1999 Coupe de la Ligue final

1999 Coupe de la Ligue final 300px 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue Lens Division 1 1 Metz Division 1 0 8 May 1999 Stade de France Paris Claude Colombo 78,180 1998 2000 The 1999 Coupe de la Ligue final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on May 8, 1999, that saw RC Lens defeat FC Metz 1–0 thanks to a goal by Daniel Moreira. It was the second time in as many seasons that Metz suffered at the hands of Lens, having lost out on goal difference in the battle between the two sides to claim a first-ever national championship in 1997–98 French Division 1. Route to the final Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Lens Round Metz Opponent Result 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue Opponent Result Marseille (A) 1–1 6–5 Second round Nantes (H) 1–0 Le Havre (A) 2–0 Round of 16 Louhans-Cuiseaux (H) 2–0 Rennes (A) 1–0 Quarter-finals Toulouse (H) 3–3 3–2 Sochaux (H) 2–0 Semi-finals Montpellier (H) 4–3 Match details 8 May 1999 20:40 Lens 1–0 Metz Moreira 56 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 78,180 Claude Colombo RC LENS: GK 1 FRA Guillaume WarmuzDF 2 FRA Eric SikoraDF 4 FRA Cyrille MagnierDF 13 FRA Frédéric Déhu (c)MF 25 FRA Valérien IsmaëlMF 6 FRA Cyril RoolMF 10 FRA Daniel Moreira 77MF 8 FRA Stéphane Dalmat 90MF 19 CZE Vladimír Šmicer 80FW 21FRA Pascal NoumaFW 11FRA Tony VairellesSubstitutes:MF 7FRA Mickaël Debève 77MF 18FRA Philippe Brunel 80MF 9GHA Alex Nyarko 90Unused substitutes:GK 16FRA Christophe MarichezDF 3FRA Yohan LachorManager:FRA Daniel Leclercq Assistant Referees: Fourth Official:FC METZ: GK 1 FRA Lionel LetiziDF 2 FRA Pascal PierreDF 18 LUX Jeff StrasserDF 5 FRA Sylvain Kastendeuch (c)DF 26 USA FRA David Regis 68DF 14 FRA Geoffray ToyesMF 8 FRA Franck RizzettoMF 25 BEL Danny BoffinMF 10 FRA Frédéric MeyrieuMF 28BEL Gunter Van Handenhoven 80FW 15FR Yugoslavia Nenad JestrovićSubstitutes:MF 7FRA Ludovic Asuar 68DF 4FRA Sébastien Schemmel 80Unused substitutes:GK 16FRA André BiancarelliMF 12FRA Grégory PromentFW 29ALG Nasreddine KraoucheManager:FRA Joël Müller See also 1999 Coupe de France final 1998–99 FC Metz season External links Report on LFP official site 1999 Coupe De La Ligue Final 1999 Coupe De La Ligue Final 1999 Coupe Coupe de la Ligue final Category:Sport in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis Category:History of Seine-Saint-Denis Category:Football matches in Paris Coupe de la Ligue final