2008 Coupe de la Ligue Final

The Coupe de la Ligue Final 2008 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
EventCoupe de la Ligue 2007–08
Paris Saint-Germain RC Lens
Ligue 1 Ligue 1
2 1
Date29 March 2008
VenueStade de France, Paris
RefereeLaurent Duhamel
Attendance78,741

After an opening goal from Pauleta, Lens secured an equalising goal just after halftime from Éric 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]

Road to the final

Paris Saint-Germain

Round of 16[4]FC Lorient0–3PSG
First Knockout RoundPSG2–0Montpellier HSC
Quarter-finalPSG4–0Valenciennes FC
Semi-finalPSG3–2AJ Auxerre

RC Lens

Round of 16[4]RC Lens1–0Lille OSC
First Knockout RoundAS Monaco1–2RC Lens
Quarter-finalRC Lens3–0AS Nancy
Semi-finalLe Mans Union Club 724–5RC Lens

Match details
Paris Saint-Germain2 – 1RC Lens
Pauleta  19'
Mendy  90+3'		 Report Carrière  51'
Attendance: 78,741
PSG
RC Lens
PSG:
GK1 Mickaël Landreau
RB2 Ceará
CB3 Mamadou Sakho
CB15 Zoumana Camara
LB22 Sylvain Armand
RM20 Clément Chantôme 55' 64'
CM24 Grégory Bourillon
CM23 Jérémy Clément
LM25 Jérôme Rothen
FW9 Pauleta (c) 66'
FW11 Amara Diané
Substitutes:
GK16 Jérôme Alonzo
DF5 Bernard Mendy 64'
DF12 Larrys Mabiala
MF10 Souza
FW7 Péguy Luyindula 66'
FW14 David N'Gog
FW18 Loris Arnaud
Manager:
Paul Le Guen
RC Lens:
GK16 Ronan Le Crom
RB15 Fabien Laurenti 36'
CB4 Adama Coulibaly
CB3 Hilton (c) 90+3'
LB11 Nadir Belhadj
AM10 Éric Carrière
DM23 Nenad Kovačević
DM6 Kader Mangane
AM14 Kévin Monnet-Paquet 68'
FW8 Toifilou Maoulida 84'
FW9 Loïc Rémy 13'
Substitutes:
GK1 Vedran Runje
DF2 Marco Ramos
DF26 Yohan Demont 84'
MF28 Julien Sablé
MF18 Olivier Monterrubio 13'
MF21 Sidi Yaya Keita
FW27 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
    1. Lens rage after PSG fans banner insult - Soccernet
    2. PSG Hearing set Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
    3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-06-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) PSG banned from 2008/09 Coupe de la Ligue
    4. Clubs in Ligue 1 receive a bye to the Round of 16
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