List of Coupe de la Ligue finals

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]

Previous formats (since 1963–1994)

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Coupe de la Ligue (1963–1965)

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Final Winner Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
1964 Strasbourg 2–0 Rouen Stade de la Meinau 7,494
1965 Nantes 4–1 Toulon Parc des Princes 4,249

Coupe d'Été (1982)

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Final Winner Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
1982 Laval 3–1 Nancy Stade de Paris 1,041

Coupe de la Ligue (1984-1994)

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Final Winner Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
1984 Laval 3–1[5] Monaco Stade Auguste Delaune 5,000
1986 Metz 2–1 Cannes Stade Pierre de Coubertin 7,000
1991 Reims  *0–0 *[A] Niort Stade René Gaillard 1,724
1992 Montpellier 3–1 Angers Stade Jean-Bouin 4,882
1994 Lens 3–2 Montpellier Stade Félix Bollaert 6,000

Finals (since 1995)

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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
Match went to extra time
* Match decided by a penalty shoot-out after extra time

Performance by team

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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

Notes

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  1. ^ The final was played in front of 3,500 spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
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.

References

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General
  • "France — List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  • "Roll of Honour". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on October 20, 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ "French League Cup to end from 2020 'to reduce season schedule'". BBC Sport. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Roll of Honour". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Coupe de la Ligue - Finale à Lyon en 2017, Bordeaux en 2018 et Lille en 2019". Le Parisien (in French). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ^ "League Cup History". Ligue de Football Professionnel. 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  5. ^ "100 % Stade lavallois : Laval-Monaco 1984, le dernier trophée du club mayennais". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). Retrieved 2023-07-18.
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