2005 Coupe de la Ligue final
# 2005 Coupe de la Ligue final

The 2005 Coupe de la Ligue final was a football match held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis on 30 April 2005, that saw RC Strasbourg Alsace defeat Stade Malherbe Caen 2–1 thanks to goals by Mamadou Niang and Jean-Christophe Devaux.

## Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

| Caen | Caen | Round | Strasbourg | Strasbourg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2004–05 Coupe de la Ligue | Opponent | Result |
| Ajaccio (A) | 2–0 | Second round | Troyes (A) | 3–1 |
| Sochaux (A) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Round of 16 | Lille (H) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) |
| Auxerre (A) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | Quarter-finals | Clermont (H) | 3–2 |
| Monaco (H) | 3–1 | Semi-finals | Saint-Étienne (H) | 1–0 |

## Match details

SM CAEN: :

| GK | 16 | Vincent Planté |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | Nicolas Seube |
| DF | 5 | Aziz Ben Askar (c) |
| DF | 6 | Ronald Zubar | 84' |
| DF | 21 | Ibrahima Faye |
| MF | 4 | Steve Dugardein | 89' |
| MF | 33 | Jérémy Sorbon |
| MF | 7 | Anthony Deroin |
| MF | 20 | Reynald Lemaître |
| FW | 9 | Sébastien Mazure |
| FW | 14 | Yohann Eudeline | 75' |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 29 | Benoît Lesoimier | 75' |
| FW | 17 | Cyrille Watier | 84' |
| MF | 15 | Jimmy Hebert | 89' |
| Unused substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Steeve Elana |
| DF | 22 | Cédric Hengbart |
| Manager: |||
| Patrick Rémy Assistant Referees: Fourth Official: ||||

RC STRASBOURG: :

| GK | 22 | Rémy Vercoutre |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 3 | Jean-Christophe Devaux |
| DF | 5 | Cédric Kanté (c) |
| DF | 15 | Arthur Boka | 86' |
| MF | 7 | Alexander Farnerud |
| MF | 18 | Pascal Johansen |
| MF | 19 | Guillaume Lacour |
| MF | 20 | Yacine Abdessadki | 70' |
| MF | 24 | Sidi Yaya Keita |
| FW | 9 | Mickaël Pagis |
| FW | 11 | Mamadou Niang |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 2 | Yves Deroff | 70' |
| MF | 14 | Ulrich Le Pen | 86' |
| Unused substitutes: |||
| GK | 16 | Stéphane Cassard |
| DF | 4 | Christian Bassila |
| FW | 13 | Salim Arrache |
| Manager: |||
| Jacky Duguépéroux ||||
