The 2007 Coupe de France Final was a

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match held at

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, Saint-Denis on 12 May 2007, that saw

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard (; commonly referred to as FCSM or simply Sochaux) is a French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Frenc ...

defeat

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...

in a

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. After normal time and

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could not separate the two sides, the match was to be decided on penalty kicks.

Toifilou Maoulida Toifilou Maoulida (born 8 June 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker or as a winger. Club career Maoulida was born in Mayotte, a small island in the Indian Ocean, close to the Comoro Islands and Reunion Isla ...

and

Ronald Zubar Ronald Raymond Zubar (born 20 September 1985) is a Guadeloupean former professional footballer who played as a defender. Zubar's efforts at French club Stade Malherbe Caen earned him a move to Olympique de Marseille in 2006. His time at Marse ...

miss for

, whereas only

's captain, Jérémie Bréchet missed for the winning team.

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*Notice that 6 of the 14 players from Sochaux-Montbéliard who have played and won this final, were in transferred in other clubs the next season. * Both

Djibril Cissé Djibril Cissé (; born 12 August 1981) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. He started his career at AC Arles in 1989, at the age of eight. After seven years at the club, he had a six-month spell at Nîmes Oly ...

, scorer of Marseille's two goals and

Anthony Le Tallec Anthony Le Tallec (born 3 October 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward or an attacking midfielder for Liverpool, Sochaux, and Annecy FC. Club career Liverpool Born in Hennebont, Le Tallec was signed from Le H ...

, scorer of Sochaux' second were on loan to the clubs from

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Coupe De France Final

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