1999–2000 Coupe de la Ligue

The 1999–2000 Coupe de la Ligue began on 16 November 1999 and the final took place on 22 April 2000 at the Stade de France. Lens were the defending champions, but were knocked-out by Toulouse in the Second round. Gueugnon went on to win the tournament, beating Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 in the final.^[1]

1999–2000 Coupe de la Ligue

French League Cup
Tournament details
Country	France
Dates	16 November 1999 – 22 April 2000
Teams	42
Defending champions	Lens
Final positions
Champions	Gueugnon (1st title)
Runners-up	Paris Saint-Germain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	110 (2.75 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Richard Akiana (4 goals)
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First round

The matches were played on 16 and 24 November 1999.^[2][3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Beauvais	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Valence
Toulouse	1–0	Martigues
Niort	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Laval
Caen	1–2	Le Mans
Lorient	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Créteil
Sochaux	3–0	Ajaccio
Nice	1–0	Cannes
Lille	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Red Star
Wasquehal	4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Châteauroux

Second round

The matches were played on 7, 8, and 9 January 2000.^[4][3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Beauvais	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Le Havre
Auxerre	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Monaco
Troyes	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Bordeaux
Red Star	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Nîmes
Lyon	3–1	Amiens
Strasbourg	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–0 p)	Metz
Toulouse	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Lens
Le Mans	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Châteauroux
Paris Saint-Germain	4–3	Créteil
Niort	0–1	Gueugnon
Louhans-Cuiseaux	0–1	Nancy
Sochaux	2–0	Rennes
Saint-Étienne	3–1	Nantes
Guingamp	1–3	Montpellier
Nice	0–1	Sedan
Bastia	3–0	Marseille

Round of 16

The matches were played on 19, 20 January and 10 February 2000.^[5][3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Châteauroux	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain
Nancy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Sochaux
Lyon	1–0	Bordeaux
Bastia	1–0	Montpellier
Beauvais	0–1	Sedan
Saint-Étienne	1–3	Red Star
Gueugnon	1–0	Toulouse
Monaco	2–3	Strasbourg

Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 19 and 20 February 2000.^[6][3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Nancy
Lyon	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Bastia
Sedan	0–1	Red Star
Gueugnon	2–0	Strasbourg

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 1 and 3 April 2000.^[7][3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Bastia
Red Star	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	Gueugnon

Final

Main article: 2000 Coupe de la Ligue final

The final was played on 22 April 2000 at the Stade de France.^[1][3]

22 April 2000

20:45

Gueugnon	2–0	Paris Saint-Germain
Trapasso 65' Flauto 90'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 75,317

Referee: Éric Poulat