2005–06 Coupe de la Ligue

The 2005-2006 Coupe de la Ligue, a knockout cup competition in French football organised by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, began on September 20, 2005. The final was held on April 22, 2006 at the Stade de France. AS Nancy defeated Nice 2-1 in the final. The defending champions RC Strasbourg were eliminated from the competition on October 26, 2005 by SM Caen.

First round

September 20, 2005
Chateauroux	1-0 (a.e.t.)	Stade Brest 29
Angers SCO	2-3	Laval
Guingamp	3-1	FC Sete
Montpellier HSC	1-1 (a.e.t.) (6-5 pen)	US Creteil
Dijon	2-1	SC Bastia
FC Gueugnon	0-0 (a.e.t.) (4-5 pen)	Amiens SC
Clermont	2-1	FC Istres
Stade Reims	0-1	Le Havre
September 22, 2005
SM Caen	5-0	Valenciennes FC
Niort	0-0 (a.e.t.) (4-5 pen)	Sedan

Second round

October 25, 2005
FC Lorient	5-4 (a.e.t.) (3-2 pen)	Amiens SC
Nantes	1-1 (a.e.t.) (4-3 pen)	Lyon
October 26, 2005
Bordeaux	1-0	Marseille
Le Mans Union Club 72	2-1	Clermont
OGC Nice	2-0 (a.e.t.)	Chateauroux
AS Monaco	1-0	Dijon
Laval	0-1	Guingamp
Le Havre	0-1 (a.e.t.)	Toulouse FC
Montpellier HSC	1-0	Rennes
AC Ajaccio	4-2 (a.e.t.)	Grenoble
AS Nancy	1-0	Sochaux
RC Lens	2-3	AJ Auxerre
Sedan	1-0	FC Metz
Saint-Etienne	0-2	LOSC Lille
SM Caen	1-0	RC Strasbourg
PSG	4-1	Troyes AC

Third round

12/21/2005 Toulouse FC 2 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain 12/21/2005 Montpellier HSC 0 - 1 AC Ajaccio 12/21/2005 AS Nancy Lorraine 1 - 0 FC Lorient 12/21/2005 AS Monaco FC 1 - 0 LOSC 12/21/2005 AJ Auxerre 1 - 1 a.e.t. (1to4) Le Mans UC 72 12/20/2005 EA Guingamp 2 - 0 SM Caen 12/20/2005 OGC Nice 2 - 0 CS Sedan 12/20/2005 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 3 - 1 FC Nantes

Final Draw

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

H

AS Nancy

1

A

AC Ajaccio

0

H

AS Nancy

2

A

Le Mans

0

H

Guingamp

2

A

Le Mans

3

AS Nancy

2

OGC Nice

1

H

Toulouse FC

0

A

AS Monaco

2

H

AS Monaco

0

A

OGC Nice

1

H

OGC Nice

2

A

Bordeaux

1

Final Draw Results

Quarterfinals

2006-01-17	Guingamp	1 – 1 (a.e.t)	Le Mans	Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp Attendance: 5,526 Referee: Claude Colombo
	Gonzalez  112'	(Report)	Fauré  96'
		Penalties
	Martini Gonzalez Le Lan Abriel Jouffre	2 – 3	de Melo Thomas Matsui Baša Douillard

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2006-01-17	Nice	2 – 1 (a.e.t)	Bordeaux	Stade du Ray, Nice Attendance: 7,924 Referee: Alain Sars
	Bellion  45' Balmont  110'	(Report)	Šmicer  54'

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2006-01-18	Toulouse	0 – 2	Monaco	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Attendance: 15,712 Referee: Éric Poulat
		(Report)	Plašil  66' Vieri  93'

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2006-01-18	Nancy	1 – 0	Ajaccio	Stade Marcel Picot, Nancy Attendance: 9,033 Referee: Pascal Garibian
	Puygrenier  24'	(Report)

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Semi-Finals

2006-02-07	Monaco	0 – 1	Nice	Stade Louis II, Monaco Attendance: 17,341 Referee: Laurent Duhamel
		(Report)	Ederson  88'

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2006-01-18	Nancy	2 – 0	Le Mans	Stade Marcel Picot, Nancy Attendance: 19,612 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
	Brison  44' da Costa  63'	(Report)

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Final

Main article: Coupe de la Ligue Final 2006

April 22, 2006	AS Nancy	2 – 1	OGC Nice	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 76,830 Referee: Bertrand Layec
	Zerka  22' Kim  65'		Vahirua  48'

External links

• Coupe de La Ligue Official Homepage
• Coupe de la Ligue Final Draw