2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue

2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue
French League Cup
Tournament details
Country	France
Dates	2 September 2008 – 25 April 2009
Teams	45
Defending champions	Paris Saint-Germain
Final positions
Champions	Bordeaux (2nd title)
Runner-up	Vannes
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	138 (3.21 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Madjid Bouabdellah (3 goals)
	← 2007–08 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.^[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.

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.^[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 (3)	2–1	Niort (3)
Libourne (3)	0–2	Nîmes (2)
Istres (3)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Gueugnon (3)
Vannes (2)	3–0	Dijon (2)
Tours (2)	1–2	Boulogne (2)

Second round

The matches were played on 9 September 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Guingamp (2)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Gueugnon (3)
Lens (2)	4–1	Sedan (2)
Créteil (3)	2–1	Brest (2)
Metz (2)	2–1	Reims (2)
Troyes (2)	2–1	Angers (2)
Vannes (2)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Amiens (2)
Ajaccio (2)	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Montpellier (2)
Strasbourg (2)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Bastia (2)
Châteauroux (2)	3–1	Nîmes (2)
Boulogne (2)	4–1	Clermont Foot (2)

Third round

The matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vannes (2)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Valenciennes (1)
Boulogne (2)	1–3	Nice (1)
Bastia (2)	0–1	Châteauroux (2)
Créteil (3)	1–0	Nantes (1)
Auxerre (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Toulouse (1)
Monaco (1)	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain (1)
Montpellier (2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Lille (1)
Metz (2)	3–1	Troyes (2)
Sochaux (1)	1–0	Marseille (1)
Lorient (1)	0–3	Lens (2)
Rennes (1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Le Mans (1)
Grenoble (1)	2–3	Nancy (1)
Guingamp (2)	4–1	Saint-Étienne (1)
Le Havre (1)	3–1	Caen (1)

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 2008	Sochaux (1)	0–1	Lens (2)	Montbéliard
		Report	Yahia 108'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 17,098 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

11 November 2008	Bordeaux (1)	4–2	Guingamp (2)	Bordeaux
	Trémoulinas 13' Obertan 23', 31' Cavenaghi 77'	Report	Eduardo 33', 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Chaban Delmas Attendance: 13,995 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

11 November 2008	Vannes (2)	2–0	Auxerre (1)	Vannes
	Hervé 74' Bourhani 91'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Rabine Attendance: 4,636 Referee: Alexandre Castro

11 November 2008	Nice (1)	3–0	Créteil (3)	Nice
	Ben Saada 8' (pen.) Modeste 30' Bamogo 46'	Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal du Ray Attendance: 6,529 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

11 November 2008	Montpellier (2)	1–2	Châteauroux (2)	Montpellier
	Compan 44'	Report	Sako 55' Mulenga 71'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Clément Turpin

11 November 2008	Lyon (1)	1–3	Metz (2)	Lyon
	Cris 48'	Report	Mendy 21' Renouard 28' Rocchi 66'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 23,053 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

12 November 2008	Le Havre (1)	2–1	Rennes (1)	Le Havre
	Nabouhane 15' Lesage 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Sow 24'	Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux Attendance: 5,540 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

12 November 2008	Paris Saint-Germain (1)	2–0	Nancy (1)	Paris
	Luyindula 30', 36'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 15,856 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Quarter-finals

13 January 2009	Vannes (2)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Metz (2)	Vannes
	Hervé 44'	Report	Bourgeois 50'	Stadium: Stade de la Rabine Attendance: 3,937 Referee: Thierry Auriac
	Penalties
	Sammaritano Diguiny Lebouc Quintin		Matheus Agouazi Delgado Bessat Renouard

13 January 2009	Nice (1)	1–0	Le Havre (1)	Nice
	Kanté 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal du Ray Attendance: 6,020 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

14 January 2009	Bordeaux (1)	2–1	Châteauroux (2)	Bordeaux
	Gouffran 25' Bellion 57'	Report	Mulenga 80'	Stadium: Stade Chaban Delmas Attendance: 9,209 Referee: Antony Gautier

14 January 2009	Paris Saint-Germain (1)	2–0	Lens (2)	Paris
	Keita 14' (o.g.) Clément 90'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 32,093 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Semi-finals

4 February 2009	Nice (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Vannes (2)	Nice
	Ben Saada 88'	Report	Khiter 60'	Stadium: Stade Municipal du Ray Attendance: 11,357 Referee: Philippe Kalt
	Penalties
	Rémy Ben Saada Hellebuyck Faé Rool		Sammaritano Hervé Talmont Quintin Bourhani

4 February 2009	Paris Saint-Germain (1)	0–3	Bordeaux (1)	Paris
		Report	Bellion 17' Diawara 87' Wendel 90'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,543 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Final

25 April 2009

20:50 CET

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

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Topscorer

Madjid Bouabdellah (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
^ ^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] 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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