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The 2020–21
Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...
was the 104th season of the main football cup competition of
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. The competition was organised by the
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(FFF) and is normally open to all clubs in
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, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...
,
French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...
,
Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...
,
Mayotte Mayotte ( ; , ; , ; , ), officially the Department of Mayotte (), is an Overseas France, overseas Overseas departments and regions of France, department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is one of the Overseas departm ...
,
New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
,
Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian language, Tahitian , ; ) is the largest island of the Windward Islands (Society Islands), Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located in the central part of t ...
,
Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
, Saint Martin, and
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( ), officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, located near the Canada, Canadian prov ...
). Due to the
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, the club from Saint Pierre and Miquelon did not progress beyond the second round and qualifying clubs from New Caledonia and Tahiti did not participate. The competition was paused on 28 October 2020, when France entered a second period of lockdown due to the
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. On 17 December, the FFF announced a new format to allow the competition to complete. On 22 December, the FFF announced a plan to resume the competition from 31 January 2021. On 19 January 2021, the FFF produced a new calendar for the amateur path and the final stages.
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were the defending champions, and they won a record fourteenth title with a 2–0 win over
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in the
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.


Dates

Dates for the first two qualifying round were set by the individual Regional leagues. The original calendar had the remaining qualifying rounds, the seventh and eight round, and the round of 64 taking place on weekends. The later rounds up to, but not including, the final, would take place on midweek evenings. The final would take place on Saturday 24 April 2021. On 28 October 2020, French President
Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...
announced a second
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lockdown, including the suspension of all amateur football, for four weeks. The following day, the FFF confirmed the suspension of senior football at all levels below
Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...
. This caused the suspension of the competition, and the postponement of the sixth round and remaining fifth round matches. On 17 November, the FFF formally announced the postponement of the seventh and eighth rounds until January 2021. On 22 December, the FFF announced a plan to resume the competition on 31 January 2021, subject to COVID-19 restrictions being removed as planned. On 19 January 2021, the ''ministère des sports'' gave the go-ahead for amateur clubs involved in the competition to resume training, and the FFF produced a new calendar for the amateur path and the final stages.


Notable rule changes

Following the changes introduced regarding Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Martinique last year, teams from Réunion and Mayotte also played an internal match in the seventh round. This meant an additional team qualifying for the seventh round from Mayotte. Ligue 2 sides joined the competition at the eighth round, a change which the FFF stated was only for this season's competition. This meant fewer teams would qualify from each region's preliminary rounds. Other than the final, there was no extra time in fixtures this season. Tied matches were settled by a penalty shoot-out after ninety minutes. On 22 October 2020, the FFF announced that clubs from New Caledonia and Tahiti would not participate in the seventh round due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Two clubs were awarded byes to the eighth round. A decision was to follow on 12 November regarding other overseas teams participating in the eighth round. On 25 November, the FFF announced that the seventh round winners from Réunion, Guadeloupe, Mayotte and French Guiana would play their eighth round matches against each other in December, rather than being integrated into the main eighth round draw when the competition restarts. The competition in Martinique would restart at the seventh round when the mainland tournament restarts. On 17 December, the FFF announced a change of format to avoid cancelling the competition due to a lack of available dates. The competition would be divided into two parts: A professional path, involving teams from
Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...
and
Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...
, and an amateur path, involving mainland teams qualifying from the preliminary rounds and the overseas qualifiers. The amateur path was straight knockout over two rounds (seventh, eighth), taking 124 qualifiers down to 31. The three overseas qualifiers re-joined the competition for the round of 64, resulting in seventeen qualifiers at the end of the path. The professional path started at the eighth round with the twenty Ligue 2 teams. The winners were then joined by the twenty Ligue 1 teams for the round of 64, resulting in fifteen qualifiers at the end of the path. The two paths joined for the Round of 32, and the rest of the competition was straight knockout.


Teams


Round 1 to 6

The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allowed teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from
Championnat National 3 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...
entered at the third round, those from
Championnat National 2 The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a Association football, football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system be ...
entered at the fourth round and those from
Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...
entered at the fifth round. The number of teams entering at each qualifying round was as follows:


Round 7

124 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues were joined by the ten qualifiers from the Overseas Territories.


