2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue

The 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue was the 24th edition of the French league cup competition. The winners of the league cup earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League starting in the second qualifying round.[1] Forty-four clubs will participate in the competition.[2]

2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue

French League Cup
Country	France
Teams	44
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain (8th title)
Runners-up	Monaco
Matches played	41
Goals scored	88 (2.15 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Souleymane Camara Radamel Falcao Adrien Hunou (3 goals each)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions after winning the cup in the previous season, and they won their 5th consecutive title and 8th title overall by defeating Monaco 3–0 in the final.[3]

First round

Eleven first round matches were played on 8 August 2017.[4] The twelfth scheduled match was awarded to Nancy as a walkover after Bastia had their professional status removed by the FFF, and thereby did not qualify to participate according to the rules of the competition.[5]

Laval (3) v Lorient (2)

8 August 2017	Laval (3)	1–1 (3–4 p)	Lorient (2)	Laval
18:30 CEST	Elton  83'	Report	Courtet  38'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
	Penalties
	Etinof Elton Pereira Sarr Solet Zeoula		Courtet Selemani Danic Guendouzi Bouanga Le Goff

Le Havre (2) v Nîmes (2)

8 August 2017	Le Havre (2)	4–4 (5–4 p)	Nîmes (2)	Le Havre
20:00 CEST	Ferhat  67' Julan  72', 76' Louiserre  77'	Report	Bozok  25' Thioub  43' Savanier  89' Briançon  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 4,849 Referee: Aurélien Petit
	Penalties
	Youga Bain Ferhat Julan		Savanier Alioui Depres Ripart Thioub

Paris FC (2) v Brest (2)

8 August 2017	Paris FC (2)	0–0 (4–3 p)	Brest (2)	Paris
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 1,325 Referee: Sylvain Palhies
	Penalties
	Akichi Nomenjanahary Alami Robail Karamoko Yohou		Berthomier Labidi Pi Butin Grougi Coeff

Quevilly-Rouen (2) v Orléans (2)

8 August 2017	Quevilly-Rouen (2)	0–1	Orléans (2)	Le Mans
20:00 CEST		Report	Perrin  41'	Stadium: MMArena Attendance: 825 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Red Star (3) v Auxerre (2)

8 August 2017	Red Star (3)	1–1 (6–5 p)	Auxerre (2)	Saint-Ouen
20:00 CEST	Teuma  6'	Report	Ayé  50'	Stadium: Stade Bauer Attendance: 2,039 Referee: Willy Delajod
	Penalties
	Petrilli Sylvestre Fomen Keita Fontaine Sané Teuma		Ayé Philippoteaux Tacalfred Montiel Diallo Youssouf Sangaré

Gazélec Ajaccio (2) v Créteil (3)

8 August 2017	Gazélec Ajaccio (2)	0–0 (6–5 p)	Créteil (3)	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 2,531 Referee: Florent Batta
	Penalties
	M'Changama Clerc Kemen Court Diabaté Ribéry Campanini Mombris		Dias Buaillon Puygrenier Gendrey Petshi Gassama Fofana Soares

Châteauroux (2) v Clermont (2)

8 August 2017	Châteauroux (2)	0–1	Clermont (2)	Châteauroux
20:00 CEST		Report	Gavory  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Attendance: 2,782 Referee: Olivier Thual

Tours (2) v Niort (2)

8 August 2017	Tours (2)	4–1	Niort (2)	Tours
20:00 CEST	Bouazza  29' Tall  34' Raveloson  50' Bayard  53'	Report	Grange  63'	Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Bourg-Péronnas (2) v Reims (2)

8 August 2017	Bourg-Péronnas (2)	0–1	Reims (2)	Bourg-en-Bresse
20:00 CEST		Report	Berthier  15'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Verchère Attendance: 1,425 Referee: William Lavis

Valenciennes (2) v Sochaux (2)

8 August 2017	Valenciennes (2)	3–1	Sochaux (2)	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST	Ambri  10', 69' Romil  13'	Report	Daham  81'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 4,456 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

Lens (2) v Ajaccio (2)

8 August 2017	Lens (2)	2–1	Ajaccio (2)	Lens
21:00 CEST	Lendrić  75' López  78'	Report	Coutadeur  37'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 12,070 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Nancy (2) v Bastia (5)

Nancy (2)

w/o

Bastia (5)

Second round

Six second round matches were played between the first round winners on 22 August 2017.[6][7]

Lorient (2) v Lens (2)

22 August 2017	Lorient (2)	3–2	Lens (2)	Lorient
18:30 CEST	Bouanga  22' Moreira  23' Cabot  29'	Report	Koukou  37' López  45+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 7,790 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Nancy (2) v Orléans (2)

