title: 2005 Coupe de la Ligue final
text: # 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 ||||
  