers 3-2 at home, with Ola Toivonen, Grosicki and Jean Makoun scoring.[4]

Guingamp

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Guingamp, also of Ligue 1, entered into the Round of 64, where they played away to third-tier Bourg-Péronnas on 5 January and won via first-half goals from Claudio Beauvue and Mustapha Yatabaré. They went away again in the Round of 32, to fifth-tier Concarneau, and won 3-2 in extra-time after a 1-1 regulation-time draw, Yatabaré (2) and Beauvue again the scorers. In the Round of 16 Guingamp travelled to Corsica to play another fifth-tier club, Île-Rousse, who had reached that stage by defeating holders Bordeaux. Goals from Grégory Cerdan and Mustapha Diallo sent Guingamp into the quarter-finals, where they played AS Cannes and won 2-0 away again, through another Yatabaré brace. In the semi-final on 16 April 2014, Guingamp played at home against their first top-flight opponents, Monaco. Yatabaré scored early on, but Dimitar Berbatov equalised before half-time. The scores remained level into the second half of extra time, in which Guingamp scored twice, through Yatabaré and Fatih Atık.[5]

Match

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Summary

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Jonathan Martins Pereira scored the first goal for Guingamp with a volley from the edge of the area in the 37th minute, and Mustapha Yatabaré got the second in the 46th minute with a powerful downward header from Steeven Langil's left-wing cross.

Details

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Rennes0–2Guingamp
Report
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Martins Pereira   37'
Yatabaré   46'
RENNES:
GK 1   Benoît Costil
RB 29   Romain Danzé (c)
CB 5   Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
CB 22   Sylvain Armand
LB 12   Steven Moreira
CM 23   Anders Konradsen   62'
CM 28   Abdoulaye Doucouré
CM 15   Jean Makoun   68'
RW 6   Kamil Grosicki   52'
LW 19   Romain Alessandrini
FW 9   Ola Toivonen
Substitutes:
GK 30   Cheikh N'Diaye
DF 21   John Boye
MF 10   Foued Kadir
MF 14   Tiémoué Bakayoko
MF 17   Vincent Pajot   68'
FW 11   Nélson Oliveira   62'
FW 24   Paul-Georges Ntep   52'
Manager:
  Philippe Montanier
GUINGAMP:
GK 30   Mamadou Samassa
RB 6   Jonathan Martins Pereira
CB 29   Christophe Kerbrat
CB 15   Jérémy Sorbon
LB 7   Dorian Lévêque
CM 10   Younousse Sankharé
CM 18   Lionel Mathis (c)
RM 8   Claudio Beauvue   84'
LM 11   Steeven Langil   79'
FW 13   Christophe Mandanne   69'
FW 9   Mustapha Yatabaré
Substitutes:
GK 16   Guy N'dy Assembé
DF 4   Baissama Sankoh
MF 5   Mustapha Diallo   69'
MF 26   Thibault Giresse   79'
MF 28   Fatih Atık   84'
FW 14   Ladislas Douniama
FW 17   Rachid Alioui
Manager:
  Jocelyn Gourvennec

MATCH OFFICIALS

MAN OF THE MATCH

  • TBD

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

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  1. ^ "France - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. ^ Hundreds of Guingamp fans drive tractors to Paris for French Cup final, Jamie Sanderson, Metro, 3 May 2014
  3. ^ "Coupe de France: Rennes 2 Lille 0". Four Four Two. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Coupe de France: Rennes 3 Angers 2". Four Four Two. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Coupe de France: Guingamp beat Monaco 3-1 AET to reach final". Sky Sports News. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.