2009 Coupe de la Ligue final

2009 Coupe de la Ligue final
Event2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue
Date25 April 2009
VenueStade de France, Paris
Referee Fredy Fautrel
Attendance75,000

The 2009 Coupe de la Ligue final was the 15th final in this young cup's history. The final was played at the Stade de France in Paris on 25 April 2009 was contested between FC Girondins de Bordeaux of Ligue 1 and Vannes OC of Ligue 2. This was the first meeting between the two clubs.[1] This was Bordeaux's fifth appearance in the final having won in 2002 and 2007 and losing in the 1997 and 1998 editions of the cup. This was Vannes's first ever appearance in the cup final. With their appearance, Vannes were the first ever club to reach the final after beginning from the 1st round. Bordeaux won the match 4–0 after getting off to a fast start scoring their first three goals inside of 13 minutes.

Match Report

Bordeaux got off to a fast start, in all aspects of the match, scoring in just the 2nd minute with the Brazilian Wendel chipping the ball over Vannes keeper Christophe Revel. Bordeaux then tripled their lead in a span of two minutes with Marc Planus scoring on a header off a corner kick from Wendel in the 10th minute and Yoan Gouffran scoring just his second goal for Bordeaux in the 12th minute off a free kick from Yoann Gourcuff, though the latter was first credited with the goal. However, after looking at the replay, it was determined that Gouffran got a slight head on the ball redirecting it slightly. Gourcuff would get his goal in the 40th minute scoring on a right footed shot just outside the box. The ball deflected off a Vannes defender before going into the back off the net. This goal gave Bordeaux a 4–0 lead heading into halftime.

Route to the final

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

Bordeaux Round Vannes
Opponent Result 2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue Opponent Result
Bye First round Dijon (H) 3–0
Second round Amiens (H) 3–2
Third round Valenciennes (H) 3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)
Guingamp (H) 4–2 Round of 16[2] Auxerre (H) 2–0
Châteauroux (H) 2–1 Quarter-finals Metz (H) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
Paris Saint-Germain (A) 3–0 Semi-finals Nice (A) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)

Final summary

Bordeaux4–0Vannes
Wendel 2'
Planus 10'
Gouffran 12'
Gourcuff 40'
Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
Bordeaux
Vannes
Bordeaux:
GK 30 Mathieu Valverde
RB 6 Franck Jurietti (c)
CB 13 Diego Placente
CB 15 Souleymane Diawara
LB 27 Marc Planus
RM 7 Yoan Gouffran
CM 5 Fernando Menegazzo
CM 24 Abdou Traoré
LM 17 Wendel  18'
AM 8 Yoann Gourcuff
FW 29 Marouane Chamakh  61'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Ulrich Ramé
DF 28 Benoît Trémoulinas  18'  46'
DF 21 Mathieu Chalmé
MF 19 Pierre Ducasse  46'
MF 33 Grégory Sertic
FW 11 David Bellion  61'
FW 25 Henri Saivet
Manager:
Laurent Blanc
Vannes:
GK 1 Christophe Revel
RB 6 Patrick Leugueun (c)
CB 19 Eugène Ekobo  74'
CB 26 Oumar N'Diaye  84'
LB 5 Laurent Hervé
CM 23 David Martot
CM 10 Jérôme Lebouc  62'
CM 20 Erwan Quintin  37'
FW 28 Ghislain Gimbert  21'
FW 11 Frédéric Sammaritano
FW 13 Cédric Sabin  34'
Substitutes:
GK 30 Benoît Costil
DF 4 Pierre Talmont  84'
MF 7 Nicolas Savinaud
MF 18 Nicolas Diguiny
MF 21 Ulrick Chavas
MF 27 Stéphane Auvray  74'
FW 22 Seïd Khiter  62'
Manager:
Stéphane Le Mignan

Assistant referees:
Cyril Gringore
Eric Guerin
Fourth official:
Antony Gautier

Notes

  1. ^ Bordeaux v. Vannes Match Stats
  2. ^ Clubs competing in UEFA competitions receive a bye to the Round of 16