The 2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue is the 16^th edition of France's league cup, organized by the LFP. The defending champions are Ligue 1 club Bordeaux who defeated second division club Vannes 4–0 in the 2009 final. The competition began on 25 July 2009 and the final will be held on 27 March 2010 at the Stade de France. The winners of the Coupe de la Ligue will qualify for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2010–11.

[edit] News

On 29 June 2009, the Ligue de Football Professionnel board of directors announced that France Télévisions will be the official provider of Coupe de la Ligue coverage for the next three seasons.^[1]

For the 2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue season, six clubs will be exempted until the Round of 16, the top 5 Ligue 1 finishers from the 2008–09 season and the winner of the 2008–09 Coupe de France. These teams earned exemption by virtue of qualifying for European competitions this season. Previously, only two clubs were exempted, the Ligue 1 champions and the runners-up. The six clubs that are exempted this year are Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille, and Guingamp.

The draw for the preliminary round, 1^st round, and 2^nd round was determined on 8 July.^[2]

[edit] Calendar

[edit] Preliminary Round

The preliminary round was played on 25 July and featured the 2^nd and 3^rd place finishers from the 2008–09 Championnat National season, the bottom three finishers from the 2008–09 Ligue 2 season, and FC Gueugnon, all of whom qualified by virtue of their professional status in the LFP .

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Reims 1 – 2 Amiens Barbier  50' Lopez-Peralta  65' Paass  73' Report Report link Date 2009-07-25 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Auguste-Delaune II, Reims Attendance 5,480 Referee Yohann Rouinsard
Gueugnon 1 – 2 Troyes Previtali  15' Lafourcade  5',  13' Report Report link Date 2009-07-25 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Jean Laville, Gueugnon Attendance 1,365 Referee Frank Schneider
Laval 5 – 0 Arles Do Marcolino  33' Chapuis  49',  68' Genest  56',  60' Report Report link Date 2009-07-25 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval Attendance 3,638 Referee Jean-Charles Cailleux

Source: LFP
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

[edit] First Round

The 1^st round was played on 1 August and featured the three winners from the preliminary round, the bottom three finishers from the 2009 Ligue 1 season, the top finisher from the 2009 Championnat National season and thirteen mid-table teams from Ligue 2.

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Dijon 2 – 0 Brest Kitambala  72' Mangione  80' (pen.) Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon Attendance 3,239 Referee Sébastien Desiage
Tours 2 – 1 Le Havre Giroud  82',  89' Gillet  54' Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours Attendance 3,631 Referee Amaury Delerue
Angers 0 – 1 Nîmes Ayité  45' Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Jean-Bouin, Angers Attendance 3,548 Referee Bartolomeu Varela
Metz 1 – 0 Bastia Cissé  35' (pen.) Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien, Metz Attendance 6,137 Referee Olivier Husset
Istres 6 – 1 Strasbourg Begeorgi  13',  26',  38' Ciaravino  63' Mesloub  69' Nouri  84' Gueye  18' Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Parsemain, Istres Attendance 1,170 Referee Hervé Piccirillo
Troyes 4 – 0 Nantes Lafourcade  16' Buengo  36' Faussurier  81' Vieillot  90' Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade de l'Aube, Troyes Attendance 3,763 Referee Phillipe Chat
Châteauroux 0 – 1 Clermont Bockhorni  2' Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Gaston Petit, Châteauroux Attendance 3,029 Referee William Lavis
Ajaccio 2 – 1 Laval Viale  45' Fournier  70' Do Marcolino  10' Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade François Coty, Ajaccio Attendance 1,157 Referee Abdelali Chaoui
Amiens 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 2 – 3 (pen.) Vannes Haaby  88' Penalty Shootout Allegro Gagnier Lopez-Peralta Kossoko Andriatsima Mezague  65' Penalty Shootout Faivre Sammaritano Mezague Boudarène Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade de la Licorne, Amiens Attendance 2,704 Referee Dominique Julien
Sedan 2 – 0 (a.e.t.) Caen Henaini  92' Lasimant  106' Report Report link Date 2009-08-01 Kick off 20:45 CET Stadium Stade Louis Dugauguez, Sedan Attendance 3,972 Referee Saïd Ennjimi

Source: LFP
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

[edit] Second Round

The 2^nd round was played on the 25, 26, and 27 of August and featured the ten clubs that successfully advanced from the 1^st round.

