2014 Coupe de France final

2014 Coupe de France final
Event2013–14 Coupe de France
Date3 May 2014
VenueStade de France, Saint-Denis
RefereeTony Chapron
Attendance80,000
2013
2015

The 2014 Coupe de France final decided the winner of the 2013–14 Coupe de France, the 97th season of France's premier football cup. It was played on 3 May at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris.

In the final, Guingamp beat Rennes 2–0 in a Derby Breton to win their second Coupe de France title. By winning, they qualified for the Group Stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, and the 2014 Trophée des Champions against the 2013–14 Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Background

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The match was Rennes' sixth final, of which they had won two (1965 and 1971). Their most recent final was in 2009, which they lost 2–1 to Guingamp. That was Guingamp's second appearance in the final after their unsuccessful attempt in 1997 when they lost on penalties to Nice.[1]

Hundreds of supporters of Guingamp (based in a small agricultural town in northern Brittany, the team is nicknamed 'The Farmers') travelled to Paris in a motorcade of tractors.[2]

Route to the final

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Rennes Round Guingamp
Opponent H/A Result 2013–14 Coupe de France Opponent H/A Result
Valenciennes H 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 pen.)
Round of 64 FC Bourg-Péronnas A 2–0
Boulogne A 2–0 Round of 32 Concarneau A 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Auxerre A 1–0 Round of 16 Île-Rousse A 2–0
Lille H 2–0 Quarter-finals Cannes A 2–0
Angers A 3–2 Semi-finals Monaco A 3–1 (a.e.t.)

Rennes

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Rennes, of Ligue 1, began their campaign in the Round of 64 on 4 January at home to fellow top-flight team Valenciennes, winning 8-7 on penalties. In the next round, they won 2-0 at third-tier Boulogne, with goals from Anders Konradsen and Silvio Romero. In the Round of 16, away to Ligue 2 Auxerre, they won via a first-half Foued Kadir goal. Rennes then beat Lille 2-0 at home, with goals from Kamil Grosicki and Romain Alessandrini.[3] In their semi-final on 15 April, Rennes beat second-tier Angers 3-2 at home, with Ola Toivonen, Grosicki and Jean Makoun scoring.[4]

Guingamp

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Guingamp, also of Ligue 1, entered into the Round of 64, where they played away to third-tier Bourg-Péronnas on 5 January and won via first-half goals from Claudio Beauvue and Mustapha Yatabaré. They went away again in the Round of 32, to fifth-tier Concarneau, and won 3-2 in extra-time after a 1-1 regulation-time draw, Yatabaré (2) and Beauvue again the scorers. In the Round of 16 Guingamp travelled to Corsica to play another fifth-tier club, Île-Rousse, who had reached that stage by defeating holders Bordeaux. Goals from Grégory Cerdan and Mustapha Diallo sent Guingamp into the quarter-finals, where they played AS Cannes and won 2-0 away again, through another Yatabaré brace. In the semi-final on 16 April 2014, Guingamp played at home against their first top-flight opponents, Monaco. Yatabaré scored early on, but Dimitar Berbatov equalised before half-time. The scores remained level into the second half of extra time, in which Guingamp scored twice, through Yatabaré and Fatih Atık.[5]

Match

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Summary

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Jonathan Martins Pereira scored the first goal for Guingamp with a volley from the edge of the area in the 37th minute, and Mustapha Yatabaré got the second in the 46th minute with a powerful downward header from Steeven Langil's left-wing cross.

Details

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Rennes0–2Guingamp
Report
Report
Martins Pereira 37'
Yatabaré 46'
RENNES:
GK 1 France Benoît Costil
RB 29 France Romain Danzé (c)
CB 5 Cameroon Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
CB 22 France Sylvain Armand
LB 12 France Steven Moreira
CM 23 Norway Anders Konradsen downward-facing red arrow 62'
CM 28 France Abdoulaye Doucouré
CM 15 Cameroon Jean Makoun downward-facing red arrow 68'
RW 6 Poland Kamil Grosicki downward-facing red arrow 52'
LW 19 France Romain Alessandrini
FW 9 Sweden Ola Toivonen
Substitutes:
GK 30 Senegal Cheikh N'Diaye
DF 21 Ghana John Boye
MF 10 Algeria Foued Kadir
MF 14 France Tiémoué Bakayoko
MF 17 France Vincent Pajot upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 11 Portugal Nélson Oliveira upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 24 France Paul-Georges Ntep upward-facing green arrow 52'
Manager:
France Philippe Montanier
GUINGAMP:
GK 30 Mali Mamadou Samassa
RB 6 France Jonathan Martins Pereira
CB 29 France Christophe Kerbrat
CB 15 France Jérémy Sorbon
LB 7 France Dorian Lévêque
CM 10 France Younousse Sankharé
CM 18 France Lionel Mathis (c)
RM 8 France Claudio Beauvue downward-facing red arrow 84'
LM 11 France Steeven Langil downward-facing red arrow 79'
FW 13 France Christophe Mandanne downward-facing red arrow 69'
FW 9 Mali Mustapha Yatabaré
Substitutes:
GK 16 Cameroon Guy N'dy Assembé
DF 4 Guinea Baissama Sankoh
MF 5 Senegal Mustapha Diallo upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 26 France Thibault Giresse upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 28 France Fatih Atık upward-facing green arrow 84'
FW 14 Republic of the Congo Ladislas Douniama
FW 17 Morocco Rachid Alioui
Manager:
France Jocelyn Gourvennec

MATCH OFFICIALS

MAN OF THE MATCH

  • TBD

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

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  1. ^ "France - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. ^ Hundreds of Guingamp fans drive tractors to Paris for French Cup final, Jamie Sanderson, Metro, 3 May 2014
  3. ^ "Coupe de France: Rennes 2 Lille 0". Four Four Two. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Coupe de France: Rennes 3 Angers 2". Four Four Two. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Coupe de France: Guingamp beat Monaco 3-1 AET to reach final". Sky Sports News. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.