1999 Coupe de la Ligue final

1999 Coupe de la Ligue final
Event1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue
Date8 May 1999
VenueStade de France, Paris
RefereeClaude Colombo
Attendance78,180

The 1999 Coupe de la Ligue final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on May 8, 1999, that saw RC Lens defeat FC Metz 1–0 thanks to a goal by Daniel Moreira.

Route to the final

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

Lens Round Metz
Opponent Result 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue Opponent Result
Marseille (A) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) Second round Nantes (H) 1–0
Le Havre (A) 2–0 Round of 16 Louhans-Cuiseaux (H) 2–0
Rennes (A) 1–0 Quarter-finals Toulouse (H) 3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)
Sochaux (H) 2–0 (a.e.t.) Semi-finals Montpellier (H) 4–3

Match details

Lens1–0Metz
Moreira 56'
Attendance: 78,180
RC LENS:
GK 1 Guillaume Warmuz
DF 2 Eric Sikora
DF 4 Cyrille Magnier
DF 13 Frédéric Déhu (c)
MF 25 Valérien Ismaël
MF 6 Cyril Rool
MF 10 Daniel Moreira  77'
MF 8 Stéphane Dalmat  90'
MF 19 Vladimír Šmicer  80'
FW 21 Pascal Nouma
FW 11 Tony Vairelles
Substitutes:
MF 7 Mickaël Debève  77'
MF 18 Philippe Brunel  80'
MF 9 Alex Nyarko  90'
Unused substitutes:
GK 16 Christophe Marichez
DF 3 Yohan Lachor
Manager:
Daniel Leclercq


Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official:

FC METZ:
GK 1 Lionel Letizi
DF 2 Pascal Pierre
DF 18 Jeff Strasser
DF 5 Sylvain Kastendeuch (c)
DF 26 David Regis  68'
DF 14 Geoffray Toyes
MF 8 Franck Rizzetto
MF 25 Danny Boffin
MF 10 Frédéric Meyrieu
MF 28 Gunter Van Handenhoven  80'
FW 15 Nenad Jestrović
Substitutes:
MF 7 Ludovic Asuar  68'
DF 4 Sébastien Schemmel  80'
Unused substitutes:
GK 16 André Biancarelli
MF 12 Grégory Proment
FW 29 Nasreddine Kraouche
Manager:
Joël Müller

See also