22 August 2017	Nancy (2)	2–2 (4–2 p)	Orléans (2)	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST	N'Guessan  6' Nordin  45+1'	Report	Nabab  9' Ziani  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 8,965 Referee: François Letexier
	Penalties
	Nordin Cuffaut Chrétien Abergel		Ziani Chemin Perrin Gomis

Paris FC (2) v Clermont (2)

22 August 2017	Paris FC (2)	0–2	Clermont (2)	Paris
20:00 CEST		Report	Dugimont  18' N'Diaye  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 1,165 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Tours (2) v Le Havre (2)

22 August 2017	Tours (2)	0–0 (7–6 p)	Le Havre (2)	Tours
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Jérémy Stinat
	Penalties
	Cissé Bergougnoux De Almeida Belkebla Makhedjouf Raveloson Miguel		Ayasse Moukoudi Traoré Ferhat Julan Louiserre Fontaine

Gazélec Ajaccio (2) v Red Star (3)

22 August 2017	Gazélec Ajaccio (2)	0–0 (3–4 p)	Red Star (3)	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,073 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
	Penalties
	Perquis Ribéry Marveaux Court Kemen		Sylvestre Sané Lefebvre Sy T. Keita

Valenciennes (2) v Reims (2)

22 August 2017	Valenciennes (2)	3–0	Reims (2)	Valenciennes
21:00 CEST	Guezoui  36' Ndom  41' (o.g.) Mauricio  52'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 4,113 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Third round

The draw for the third round matches was held on 20 September 2017. Two matches were played on 24 October 2017 and eight matches were played on 25 October 2017.[8][9]

Lorient (2) v Caen (1)

24 October 2017	Lorient (2)	0–1	Caen (1)	Lorient
18:45 CEST		Report	Kouakou  43'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 8,862 Referee: Karim Abed

Guingamp (1) v Montpellier (1)

24 October 2017	Guingamp (1)	0–2	Montpellier (1)	Guingamp
21:05 CEST		Report	Camara  20' Ninga  71'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 13,318 Referee: Benoît Millot

Lille (1) v Valenciennes (2)

25 October 2017	Lille (1)	2–2 (5–4 p)	Valenciennes (2)	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
18:45 CEST	Benzia  14' Alonso  74'	Report	Pierre-Charles  44' Mothiba  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 30,643 Referee: Frank Schneider
	Penalties
	Ié Alonso Bahlouli El Ghazi Soumaré Maia Mendes		Néry Diarra Mauricio Ramaré Guezoui Mothiba Pierre-Charles

Angers (1) v Nancy (2)

25 October 2017	Angers (1)	3–2	Nancy (2)	Angers
21:05 CEST	Ciss  12' Guillaume  17' Pavlović  90+3'	Report	Eler  58' Dembélé  59'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,802 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Dijon (1) v Rennes (1)

25 October 2017	Dijon (1)	1–2	Rennes (1)	Dijon
21:05 CEST	Sammaritano  15'	Report	Khazri  43' Hunou  87'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 10,507 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Metz (1) v Red Star (3)

25 October 2017	Metz (1)	1–0	Red Star (3)	Metz^[A]
21:05 CEST	Dossevi  65'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 5,612 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Toulouse (1) v Clermont (2)

25 October 2017	Toulouse (1)	4–2	Clermont (2)	Toulouse
21:05 CEST	Moubandje  21' Sanogo  25' Gradel  39' Toivonen  58'	Report	Dugimont  29' Doré  31'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 10,222 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Tours (2) v Nantes (1)

25 October 2017	Tours (2)	3–1	Nantes (1)	Tours
21:05 CEST	Miguel  4' Mancini  6' Bouazza  19'	Report	Lima  35' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher Attendance: 9,477 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Troyes (1) v Amiens (1)

25 October 2017	Troyes (1)	1–2	Amiens (1)	Troyes
21:05 CEST	Bellugou  49'	Report	Konaté  40' Ielsch  79'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 4,693 Referee: Olivier Thual

Strasbourg (1) v Saint-Étienne (1)

25 October 2017	Strasbourg (1)	1–1 (5–4 p)	Saint-Étienne (1)	Strasbourg
21:05 CEST	Bahoken  37'	Report	Hernani  84'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 18,317 Referee: Mikael Lesage
	Penalties
	Lala Nogueira Gonçalves Sacko Koné		Hamouma Hernani Søderlund Silva Bamba

Notes

1. ^
   Location of match reversed after original draw.

