The 2018–19

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was the 102nd season of the main football cup competition of

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. The competition was organised by the

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(FFF) and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (

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(

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, winner of 2018 New Caledonia Cup),

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( AS Dragon, winner of 2017–18 Tahiti Cup),

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, Saint Martin and

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were the four-time defending champions, but lost in the

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on penalties to

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, who won their third Coupe de France title and first since 1971.

Dates

Dates for the first two qualifying round are set by the individual Regional leagues. The remaining qualifying rounds, the seventh and eight round, and the round of 64 take place at weekends. The later rounds up to, but not including, the final, take place on midweek evenings. The final will take place on Saturday 27 April 2019.

Teams

Round 1 to 6

The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, are organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allow teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from

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enter at the third round, those from

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enter at the fourth round and those from

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enter at the fifth round. The number of teams entering at each qualifying round was as follows:

Round 7

145 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues will be joined by the 11 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and the 20 teams from

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Ligue 2

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* Brest *

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* Clermont * Gazélec Ajaccio *

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* Nancy *

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Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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Regional Leagues

Figures in parentheses indicate the tier of the

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the team play at.

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: 12 teams * Pau FC (3) * Bergerac Périgord FC (4) * Genêts Anglet (5) * Angoulême CFC (5) * FC Chauray (5) * US Chauvigny (5) * US Lège Cap Ferret (5) * Limoges FC (5) * Stade Poitevin FC (5) *

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(6) * La Brède FC (6) * FC Tartas-St Yaguen (6)

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: 11 teams * SO Cholet (3) * Le Mans FC (3) * Les Herbiers VF (4) * FC Challans (5) * USSA Vertou (5) *

Vendée Fontenay Foot Vendée Fontenay Foot is a French association football, football club based in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée. It was founded in 1991 in a merger of two teams, the Stade Athlétique Fontenaysien and Étoile. The club currently plays in the Champion ...

(5) * JSC Bellevue Nantes (6) * AS Bourny Laval (6) * AS La Châtaigneraie (6) * Vendée Poiré-sur-Vie Football (7) *

FC La Chapelle-des-Marais Football Club de La Chapelle-des-Marais is a French association football club founded in 1989. They are based in the town of La Chapelle-des-Marais, Loire-Atlantique and their home stadium is the Stade Municipal de la Perriere. As of the 2009&nda ...

(8)

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: 4 teams *

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(3) * Blois Football 41 (4) * Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire FC (4) * Bourges Foot (5)

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: 2 teams * FC Bastia-Borgo (4) *

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(5)

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: 8 teams * Besançon Football (5) * FC Gueugnon (5) * US La Charité (5) * Louhans-Cuiseaux FC (5) * FC Montceau Bourgogne (5) * FC Morteau-Montlebon (5) * US Cheminots Paray (6) * AS Beaune (7)

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: 20 teams *

SAS Épinal Stade Athletique Spinalien Épinal is a French football club based in the commune of Épinal. They currently play in Championnat National, the third tier of French football. Their kit colours are yellow and blue. They play their home matches at ...

(4) * FCSR Haguenau (4) * SC Schiltigheim (4) *

CS Sedan Ardennes Club Sportif Sedan Ardennes, commonly referred to as CS Sedan or simply Sedan (), is a football club based in Sedan, France. The club was formed in 1919 and plays its home matches at the Stade Louis Dugauguez located within the city. Despite ...

(4) * ASC Biesheim (5) *

RC Épernay Champagne Racing Club Épernay Champagne is a French football club based in the commune of Épernay. The club plays in Régional 1, the sixth tier of French football, after relegation in the 2022–23 Championnat National 3 season. Its kit colours are wh ...

(5) * US Raon-l'Étape (5) * FC Saint-Louis Neuweg (5) * Sarreguemines FC (5) * ES Thaon (5) * FCA Troyes (5) * RCS La Chapelle (6) * FA Illkirch Graffenstaden (6) * AS Prix-lès-Mézières (6) * US Reipertswiller (6) * Étoile Naborienne St Avold (6) * US Avize-Grauves (7) * ES Heillecourt (7) * Olympique Strasbourg (7) * FC Rossfeld (8) Méditerranée: 5 teams * Marignane Gignac FC (3) * Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël (4) * Hyères FC (4) * SC Toulon (4) * FC Côte Bleue (5) Occitanie: 11 teams * Rodez AF (3) * FC Sète 34 (4) * Olympique Alès (5) * Stade Beaucairois (5) * Canet Roussillon FC (5) * AF Lozère (5) * US Salinières Aigues Mortes (6) * Auch Football (6) * Luzenac AP (6) * St Orens FC (7) * FC Biars-Bretenoux (8)

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: 20 teams *

US Boulogne Union Sportive de Boulogne-sur-Mer Côte d'Opale (commonly referred to as US Boulogne, USBCO or frequently, simply Boulogne) is a French association football club based in the commune of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The club was founded in 1898 and cur ...

