2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue

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Coupe de la Ligue 2017–18
Region	France
Number of teams	44
Total matches played	17
Total goals scored	41
Top goal scorer	Steve Ambri Nathaël Julan Cristian López (2 goals each)
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The 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue will be the 24th edition of the French league cup competition. The winners of the league cup will earn a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and begin play in the second qualifying round. Forty-four clubs will participate in the competition.

Paris Saint-Germain are the defending champions after winning the cup in the previous season.

Prize fund

Round	No. of Clubs receive fund	Prize fund per club
First Round elimination	11	€199,000
Second Round elimination	6	€240,000
Third Round elimination	10	€348,000
Round of 16 elimination	8	€526,000
Quarter-final elimination	4	€765,000
Semi-final elimination	2	€1,213,000
Finalist	1	€2,000,000
Final winner	1	€2,500,000
Total		€21,500,000

First round

Eleven first round matches were played on 8 August 2017. The twelfth scheduled match was awarded to Nancy as a walkover after Bastia had their professional status removed by the FFF, and thereby did not qualify to participate according to the rules of the competition.

8 August 2017	Laval (3)	1–1 (3–4 pen)	Lorient (2)	Laval
18:30 CEST	Elton  83'	Report	Courtet  38'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 3,481 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
	Penalties
	Etinof Elton Pereira Sarr Solet Zeoula		Courtet Selemani Danic Guendouzi Bouanga Le Goff

8 August 2017	Le Havre (2)	4–4 (5–4 pen)	Nîmes (2)	Le Havre
20:00 CEST	Ferhat  67' Julan  72', 76' Louiserre  77'	Report	Bozok  25' Thioub  43' Savanier  89' Briançon  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 4,849 Referee: Aurélien Petit
	Penalties
	Youga Bain Ferhat Julan		Savanier Alioui Depres Ripart Thioub

8 August 2017	Paris FC (2)	0–0 (4–3 pen)	Brest (2)	Paris
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 1,325 Referee: Sylvain Palhies
	Penalties
	Akichi Nomenjanahary Alami Robail Karamoko Yohou		Berthomier Labidi Pi Butin Grougi Coeff

8 August 2017	Quevilly-Rouen (2)	0–1	Orléans (2)	Le Mans
20:00 CEST		Report	Perrin  41'	Stadium: MMArena Attendance: 825 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

8 August 2017	Red Star (3)	1–1 (6–5 pen)	Auxerre (2)	Saint-Ouen
20:00 CEST	Teuma  6'	Report	Ayé  50'	Stadium: Stade Bauer Attendance: 2,039 Referee: Willy Delajod
	Penalties
	Petrilli Sylvestre Fomen Keita Fontaine Sané Teuma		Ayé Philippoteaux Tacalfred Montiel Diallo Youssouf Sangaré

8 August 2017	Gazélec Ajaccio (2)	0–0 (6–5 pen)	Créteil (3)	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 2,531 Referee: Florent Batta
	Penalties
	M'Changama Clerc Kemen Court Diabaté Ribéry Campanini Mombris		Dias Buaillon Puygrenier Gendrey Petshi Gassama Fofana Soares

8 August 2017	Châteauroux (2)	0–1	Clermont (2)	Châteauroux
20:00 CEST		Report	Gavory  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Attendance: 2,782 Referee: Olivier Thual

8 August 2017	Tours (2)	4–1	Niort (2)	Tours
20:00 CEST	Bouazza  29' Tall  34' Raveloson  50' Bayard  53'	Report	Grange  63'	Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

8 August 2017	Bourg-Péronnas (2)	0–1	Reims (2)	Bourg-en-Bresse
20:00 CEST		Report	Berthier  15'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Verchère Attendance: 1,425 Referee: William Lavis

8 August 2017	Valenciennes (2)	3–1	Sochaux (2)	Valenciennes
20:00 CEST	Ambri  10', 69' Romil  13'	Report	Daham  81'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 4,456 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

8 August 2017	Lens (2)	2–1	Ajaccio (2)	Lens
21:00 CEST	Lendrić  75' López  78'	Report	Coutadeur  37'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 12,070 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

	Nancy (2)	w/o	Bastia (5)
		[ Report]

Second round

Six second round matches were played between the first round winners on 22 August 2017.

22 August 2017	Lorient (2)	3–2	Lens (2)	Lorient
18:30 CEST	Bouanga  22' Moreira  23' Cabot  29'	Report	Koukou  37' López  45+2'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 7,790 Referee: Thomas Léonard

22 August 2017	Nancy (2)	2–2 (4–2 pen)	Orléans (2)	Tomblaine
20:00 CEST	N'Guessan  6' Nordin  45+1'	Report	Nabab  9' Ziani  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 8,965 Referee: François Letexier
	Penalties
	Nordin Cuffaut Chrétien Abergel		Ziani Chemin Perrin Gomis

22 August 2017	Paris FC (2)	0–2	Clermont (2)	Paris
20:00 CEST		Report	Dugimont  18' N'Diaye  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 1,165 Referee: Mikael Lesage

22 August 2017	Tours (2)	0–0 (7–6 pen)	Le Havre (2)	Tours
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Vallée du Cher Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Jérémy Stinat
	Penalties
	Cissé Bergougnoux De Almeida Belkebla Makhedjouf Raveloson Miguel		Ayasse Moukoudi Traoré Ferhat Julan Louiserre Fontaine

22 August 2017	Gazélec Ajaccio (2)	0–0 (3–4 pen)	Red Star (3)	Ajaccio
20:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,073 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
	Penalties
	Perquis Ribéry Marveaux Court Kemen		Sylvestre Sané Lefebvre Sy T. Keita

22 August 2017	Valenciennes (2)	3–0	Reims (2)	Valenciennes
21:00 CEST	Guezoui  36' Ndom  41' (o.g.) Mauricio  52'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 4,113 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

See also

• 2017–18 Ligue 1

External links

• Official site (French)

2017–18 in French football
Domestic leagues
Ligue 1 · Ligue 2 · National 1 · National 2 · National 3
Domestic cups
Coupe de France (Final) · Coupe de la Ligue (Final) · Trophée des Champions
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group A)
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