Regional Leagues

Nouvelle Aquitaine (11 teams) *
Trélissac-Antonne Périgord FC Trélissac-Antonne Périgord Football Club, known as Trélissac, is a football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualif ...
(4) * Genêts Anglet (5) * Aviron Bayonnais FC (5) * US Lège Cap Ferret (5) * FC Libourne (5) *
Stade Poitevin FC Stade Poitevin FC is a French football team based in the city of Poitiers, which was established in 1921. It was known as Poitiers FC between 2007 and 2018, and had a number of other names in its history. The club (as Stade Poitevin PEPP) spent the ...
(5) * FCE Mérignac Arlac (6) * OL Saint-Liguaire Niort (6) * AS Aixoise (7) * AS Panazol (7) * Association Saint-Laurent Billère (9)
Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...
(9 teams) *
Stade Lavallois Stade Lavallois Mayenne Football Club (), also referred to as Stade Lavallois or simply Laval,Stade Laval, used by some English-speaking media outlets and journalists, is not a grammatically correct name for the club. is a Football in France, F ...
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Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant is a French association football club based in the commune of Châteaubriant, Loire-Atlantique. As of the 2020–21 season the men's team competes in the National 2, the fourth tier of French football, having won pro ...
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Les Herbiers VF Les Herbiers Vendée Football is a French football club based in Les Herbiers, Vendée. It was founded in 1919. They play at the Stade Massabielle, which has a capacity of 5,000 people. The colours of the club are red and black. From the 2015 ...
(4) * US Changé (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) * US Philbertine Football (5) * Sablé FC (5) * Olympique Saumur FC (5) * Élan de Gorges Foot (7)
Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (; ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior ...
(4 teams) *
US Orléans Union Sportive Orléans Loiret Football (; commonly referred to as US Orléans or simply Orléans) is a French association football club based in Orléans. The club was founded in 1976 and currently play in Championnat National after being releg ...
(3) * Bourges 18 (4) *
SO Romorantin Sologne Olympique Romorantin is a French association football team founded in 1930 as Stade Olympique Romoratinais. It is based in Romorantin-Lanthenay, Centre-Val de Loire, France and plays in the Championnat National 2. It plays at the Stade Ju ...
(4) *
Tours FC Tours Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tours (), was a football club based in Tours, France. Formed in 1919, the club adopted the name Tours FC in 1951 after several other name changes. The club was dissolved on 26 February 2025 d ...
(5)
Corsica Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...
(2 teams) *
Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio (), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1910, Gazélec played one season in Ligue 1 in the 2015–16 seaso ...
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AS Furiani-Agliani Association Sportive de Furiani-Agliani is a French association football club. They are based in the town of Furiani, located on the island of Corsica and their home stadium is the Stade du Bastio. As of the 2024–25 season, they play in the Nati ...
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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...
(7 teams) * ASM Belfort (4) *
Jura Sud Foot Jura Sud Foot is a football club based in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude, France. They play at the Stade Municipal de Moirans in Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude. The club was founded in 1991. Currently they play in Championnat National 2 (fourth tier). Hi ...
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Louhans-Cuiseaux FC Louhans-Cuiseaux Football Club is a football club located in Louhans, France. History The club was founded in 1970 as ''Club Sportif Louhans Cuiseaux 71'' after the merger of ''Club Sportif Louhannais'' (founded in 1916) and ''Club de Cuiseaux'' ...
(4) *
Racing Besançon Racing Besançon is a French football club based in Besançon. It was founded in 1904. They play at the Stade Léo Lagrange. The club currently competes in the Championnat National 3, the fifth tier of France Football. History Founded in 1904 by ...
(5) *
CA Pontarlier Cercle Athlétique Pontarlier is a French association football team founded in 1911. They are based in Pontarlier, Franche-Comté, France and as of the 2019–20 season they are playing in the Championnat National 3, the fifth tier in the French ...
(5) * Union Cosnoise Sportive (6) *
UF Mâconnais Union du Football Mâconnais is a Association football, football club located in Mâcon, France. They play in Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football. The club's president is Alain Griezmann, the father of professional football ...
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Grand Est Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...
