The 2016 Coupe de la Ligue final was the 22nd final of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, a competition for the 42 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 23 April 2016 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and was contested by reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain, and Lille.
Background Paris Saint-Germain were the two-time reigning champions, having won a record fifth title in the previous year's final with a 4–0 win over Bastia. It was PSG's sixth final – a joint record with Bordeaux – and they had previously won five (1995, 1998, 2008, 2014 and 2015) and lost one (2000).
Lille had never before reached the final.
Route to the final Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Paris Saint-Germain Round Lille Opponent Result 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue Opponent Result Saint-Étienne (H) 1–0 Round of 16 Laval (H) 1–0 Lyon (H) 2–1 Quarter-finals Guingamp (A) 0–0 Toulouse (H) 2–0 Semi-finals Bordeaux (A) 5–1
Match
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN FC: GK 30 Salvatore SiriguCB 2 Thiago Silva (c)RB 19 Serge Aurier CB 5 MarquinhosLB 20 Layvin KurzawaDM 11 Ángel Di María CM 14 Blaise MatuidiCM 25 Adrien Rabiot RW 27 Javier Pastore CF 10 Zlatan IbrahimovićLW 7 Lucas Substitutes:GK 1 Nicolas DouchezDF 17 MaxwellDF 32 David Luiz MF 4 Benjamin StambouliMF 6 Marco Verratti FW 9 Edinson Cavani FW 35 Hervin OngendaManager: Laurent BlancLILLE OSC: GK 1 Vincent EnyeamaDF 25 Marko BašaDF 2 Sébastien CorchiaDF 19 Djibril Sidibé DF 23 Adama SoumaoroMF 31 Morgan AmalfitanoMF 8 Mounir ObbadiMF 24 Rio Mavuba (c) MF 7 Sofiane BoufalMF 6 Ibrahim AmadouFW 39 ÉderSubstitutes:GK 16 Steeve ElanaDF 13 Stoppila SunzuDF 18 Franck BériaMF 4 Florent BalmontMF 32 Rony Lopes FW 9 Yassine BenziaFW 22 Tallo GadjiManager: Frédéric Antonetti
Man of the Match: Javier Pastore Pastore élu homme du match contre Lille (finale Coupe de la Ligue), www.culturepsg.com, 23/04/2016.
Assistant referees: Cyril Gringore Guillaume Debart Fourth official: Lionel JaffredoMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
See also 2016 Coupe de France final 2015–16 Lille OSC season 2015–16 Paris Saint-Germain FC season
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