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 106th season of the main football cup competition of
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. The competition was organised by the
French Football Federation
The French Football Federation ( FFF and 3F; or Triple F; , ) is the governing body of football in France. It was formed in 1919 and is based in the capital, Paris. The FFF is a founding member of FIFA and is responsible for overseeing all aspec ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 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 ...
).
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
were the defending champions, having beaten
Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionprevious year's final to claim their fourth Coupe de France title.
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
defeated Nantes 5–1 in the 2023 final for a first Coupe de France title.
Dates
Dates for the first two qualifying rounds, and any preliminaries required, were set by the individual Regional leagues. From round three, the FFF defined the calendar, with rounds up to and including the round of 32 being scheduled for weekends and later rounds up to, but not including, the final, taking place on midweek evenings. Due to the
2022 FIFA World Cup
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taking place in November and December, it was necessary to bring forward the eighth round by a week, compared to previous seasons, impacting the scheduling of earlier rounds. Similarly the timeline of rounds from the round of 64 onwards was compressed.
Teams
Round 1 to 6
The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Departments/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 each qualifying round was as follows:
Round 7
The 145 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues were joined by the 10 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and 20 2022–23 Ligue 2 teams. The qualifiers from Réunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana played off in internal matches.
Ligue 2
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Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...
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Annecy
Annecy ( , ; , also ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, regi ...
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Bastia
Bastia ( , , , ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest popu ...
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Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...
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Caen
Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...
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Dijon
Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...
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Grenoble
Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...
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Guingamp
Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...
Le Havre
Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...
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Metz
Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...
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Nîmes
Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...
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Niort
Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; ; ) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres.
The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the urban area.
Geography
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Paris FC
Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, aʁi futbol klœb, commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue ...
Rodez
Rodez (, , ; , ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the communau ...
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Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
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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
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Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
Stade Bordelais
Stade Bordelais are a French rugby union club, based in Bordeaux.
The club was established in 1889. Bordelais were a major force in the French championship during the 1900s. Until 2005–06, the senior team competed in the second level of dom ...
SO Châtellerault
Stade Olympique Châtellerault is a French association football club founded in 1914. It is based in Châtellerault, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France and plays in the Championnat National 3
The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simpl ...
(5)
* US Lège Cap Ferret (5)
* Stade Poitevin FC (5)
* FC Chauray (6)
* FC Lescar (6)
* FCE Mérignac Arlac (6)
* SA Mérignac (6)
* Entente Boé Bon-Encontre (7)
* AS Merpins (7)
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 ...
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 ...
(6 teams)
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LB Châteauroux
La Berrichonne de Châteauroux (), commonly referred to as La Berrichonne or simply Châteauroux, is a Football in France, French association football club based in Châteauroux. The football team is a part of a sports club that consists of seve ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
(20 teams)
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USL Dunkerque
Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque () is a Association football, football club based in Dunkirk, France. It competes in Ligue 2, having achieved promotion from the Championnat National in the 2022–23 Championnat National, 2022–23 seas ...
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 ...
(4)
* Wasquehal Football (4)
* Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC (5)
* Olympique Marcquois Football (5)
* Stade Béthunois (6)
* AC Cambrai (6)
* US Pays de Cassel (6)
* CS Chaumont-en-Vexin (6)
* US Escaudain (6)
* FC Loon-Plage (6)
* US Le Pays du Valois (6)
* Bondues FC (7)
* US Pont Sainte-Maxence (7)
* FC Liancourt-Clermont (8)
* JA Armentières (9)
* CA Éperlecques (9)
* US Téteghem (9)
Normandy (8 teams)
* US Avranches (3)
* Évreux FC 27 (4)
* US Granville (4)
* US Alençon (5)
* Grand-Quevilly FC (5)
* CMS Oissel (5)
* AF Virois (5)
* Le Havre Caucriauville Sportif (7)
Brittany (14 teams)
* US Concarneau (3)
* US Saint-Malo (4)
* Vannes OC (4)
* US Fougères (5)
* Lannion FC (5)
* Stade Plabennécois (5)
* AS Vitré (5)
* Auray FC (6)
* Espérance Chartres-de-Bretagne (6)
* PD Ergué-Gabéric (6)
* AG Plouvorn (6)
* Stade Pontivyen (6)
* US Grégorienne (7)
* Séné FC (7)
Paris-Île-de-France (10 teams)
* Paris 13 Atletico (3)
* Red Star F.C. (3)
* FC Fleury 91 (men), FC Fleury 91 (4)
* AS Poissy (4)
* FCM Aubervilliers (5)
* JA Drancy (5)
* CO Les Ulis (5)
* ESA Linas-Montlhéry (5)
* AC Paris 15 (7)
* Marcoussis Nozay La-Ville-du-Bois FC (9)
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (19 teams)
* Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne (3)
* FC Villefranche Beaujolais (3)
* Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC (4)
* FC Chamalières (4)
* Lyon La Duchère (4)
* AS Saint-Priest (4)
* FC Bourgoin-Jallieu (5)
* Chambéry SF (5)
* US Feurs (5)
* FC Limonest Dardilly Saint-Didier (5)
* GFA Rumilly-Vallières (5)
* FC Vaulx-en-Velin (5)
* SA Thiers (6)
* Velay FC (6)
* ASM Vénissieux, Vénissieux FC (6)
* FC Cournon-d'Auvergne (7)
* FC Roche-Saint-Genest (7)
* AS Savigneux-Montbrison (7)
* ES Tarentaise (7)
Overseas teams
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
* ASU Grand Santi
* ASC Le Geldar, Le Geldar De Kourou
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
* La Tamponnaise
* JS Saint-Pierroise
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
* Golden Lion FC
* Aiglon du Lamentin FC
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
* L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau
* SC Baie-Mahault
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 ...