(16 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) * CSO Amnéville (5) * AS Prix-lès-Mézières (5) * FC Saint-Louis Neuweg (5) * ES Thaon (5) * FC Soleil Bischheim (6) * FC Obermodern (6) * EF Reims Sainte-Anne Châtillons (6) * FC Saint-Meziery (6) * SSEP Hombourg-Haut (7) * AS Ribeauvillé (7) * FCO Strasbourg Koenigshoffen 06 (7) * AS Portugais Saint-Francois Thionville (7) Méditerranée (4 teams) *
Aubagne FC Aubagne Football Club is a French football club located in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône. The club currently play in Championnat National, the third tier of French football. History Aubagne was created in 1989 as the merger of three French clubs ...
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Athlético Marseille Athlético Marseille (formerly Groupe Sportif Consolat and sometimes referred to as Marseille Consolat) is a French amateur football club founded in 1964 and based in the city of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Bouches-du-Rhone. The club was named ...
(5) * AS Maximoise (6) * ES Saint-Zacharie (6) Occitanie (9 teams) *
Canet Roussillon FC Canet Roussillon Football Club is an association football club based in Canet-en-Roussillon, France. It was founded in 1934. The club currently plays in Championnat National 3 History The club was founded in 1934 as ''Club Olympique Perpignanais. ...
(4) *
US Colomiers Football Union Sportive Colomiers Football, more commonly known as US Colomiers, is a French association football team founded in 1932. They are based in Colomiers, Haute-Garonne, France and play at the Stade Bertrand Andrieux in the town. They currently ...
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Olympique Alès Olympique Alès is a French association football club founded in 1923, based in the commune of Alès. The Cévennes club currently plays in Championnat National 2, the fourth division of the French football league system. The club in the past ...
(5) * AS Fabrègues (5) * Castelnau Le Crès FC (6) * FC Marssac-Rivières-Senouillac Rives du Tarn (6) * Onet-le-Château (6) * Entente Saint-Clément-Montferrier (6) *
Montauban FCTG Montauban Football Club Tarn-et-Garonne is a football club based in Montauban, France. As of the 2021–22 season, it competes in the Régional 2, the seventh tier of French football. The club's colours are yellow and blue. History Founded in ...
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Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...
(18 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 ...
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AS Beauvais Oise Association Sportive Beauvais Oise (; commonly referred to as AS Beauvais, ASBO, or simply Beauvais) is a French association football club based in Beauvais. The club was formed in 1945 as a result of a merger and currently play in the Championnat ...
(4) *
Olympique Saint-Quentin Olympique Saint-Quentinois (OSQ) is a French association football club based in Saint-Quentin, Picardy, in northern France. Founded in 1920, they are currently competing in the Championnat National 3 following relegation from Championnat National ...
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AC Amiens Athlétic Club Amiens is a French association football club founded in 1977. They are based in Amiens, Picardie, located in northern France, north of Paris. As of the 2023–24 season, they play in Régional 1 the sixth tier of the French footba ...
(5) *
US Chantilly Union Sportive de Chantilly is a football club from Chantilly, Oise, France. It was founded in 1902 and, as of the 2020–21 season, plays in the Championnat National 3 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 a ...
(5) * Olympique Marcquois Football (5) * US Saint-Omer (5) *
Arras FA Arras Football Association is a French association football team founded in 1901. It is based in Arras, France and plays in the Régional 1, the sixth tier in the French football league system. It plays at the Degouve-Brabant Stadium in Arras. ...
(6) * Écureuils Itancourt-Neuville (6) * ES Lambresienne (6) * US Laon (6) *
US Lesquin Union Sportive Lesquin is a French association football team founded in 1920. They are based in Lesquin, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs Group A. They play at the Stade Jean-Pierre Papin i ...
(6) * ESC Longueau (6) * FC Loon-Plage (6) * US Saint-Maurice Loos-en-Gohelle (6) * AS Steenvorde (6) * OS Aire-sur-la-Lys (7) * SC Bailleulois (8)
Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
(7 teams) *
US Avranches L’Union Sportive Avranches Mont Saint Michel, shortly known as US Avranches is a French Association football, football club based in Avranches, in the Departments of France, department of Manche, and founded in 1897. Since 2014, it plays in th ...
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US Quevilly-Rouen US or Us most often refers to: * ''Us'' (pronoun), the objective case of the English first-person plural pronoun ''we'' * US, an abbreviation for the United States US, U.S., Us, us, or u.s. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Albums * ...
