1999 Coupe de la Ligue final

1999 Coupe de la Ligue final
Event1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue
Lens Metz
Division 1 Division 1
1 0
Date8 May 1999
VenueStade de France, Paris
RefereeClaude Colombo
Attendance78,180

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 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) 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 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)
Sochaux (H) 2–0 (a.e.t.) Semi-finals Montpellier (H) 4–3

Match details

Lens1–0Metz
Moreira 56'
Attendance: 78,180
RC LENS:
GK 1 France Guillaume Warmuz
DF 2 France Eric Sikora
DF 4 France Cyrille Magnier
DF 13 France Frédéric Déhu (c)
MF 25 France Valérien Ismaël
MF 6 France Cyril Rool
MF 10 France Daniel Moreira downward-facing red arrow 77'
MF 8 France Stéphane Dalmat downward-facing red arrow 90'
MF 19 Czech Republic Vladimír Šmicer downward-facing red arrow 80'
FW 21 France Pascal Nouma
FW 11 France Tony Vairelles
Substitutes:
MF 7 France Mickaël Debève upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 18 France Philippe Brunel upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 9 Ghana Alex Nyarko upward-facing green arrow 90'
Unused substitutes:
GK 16 France Christophe Marichez
DF 3 France Yohan Lachor
Manager:
France Daniel Leclercq


Assistant Referees:
Fourth Official:
FC METZ:
GK 1 France Lionel Letizi
DF 2 France Pascal Pierre
DF 18 Luxembourg Jeff Strasser
DF 5 France Sylvain Kastendeuch (c)
DF 26 United States France David Regis downward-facing red arrow 68'
DF 14 France Geoffray Toyes
MF 8 France Franck Rizzetto
MF 25 Belgium Danny Boffin
MF 10 France Frédéric Meyrieu
MF 28 Belgium Gunter Van Handenhoven downward-facing red arrow 80'
FW 15 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Jestrović
Substitutes:
MF 7 France Ludovic Asuar upward-facing green arrow 68'
DF 4 France Sébastien Schemmel upward-facing green arrow 80'
Unused substitutes:
GK 16 France André Biancarelli
MF 12 France Grégory Proment
FW 29 Algeria Nasreddine Kraouche
Manager:
France Joël Müller

See also

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