# 2008 Coupe de la Ligue final

The 2008 Coupe de la Ligue final was a football match that was held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on March 29, 2008. It was contested between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and RC Lens. It was PSG's fourth appearance in the final. They won the inaugural cup in 1995, won again in 1998, and lost to FC Gueugnon in the 2000 final. It was Lens' second appearance in the final. They won the cup in their only appearance back in 1999.
After an opening goal from Pauleta, Lens secured an equalising goal just after halftime from Eric Carrière. With extra time looming, PSG striker Péguy Luyindula was hauled down by Hilton in the penalty area, which resulted in the referee pointing to the spot. Bernard Mendy would convert giving PSG their third Coupe de la Ligue title and also giving them a spot in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.
Lens mayor Guy Delcourt wanted the match to be replayed after a PSG fan unfurled a comical banner midway through the game. The match was not replayed, but PSG were fined and penalized. One of the penalties being that they would be unable to participate in next's year League Cup, however this was later overturned on appeal.

## Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Paris Saint-Germain | Paris Saint-Germain | Round | Lens | Lens |
| Opponent | Result | 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue | Opponent | Result |
| Lorient (A) | 3–0 | Third round | Lille (H) | 1–0 |
| Montpellier (H) | 2–0 | Round of 16 | Monaco (A) | 2–1 |
| Valenciennes (H) | 4–0 | Quarter-finals | Nancy (H) | 3–0 |
| Auxerre (A) | 3–2 | Semi-finals | Le Mans (A) | 5–4 |

## Match details

| PSG | RC Lens |
PSG: :
| GK | 1 | Mickaël Landreau |
| RB | 2 | Ceará |
| CB | 3 | Mamadou Sakho |
| CB | 15 | Zoumana Camara |
| LB | 22 | Sylvain Armand |
| RM | 20 | Clément Chantôme | 55' | 64' |
| CM | 24 | Grégory Bourillon |
| CM | 23 | Jérémy Clément |
| LM | 25 | Jérôme Rothen |
| FW | 9 | Pauleta (c) | | 66' |
| FW | 11 | Amara Diané |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 16 | Jérôme Alonzo |
| DF | 5 | Bernard Mendy | | 64' |
| DF | 12 | Larrys Mabiala |
| MF | 10 | Souza |
| FW | 7 | Péguy Luyindula | | 66' |
| FW | 14 | David Ngog |
| FW | 18 | Loris Arnaud |
| Manager: |||
| Paul Le Guen ||||
RC Lens: :
| GK | 16 | Ronan Le Crom |
| RB | 15 | Fabien Laurenti | 36' | |
| CB | 4 | Adama Coulibaly |
| CB | 3 | Hilton (c) | 90+3' | |
| LB | 11 | Nadir Belhadj |
| AM | 10 | Eric Carrière |
| DM | 23 | Nenad Kovačević |
| DM | 6 | Kader Mangane |
| AM | 14 | Kévin Monnet-Paquet | | 68' |
| FW | 8 | Toifilou Maoulida | | 84' |
| FW | 9 | Loïc Rémy | | 13' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Vedran Runje |
| DF | 2 | Marco Ramos |
| DF | 26 | Yohan Demont | | 84' |
| MF | 28 | Julien Sablé |
| MF | 18 | Olivier Monterrubio | | 13' |
| MF | 21 | Sidi Yaya Keita |
| FW | 27 | Aruna Dindane | | 68' |
| Manager: |||
| Jean-Pierre Papin ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Vincent Texier Stéphane Duhamel Fourth official: Olivier Thual MAN OF THE MATCH | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time (15 minute intervals) Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions. |