Coupe de la Ligue

This article is about the football competition. For the ice hockey competition, see Coupe de la Ligue (ice hockey).
Coupe de la Ligue
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Abolished2020; 4 years ago (2020)
RegionFrance
Number of teams42
Qualifier forUEFA Europa League
Last championsParis Saint-Germain (9th title)
Most successful club(s)Paris Saint-Germain (9 titles)

The Coupe de la Ligue (French pronunciation: [kup də la liɡ]), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel.[1] The tournament was established in 1993[2] and, unlike the Coupe de France, was only open to professional clubs in France which play in country's top three football divisions, though the third is not fully professional.

The most successful team in the competition was Paris Saint-Germain with nine wins, including the last edition in 2019–20. The LFP voted to suspend the competition indefinitely to "reduce the season schedule".[3]

  1. ^ "League Cup". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  2. ^ "League Cup History". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  3. ^ "French League Cup to end from 2020 'to reduce season schedule'". BBC Sport. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.