2010–11 Coupe de la Ligue

2010–11 Coupe de la Ligue
French League Cup
Country  France
Teams 44
Defending champions Marseille
Champions Marseille (2nd title)
Runners-up Montpellier
Matches played 43
Goals scored 113 (2.63 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Vincent Aboubakar
Brice Jovial
Hasan Kabze
Frédéric Sammaritano
Grégory Thil
(3 goals each)

The 2010–11 Coupe de la Ligue was the 17th edition of the French league cup competition. The defending champions were Marseille, who defeated Bordeaux 3–1 in the 2009–10 edition of the final. The competition was organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and was open to the forty-four professional clubs in France that are managed by the organization. The final was contested on 23 April 2011 at the Stade de France. The winner of the competition qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and will be inserted into the third qualifying round.

Marseille successfully defended its title after defeating Montpellier 1–0 courtesy of a second half goal from Taye Taiwo in the final.[1] The title resulted in Marseille becoming the first club in Coupe de la Ligue history to repeat as champions.[2]

News

On 20 August 2010, the Ligue de Football Professionnel confirmed that the Coupe de la Ligue would utilize the five-referee system that is currently being used in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The announcement makes the Coupe de la Ligue the first national cup competition in Europe to adopt the system and was approved by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) on 21 July. The system officially began on 24 August with the start of the second round matches and will be in place until the final in April 2011.[3]

Calendar

Round First match date Fixtures Clubs
First Round30 July 20101244 → 32
Second Round24 August 2010632 → 26
Third Round21 September 20101026 → 16
Round of 1626 October 2010816 → 8
Quarter-finals9 November 201048 → 4
Semi-finals18 January 201124 → 2
Final23 April 201112 → 1

First round

The draw for the first and second round of the 2010–11 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was completed on 8 July 2010. The first round featured 24 clubs; the four professional clubs that are currently playing in the Championnat National, the third division of French football, and the 20 clubs that are playing in Ligue 2. The matches were played on 30–31 July.[4] SC Bastia and RC Strasbourg's participation in the competition was initially on hold pending approval from the DNCG, however, once each club met the organization's financial and administrative criteria, they were allowed entrance. Due to the unavailability of Évian's temporary stadium, Parc des Sports, the Évian–Strasbourg match was moved to the Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg.[5]

Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Second round

The draw for the second round of the 2010–11 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 2 August 2010.[6] The second round featured the 12 winning teams from the first round. The matches were played on 24 August.[7]

Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Third round

The draw for the third round of the 2010–11 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 30 August 2010. The third round featured the six winning teams from the second round and the 14 teams from Ligue 1 who didn't qualify for European competition this season. The matches were played on 21–22 September 2010.[8]

Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 of the 2010–11 edition of the Coupe de la Ligue was held on 28 September 2010. The round featured the ten winning teams from the third round and the six teams that qualified for European competition in the 2009–10 season. The matches were played on 26–27 October.

Source: Ligue de Football Professionnel

Quarterfinals

Auxerre 2–0 Saint-Étienne
Pedretti  16' (pen.)
Dudka  48' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 7,906
Referee: Damien Ledentu (Languedoc-Roussillon)
Valenciennes 1–3 Paris Saint-Germain
Dossevi  3' Report Camara  9'
Jallet  26'
Luyindula  51'
Attendance: 7,395
Montpellier 2–1 Lille
Kabze  27', 52' Report Hazard  67'
Attendance: 5,764
Referee: Olivier Thual (Aquitaine)
Marseille 2–1 Monaco
A. Ayew  42'
Azpilicueta  60'		 Report Coutadeur  22' (pen.)
Attendance: 17,765
Referee: Clément Turpin (Bourgogne)

Semi-finals

Montpellier 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Paris Saint-Germain
Giroud  118' Report
Attendance: 17,641
Auxerre 0–2 Marseille
Report Brandão  45+2'
Gignac  68'
Attendance: 17,025

Final

Marseille 1–0 Montpellier
Taiwo  80' Report
Attendance: 78,511
Referee: Antony Gautier (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank[9] Name Team Goals Appearances Minutes played
1 France Brice Jovial Le Havre 3 3 145'
Turkey Hasan Kabze Montpellier 3 2 166'
France Frédéric Sammaritano Auxerre 3 3 246'
Cameroon Vincent Aboubakar Valenciennes 3 2 159'
France Grégory Thil Boulogne-sur-Mer 3 3 186'
6 Ghana André Ayew Marseille 2 3 346'
Togo Jonathan Ayité Nîmes 2 3 230'
France Anthony Knockaert Guingamp 2 4 306'
Democratic Republic of the Congo Christian Kinkela Ajaccio 2 4 337'
Algeria Jugurtha Hamroun Guingamp 2 2 97'

Note: Players marked in bold are still playing in the competition.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "L'OM conserve son trophée!" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Taiwo paye sa Coupe!" (in French). RMC Sport. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Arbitrage à cinq: La Coupe de la Ligue confirme son statut de coupe de l'innovation" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Tirage du premier tour jeudi à 12h" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Evian TG-Strasbourg inversé" (in French). L'Equipe. 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "Tirage le 4 août" (in French). France Football. 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "Tirage jeudi à 12h00" (in French). France Football. 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  8. ↑ "16es de finale : tirage au sort lundi 30 août" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  9. ↑ "Classement officiel des buteurs" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

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