2019 Coupe de la Ligue final explained

2019 Coupe de la Ligue final
Other Titles:French League Cup Final
Event:2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue
Team1:Strasbourg
Team1score:0
Team2:Guingamp
Team2score:0
Details:After extra time
Strasbourg won 4–1 on penalties
Stadium:Stade Pierre-Mauroy
City:Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Man Of The Match1a:Bingourou Kamara (Strasbourg)[1]
Referee:Benoît Millot[2]
Attendance:49,161
Previous:2018
Next:2020

The 2019 Coupe de la Ligue final was the final of the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue, the 25th edition of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, contested by the 44 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 30 March 2019 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq and was contested by Strasbourg and Guingamp.[3] [4]

Strasbourg won the final 4–1 on penalties, following a 0–0 draw after extra time, for their fourth Coupe de la Ligue title.

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

StrasbourgRoundGuingamp
OpponentResult2018–19 Coupe de la LigueOpponentResult
Lille (H)2–0Third roundAngers (H)0–0
Marseille (A)1–1 Round of 16Nice (A)0–0
Lyon (A)2–1Quarter-finalsParis Saint-Germain (A)2–1
Bordeaux (H)3–2Semi-finalsMonaco (H)2–2

Match

Details

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GK 30 Bingourou Kamara
CB 5
CB 13 Stefan Mitrović (c)
CB 4 Pablo Martinez
RWB27 Kenny Lala
LWB19 Anthony Caci
CM 18
CM 14 Sanjin Prcić
CM 26
CF 12
CF 25
Substitutes:
GK 1 Matz Sels
DF 23
MF 11
MF 17 Anthony Gonçalves
MF 22 Youssouf Fofana
FW 20
FW 29
Manager:
Thierry Laurey
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GK 16 Marc-Aurèle Caillard
RB 25 Cheick Traoré
CB 15 Jérémy Sorbon (c)
CB 29 Christophe Kerbrat
LB 5 Pedro Rebocho
CM 6
CM 21 Didier Ndong
RW 10
AM 7
LW 11 Marcus Thuram
CF 26
Substitutes:
GK 1 Karl-Johan Johnsson
DF 3 Papy Djilobodji
DF 20 Félix Eboa Eboa
MF 19 Mehdi Merghem
MF 22
FW 9
FW 23
Manager:
Jocelyn Gourvennec
Man of the Match:
Bingourou Kamara (Strasbourg)

Assistant referees


Stéphan Luzi
Aurélien Drouet
Fourth official


Johan Hamel
Video assistant referee


Jérôme Brisard
Assistant video assistant referee


Hakim Ben El Hadj

Match rules[5]
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

Notes and References

  1. News: Homme du match: Kamara en héros . Man of the match: Kamara as a hero . LFP.fr . . 30 March 2019 . 30 March 2019 . French . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190330230406/https://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/homme-du-match-kamara-en-heros.htm . 30 March 2019.
  2. News: Première Finale pour Benoit Millot . First final for Benoît Millot . LFP.fr . . 20 March 2019 . 30 March 2019 . French . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190330194946/https://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/premiere-finale-pour-benoit-millot.htm . 30 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Calendrier général des compétitions 2018–2019 . General competition calendar 2018–2019 . LFP.fr . . PDF . 29 January 2019 . French . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180619010855/https://www.lfp.fr/calendriers/2018_2019/calendrier_2018_2019.pdf . 19 June 2018.
  4. News: La finale de la Coupe de la Ligue aura lieu à Lyon, puis à Bordeaux . The final of the Coupe de la Ligue will take place in Lyon and Bordeaux . . 1 September 2016 . 29 January 2019 . French . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170830214853/https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/La-finale-de-la-coupe-de-la-ligue-aura-lieu-au-parc-ol/723363 . 30 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Règlement de la Coupe de la Ligue . Regulations of the Coupe de la Ligue . LFP.fr . . PDF . 4 . 30 March 2019 . French . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190330194509/https://www.lfp.fr/reglements/reglements/2018_2019/reglComp2.pdf . 30 March 2019.