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The 2012 Coupe de la Ligue final was the 18th final of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a football competition for the 42 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 14 April 2012 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and was contested between Lyon and Marseille. http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/l-ol-en-finale.htm Ligue de Football Professionnel L’OL en finale! 31 January 2012 31 January 2012 fr http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/om-la-passe-de-trois.htm Ligue de Football Professionnel OM, la passe de trois 1 February 2012 31 January 2012 fr The latter club entered the match as the two-time defending champions of the competition and sought to become the first club in French football history to win the competition three consecutive years after previously becoming the first club to win the competition in back-to-back seasons. Lyon made its first finals appearance since the 2008 Coupe de France final and played at the Stade de France for the first time in nearly three years. The final was broadcast live on public network broadcaster France Télévisions. http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/le-programme-tv-des-demi-finales.htm Ligue de Football Professionnel Le programme TV des demi-finales 12 January 2012 31 January 2012 fr
Marseille captured its third straight league cup title after defeating Lyon 1–0 after an extra time goal from Brandão.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/338701?campaign=rss&source=soccernet&cc=5739
Brandao the hero
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The Man of the Match award was given to Cameroonian international Nicolas N'Koulou. Marseille secured a UEFA Europa League place for the 2012–13 season.
News
Team backgrounds
Lyon appeared in its fourth final of the Coupe de la Ligue. The Rhône-Alpes-based club won its only league cup title in 2001 defeating Monaco 2–1 after extra time. http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/46476 Ligue de Football Professionnel Monaco v. Lyon Coupe de la Ligue finalMatch Report 5 May 2001 30 March 2012 fr 16 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120516044003/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/46476 dead In Lyon's other two finals appearances, the club finished runner-up to Metz and Bordeaux in 1996 and 2007, respectively. http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/73299 Ligue de Football Professionnel Metz v. Lyon Coupe de la Ligue Final Match Report 6 April 1996 30 March 2012 fr http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/51297 Ligue de Football Professionnel Lyon v. Bordeaux Coupe de la Ligue Final Match Report 31 March 2007 30 March 2012 fr Lyon made its first finals appearance since the 2008 Coupe de France Final when the club beat Paris Saint-Germain 1–0. http://www.lfp.fr/autresCompetitions/coupeFrance/feuille_match/52111 Ligue de Football Professionnel Lyon v. Paris Saint-Germain Coupe de France Final Match Report 24 May 2008 30 March 2012 fr The club also played at the Stade de France for the first time in nearly three years. The last time Lyon played at the country's national stadium was in a domestic league match against Lille. Lyon lost the match 2–0. http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuille_match/52348 Ligue de Football Professionnel Lille v. Lyon Match Report 7 March 2009 30 March 2012 fr
Marseille made its third appearance in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue. The club was the competition's defending champions having defeated Montpellier 1–0 in last year's final. http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/73933 Ligue de Football Professionnel Marseille v. Montpellier Coupe de la Ligue Final Match Report 23 April 2011 30 March 2012 fr 9 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120209100333/http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/feuille_match/73933 dead As a result, Marseille became the first club in the French football history to win the competition in consecutive seasons; the club defeated Bordeaux 3–1 in 2010. Les Phocéens attempted to become the first club to win the Coupe de la Ligue in three consecutive years.
