After the meeting on September 18, The Board of Directors and then the General Assembly of the LFP decided to abolish the Coupe de la Ligue (French league cup) at the end of 2019-2020 season.
Depending on market conditions, the LFP reserves the right to relaunch this competition at a later date.
This decision will give players more recovery time and offer an additional place in the UEL via the Ligue 1 classification at the end of the 2020-2021 season.
It's reported that the fail to find a new broadcasting partner beyond this season and no more qualification into the UEL from 2021 lead the LFP to make the decision.
The Coupe de la Ligue, known as the French League Cup, is a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the LFP. The tournament was established in 1993.
Unlike the Coupe de France, is only open to professional clubs in France which play in country's top three football divisions.
Strasbourg are the current champions, having defeated Guingamp 4–1 on penalties following a 0–0 draw for a fourth title in the 2018–19 competition.
PSG are the most winning team with 8 titles.
Blacknight8235
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I am always amused when commentators keep referring to the French League as Farmers league when that country is the present World Cup holders, and their players are world class players commanding large salaries and playing for the biggest football clubs, theses players foundation is the French League which is referring to some writers as a Farmers League, how do you reconciled both arguments, I think the French League should be given the credits it deserve because they have given us players we enjoy watching every week playing for the major teams in Europe, and remember, teams don't buy players to make them better, they are bought because they already has the talent to do the job they are asked to do
Phoenix18
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OHHHHHH, What have you done. PSG was a happy lad before this because they used to win the Domestic titles and count them to 2 atleast ! NO UEFA SORRY 😂😂😂😂 LFP took them to just 1 😂😂😂😂 EVEN THE FRENCH FOOTBALL IS PLAYING AROUND WITH THEM 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