2011 Challenge de France final

The 2011 Challenge de France Final was the 10th final of France's female football cup competition. The final took place on 21 May 2011 at the Stade de la Pépinière in Poitiers and was contested between D1 Féminine clubs Saint-Étienne and Montpellier.[1] This was the last final under the Challenge de France name as the competition will be renamed to the Coupe de France Feminine for the 2011–12 season and onwards.[2]

2011 Challenge de France Final
Event2010–11 Challenge de France
Saint-Étienne win 3–2 on penalties.
Date21 May 2011
VenueStade de la Pépinière, Poitiers
RefereeStéphanie Frappart (Île-de-France)
Weather20 °C (68 °F), Cloudy
2010
2012

In the match, Saint-Étienne recorded a historic upset defeating Montpellier 3–2 on penalties after the match ended 0–0 in both regular time and extra time. The title is Saint-Étienne's first Challenge de France in the club's history and its first major honour since joining the AS Saint-Étienne in 2008.

News

edit

Team backgrounds

edit

Saint-Étienne made its debut in the ultimate match of the competition. In its run-up to the final, the club faced only one first division club, Le Mans in the quarter-finals, and defeated the club 1–0. Saint-Étienne also did not concede a goal in the competition having shut out all of its opponents. Montpellier made its fifth appearance in the final of the Challenge de France, which is only second to Lyon, which has appeared in seven. Of its five appearances, Montpellier have won the Challenge de France three times; tied for the most titles ever won in the competition with Lyon. The club won its first titles in back-to-back seasons from 2006–2007 when it defeated Lyon two consecutive years on penalties. Montpellier won its last title in 2009. The club defeated Le Mans 3–1 in the final. The three-time champions only conceded one goal in the competition having outscored its opponents 22–1.

Road to the final

edit
Saint-Étienne Round Montpellier
Opponent H/A Result 2010–11 Challenge de France Opponent H/A Result
Caluire A 5–0 Second Round[3] Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone A 3–0
Flacé Mâcon H 2–0 Round of 32 Arpajon H 9–0
Saint-Simont A 1–0 Round of 16 Toulouse A 1–0
Le Mans H 1–0 Quarterfinals La Roche-sur-Yon H 6–0
Dijon A 5–0 Semi-finals Juvisy A 3–1

Match

edit

Match details

edit
Saint-Étienne0 – 0Montpellier
Report
Penalties
3–2
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (Île-de-France)
 
 
 
 
 
Saint-Étienne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Montpellier
SAINT-ÉTIENNE:
GK 1   Méline Gérard
RB 2   Ludivine Coulomb
CB 4   Morgane Courteille
CB 5   Astrid Chazal (c)
LB 3   Ophélie Brevet
CM 6   Aude Moreau
CM 7   Charlotte Gauvin   42'
RM 10   Amélie Barbetta
LM 9   Déborah Taghavi   63'
AM 11   Kheira Hamraoui   76'
FW 8   Camille Catala
Substitutes:
GK 16   Julie Perrodin
FW 12   Maeva Clemaron   76'
DF 13   Juliette Benne
DF 14   Amandine Soulard
MF 15   Sofia Bengueddoudj   63'
Manager:
  Hervé Didier
MONTPELLIER:
GK 1   Céline Deville
RB 9   Marion Torrent   82'
CB 4   Ophélie Meilleroux
CB 3   Kelly Gadéa
LB 8   Cynthia Viana
CM 6   Charlotte Bilbault
CM 7   Rumi Utsugi
RW 11   Ludivine Diguelman   62'
LW 10   Viviane Asseyi   71'
FW 5   Hoda Lattaf (c)   82'
FW 2   Marie-Laure Delie
Substitutes:
GK 16   Laëtitia Philippe
MF 12   Nora Hamou Maamar
MF 13   Stéphanie De Revière
DF 14   Marine Pervier   63'
FW 15   Elodie Ramos   71'
Manager:
  Sarah M'Barek

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Nathalie Le Breton (Centre-Ouest)
  • Chief Observer: Jean-Luc Rouinsard
  • Chief Delegate: Marc Giraud

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Saint-Etienne et Montpellier en finale" (in French). French Football Federation. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Accréditations pour la finale, les modalités" (in French). French Football Federation. 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  3. ^ Clubs competing in the Division 1 Féminine entered the competition in the second round
edit