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FC Rouen Football Club de Rouen 1899 (; commonly referred to as simply FC Rouen) is a French association football club based in Rouen, Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive w ...
(4) * AG Caennaise (5) * AF Virois (5) *
ESM Gonfreville Entente Sportive Municipale de Gonfreville-l'Orcher is a French association football team founded in 1955. They are based in Gonfreville-l'Orcher, Seine-Maritime. Their home stadium is the Stade Maurice Baquet in the town. As of the 2023–24 sea ...
(6) * ESFC Falaise (7)
Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
(12 teams) *
Stade Briochin Stade Briochin, founded in 1904, is a French football club based in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany. As of the 2024–25 season, the club plays in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier in the French football league system. Home matches are played a ...
(3) * US Saint-Malo (4) * Stade Plabennécois (4) *
Vannes OC Vannes Olympique Club (; commonly referred to as simply Vannes) is a professional French football club based in Vannes. The club was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of ''Véloce vannetais'' founded in 1911 and ''FC Vannes'' known before ...
(4) * Dinan-Léhon FC (5) * Plouzané AC (5) * Saint-Colomban Sportive Locminé (5) * Saint-Pierre de Milizac (5) * FC Guichen (6) * US Liffré (6) * US Montagnarde (6) * EA Saint-Renan (6)
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
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ÃŽle-de-France The ÃŽle-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...
(9 teams) *
US Créteil-Lusitanos Union Sportive Créteil-Lusitanos (commonly referred to as US Créteil, USC, or simply Créteil) is a French football club based in Créteil, a southeastern suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1936 and currently play in the National 2, the ...
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Red Star FC Red Star Football Club (), known as Red Star FC or simply Red Star, is a French professional football club founded in Paris in 1897, and is the fourth oldest French football club, after Standard AC of Paris, Le Havre AC and Girondins de Bord ...
(3) * Football Club 93 Bobigny-Bagnolet-Gagny (4) * FC Fleury 91 (4) *
US Lusitanos Saint-Maur Union Sportive Lusitanos Saint-Maur or US Lusitanos Saint-Maur is a French football club based in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, the southeastern suburbs of Paris. The club was founded in 1966 by Portuguese immigrants who worked in a fa ...
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JA Drancy La Jeanne d'Arc de Drancy are a French football club based in Drancy, a suburb of Paris. The club was founded in 1903. As of the 2020–21 season, the club plays in the Championnat National 3, the fifth division of French football. Current stat ...
(5) * Saint-Brice FC (6) * US Sénart-Moissy (6) * CA Vitry (6)
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...
(16 teams) * Annecy FC (3) *
FC Villefranche Football Club Villefranche Beaujolais or simply Villefranche is a French association football club founded in 1927. They are based in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône-Alpes and play at the Stade Armand Chouffet in town. The team played one season ...
(3) * Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC (4) *
FC Chamalières Football Club de Chamalières commonly known as FC Chamalières is a French football club based in Chamalières in the Clermont-Ferrand urban area in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. They were founded in 1965 and have played their home games at ...
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Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne Le Puy-en-Velay Football 43 Auvergne (; commonly referred to as Le Puy) is a French football club based in Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne region. It competes in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of French football. History The club w ...
(4) * Moulins Yzeure Foot (4) *
GFA Rumilly-Vallières GFA Rumilly-Vallières is a football club based in Rumilly in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. The club currently plays in Championnat National 3, the fifth tier of the French football league system. History The club was formed in 19 ...
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AS Saint-Priest Association Sportive de Saint-Priest is a French association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their f ...
(4) * FC Aurillac Arpajon Cantal Auvergne (5) * FC Limonest Saint-Didier (5) * Thonon Évian FC (5) *
US Feurs Union Sportive Forezienne is a French association football club founded in 1945. They are based in the town of Feurs and their home stadium is the Stade Rousson. As of the 2022–23 season, they play in Championnat National 3 The Championnat ...
(6) * FC Rhône Vallées (6) * AC Seyssinet (6) * Vénissieux FC (6) * AS Nord Vignoble (8)


