2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue

The 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue began on 14 August 2007. The final was held on 29 March 2008 at the Stade de France. The defending champions were Bordeaux, who defeated Lyon 1–0 on 31 March 2007. The defending champions were eliminated from the competition on 26 September 2007 by Metz. The 2008 Coupe de la Ligue champions were Paris Saint-Germain, who defeated Lens 2–1 in the final to claim their third Coupe de la Ligue trophy and also received a place in the UEFA Cup.

2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue

French League Cup
Tournament details
Country	France
Dates	14 August 2007 – 29 March 2008
Teams	45
Defending champions	Bordeaux
Final positions
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Lens
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	127 (2.95 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Pauleta (6 goals)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

First round

The matches were played on 14 August 2007.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Istres	0–4	Laval
Libourne	1–2	Sète
Créteil	0–3	Clermont
Tours	1–2	Niort
Boulogne	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Angers

Second round

The matches were played on 28 August 2007.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Nantes	1–0	Sedan
Le Havre	2–0	Châteauroux
Montpellier	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Dijon
Troyes	2–0	Gueugnon
Amiens	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Guingamp
Ajaccio	1–2	Clermont
Boulogne	2–0	Reims
Niort	1–0	Grenoble
Sète	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Brest
Laval	3–1	Bastia

Third round

The matches were played on 25, 26 and 27 September 2007.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Nancy	3–0	Boulogne
Stade Brestois	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Montpellier
Niort	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Le Havre
Auxerre	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Saint-Étienne
Lens	1–0	Lille
Clermont	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Rennes
Lorient	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain
Valenciennes	2–1	Sochaux
Laval	0–1	Le Mans
Bordeaux	1–2	Metz
Toulouse	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Caen
Troyes	0–1	Nice
Strasbourg	0–2	Amiens
Nantes	2–3	Monaco

Round of 16

The matches were played between 30 October and 1 November 2007.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Nancy	1–0	Amiens
Auxerre	6–2 (a.e.t.)	Nice
Marseille	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Metz
Monaco	1–2	Lens
Rennes	0–2	Valenciennes
Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Montpellier
Caen	1–3	Lyon
Niort	0–3	Le Mans

Final draw

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

H

Le Mans

1

A

Lyon

0

H

Le Mans

4

A

Lens

5

H

Lens

3

A

Nancy

0

Lens

1

PSG

2

H

Auxerre

1

A

Marseille

0

A

Auxerre

2

H

PSG

3

H

PSG

4

A

Valenciennes

0

Final draw results

Quarter-finals

Le Mans v Lyon

16 January 2008	Le Mans	1–0	Lyon	Le Mans
	Matsui 29'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 7,934 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Lens v Nancy

16 January 2008	Lens	3–0	Nancy	Lens
	Demont 16' Maoulida 44' Monterrubio 58'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 18,329 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Auxerre v Marseille

16 January 2008	Auxerre	1–0	Marseille	Auxerre
	Pedretti 90+1'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 13,006 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Paris Saint-Germain v Valenciennes

16 January 2008	Paris Saint-Germain	4–0	Valenciennes	Paris
	Pauleta 2' Diané 54', 60' Rothen 67'	(Report)		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 18,771 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

Semi-finals

Paris Saint-Germain v Auxerre

26 February 2008	Paris Saint-Germain	3–2	Auxerre	Paris
	Yepes 31' Pauleta 43' Mendy 79'	(Report)	Landreau 75' (o.g.) Quercia 90+3'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 32,198 Referee: Éric Poulat

Le Mans v Lens

27 February 2008	Le Mans	4–5	Lens	Le Mans
	Gervinho 22' Yebda 45' Matsui 66' Melo 67'	(Report)	Melo 36' (o.g.) Rémy 45+1' Dindane 52' Pelé 64' (o.g.) Keita 117'	Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 13,228 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Final

Main article: 2008 Coupe de la Ligue final

29 March 2008

21:00

Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Lens
Pauleta 19' Mendy 90+3'	Report	Carrière 51'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 78,741

Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Topscorer

Pauleta (6 goals)

External links

• Coupe de La Ligue Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French)