2018 Coupe de France final

2018 Coupe de France final
The Stade de France hosted the final
Event2017–18 Coupe de France
Les Herbiers VF Paris Saint-Germain
Championnat National Ligue 1
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Date8 May 2018 (2018-05-08)
VenueStade de France, Saint-Denis
RefereeMikael Lesage
Attendance73,772[1]
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The 2018 Coupe de France final was a football match between Les Herbiers VF and Paris Saint-Germain to decide the winner of the 2017–18 Coupe de France, the 101st season of the Coupe de France.

Paris Saint-Germain won the final 2–0 for their 4th consecutive and 12th overall Coupe de France title.[2][3]

Background

The final was Les Herbiers' first. They upset many higher-level teams, such as Lens; however, they did not play any top-level teams en route to the final. Les Herbiers were the third team from the third division of French football to reach the final, after Nîmes, in 1996, and US Quevilly, in 2012. Both of these teams lost their matches, to Auxerre and Lyon respectively.[4]

Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain were the three-time defending champion, having been to 15 finals and winning 11. They defeated Angers 1–0 in the 2017 final.[5]

Route to the final

Les Herbiers Round Paris Saint-Germain
Opponent Result 2017–18 Coupe de France Opponent Result
JS Coulaines 4–1 (A) Fifth Round
Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant 5–1 (a.e.t.) (A) Sixth Round
Balma 3–0 (A) Seventh Round
Romorantin 2–1 (H) Eighth Round
Angoulême CFC 2–1 (a.e.t.) (A) Round of 64 Rennes 6–1 (A)
Saint-Lô Manche 2–1 (A) Round of 32 Guingamp 4–2 (H)
Auxerre 3–0 (A) Round of 16 Sochaux 4–1 (A)
Lens 0–0 (4–2 pen.) (A) Quarter-finals Marseille 3–0 (H)
FC Chambly 2–0 (H) Semi-finals Caen 3–1 (A)

Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture

Match

Details

Les Herbiers VF0–2Paris Saint-Germain
Report
Attendance: 73,772
Referee: Mikael Lesage
Les Herbiers VF
Paris Saint-Germain
GK 1 France Matthieu Pichot Yellow card 73'
RB 21 France Romuald Marie
CB 2 France Diaranké Fofana
CB 26 France Guillaume Dequaire
LB 5 France Adrien Pagerie
DM 28 France Valentin Vanbaleghem downward-facing red arrow 62'
RM 11 Cameroon Rodrigue Bongongui
CM 6 France Sébastien Flochon (c)
CM 19 France Pierre Germann downward-facing red arrow 63'
LM 7 France Joachim Eickmayer downward-facing red arrow 88'
CF 18 France Kévin Rocheteau
Substitutes:
GK 30 France Esteban Salles
DF 23 France Franck Héry
MF 4 France Florian David
MF 14 France Clément Couturier upward-facing green arrow 88'
FW 10 Ivory Coast Ambroise Gboho upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 20 France Adrian Dabasse upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 29 France Moulaye Ba
Manager:
France Stéphane Masala
GK 1 Germany Kevin Trapp
RB 32 Brazil Dani Alves downward-facing red arrow 86'
CB 2 Brazil Thiago Silva (c)
CB 5 Brazil Marquinhos
LB 17 Spain Yuri Berchiche Yellow card 15'
CM 18 Argentina Giovani Lo Celso
CM 8 Italy Thiago Motta downward-facing red arrow 68'
CM 25 France Adrien Rabiot
RF 29 France Kylian Mbappé downward-facing red arrow 86'
CF 9 Uruguay Edinson Cavani
LF 11 Argentina Ángel Di María
Substitutes:
GK 16 France Alphonse Areola
DF 3 France Presnel Kimpembe
DF 12 Belgium Thomas Meunier upward-facing green arrow 86'
DF 20 France Layvin Kurzawa
MF 19 France Lassana Diarra
MF 23 Germany Julian Draxler upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 27 Argentina Javier Pastore upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Spain Unai Emery

Assistant referees:
Frédéric Hébrard
Huseyin Ocak
Fourth official:
Hakim Ben El Hadj
Video assistant referee:
Benoît Bastien
Assistant video assistant referee:
Jérôme Brisard

Match rules[6]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

References

  1. ^ "Les Herbiers vs. PSG – 8 May 2018". Soccerway. Perform Group. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Les Herbiers 0 PSG 2". BBC Sport. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Paris Saint-Germain win Coupe de France to secure domestic treble". ESPN. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. ^ "France - List of Cup Finals".
  5. ^ "Coupe de France 2016/2017 - Final - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  6. ^ "Règlement de la Coupe de France 2017-2018" [Regulations of the 2017–18 Coupe de France] (PDF). FFF.fr (in French). French Football Federation. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.