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The 2008 Trophée des Champions Final was a football match that saw the
2007–08 Ligue 1 The 2007–08 Ligue 1 season was the seventieth since its establishment, and started in August 2007 and ended on 17 May 2008. The fixtures were announced in June 2007. Lyon became French champions, having won a record seventh consecutive title. ...
and
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champions
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face off against
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. Since Lyon won both the league and the Coupe de France, they faced the club that finished in second place in Ligue 1, Bordeaux. The match was held on 2 August 2008 at the
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in
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.Big Two meet in Champions Trophy
/ref> After the score finished in a 0–0 draw after 90 minutes, Bordeaux ended Lyon's streak of six-straight
Trophée des Champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the Super cup, super cups found in many other count ...
titles by defeating them 5–4 on penalties.


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2008–09 Ligue 1 The 2008–09 Ligue 1 season was the 71st since its establishment. Bordeaux became champions for the sixth time on the last weekend of the season. The fixtures were announced on 23 May 2008. The season began on 9 August 2008 and ended on 30 May ...


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