2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue

The 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue began on 14 August 2007. The final was held on 29 March 2008 at the Stade de France. The defending champions were Bordeaux, who defeated Lyon 1–0 on 31 March 2007. The defending champions were eliminated from the competition on 26 September 2007 by Metz. The 2008 Coupe de la Ligue champions were Paris Saint-Germain, who defeated Lens 2–1 to claim their third Coupe de la Ligue trophy and also received a place in the UEFA Cup.

2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue
French League Cup
Country France
Dates14 August 2007 – 29 March 2008
Teams45
Defending championsBordeaux
ChampionsParis Saint-Germain (3rd title)
Runners-upLens
Matches played43
Goals scored127 (2.95 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Pauleta (6 goals)

First round

14 August 2007
Istres 0-4 Laval
Libourne 1-2 Sète
Créteil 0-3 Clermont
Tours 1-2 Niort
Boulogne 0-0 (4-3 pen) Angers SCO

Second round

28 August 2007
Nantes 1-0 Sedan
Le Havre 2-0 Châteauroux
Montpellier 1-1 (4-2 pen) Dijon
Troyes 2-0 Gueugnon
Amiens 1-1 (3-2 pen) Guingamp
Ajaccio 1-2 Clermont
Boulogne 2-0 Stade Reims
Niort 1-0 Grenoble
Sète 2-2 (5-6 pen) Stade Brestois
Laval 3-1 Bastia

Third round

25 September 2007
Nancy 3-0 Boulogne
Stade Brestois 1-2 (a.e.t) Montpellier
Niort 3-2 (a.e.t) Le Havre
Auxerre 1-0 (a.e.t) Saint-Étienne
26 September 2007
Lens 1-0 Lille
Clermont 0-1 (a.e.t) Rennes
Lorient 0-3 Paris Saint-Germain
Valenciennes 2-1 Sochaux
Laval 0-1 Le Mans
Bordeaux 1-2 Metz
Toulouse 3-3 (2-4 pen) Caen
Troyes 0-1 Nice
Strasbourg 0-2 Amiens
27 September 2007
Nantes 2-3 AS Monaco

Round of 16

30 October 2007
Nancy 1-0 Amiens
Auxerre 6-2 (a.e.t) Nice
Marseille 2-2 (5-4 pen) Metz
31 October 2007
AS Monaco 1-2 Lens
Rennes 0-2 Valenciennes
Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 Montpellier
Caen 1-3 Lyon
1 November 2007
Niort 0-3 Le Mans

Final draw

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
H Le Mans 1
A Lyon 0
H Le Mans 4
A Lens 5
H Lens 3
A Nancy 0
Lens 1
Paris Saint-Germain 2
H Auxerre 1
A Marseille 0
A Auxerre 2
H Paris Saint-Germain 3
H Paris Saint-Germain 4
A Valenciennes 0

Final draw results

Quarter-finals

Le Mans1 0Lyon
Matsui 29' (Report)
Attendance: 7,934
Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Lens3 0Nancy
Demont 16'
Maoulida 44'
Monterrubio 58'
(Report)
Attendance: 18,329

Auxerre1 0Marseille
Pedretti 90+1' (Report)

Paris Saint-Germain4 0Valenciennes
Pauleta 2'
Diané 54', 60'
Rothen 67'
(Report)
Attendance: 18,771
Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux

Semi-finals

Paris Saint-Germain3 2Auxerre
Yepes 31'
Pauleta 43'
Mendy 79'
(Report) Landreau 75' (o.g.)
Quercia 90+3'
Attendance: 32,198
Referee: Eric Poulat

Le Mans4 5Lens
Gervinho 22'
Yebda 45'
Matsui 66'
Melo 67'
(Report) Melo 36' (o.g.)
Rémy 45+1'
Dindane 52'
Pelé 64' (o.g.)
Keita 117'
Attendance: 13,228

Final

Paris Saint-Germain2–1Lens
Pauleta 19'
Mendy 90+3'
Report Carrière 51'
Attendance: 78,741

Topscorer

Pauleta (6 goals)

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