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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Niall McVeigh

The Joy of Six: fairytale domestic cup runs from around Europe

FC Pasching celebrate after defeating Austria Vienna 1-0 in the Austrian Cup final in May 2013.
FC Pasching celebrate after defeating Austria Vienna 1-0 in the Austrian Cup final in May 2013. Photograph: Herbert Pfarrhofer/EPA

FC Gueugnon (Coupe de la Ligue, 2000)

France’s secondary cup competition ran from 1994 to 2020, pushed by Ligue 1 sides who felt aggrieved by the Coupe de France’s great leveller of home advantage for its minnows. Paris St-Germain were the winners of the first and last editions of the League Cup and another seven in between. They lost one final, 25 years ago, to a team that were the antithesis of France’s spoiled ruling classes.

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