2002–03 Coupe de la Ligue

2002–03 Coupe de la Ligue
French League Cup
Tournament details
Country	France
Dates	11 October 2002 – 17 May 2003
Teams	44
Defending champions	Bordeaux
Final positions
Champions	Monaco (1st title)
Runner-up	Sochaux
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	120 (2.79 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Six players (3 goals)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Coupe de la Ligue was the 9th edition of the French league cup competition. The competition was organised by the Ligue de Football Professionnel and was open to the 40 professional clubs in France that are managed by the organisation, alongside a further four clubs.

First round

The matches were played on 11 October and 10 December 2002.^[1]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Martigues	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Reims
Amiens	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Gueugnon
Wasquehal	3–1	Laval
Metz	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Niort
Istres	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lorient
Nîmes	2–0	Angers
Beauvais	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Caen
Saint-Étienne	3–2	Toulouse
Créteil	1–0	Clermont
Le Mans	3–0	Valence
Grenoble	2–0	Cannes
Nancy	3–0^[a]	Chateauroux

Second round

The matches were played on 7, 8 December 2002 and 18 January 2003.^[1]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Istres	1–2	Lille
Beauvais	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Lens
Sochaux	3–0	Ajaccio
Nîmes	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Sedan
Le Mans	1–0	Grenoble
Créteil	1–0	Nice
Martigues	0–1	Metz
Montpellier	1–2	Bordeaux
Gueugnon	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Rennes
Guingamp	1–0	Strasbourg
Marseille	5–1	Troyes
Lyon	2–0	Bastia
Monaco	1–0	Auxerre
Saint-Étienne	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Le Havre
Paris Saint-Germain	2–3	Nantes
Nancy	1–0	Wasquehal

Round of 16

The matches were played on 18, 19 January and 14 February 2003.^[1]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sochaux	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Lyon
Marseille	4–0	Créteil
Saint-Étienne	3–2	Le Mans
Guingamp	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Nantes
Metz	1–0	Bordeaux
Beauvais	0–1	Monaco
Lille	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Nîmes
Gueugnon	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Nancy

Quarter-finals

4 March 2003	Saint-Étienne	0–2	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
		^[2]	Fernandão 31' Sakho 50'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy Guichard Attendance: 32,767 Referee: Pascal Garibian

5 March 2003	Sochaux	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Lille	Montbéliard
	Monsoreau 104'	^[3]		Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 16,122 Referee: Éric Poulat

5 March 2003	Nantes	0–2	Metz	Nantes
		^[4]	Adebayor 81' (pen.), 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 26,258 Referee: Pascal Vileo

5 March 2003	Gueugnon	0–5	Monaco	Gueugnon
		^[5]	El Fakiri 14' Squillaci 39' Nonda 47' Gallardo 74' Lanteri 83'	Stadium: Stade Jean Laville Attendance: 7,736 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Semi-finals

15 April 2003	Sochaux	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Metz	Montbéliard
	Frau 46', 69' Monsoreau 98'	^[6]	Proment 27' Niang 87'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,331 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

16 April 2003	Marseille	0–1	Monaco	Marseille
		^[7]	Pršo 49'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 44,201 Referee: Alain Sars

Final

The final was held on 17 May 2003 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis.^[8]

17 May 2003

20:45

Monaco	4–1	Sochaux
Giuly 56', 77' Squillaci 60' Pršo 66'		Saveljić 87' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 75,379

Referee: Damien Ledentu

Notes

^ Match was initially played on 6 November, where Nancy won 2–1, but was annulled as 2 Nancy players were ineligible

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "France Coupe de la Ligue 2002/03". www.rsssf.org.
^ "AS Saint-Étienne - Olympique Marseille 0:2 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Quarter-finals)". worldfootball.net.
^ "FC Sochaux - Lille OSC 1:0 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Quarter-finals)". worldfootball.net.
^ "FC Nantes - FC Metz 0:2 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Quarter-finals)". worldfootball.net.
^ "FC Gueugnon - AS Monaco 0:5 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Quarter-finals)". worldfootball.net.
^ "FC Sochaux - FC Metz 3:2 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Semi-finals)".
^ "Olympique Marseille - AS Monaco 0:1 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Semi-finals)". worldfootball.net.
^ "AS Monaco - FC Sochaux 4:1 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Final)". worldfootball.net.

[2] Match was initially played on 6 November, where Nancy won 2–1, but was annulled as 2 Nancy players were ineligible

[auto-1] "France Coupe de la Ligue 2002/03". www.rsssf.org.

[3] "AS Saint-Étienne - Olympique Marseille 0:2 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Quarter-finals)". worldfootball.net.

[4] "FC Sochaux - Lille OSC 1:0 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Quarter-finals)". worldfootball.net.

[5] "FC Nantes - FC Metz 0:2 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Quarter-finals)". worldfootball.net.

[6] "FC Gueugnon - AS Monaco 0:5 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Quarter-finals)". worldfootball.net.

[7] "FC Sochaux - FC Metz 3:2 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Semi-finals)".

[8] "Olympique Marseille - AS Monaco 0:1 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Semi-finals)". worldfootball.net.

[9] "AS Monaco - FC Sochaux 4:1 (Coupe de la Ligue 2002/2003, Final)". worldfootball.net.

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