2015 Coupe de France Final

Event

2014–15 Coupe de France

Auxerre	Paris Saint-Germain
Ligue 2	Ligue 1
0	1

Date

30 May 2015

Venue

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Referee

Antony Gautier

Attendance

80,000

The 2015 Coupe de France Final decided the winner of the 2014–15 Coupe de France, the 98th season of France's premier football cup. It was played on 30 May at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, between Ligue 2 club Auxerre and Paris Saint-Germain of Ligue 1. Paris Saint-Germain won the match 1–0 with a goal by Edinson Cavani, thus achieving their ninth title.^[1]^[2]

Background

It was Auxerre's sixth final, of which they had previously won four and lost one. Their last final was in 2005, a 2–1 win over Sedan, and their last defeat was their first final, losing 1–4 after extra time to Nantes in 1979.^[3] PSG played in their 13th final, having won 8 (second only to Marseille's 10). Their most recent final was in 2011, a 0–1 defeat to Lille, and their last victory was the season before that, a 1–0 win over Monaco after extra time.^[3] The two teams met in the 2003 final, which Auxerre won 2–1.^[3]

Road to the final

Auxerre

Auxerre, of Ligue 2, entered the competition in the seventh round, winning 2–0 at seventh-tier Dinsheim on 15 November. In the eighth round on 6 December, they won 3–0 away to Sarreguemines of the Championnat de France amateur 2.

In the last 64 on 4 January 2015, Auxerre won 1–0 against Championnat National club Strasbourg at the Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps with a goal by Vincent Gragnic in the last minute of the first half.^[4] Sixteen days later in the last 32 they triumphed by the same score away to Championnat de France amateur club Jura Sud Lavans, with a first-half goal by Samed Kılıç.^[5]

Auxerre played away to third-tier Le Poiré in the last 16 on 10 February. Livio Nabab put them ahead in the second half, with Loïc Dufau equalising in added time. Auxerre won 6–5 in a penalty shootout.^[6] A shootout was also required on 5 March in the quarter-finals after a goalless draw at fellow Ligue 2 club Brest. Youssef Adnane missed their first attempt before Thomas Fontaine missed for Brest, with Frédéric Sammaritano scoring the decisive goal for Auxerre.^[7] On 7 April, Sammartino scored the only goal of a semi-final victory against Ligue 1 club and cup holders Guingamp, but Jamel Aït Ben Idir was sent off.^[8]

Paris Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain, of Ligue 1, began the tournament in the last 64 with a 3–0 win away to fellow top-flight side Montpellier on 5 January 2015, with second-half goals by Clément Chantôme, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Lucas Moura.^[9] Sixteen days later in the last 32, they hosted Bordeaux and won 2–1. An Edinson Cavani header and a Javier Pastore goal gave PSG the lead at half time, although Diego Rolán scored for Bordeaux in the first minute of the second half and the hosts had Zoumana Camara sent off.^[10]

On 11 February, PSG defeated Nantes 2–0 at home in the last 16 with goals by Cavani and Yohan Cabaye while Ibrahimović was rested.^[11] In the quarter-finals on 4 March they won by the same score against Monaco, David Luiz opening the scoring after three minutes and Cavani doubling the lead later on.^[12] PSG won 4–1 in their semi-final against Saint-Étienne on 8 April, with a hat-trick by Ibrahimović which took him to 102 goals for the club, starting with a penalty for the 100th.^[13]

Final

Auxerre v Paris Saint-Germain

30 May 2015
21:00 CEST

Auxerre	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report	Cavani 64'

Stade de France
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Antony Gautier


GK	30	Donovan Léon
RB	2	Ruben Aguilar
CB	4	Sébastien Puygrenier (c)
CB	3	Thomas Fontaine
LB	17	Karim Djellabi
CM	27	Rémi Mulumba
CM	6	Jamel Aït Ben Idir
RW	20	Grégory Berthier
AM	9	Frédéric Sammaritano
LW	15	Amara Baby
CF	26	Cheick Diarra
Substitutes:
GK	1	Geoffrey Lembet
DF	5	Henri Ndong
MF	7	Pierre Bouby
MF	8	Samed Kılıç
FW	10	Julien Viale
FW	22	Livio Nabab
FW	34	Alexandre Vincent
Manager:
Jean-Luc Vannuchi


GK	1	Nicolas Douchez
RB	23	Gregory van der Wiel
CB	2	Thiago Silva (c)
CB	32	David Luiz
LB	17	Maxwell
DM	8	Thiago Motta
CM	24	Marco Verratti
CM	14	Blaise Matuidi
RW	7	Lucas
LW	9	Edinson Cavani
CF	10	Zlatan Ibrahimović
Substitutes:
GK	30	Salvatore Sirigu
DF	5	Marquinhos
DF	19	Serge Aurier
DF	21	Lucas Digne
MF	4	Yohan Cabaye
FW	15	Jean-Christophe Bahebeck
FW	22	Ezequiel Lavezzi
Manager:
Laurent Blanc

References

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↑ "Auxerre 0 PSG 1". Goal.com. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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↑ "Jura Sud 0-1 Auxerre". Goal.com. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
↑ "Coupe de France Wrap: Saint-Etienne through". Four Four Two. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
↑ "Coupe de France Wrap: Guingamp leave it late". Four Four Two. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
↑ "Auxerre 1-0 Guingamp: Holders dumped out of Coupe de France by Sammaritano strike". Goal.com. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
↑ Godden, Nicholas (5 January 2015). "Montpellier 0-3 PSG: Zlatan Ibrahimovic inspires Laurent Blanc's side to victory in the French Cup". Daily Mail. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ "Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Bordeaux: Cavani and Pastore win it for hosts". Goal.com. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ "Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 Nantes: Cavani and Cabaye keep quadruple hunt alive". Goal.com. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ "Paris St G 2-0 Monaco". BBC Sport. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
↑ Wood, David (8 April 2015). "PSG 4-1 Saint Etienne: Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat-trick takes him past 100 mark as Laurent Blanc's men reach cup final". Daily Mail. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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List of Coupe de France winners

AJ Auxerre matches

Coupe de France Finals	1979 1994 1996 2003 2005 2015

Trophée des champions	~~1996~~ 2003 2005

UEFA Intertoto Cup Finals	1997 2000

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Coupe de France Finals	1982 1983 1985 1993 1995 1998 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2011 2015

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Trophée des Champions	1995 1998 2004 2006 2010 2013 2014 2015

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1996 1997

UEFA Super Cup	1996

UEFA Intertoto Cup Finals	2001

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