The 2016 Coupe de France Final decided the winner of the
2015–16 Coupe de France, the 99th season of France's all-main-divisions football cup. It took place on 21 May at the
Stade de France in
Saint-Denis,
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
.
In the final,
Olympique de Marseille took on arch-rivals
Paris Saint-Germain
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, in a rematch of the
2006 final, which PSG won 2–1. PSG were the defending champions, having beaten
Auxerre
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in the
2015 Coupe de France Final. As PSG had won the
2015–16 Ligue 1 title already, the otherwise-enabled
Europa League
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place went to the next highest league finisher (in this case,
Saint-Étienne).
PSG equalled Marseille's record ten Coupe de France victories with their win.
Background
The match was OM's 19th final (a record), of which they had won 10. Their most recent final was in
2007, which they lost on penalties to
Sochaux
Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris.
Population
Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''.
Economy
S ...
. PSG had won 9 Coupe de France titles from 13 finals prior to this year's showpiece.
This was
Zlatan Ibrahimović
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's last game for Paris Saint-Germain before moving to
Manchester United.
Route to the final
Match
Details
See also
*
Le Classique
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References
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