The Coupe de la Ligue was a knockout cup competition in French football organised by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and comprises clubs of France's top football division, Ligue 1 , France's second division, Ligue 2 , and the third division, the Championnat National . The current competition was established relatively late in 1994 but another competition named Coupe de la Ligue existed from 1963 to 1965 and in 1982, a Coupe d'Été (later also called Coupe de la Ligue) was held before the start of the French league season. It was abolished after the 2019–20 season to reduce fixture congestion.[ 1]
The Coupe de la Ligue trophy
The most successful club in the history of the modern Coupe de la Ligue was Paris Saint-Germain , who won the cup nine times.[ 2] Paris Saint-Germain also made the most appearances in the final, with ten. The venue for the final was the Parc des Princes for its first three years, until it was moved to the Stade de France . In September 2016, the LFP voted for the next three finals to be at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, and the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, respectively.[ 3] In 2000 , Gueugnon became the first team outside the top French league to win the tournament.[ 4]
Coupe de la Ligue (1963–1965)
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Coupe de la Ligue (1984-1994)
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Final
Winner
Score
Runners-up
Venue
Attendance
1995
Paris Saint-Germain
2–0
Bastia
Parc des Princes
24,663
1996
Metz
* 0–0 *[B]
Lyon
Parc des Princes
45,368
1997
Strasbourg
* 0–0 *[C]
Bordeaux
Parc des Princes
39,878
1998
Paris Saint-Germain
* 2–2 *[D]
Bordeaux
Stade de France
77,700
1999
Lens
1–0
Metz
Stade de France
78,180
2000
Gueugnon
2–0
Paris Saint-Germain
Stade de France
75,400
2001
Lyon
† 2–1 †
Monaco
Stade de France
78,000
2002
Bordeaux
3–0
Lorient
Stade de France
75,923
2003
Monaco
4–1
Sochaux
Stade de France
75,379
2004
Sochaux
* 1–1 *[E]
Nantes
Stade de France
78,409
2005
Strasbourg
2–1
Caen
Stade de France
78,732
2006
Nancy
2–1
Nice
Stade de France
76,830
2007
Bordeaux
1–0
Lyon
Stade de France
79,072
2008
Paris Saint-Germain
2–1
Lens
Stade de France
78,741
2009
Bordeaux
4–0
Vannes
Stade de France
75,822
2010
Marseille
3–1
Bordeaux
Stade de France
72,749
2011
Marseille
1–0
Montpellier
Stade de France
78,511
2012
Marseille
† 1–0 †
Lyon
Stade de France
78,877
2013
Saint-Étienne
1–0
Rennes
Stade de France
79,087
2014
Paris Saint-Germain
2–1
Lyon
Stade de France
78,489
2015
Paris Saint-Germain
4–0
Bastia
Stade de France
72,000
2016
Paris Saint-Germain
2–1
Lille
Stade de France
68,640
2017
Paris Saint-Germain
4–1
Monaco
Parc Olympique Lyonnais
57,841
2018
Paris Saint-Germain
3–0
Monaco
Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux
41,248
2019
Strasbourg
* 0–0 *[F]
Guingamp
Stade Pierre-Mauroy
49,161
2020
Paris Saint-Germain
* 0–0 *[G]
Lyon
Stade de France
3,500[ note 1]
Key
The statistics includes all predecessors (marked in italics ).
Team
Winners
Runners-up
Years won
Years runner-up
Paris Saint-Germain
9
1
1995, 1998, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
2000
Strasbourg
4
0
1964 , 1997, 2005, 2019
—
Bordeaux
3
3
2002, 2007, 2009
1997, 1998, 2010
Marseille
3
0
2010, 2011, 2012
—
Metz
2
1
1986 , 1996
1999
Lens
2
1
1994 , 1999
2008
Laval
2
0
1982 , 1984
—
Lyon
1
5
2001
1996, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2020
Monaco
1
4
2003
1984 , 2001, 2017, 2018
Montpellier
1
2
1992
1994 , 2011
Nantes
1
1
1965
2004
Sochaux
1
1
2004
2003
Nancy
1
1
2006
1982
Reims
1
0
1991
—
Gueugnon
1
0
2000
—
Saint-Étienne
1
0
2013
—
Bastia
0
2
—
1995, 2015
Rouen
0
1
—
1964
Toulon
0
1
—
1965
Cannes
0
1
—
1986
Niort
0
1
—
1991
Angers
0
1
—
1992
Lorient
0
1
—
2002
Caen
0
1
—
2005
Nice
0
1
—
2006
Vannes
0
1
—
2009
Rennes
0
1
—
2013
Lille
0
1
—
2016
Guingamp
0
1
—
2019
A. ^ : Reims won the 1991 final 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out.
B. ^ : Metz won the 1996 final 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out.
C. ^ : Strasbourg won the 1997 final 6–5 in a penalty shoot-out.
D. ^ : Paris Saint-Germain won the 1998 final 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out.
E. ^ : Sochaux won the 2004 final 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out.
F. ^ : Strasbourg won the 2019 final 4–1 in a penalty shoot-out.
G. ^ : Paris Saint-Germain won the 2020 final 6–5 in a penalty shoot-out.