2011 Challenge de France final

The 2011 Challenge de France Final was the 10th final of France's female football cup competition. The final took place on 21 May 2011 at the Stade de la Pépinière in Poitiers and was contested between D1 Féminine clubs Saint-Étienne and Montpellier.^[1] This was the last final under the Challenge de France name as the competition will be renamed to the Coupe de France Feminine for the 2011–12 season and onwards.^[2]

2011 Challenge de France Final

Event	2010–11 Challenge de France
Saint-Étienne Montpellier D1 Féminine D1 Féminine 0 0
Saint-Étienne win 3–2 on penalties.
Date	21 May 2011
Venue	Stade de la Pépinière, Poitiers
Referee	Stéphanie Frappart (Île-de-France)
Weather	20 °C (68 °F), Cloudy
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In the match, Saint-Étienne recorded a historic upset defeating Montpellier 3–2 on penalties after the match ended 0–0 in both regular time and extra time. The title is Saint-Étienne's first Challenge de France in the club's history and its first major honour since joining the AS Saint-Étienne in 2008.

News

Team backgrounds

Saint-Étienne made its debut in the ultimate match of the competition. In its run-up to the final, the club faced only one first division club, Le Mans in the quarter-finals, and defeated the club 1–0. Saint-Étienne also did not concede a goal in the competition having shut out all of its opponents. Montpellier made its fifth appearance in the final of the Challenge de France, which is only second to Lyon, which has appeared in seven. Of its five appearances, Montpellier have won the Challenge de France three times; tied for the most titles ever won in the competition with Lyon. The club won its first titles in back-to-back seasons from 2006 to 2007 when it defeated Lyon two consecutive years on penalties. Montpellier won its last title in 2009. The club defeated Le Mans 3–1 in the final. The three-time champions only conceded one goal in the competition having outscored its opponents 22–1.

Road to the final

See also: 2010–11 Challenge de France

Saint-Étienne			Round	Montpellier
Opponent	H/A	Result	2010–11 Challenge de France	Opponent	H/A	Result
Caluire	A	5–0	Second Round[3]	Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone	A	3–0
Flacé Mâcon	H	2–0	Round of 32	Arpajon	H	9–0
Saint-Simont	A	1–0	Round of 16	Toulouse	A	1–0
Le Mans	H	1–0	Quarterfinals	La Roche-sur-Yon	H	6–0
Dijon	A	5–0	Semi-finals	Juvisy	A	3–1

Match

Match details

21 May

18:00 CEST

Saint-Étienne	0 – 0	Montpellier
	Report
Penalties
Catala Chazal Brevet Calmaron	3–2	Torrent Bilbault Ramos Utsgui Lattaf

Stade de la Pépinière, Poitiers

Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (Île-de-France)

Saint-Étienne

Montpellier

SAINT-ÉTIENNE: GK 1 Méline Gérard RB 2 Ludivine Coulomb CB 4 Morgane Courteille CB 5 Astrid Chazal (c) LB 3 Ophélie Brevet CM 6 Aude Moreau CM 7 Charlotte Gauvin  42' RM 10 Amélie Barbetta LM 9 Déborah Taghavi  63' AM 11 Kheira Hamraoui  76' FW 8 Camille Catala Substitutes: GK 16 Julie Perrodin FW 12 Maéva Clemaron  76' DF 13 Juliette Benne DF 14 Amandine Soulard MF 15 Safia Bengueddoudj  63' Manager: Hervé Didier

MONTPELLIER: GK 1 Céline Deville RB 9 Marion Torrent  82' CB 4 Ophélie Meilleroux CB 3 Kelly Gadéa LB 8 Cynthia Viana CM 6 Charlotte Bilbault CM 7 Rumi Utsugi RW 11 Ludivine Diguelman  62' LW 10 Viviane Asseyi  71' FW 5 Hoda Lattaf (c)  82' FW 2 Marie-Laure Delie Substitutes: GK 16 Laëtitia Philippe MF 12 Nora Hamou Maamar MF 13 Stéphanie De Revière DF 14 Marine Pervier  63' FW 15 Elodie Ramos  71' Manager: Sarah M'Barek

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Lugdivine Cinquini (Méditerranée) Emilie Mougeot (Franche-Comté) Fourth official: Nathalie Le Breton (Centre-Ouest) Chief Observer: Jean-Luc Rouinsard Chief Delegate: Marc Giraud MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.