Overseas Territories teams

Mayotte Mayotte ( ; , ; , ; , ), officially the Department of Mayotte (), is an Overseas France, overseas Overseas departments and regions of France, department and region and single territorial collectivity of France. It is one of the Overseas departm ...
: 2 teams * FC Mtsapéré * Pamandzi SC
Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
: 2 teams *
JS Saint-Pierroise Jeunesse Sportive Saint-Pierroise (JSSP) is a French football club from Saint-Pierre, Réunion. Its most notable players are Roger Milla, from the Cameroon national football team and Jean Pierre Papin, from the France national football team. A ...
* US Sainte-Marienne
Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...
: 2 teams *
AS Samaritaine AS Samaritaine is a professional football club of Martinique, based in the northeastern town Sainte-Marie. Founded in 1920,Club Franciscain Club Franciscain is a professional football club in Martinique, playing in the town of Le François. It plays in the Martinique's first division, the Martinique Championnat National. Honours *Martinique Championnat National **Champions (20): 1 ...
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...
: 2 teams * Phare du Canal * Unité Sainte-Rosienne
French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...
: 2 teams *
US Sinnamary Union Sportive de Sinnamary is a French Guianese football club playing at the top level. It is based in Sinnamary. Their home stadium is Stade Omnisports. Achievements * French Guiana Championnat National: 3 :: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97 ...
* ASU Grand Santi


Round 8


Overseas teams

Two matches between teams from Mayotte, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guiana. The team from Martinique received a bye.


Amateur path

The 62 qualifiers from the seventh round played a straight knockout round.


Professional path

The 20
Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...
teams joined the competition, and played a straight knockout round.


Round of 64


Amateur path

The 31 qualifiers from the eighth round were joined by the two overseas teams qualifying from the eighth round, and the team from Martinique. They played a straight knockout round. Following petition by the ''Ligue de Football de Martinique'', the team from Martinique were guaranteed a draw against one of the qualifying overseas teams.


Professional path

The ten
Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...
qualifiers from the eighth round were joined by the twenty
Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...
sides. They played a straight knockout round.


Round of 32, and later

The seventeen amateur path qualifiers and the fifteen professional path qualifiers joined for a straight knockout competition.


Seventh round

The seventh round was split over an extended period, starting on 21 November 2020. * Playoff ties between teams from the overseas leagues of Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Mayotte took place between 21 and 29 November. * The playoff tie between teams from Martinique took place on 13 January 2021. * The matches involving the 124 qualifying teams from mainland France took place entirely within the regional leagues, except for those leagues providing an odd number of qualifiers, where inter-league matches were drawn. This resulted in ties between Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie, Normandy and Pays de la Loire, and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Paris-Île-de-France. The pre-draw was published on 22 January. Matches took place on 5, 6 and 7 February 2021, with three postponed to 13 and 14 February, awaiting outcomes of ties in the previous round.


Overseas ties


Mainland ties


Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes group


Brittany group


Centre-Val de Loire group


Grand Est group


Hauts-de-France group

''See also the combined Hauts-de-France and Corsica group''


Combined Hauts-de-France and Corsica group

The two qualifiers from Corsica were grouped with the qualifiers from the last two games in the Hauts-de-France sixth round draw to ensure two qualifiers for the eighth round and one qualifier for the round of 64.


Méditerranée group


Combined Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie group

The qualifiers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine were grouped with the qualifiers from the last game in the Occitanie sixth round draw to ensure six qualifiers for the eighth round and three qualifiers for the round of 64.