(3) * FC Chambly (3) *

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(3) * Iris Club de Croix (4) * Olympique Marcquois Football (5) *

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(5) * CS Avion (6) *

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(6) * AS Gamaches (6) * US Gravelines (6) * AS Marck (6) * AS du Pays Neslois (6) * US Nogent (6) * Saint-Amand FC (6) * US Saint-Omer (6) * US Vimy (6) * Wasquehal Football (6) * CAS Escaudœuvres (7) * ESC Longueau (7) * ASC Hazebrouck (8)

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: 8 teams * US Avranches (3) * CMS Oissel (4) *

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(5) * FC Saint-Lô Manche (5) * AG Caennaise (6) * Grand-Quevilly FC (6) * USON Mondeville (6) * AS Villers Houlgate Côte Fleurie (8)

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: 14 teams * US Concarneau (3) * US Saint-Malo (4) * Vannes OC (4) *

AS Vitré AS Vitré () is a French football club based in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine. It was founded in 1907. They play at the Stade Municipal, which has a capacity of 3,500. The colours of the club are yellow and red. For the 2022–23 season the club play ...

(4) * Lannion FC (5) * US Montagnarde (5) *

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(5) * Stade Pontivyen (5) * FC Atlantique Vilaine (5) * Guipavas GdR (6) * AG Plouvorn (6) * Avenir Theix (6) * AS Vignoc-Hédé-Guipel (6) * Stella Maris Douarnenez (7)

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: 11 teams * JA Drancy (3) *

L'Entente SSG The Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien is a French association football team based in the suburb of Saint-Gratien, Val-d'Oise, Saint-Gratien in Paris. The team was founded in 1989 and play in the Championnat National 3, the country's fifth tier of com ...

(3) * AF Bobigny (4) * US Créteil-Lusitanos (4) * Sainte-Geneviève Sports (4) * US Lusitanos Saint-Maur (4) * FC Versailles 78 (5) * FC Melun (6) * Noisy-le-Grand FC (6) * ES Viry-Châtillon (6) * AS Carrières Grésillons (9)

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: 19 teams * Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 (3) * AS Lyon-Duchère (3) * FC Villefranche (3) * ASF Andrézieux (4) * Annecy FC (4) * Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne (4) * FC Aurillac Arpajon Cantal Auvergne (5) * FC Chamalières (5) * FC Limonest Saint-Didier (5) * Montluçon Football (5) * UMS Montélimar (6) * FC Riom (6) * CS Volvic (6) * US Annecy-le-Vieux (7) * Chassieu Décines FC (7) * US Feillens (7) *

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(7) * Entente Crest-Aouste (8) * FC Val Lyonnais (8)

Overseas Territories teams

: 2 teams * ASE Matoury * US de Matoury

: 2 teams * Aiglon du Lamentin * Golden Lion FC

: 2 teams * JS Vieux-Habitants * Unité Ste Rosienne

: 2 teams * SS Jeanne d'Arc * AS Sainte-Suzanne

: 1 team * FC Mtsapéré

: 1 team *

: 1 team * AS Dragon

Seventh round

The draw for the seventh round was made in two parts. First the Overseas teams were drawn against opponents from the French League structure who had applied to potentially travel overseas. The main draw took place the following day. The draw for the overseas teams took place on 30 October 2018. The main draw took place on 31 October 2018. Matches took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2018.

Ties involving overseas teams

Main draw

As in previous editions of the competition, the main draw was split into 10 regional groups, with the split primarily ensuring an equal distribution of clubs from the different tiers, and secondarily grouping by geography. The lowest ranked team remaining in the competition at this stage was AS Carrières Grésillons from tier 9 (District division 1). Matches took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2018.

Group 7A

Group 7B

Group 7C

Group 7D

Group 7E

Group 7F

Group 7G

Group 7H

Group 7I

Group 7J

Eighth round

The draw for the eighth round was made in two parts. First the remaining overseas team was drawn against opponents from the French League structure who had applied to potentially travel overseas. The overseas team, Aiglon du Lamentin, played at home due to playing their seventh round match away from home. The main draw took place later in the day. Both draws took place on 20 November 2018.

Overseas draw

Main draw

As in previous editions of the competition, the main draw was split into 6 regional groups, with the split primarily ensuring an equal distribution of clubs from the different tiers, and secondarily grouping by geography. The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were Entente Crest-Aouste and AS Villers Houlgate Côte Fleurie both from tier 8 (Regional League 3). Matches took place on 8 and 9 December 2018, with three matches postponed until the following weekend.

Group 8A

Group 8B

Group 8C

Group 8D

Group 8E

Group 8F

Round of 64

The draw for the ninth round (known as the round of 64) took place on 10 December 2018. The 20

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teams joined the draw at this stage. The draw was split into four groups to ensure equal distribution of teams from each tier, with geographical proximity a secondary factor. The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were Olympique Strasbourg and ESC Longueau both from tier 7 (Regional League 2). Olympique Strasbourg entered the competition in the first round, so had been in the competition longest. Games were played on 4, 5, 6 and 7 January 2019.

Group 9A

Group 9B

Group 9C

Group 9D

Round of 32

The draw for the tenth round (known as the round of 32) took place on 7 January 2019. This was an open draw. The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were Noisy-le-Grand FC and ES Viry-Châtillon, both from tier 6 (Regional League 1). Games were played on 22, 23, 24 and 27 January 2019.

Round of 16

The draw for the eleventh round (known as the round of 16) took place on 24 January 2019. This was an open draw. The lowest ranked team remaining in the competition at this stage was

, from tier 5 (

). Games were played on 5, 6 and 7 February 2019.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 6 February 2019. This was an open draw. The lowest ranked team remaining in the competition at this stage was

from tier 4 (

). Games were played on 26 and 27 February and 6 March 2019.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 28 February 2019. This was an open draw. Games were played on 2 and 3 April 2019.

Final

References

External links

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