The Coupe de la Ligue Final 1996 was a football match held at Parc des Princes,

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

on April 6, 1996, that saw

FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as FC Metz or simply Metz (), is a French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 2, the second division in the French football league sys ...

defeat Olympique Lyonnais in a

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Match details

External links

Report on LFP official site
1996 FC Metz matches Olympique Lyonnais matches Association football penalty shoot-outs 1995–96 in French football April 1996 sports events in Europe Football competitions in Paris 1996 in Paris {{France-footy-competition-stub