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Clermont 1 – 0 Istres Najih  48' Report Report link Date 2009-08-25 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand Attendance 1,631 Referee Ludovic Rémy
Troyes 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) 0 – 3 (pen.) Nîmes Buengo  35' Beauvue  73' Penalty Shootout Faussurier Beauvue Carlier Ayité  13',  42' Penalty Shootout Mostefa Poulain Stošić Report Report link Date 2009-08-25 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade de l'Aube, Troyes Attendance 3,126 Referee Sébastien Moreira
Sedan 6 – 1 Dijon Valdivia  2' Allart  32' Sidibé  59' (pen) Tiberi  77',  85' Mokaké  79' Carrière  13' Report Report link Date 2009-08-25 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Louis Dugauguez, Sedan Attendance 4,889 Referee Christian Guilliard
Ajaccio 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 5 – 6 (pen.) Vannes Penalty Shootout Viale Martins Fournier Rivière Guerriero Sabo Kinkela Penalty Shootout Hervé Kamissoko Sammaritano Faivre Camara Guillon Liabeuf Report Report link Date 2009-08-26 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade François Coty, Ajaccio Attendance 1,292 Referee Jérome Auroux
Metz 2 – 1 Tours Bourgeois  67' Dujeux  82' (o.g.) Belghazouani  10' Report Report link Date 2009-08-27 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien, Metz Attendance 5,347 Referee Nicolas Rainville

Source: LFP
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

[edit] Third Round

The 3^rd round was played on the 22 and 23 of September and featured the five clubs that successfully advanced from the 2^nd round, the twelve non-exempt Ligue 1 clubs, plus the top three finishers from Ligue 2.

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Clermont 3 – 1 Vannes Haquin  9',  45',  81 ' Camara  71' Report Report link Date 2009-09-22 Kick off 20:00 CET Stadium Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand Attendance 2,485 Referee Jean-Charles Cailleux
Lorient 1 – 0 Grenoble Gamiero  71' Report Report link Date 2009-09-22 Kick off 20:45 CET Stadium Stade du Moustoir, Lorient Attendance 7,202 Referee Antony Gautier
Metz 2 – 0 Valenciennes Johansen  63' (pen.) C. Gueye  87' Report Report link Date 2009-09-23 Kick off 18:45 CET Stadium Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien, Metz Attendance 5,545 Referee Sébastien Moreira
Le Mans 3 – 0 Nîmes Lamah  62' Sène  78' Maiga  92' Report Report link Date 2009-09-23 Kick off 20:00 CET Stadium Stade Félix-Bollaert, Le Mans Attendance 7,331 Referee Wilfried Bien
Montpellier 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) Lens Lacombe  12',  45' Aït-Fana  71' Maoulida  4' Sartre  75',  101' Boukari  88' (pen.) Report Report link Date 2009-09-23 Kick off 20:45 CET Stadium Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance 4,058 Referee Hervé Piccirillo
Sedan 3 – 1 Auxerre Allart  10' Tibéri  67' Lasimant  92' Mignot  60' Report Report link Date 2009-09-23 Kick off 20:45 CET Stadium Stade Louis Dugauguez, Sedan Attendance 5,811 Referee Pascal Vileo
Saint-Étienne 4 – 1 Nice Bergessio  23',  81' Sanogo  28' Landrin  37' Rémy  85' Report Report link Date 2009-09-23 Kick off 20:45 CET Stadium Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance 13,636 Referee Phillipe Malige
Nancy 2 – 0 Monaco Féret  13' Dia  82' Report Report link Date 2009-09-23 Kick off 20:45 CET Stadium Stade Marcel Picot, Nancy Attendance 15,020 Referee Tony Chapron
Boulogne 0 – 1 Paris Saint-Germain Maurice  59' Report Report link Date 2009-09-23 Kick off 20:45 CET Stadium Stade de la Libération, Boulogne-sur-Mer Attendance 5,809 Referee Bertrand Layec
Rennes 2 – 1 Sochaux Danzé  74' Mangane  83' Boudebouz  68' Report Report link Date 2009-09-23 Kick off 20:45 CET Stadium Stade de la Route de Lorient, Rennes Attendance 9,317 Referee Laurent Duhamel

Source: LFP
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

[edit] Round of 16

The Round of 16 will begin play on 12 January 2010. It will feature the five exempt Ligue 1 teams, the ten winners from the 3^rd round, and the winner of the 2008–09 Coupe de France. The draw was determined on 25 September.

Source: LFP
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

[edit] See also

• Ligue 1 2009–10
• Ligue 2 2009–10
• Championnat National 2009–10

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Coupe de la Ligue official websites:
  • English
  • French