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The 2009 Trophée des Champions Final was a football match that was played on 25 July 2009. The match was contested between the winners of 2008–09 Coupe de France , En Avant Guingamp , and the 2008–09 Ligue 1 champions, FC Girondins de Bordeaux .
The French football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in France, Ligue 1.Since the National Council of the French Football Federation voted in support of professionalism in French football in 1930, the professional football championship of France has been contested through Ligue 1, formerly known as Division 1 from 1933 to 2002.
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The 2008–09 season was the 119th season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Cup.
The 2009–10 Coupe de France was the 93rd season of the most prestigious French cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion).
The knockout phase of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League began on 24 February 2009 and concluded with the final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009. The knockout phase involved the 16 teams who finished in the top two in each of their groups in the group stage .
RC Lens, RC Strasbourg and FC Metz were relegated to the 2008–09 Ligue 2 after finishing in the bottom three spots of the table at the end of the 2007–08 season.Lens were relegated to the Ligue 2 after 17 seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of France, while Strasbourg and Metz made their immediate return to the second level.
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 19 December 2008, and conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor and Bruno Conti, the ambassador for the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final. [14] The first legs of the round of 16 were played on 24 and 25 February 2009, while the second legs were played on 10 and 11 March. [15]