2015 Coupe de la Ligue final
Event | 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue | ||||||
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Date | 11 April 2015 | ||||||
Venue | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | ||||||
Man of the Match | Zlatan Ibrahimović[1] | ||||||
Referee | Benoit Bastien | ||||||
Attendance | 72,000 | ||||||
The 2015 Coupe de la Ligue final was the 21st final of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition for the 42 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 11 April 2015 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and was contested by reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain, and Bastia, the two teams who also contested the tournament's first ever final in 1995.[2]
PSG won 4–0, with two goals in the first half by Zlatan Ibrahimović and a further two in the second by Edinson Cavani. As winners, they would have qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, but qualified for the season's UEFA Champions League by winning Ligue 1 instead.
Background
Paris Saint-Germain were the reigning champions, having won a record fourth title in
Bastia's only previous Coupe de la Ligue final was the inaugural edition in 1995. There, they lost 0–2 to PSG.[2]
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Bastia | Round | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
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Opponent | Result | 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue | Opponent | Result |
Auxerre (H) | 3–1 | Third round | Bye | |
Caen (H) | 3–2 ( a.e.t. )
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Round of 16 | Ajaccio (A) | 3–1 |
Rennes (H) | 3–1 | Quarter-finals | Saint-Étienne (A) | 1–0 |
Monaco (A) | 0–0 ( a.e.t.) (7–6 p )
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Semi-finals | Lille (A) | 1–0 |
Bastia
Bastia, as a Ligue 1 club not competing in Europe, entered the tournament in the third round with a home match against Ligue 2
In the last 16, Bastia won 3–2 at home against top-flight
Bastia were again the hosts in their quarter-final, a 3–1 win over
Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain, due to competing in the
On 13 January 2015, away again in the quarter-finals, PSG defeated Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne by a single goal from Zlatan Ibrahimović. The home team's fans did not believe that the ball had crossed the line, and threw objects onto the pitch, disrupting play for 10 minutes.[9] PSG won away by a single goal again in the semi-final on 4 February, a strike from full-back Maxwell to defeat Lille.[10]
Match
Bastia | 0–4 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Report | Ibrahimović 21' (pen.), 41' Cavani 80', 90+2' |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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References
- ^ "Player profile Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC". Ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "France - List of League Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ Cryer, Andy (19 April 2014). "Paris St-Germain beat Lyon in French League Cup final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- L'Equipe. 28 October 2014. Archived from the originalon 30 October 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "SC Bastia 3-2 SM Caen". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "SC Bastia 3-1 Rennes". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ Fisher, Alex (5 February 2015). "Monaco 0-0 Bastia (pens: 6-7): Squillaci fires visitors through after lengthy shootout". Goal.cpm. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ Dronne, Pascal (17 December 2014). "Coupe de la Ligue : revivez Ajaccio-PSG (1-3) minute par minute" [Coupe de la Ligue : relive Ajaccio-PSG (1-3) minute-by-minute]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Zlatan Ibrahimovic's PSG cup goal provokes supporters". BBC Sport. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Lille 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain: Maxwell sends holders into the final". Goal.com. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
External links
- Official website (in English and French)