Occitanie group


Combined Paris-Île-de-France and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté group

The nine qualifiers from Paris-Île-de-France and the seven qualifiers from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté were grouped together to ensure eight qualifiers for the eighth round and four qualifiers for the round of 64.


Combined Pays de la Loire and Normandy group

The nine qualifiers from Pays de la Loire and the seven qualifiers from Normandy were grouped together to ensure eight qualifiers for the eighth round and four qualifiers for the round of 64.


Eighth round

The eighth round was separated into two paths. The professional path took place between the twenty teams from
Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...
. The amateur path took place between the 62 mainland qualifiers from the seventh round. The ties involving teams from Mayotte, Guadeloupe, Réunion and French Guiana were pre-drawn on 25 November 2020. The team from Martinique received a bye for this round and directly qualified for the round of 64 on the amateur path. * Overseas ties took place on 20 December. * The draw for the professional path took place on 7 January 2021, with matches played on 19 and 20 January. * In the amateur path, matches took place entirely within the regional leagues, with the winners of the three inter-league matches from the seventh round joining the region which had an odd number of qualifiers. The pre-draw was published on 22 January 2021. Matches took place on 13 and 14 February, with three postponed pending outcomes of ties in the previous round, and two postponed due to inclement weather.


Overseas ties


Professional path


Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Group E


Amateur path


Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes group


Brittany group


Centre-Val de Loire group


Grand Est group


Hauts-de-France group

''See also the combined Hauts-de-France and Corsica group''


Combined Hauts-de-France and Corsica group


Méditerranée group


Combined Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Occitanie group


Occitanie group


Combined Paris-Île-de-France and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté group


Combined Pays de la Loire and Normandy group


Round of 64

The round of 64 was separated into two paths. The professional path took place between the twenty teams from
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and the ten winners of the eighth round professional path. The amateur path took place between the 31 mainland qualifiers from the eighth round and the 3 overseas qualifiers. The tie between
US Sinnamary Union Sportive de Sinnamary is a French Guianese football club playing at the top level. It is based in Sinnamary. Their home stadium is Stade Omnisports. Achievements * French Guiana Championnat National: 3 :: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97 ...
and the team from Martinique was pre-drawn 18 December 2020. * The draw for the professional path took place on 7 January 2021. Matches took place between 9 and 11 February. * The draw for the amateur path took place on 12 February. Matches took place on 20, 21 and 25 February.


Professional path


Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Group E


Amateur path


Overseas tie


Overseas and mainland tie

FC Mtsapéré were scheduled to face a team from the mainland at
INF Clairefontaine The INF Clairefontaine (), known as INF or simply Clairefontaine, is the national football centre that specialises in training French football players. The INF Clairefontaine is a section of the CNF Clairefontaine. The academy is one of sixtee ...
, opponent to be decided in the main draw on 12 February 2021. However, having arrived at
Roland Garros Airport Roland Garros Airport () , formerly known as Gillot Airport, is located in Sainte-Marie on Réunion, France. The airport is east of Saint-Denis; it is named after the French aviator Roland Garros, who was born in Saint-Denis. Overview R ...
on
Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
on 11 February, they were denied transit to France due to
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contact concerns, and informed they must return to Mayotte. A report on 12 February suggested it might have been possible for the team to isolate in Réunion and travel to France at a later date, but this did not happen. On 17 February 2021, it was announced that FC Mtsapére would be allowed to depart for mainland France on 21 February, and would play their game on 25 February in
Romorantin-Lanthenay Romorantin-Lanthenay (), commonly known as Romorantin, is a commune and town in the Loir-et-Cher department, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the capital city of the natural region of Sologne. History The current c ...
.


Mainland ties


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Round of 32

The draw for the Round of 32 was held on 21 February 2021. It consisted of matches split into four groups, balanced primarily by geography but also to ensure an even spread of teams from different levels. Matches took place between 5 and 8 March.


Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 was held on 8 March 2021. Matches took place on 17 March, and between 6 and 8 April.


Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 9 April 2021. Matches took place on 20 and 21 April.


Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 25 April 2021. Matches took place on 12 and 13 May.


Final


Notes


References


External links

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