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 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 Sochaux (H) 2–0 Semi-finals Montpellier (H) 4–3
Match details
RC LENS: GK 1 Guillaume WarmuzDF 2 Eric SikoraDF 4 Cyrille MagnierDF 13 Frédéric Déhu (c)MF 25 Valérien IsmaëlMF 6 Cyril RoolMF 10 Daniel Moreira MF 8 Stéphane Dalmat MF 19 Vladimír Šmicer FW 21 Pascal NoumaFW 11 Tony VairellesSubstitutes:MF 7 Mickaël Debève MF 18 Philippe Brunel MF 9 Alex Nyarko Unused substitutes:GK 16 Christophe MarichezDF 3 Yohan LachorManager: Daniel Leclercq Assistant Referees: Fourth Official:FC METZ: GK 1 Lionel LetiziDF 2 Pascal PierreDF 18 Jeff StrasserDF 5 Sylvain Kastendeuch (c)DF 26 David Regis DF 14 Geoffray ToyesMF 8 Franck RizzettoMF 25 Danny BoffinMF 10 Frédéric MeyrieuMF 28 Gunter Van Handenhoven FW 15 Nenad JestrovićSubstitutes:MF 7 Ludovic Asuar DF 4 Sébastien Schemmel Unused substitutes:GK 16 André BiancarelliMF 12 Grégory PromentFW 29 Nasreddine KraoucheManager: Joël Müller
See also 1999 Coupe de France final 1998–99 FC Metz season
External links Report on LFP official site