2016 Coupe de la Ligue final

The 2016 Coupe de la Ligue final was the 22nd final of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition for the 42 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 23 April 2016 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and was contested by reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain, and Lille.

2016 Coupe de la Ligue final

Event	2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue
Paris Saint-Germain Lille Ligue 1 Ligue 1 2 1
Date	23 April 2016
Venue	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Man of the Match	Javier Pastore
Referee	Ruddy Buquet
Attendance	68,640
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Background

Paris Saint-Germain were the two-time reigning champions, having won a record fifth title in the previous year's final with a 4–0 win over Bastia. It was PSG's sixth final – a joint record with Bordeaux – and they had previously won five (1995, 1998, 2008, 2014 and 2015) and lost one (2000).^[1]

Lille had never before reached the final.^[1]

Route to the final

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

Paris Saint-Germain		Round	Lille
Opponent	Result	2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue	Opponent	Result
Saint-Étienne (H)	1–0	Round of 16	Laval (H)	1–0
Lyon (H)	2–1	Quarter-finals	Guingamp (A)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)
Toulouse (H)	2–0	Semi-finals	Bordeaux (A)	5–1

Match

23 April 2016

21:00

Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Lille
Pastore 40' Di María 74'	Report	Sidibé 49'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 68,640

Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Paris Saint-Germain

Lille

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN FC: GK 30 Salvatore Sirigu CB 2 Thiago Silva (c) RB 19 Serge Aurier  19' CB 5 Marquinhos LB 20 Layvin Kurzawa DM 11 Ángel Di María  90' CM 14 Blaise Matuidi CM 25 Adrien Rabiot  47'  70' RW 27 Javier Pastore  79' CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović LW 7 Lucas  75' Substitutes: GK 1 Nicolas Douchez DF 17 Maxwell DF 32 David Luiz  79' MF 4 Benjamin Stambouli MF 6 Marco Verratti  75' FW 9 Edinson Cavani  90' FW 35 Hervin Ongenda Manager: Laurent Blanc

LILLE OSC: GK 1 Vincent Enyeama DF 25 Marko Baša DF 2 Sébastien Corchia DF 19 Djibril Sidibé DF 23 Adama Soumaoro MF 31 Morgan Amalfitano MF 8 Mounir Obbadi MF 24 Rio Mavuba (c)  77' MF 7 Sofiane Boufal MF 6 Ibrahim Amadou FW 39 Éder Substitutes: GK 16 Steeve Elana DF 13 Stoppila Sunzu DF 18 Franck Béria MF 4 Florent Balmont MF 32 Rony Lopes  77' FW 9 Yassine Benzia FW 22 Tallo Gadji Manager: Frédéric Antonetti

Man of the Match: Javier Pastore[2] Assistant referees: Cyril Gringore Guillaume Debart Fourth official: Lionel Jaffredo

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.

See also

• 2016 Coupe de France final
• 2015–16 Lille OSC season
• 2015–16 Paris Saint-Germain FC season