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2016 Coupe de la Ligue final

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2016 Coupe de la Ligue final
Event2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue
Date23 April 2016
VenueStade de France, Saint-Denis
Man of the MatchJavier Pastore
RefereeRuddy Buquet
Attendance68,640
2015
2017

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.

Background

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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

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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

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Paris Saint-Germain2–1Lille
Pastore 40'
Di María 74'
Report Sidibé 49'
Attendance: 68,640
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
Paris Saint-Germain
Lille
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN FC:
GK 30 Italy Salvatore Sirigu
CB 2 Brazil Thiago Silva (c)
RB 19 Ivory Coast Serge Aurier Yellow card 19'
CB 5 Brazil Marquinhos
LB 20 France Layvin Kurzawa
DM 11 Argentina Ángel Di María downward-facing red arrow 90'
CM 14 France Blaise Matuidi
CM 25 France Adrien Rabiot Yellow card 47' Yellow-red card 70'
RW 27 Argentina Javier Pastore downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 10 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
LW 7 Brazil Lucas downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutes:
GK 1 France Nicolas Douchez
DF 17 Brazil Maxwell
DF 32 Brazil David Luiz upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 4 France Benjamin Stambouli
MF 6 Italy Marco Verratti upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 9 Uruguay Edinson Cavani upward-facing green arrow 90'
FW 35 Democratic Republic of the Congo Hervin Ongenda
Manager:
France Laurent Blanc
LILLE OSC:
GK 1 Nigeria Vincent Enyeama
DF 25 Montenegro Marko Baša
DF 2 France Sébastien Corchia
DF 19 France Djibril Sidibé
DF 23 France Adama Soumaoro
MF 31 France Morgan Amalfitano
MF 8 Morocco Mounir Obbadi
MF 24 France Rio Mavuba (c) downward-facing red arrow 77'
MF 7 Morocco Sofiane Boufal
MF 6 France Ibrahim Amadou
FW 39 Portugal Éder
Substitutes:
GK 16 Martinique Steeve Elana
DF 13 Zambia Stoppila Sunzu
DF 18 France Franck Béria
MF 4 France Florent Balmont
MF 32 Portugal Rony Lopes upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 9 Algeria Yassine Benzia
FW 22 Ivory Coast Tallo Gadji
Manager:
France 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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "France - List of League Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  2. ^ (in French) Pastore élu homme du match contre Lille (finale Coupe de la Ligue), www.culturepsg.com, 23/04/2016.
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