1999 Coupe de la Ligue final

The 1999 Coupe de la Ligue final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on May 8, 1999, that saw RC Lens defeat FC Metz 1–0 thanks to a goal by Daniel Moreira.

1999 Coupe de la Ligue final

Event	1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue
Lens Metz Division 1 Division 1 1 0
Date	8 May 1999
Venue	Stade de France, Paris
Referee	Claude Colombo
Attendance	78,180
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It was the second time in as many seasons that Metz suffered at the hands of Lens, having lost out on goal difference in the battle between the two sides to claim a first-ever national championship in 1997–98 French Division 1.

Route to the final

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

Lens		Round	Metz
Opponent	Result	1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue	Opponent	Result
Marseille (A)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Second round	Nantes (H)	1–0
Le Havre (A)	2–0	Round of 16	Louhans-Cuiseaux (H)	2–0
Rennes (A)	1–0	Quarter-finals	Toulouse (H)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)
Sochaux (H)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	Montpellier (H)	4–3

Match details

8 May 1999

20:40

Lens	1–0	Metz
Moreira 56'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 78,180

Referee: Claude Colombo

RC LENS: GK 1 Guillaume Warmuz DF 2 Eric Sikora DF 4 Cyrille Magnier DF 13 Frédéric Déhu (c) MF 25 Valérien Ismaël MF 6 Cyril Rool MF 10 Daniel Moreira  77' MF 8 Stéphane Dalmat  90' MF 19 Vladimír Šmicer  80' FW 21 Pascal Nouma FW 11 Tony Vairelles Substitutes: MF 7 Mickaël Debève  77' MF 18 Philippe Brunel  80' MF 9 Alex Nyarko  90' Unused substitutes: GK 16 Christophe Marichez DF 3 Yohan Lachor Manager: Daniel Leclercq Assistant Referees: Fourth Official:

FC METZ: GK 1 Lionel Letizi DF 2 Pascal Pierre DF 18 Jeff Strasser DF 5 Sylvain Kastendeuch (c) DF 26 David Regis  68' DF 14 Geoffray Toyes MF 8 Franck Rizzetto MF 25 Danny Boffin MF 10 Frédéric Meyrieu MF 28 Gunter Van Handenhoven  80' FW 15 Nenad Jestrović Substitutes: MF 7 Ludovic Asuar  68' DF 4 Sébastien Schemmel  80' Unused substitutes: GK 16 André Biancarelli MF 12 Grégory Proment FW 29 Nasreddine Kraouche Manager: Joël Müller

See also

• 1999 Coupe de France final
• 1998–99 FC Metz season

External links

• Report on LFP official site