The title resulted in Marseille becoming the first club in Coupe de la Ligue history to repeat as champions.

The award is sponsored by l'Institut du cerveau et de la moelle épinière (English: Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord Disorders) and its inaugural winner was the lone goal-scorer Taye Taiwo.

[6] The award was presented to the player by France national team manager Laurent Blanc, who serves as an ambassador for the institute.

[7] On 24 April, the Ligue de Football Professionnel announced that it was investigating the Best Player award winner for his actions following the match.

[8] The Nigerian defender reportedly made provocative and offensive remarks about the club's Le Classique rivals Paris Saint-Germain while celebrating with Marseille supporters.

[9][10] After being condemned for his actions by Marseille's management and its staff and players, Taiwo issued an apology on the club's official website.

[16] A week before the Coupe de la Ligue Final was to take place, Marseille and Montpellier faced each other in a league match.

In the match, which was played at the Stade Vélodrome, Monaco took the lead midway through the first half after midfielder Mathieu Coutadeur converted a penalty.

[25] The semi-final win resulted in Marseille becoming the fourth club in the competition's history to appear in the final match in back-to-back seasons.

Montpellier opened up the competition at home at the Stade de la Mosson against second division club Ajaccio.

Goals from the Turk Hasan Kabze and club youth product Bangali-Fodé Koita was enough to secure Montpellier a 2–0 shutout win.

Despite constant pressure from Lille, the hosts were able to hold onto its 2–1 advantage to progress to the semi-finals where they faced the defending Coupe de France champions Paris Saint-Germain.

[29] During the introduction and warm-up of the teams, players wore tee shirts showing support for France Télévisions journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier, as well as their three companions.

Rémy was given a straight red card in the team's league match on 17 April against Montpellier after getting into a physical altercation with defender Abdel El Kaoutari.

[32] Aside from Rémy, Marseille was also without starting right back César Azpilicueta who is currently rehabbing a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee; an injury he suffered in November 2010.