2020 Coupe de la Ligue Final

The 2020 Coupe de la Ligue Final will decide the winner of the 2019–20 Coupe de la Ligue, the 26th and last edition of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, contested by the 44 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final was originally scheduled for 4 April 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[2] The final will take place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, and will be contested by Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon.

2020 Coupe de la Ligue Final
French League Cup Final
The Stade de France in Saint-Denis will host the final
Event2019–20 Coupe de la Ligue
Paris Saint-Germain Lyon
Date31 July 2020
VenueStade de France, Saint-Denis
RefereeJérôme Brisard[1]

As the LFP voted in September 2019 to abolish the Coupe de la Ligue for the following season, the match will be the last in the competition's history.[3]

On 28 April 2020, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced all sporting events in France would be cancelled until September.[4] On 26 June, the FFF announced that the final was rescheduled to 31 July.[5]

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 Lyon
Opponent Result 2019–20 Coupe de la Ligue Opponent Result
Le Mans (A) 4–1 Round of 16 Toulouse (H) 4–1
Saint-Étienne (H) 6–1 Quarter-finals Brest (H) 3–1
Reims (A) 3–0 Semi-finals Lille (H) 2–2 (4–3 p)

Match

Details
Paris Saint-GermainvLyon
Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Assistant referees:[1]
Benjamin Pages
Gilles Lang
Fourth official:[1]
Thomas Léonard
Video assistant referee:[1]
Mikael Lesage
Assistant video assistant referee:[1]
Johan Hamel

Match rules[6]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

References
  1. "Coupes : les arbitres des finales désignés" [Cups: Designated Final Referees]. FFF.fr (in French). French Football Federation. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. "La finale de la Coupe de la Ligue BKT reportée" [Coupe de la Ligue BKT final postponed] (in French). lfp.fr. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. "French League Cup to end from 2020 'to reduce season schedule'". BBC Sport. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. "Calendrier général des compétitions 2020/2021" [General calendar of competitions 2020/2021]. LFP.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. "Règlement de la Coupe de la Ligue" [Regulations of the Coupe de la Ligue] (PDF). LFP.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.