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 matches was held on 8 November 2017.[10][9]

Toulouse (1) v Bordeaux (1)

12 December 2017	Toulouse (1)	2–0	Bordeaux (1)	Toulouse
18:45 (UTC+1)	Gradel  36' (pen.) Toivonen  53'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 8,851 Referee: Antony Gautier

Monaco (1) v Caen (1)

12 December 2017	Monaco (1)	2–0	Caen (1)	Monaco
21:05 (UTC+1)	Carrillo  33' Falcao  85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 4,834 Referee: Thomas Léonard

Angers (1) v Metz (1)

12 December 2017	Angers (1)	1–0	Metz (1)	Angers
21:05 (UTC+1)	Fulgini  52'	Report		Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 4,109 Referee: Olivier Thual

Rennes (1) v Marseille (1)

13 December 2017	Rennes (1)	2–2 (4–3 p)	Marseille (1)	Rennes
18:45 (UTC+1)	André  23' Khazri  57'	Report	Mitroglou  13' Germain  80'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 22,906 Referee: Johan Hamel
	Penalties
	Khazri André Gnagnon Gelin Bourigeaud		Germain Mitroglou Ocampos Sarr Sanson

Strasbourg (1) v Paris Saint-Germain (1)

13 December 2017	Strasbourg (1)	2–4	Paris Saint-Germain (1)	Strasbourg
21:05 (UTC+1)	Grimm  36' Blayac  88'	Report	Salmier  13' (o.g.) Di María  25' Dani Alves  62' Draxler  78'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,349 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Lille (1) v Nice (1)

13 December 2017	Lille (1)	1–1 (2–3 p)	Nice (1)	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05 (UTC+1)	Luiz Araújo  7'	Report	Balotelli  58'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Stéphane Jochem
	Penalties
	Luiz Araújo Alonso Mendes El Ghazi Bissouma		Lees-Melou Cyprien Pléa Seri

Amiens (1) v Tours (2)

13 December 2017	Amiens (1)	2–1	Tours (2)	Amiens
21:05 (UTC+1)	Koita  16' Bourgaud  45+1'	Report	Mancini  90'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 5,645 Referee: Frank Schneider

Montpellier (1) v Lyon (1)

13 December 2017	Montpellier (1)	4–1	Lyon (1)	Montpellier
21:05 (UTC+1)	Camara  17', 22' Sambia  45+1' Bérigaud  86' (pen.)	Report	Maolida  10'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 7,447 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-final matches was held on 13 December 2017.

Nice (1) v Monaco (1)

9 January 2018	Nice (1)	1–2	Monaco (1)	Nice
21:00 (UTC+1)	Pléa  18'	Report	Lemar  3' Diakhaby  37'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,686 Referee: Clément Turpin

Rennes (1) v Toulouse (1)

10 January 2018	Rennes (1)	4–2	Toulouse (1)	Rennes
18:45 (UTC+1)	Yago  21' (o.g.) Bourigeaud  42' Hunou  86', 90+2'	Report	Sylla  40' Sanogo  63'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 16,766 Referee: Benoît Millot

Amiens (1) v Paris Saint-Germain (1)

10 January 2018	Amiens (1)	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain (1)	Amiens
21:05 (UTC+1)		Report	Neymar  53' (pen.) Rabiot  78'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 9,222 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Angers (1) v Montpellier (1)

10 January 2018	Angers (1)	0–1	Montpellier (1)	Angers
21:05 (UTC+1)		Report	Mbenza  86'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 4,705 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-final matches was held on 10 January 2018.

Rennes (1) v Paris Saint-Germain (1)

30 January 2018	Rennes (1)	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain (1)	Rennes
21:05 (UTC+1)	Sakho  85' Prcić  90+2'	Report	Meunier  24' Marquinhos  53' Lo Celso  58'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,620 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Monaco (1) v Montpellier (1)

31 January 2018	Monaco (1)	2–0	Montpellier (1)	Monaco
21:05 (UTC+1)	Falcao  15', 29'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,024 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Final

Main article: 2018 Coupe de la Ligue Final

The final was held on 31 March 2018 at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux.

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31)

21:05 CEST

Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Monaco
Cavani  8' (pen.), 85' Di María  21'	Report

Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux

Attendance: 41,248

Referee: Clément Turpin

See also

• 2017–18 Ligue 1
• 2017–18 Ligue 2
• 2017–18 Championnat National

References

1. "Preliminary Access List 2018/19". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
2. "COUPE DE LA LIGUE: Season Rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
3. "French League Cup final: Paris St-Germain 3-0 Monaco". 31 March 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
4. "Coupe de la Ligue". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
5. "Coupe de la Ligue : Nancy qualifié pour le deuxième tour" (in French). foot-national.com. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
6. "Les Affiches su Deuxième Tour" [Announced fixtures for the Second Round] (in French). 8 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. "Coupe de la Ligue". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
8. "All Set For the Round of 32". www.ligue1.com. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
9. "Coupe de la Ligue". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
10. "Round of 16 fixtures set". www.ligue1.com. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

External links

• Official site (in French)