: 1 team
* Diables Noirs
Tahiti: 1 team
* A.S. Vénus
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 ...
: 1 team
* Hienghène Sport
Mainland teams willing to travel overseas
The team from Tahiti played their seventh round tie at home. On 18 October 2022 the list of National, National 2 and National 3 clubs who had put themselves forward as candidates for overseas travel was published. Teams not selected were included in the draw for overseas travel in the eighth round, should they have qualified.
* US Avranches (3)
* FC Fleury 91 (men), FC Fleury 91 (4)
* Angoulême Charente FC (4)
* ASM Belfort (4)
* Évreux FC 27 (4)
* ASC Saint-Apollinaire (5)
* FCM Aubervilliers (5)
* CMS Oissel (5)
* Union Cosnoise Sportive (5)
* US Sarre-Union (5)
* CO Les Ulis (5)
Round 8
The eighth round ties for mainland matches was made at the same time as the seventh round draw. Matches including the teams from Martinique and Guadeloupe were slotted into the draw where gaps appear due to teams being selected to travel overseas.
Prioritised order of mainland teams
The winners of the seventh round matches in Réunion and French Guiana played their eighth round match at home against teams from mainland France. A draw on 18 October 2022 prioritised the list of clubs for these fixtures, should they win their seventh round games. FCM Aubervilliers and Évreux FC 27 were the highest in the list to qualify for the eighth round.
Round of 64
The 44 qualifying teams from Round 8 were joined by the 20 2022–23 Ligue 1 teams. 32 ties were drawn in regional groups.
* AC Ajaccio, Ajaccio
* Angers SCO, Angers
* AJ Auxerre, Auxerre
* Stade Brestois 29, Brest
* Clermont Foot, Clermont
* RC Lens, Lens
* Lille OSC, Lille
* FC Lorient, Lorient
* Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
* Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
* AS Monaco FC, Monaco
* Montpellier HSC, Montpellier
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Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
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Nice
Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionToulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
* Troyes AC, Troyes
Later rounds
Later rounds were open draws with no regional grouping.
Seventh round
The draw for the seventh round took place in multiple stages:
* The seventh round in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and Réunion will take place between the two qualifying teams from each territory, and were drawn and scheduled by the local league.
* The Overseas tie involving the team from Tahiti was drawn separately on 18 October 2022, against a team from the list of those willing to travel.
* Mainland teams were divided into ten groups, by geography and to ensure the groups are balanced in terms of the levels of the teams. The draw took place on 19 October 2022.
Overseas playoff ties
Overseas teams hosting mainland teams
This tie was drawn on 18 October 2022, and was played on the weekend of 30 October 2022.
Mainland ties
These ties were drawn on 19 October 2022, and were originally scheduled to be played on the weekend of 30 October 2022.
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 took place at the same time as the seventh round, with seventh round ties being paired together. Ties were originally scheduled to take place on the weekend of 18, 19 and 20 November 2022.
Group 8A
Group 8B
Group 8C
Group 8D
Group 8E
Group 8F
Group 8G
Group 8H
Group 8I
Group 8J
Round of 64
The draw was made on 21 November 2022, with the qualifying teams divided into four regional groups, and the 20 Ligue 1 teams divided equally amongst the groups. Ties were originally scheduled to take place on the weekend of 6, 7 and 8 January 2023.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Round of 32
The draw was made on 8 January 2023. Ties took place between 20 and 23 January 2023.
Round of 16
The draw was made on 23 January 2023. The ties took place on 8 and 9 February 2023.
Quarter-finals
The draw was made on 9 February 2023.
Semi-finals
The draw was made on 2 March 2023.
Final
Top scorers
References
External links
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