2003–04 Coupe de la Ligue

The 2003–04 Coupe de la Ligue was the 10th edition of the French league cup competition. The competition was organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and was open to the 40 professional clubs in France that are managed by the organization.

2003–04 Coupe de la Ligue

French League Cup
Tournament details
Country	France
Dates	23 September 2003 – 17 April 2004
Teams	44
Defending champions	Monaco
Final positions
Champions	Sochaux (1st title)
Runners-up	Nantes
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	96 (2.23 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lilian Compan (4 goals)
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Monaco were the reigning champions, having defeated Sochaux 4–1 in the previous season's final.^[1] The previous season's finalists Sochaux returned to the final, defeating Nantes 5–4 on penalties to claim their first Coupe de la Ligue.^[2]

First round

The matches were contested on 23 and 24 September 2003.^[3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Troyes (2)	2–0	Caen (2)
Lorient (2)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Besançon (2)
Valence (2)	1–0	Angers (2)
Nîmes (3)	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Le Havre (2)
Istres (2)	1–0	Châteauroux (2)
Sedan (2)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Reims (3)
Beauvais (3)	1–0	Grenoble (2)
Clermont (2)	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Niort (2)
Wasquehal (3)	1–2	Créteil (2)
Laval (2)	0–2	Gueugnon (2)
Amiens (2)	0–1	Nancy (2)
Saint-Étienne (2)	1–0	Rouen (2)

Second round

The matches were contested on 28 and 29 October 2003.^[3]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Marseille (1)	2–0	Monaco (1)
Metz (1)	3–0	Guingamp (1)
Lens (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Lyon (1)
Troyes (2)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Créteil (2)
Strasbourg (1)	0–1	Bordeaux (1)
Sedan (2)	2–0	Lorient (2)
Auxerre (1)	1–0	Rennes (1)
Ajaccio (1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Nice (1)
Montpellier (1)	0–1	Clermont (2)
Nantes (1)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Nancy (2)
Saint-Étienne (2)	1–0	Beauvais (3)
Gueugnon (2)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Paris Saint-Germain (1)
Nîmes (3)	1–2	Lille (1)
Bastia (1)	1–0	Toulouse (1)
Sochaux (1)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Valence (2)
Le Mans (1)	2–1	Istres (2)

Round of 16

The matches were contested on 16 and 17 December 2003.^[4]

Lens (1) v Bordeaux (1)

16 December 2003	Lens (1)	2–0	Bordeaux (1)	Lens
21:00 CET	Rool 44' Utaka 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 30,594 Referee: Gilles Veissière

Lille (1) v Saint-Étienne (2)

17 December 2003	Lille (1)	2–3	Saint-Étienne (2)	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
16:05 CET	Makoun 59' Brunel 90'	Report	Hellebuyck 24' Marin 62' Compan 73'	Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole Attendance: 7,260 Referee: Bruno Ruffray

Nice (1) v Metz (1)

17 December 2003	Nice (1)	1–0	Metz (1)	Nice
19:00 CET	Meslin 78'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 7,026 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Gueugnon (2) v Bastia (1)

17 December 2003	Gueugnon (2)	3–1	Bastia (1)	Gueugnon
19:00 CET	Berville 17' Gauthier 48' Hebbar 88'	Report	Maurice 15'	Stadium: Stade Jean Laville Attendance: 6,238 Referee: Pascal Garibian

Troyes (2) v Auxerre (1)

17 December 2003	Troyes (2)	0–3	Auxerre (1)	Troyes
19:00 CET		Report	Lachuer 3' Cissé 27' Mexès 65'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 8,135 Referee: Claude Colombo

Nantes (1) v Clermont (2)

17 December 2003	Nantes (1)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Clermont (2)	Nantes
19:00 CET	Yepes 119'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 16,029 Referee: Thierry Auriac

Le Mans (1) v Sedan (2)

17 December 2003	Le Mans (1)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Sedan (2)	Le Mans
19:00 CET	Peyrelade 95', 116' Celdran 119'	Report	Charpenet 114'	Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 5,092 Referee: Éric Poulat

Sochaux (1) v Marseille (1)

17 December 2003	Sochaux (1)	1–0	Marseille (1)	Montbéliard
21:00 CET	Mathieu 43'	Report		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,510 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were contested on 13 and 14 January 2004.^[5]

Lens (1) v Sochaux (1)

13 January 2004	Lens (1)	0–4	Sochaux (1)	Lens
21:00 CET		Report	Oruma 17' Frau 23', 65' Pagis 62'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 20,947 Referee: Claude Colombo

Le Mans (1) v Nantes (1)

14 January 2004	Le Mans (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Nantes (1)	Le Mans
16:05 CET	Hautcœur 65'	Report	Moldovan 63'	Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 13,072 Referee: Stéphane Bré
	Penalties
	Domoraud Thomas Cousin Peyrelade Fischer Eggen		Ziani Pujol Yepes Guillon Pailleres N'Zigou

Gueugnon (2) v Auxerre (1)

14 January 2004	Gueugnon (2)	0–1	Auxerre (1)	Gueugnon
19:00 CET		Report	Kalou 86'	Stadium: Stade Jean Laville Attendance: 11,974 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Saint-Étienne (2) v Nice (1)

14 January 2004	Saint-Étienne (2)	2–0	Nice (1)	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET	Jau 31' Compan 53' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 15,194 Referee: Jean-Paul Chaudre

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were contested on 3 and 4 February 2015.^[6]

Nantes (1) v Auxerre (1)

3 February 2004	Nantes (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Auxerre (1)	Nantes
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,971 Referee: Laurent Duhamel
	Penalties
	Yapi Yapo Pujol Yepes Delhommeau Landreau		Mexès Cissé Violeau Radet Akalé

Saint-Étienne (2) v Sochaux (1)

4 February 2004	Saint-Étienne (2)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Sochaux (1)	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET	Carteron 18' Compan 22'	Report	Mathieu 42' Oruma 61', 104'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 33,661 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Final

Main article: 2004 Coupe de la Ligue final

The final was held on 17 April 2004 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis.

17 April 2004

20:50

Nantes	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sochaux
Pujol 13'	Report	Monsoreau 18'
Penalties
Quint Pujol Yepes Yapi Yapo Moldovan Armand Landreau Delhommeau	4–5	Frau Isabey Mathieu Pagis Lonfat Diawara Flachez Pedretti

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 78,409

Referee: Pascal Garibian

See also

• 2003–04 Ligue 1
• 2003–04 Ligue 2