Ticketing
The Coupe de la Ligue final has been played every year at the Stade de France since 1998, following the stadium's completion. The stadium has a capacity of 81,338 spectators. Each club that will participate in the final will receive the same quota of tickets, which are distributed to season ticket holders and through each club's ticket sales at a later date. Tickets went on sale to the general public on 28 March 2012, three weeks before the final, and were immediately sold out. http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/la-finale-a-guichets-fermes-1.htm Ligue de Football Professionnel La finale à guichets fermés! 28 March 2012 30 March 2012 fr
Officials
On 5 April, the LFP announced that the Direction Nationale de l’Arbitrage (DNA) (en National Directorate of Arbitration) had confirmed referee Stéphane Lannoy of Nord-Pas-de-Calais would officiate the 2012 Coupe de la Ligue final. Lannoy, a Fédéral F1 referee, the highest designation given to a referee in France, has officiated matches at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and qualifiers for the UEFA Euro 2008, UEFA Euro 2012, and 2010 FIFA World Cup. http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=578&linkType=referee&contextType=stats World Referee Stéphane Lannoy World Referee Profile 5 April 2012 13 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120213173657/http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=578&linkType=referee&contextType=stats dead He has presided over five matches involving either of the two teams this season; three matches for Lyon and two for Marseille. Lyon lost two of the three matches, while Marseille won both of its ties that Lannoy officiated. Lannoy refereed his second league cup final, his first being in 2010, and was assisted by Eric Dansault of Centre and Frédéric Cano of Centre-Ouest. Lionel Jaffredo of Brittany will serve as the fourth official. http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/stephane-lannoy-pour-la-finale.htm Ligue de Football Professionnel Stéphane Lannoy pour la finale 5 April 2012 5 April 2012 fr
Time change
On 30 March 2012, the Ligue de Football Professionnel confirmed that the kick-off of the 2012 Coupe de la Ligue final would be moved from its originally scheduled time of 20:45 to 21:00. The decision was made by the LFP as a result of television channel France 2's, which aired the final, obligations towards the upcoming 2012 French presidential election. http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/la-finale-decalee-a-21h00.htm Ligue de Football Professionnel La finale décalée à 21h00 30 March 2012 30 March 2012 fr
Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Lyon Round Marseille Opponent Result 2011–12 Coupe de la Ligue Opponent Result Saint-Étienne (A) 2–1 Round of 16Clubs competing in UEFA competitions receive a bye to the Round of 16 Lens (H) 4–0 Lille (H) 2–1 Quarter-finals Caen (A) 3–0 Lorient (A) 4–2 Semi-finals Nice (H) 2–1
Match
Pre-match
The opening kick-off was done by former players Sonny Anderson and Abedi Pele. http://www.lfp.fr/coupeLigue/article/sonny-anderson-et-abedi-pele-au-coup-d-envoi.htm Ligue de Football Professionnel Sonny Anderson et Abedi Pelé au coup d’envoi 5 April 2012 5 April 2012 fr Both players have starred for Lyon and Marseille during their careers, however, each is known primarily for their stints with each club; Anderson with Lyon and Pele with Marseille. With Les Gones, Anderson won two league titles in 2001 and 2002 and also captured the 2000–01 Coupe de la Ligue title. Pele is a member of the FIFA 100 and won two league titles in the early 90s with Marseille. In 1993, he helped the club win the UEFA Champions League. In his five-year stint with Marseille, Pele won the African Footballer of the Year award three times.
Details
14 April 2012 21:00 CEST Lyon 0–1 Report Marseille Brandão 105 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 80,000 Stéphane Lannoy (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)
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LYON: GK 1 FRA Hugo Lloris RB 13FRA Anthony Réveillère CB 5CRO Dejan Lovren 2 55 120CB 23 FRA Samuel Umtiti LB 14 FRA Mouhamadou Dabo 118CM 21FRA Maxime Gonalons CM 6SWE Kim Källström 106LW 11 BRA Michel Bastos 65RW 19FRA Jimmy Briand 25FW 9ARG Lisandro López (c) FW 18 FRA Bafétimbi Gomis 92 Substitutes:GK 30FRA Rémy VercoutreDF 3BRA CrisDF 4 BFA Bakary Koné DF 20FRA Aly Cissokho 118MF 7FRA Clément Grenier 65MF 15FRA Gueïda FofanaFW 17FRA Alexandre Lacazette 120 106Manager:FRA Rémi Garde290pxMARSEILLE: GK 30 FRA Steve Mandanda (c) RB 2ESP César Azpilicueta CB 24FRA Rod FanniCB 17 CMR Stéphane Mbia 50LB 3 CMR Nicolas N'Koulou 120 DM 4FRA Alou Diarra 15 82CM 7FRA Benoît CheyrouCM 18 FRA Morgan AmalfitanoRW 28FRA Mathieu Valbuena 118LW 20GHA André Ayew FW 11 FRA Loïc Rémy 93 98Substitutes:GK 1FRA Gennaro BraciglianoDF 13MLI Djimi TraoréDF 15 FRA Jérémy Morel 118MF 12BFA Charles Kaboré 82FW 9BRA Brandão 98FW 10FRA André-Pierre GignacFW 23GHA Jordan AyewManager:FRA Didier Deschamps
MATCH OFFICIALS
Assistant referees:
Eric Dansault (Centre)
Frédéric Cano (Centre-Ouest)
Fourth official: Lionel Jaffredo (Brittany)
Chief Delegate: Jacques Fioré
Assistant delegates:
Georges Ceccaldi
Jean-Claude Désiré
MAN OF THE MATCH
Nicolas N'KoulouMATCH RULES
90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.
See also
Choc des Olympiques
2012 Coupe de France final
2011–12 Olympique Lyonnais season
2011–12 Olympique de Marseille season
References
External links
Official website
Coupe De La Ligue Final
2012
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