Football: Cup league
The competition of the cup of the league
The Cup of the League is a French trophy of football given at the end of a competition per direct elimination. It shapes in 1994 with a qualification of its winner for Cup UEFA (C3) since with the key. Before this date, the Cup of League was in fact an estival cup making it possible the clubs to carry out tests of players. This competition was certainly official, but does not have any relationship with the current cup of the League. Put aside the edition 1991, the purpose of these other cups were to furnish the long truces caused by the another Euro and World cups. Many clubs of the elite did not take part in these tests or sent their reserves teams. In the same way, of the Fifties to 60, a Drago Cup put at the catches the professional clubs eliminated out of Cup from the league; it was a form of comforting. No relationship with the current Cup of the League, because all the clubs did not take share there.
A competition similar to the Cup of the current League was held however twice in the years 1960, joining together the professional clubs without any connection with eliminations out of Cup of France. The competition was gained in 1963 by Racing Club of Strasbourg, and in 1965 by the champions of Football Club of Nantes.
The finales of 1995 to 1997 took place with the Park of the Princes, since 1998 at the Stage of the league.
Often taxed with competition of too, this cup knew to be essential by proposing premiums of qualification much higher than those of the Cup of France. Moreover the victory of the cup of the league right to the qualification for cup UEFA gives.
The President of the LFP decided to make substantial modifications for the season 2006-2007:
* advanced dates of calendar (1/4 of finale played before the winter truce)
* appearance of four heads of series
* exemption of matches until 1/8èmes of finale for the two clubs qualified directly in League of the Champions
These modifications caused more modest reactions of anger on behalf of club, those feeling handicapped compared to the “heads of indicated series”.
The bookmaker and cup of the league
Bet on the foot and cups it league with the bookmakers unibet, betclic each bookmaker proposes odds very interesting at the time of the cup of the league.