Coupe Charles Drago

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The Coupe Charles Drago (or Coupe Drago for short ) was a French football competition for men's teams. It was held from 1952/53 up to and including 1964/65. All professional teams - i.e. first and second divisions  - who had been eliminated in the national cup (Coupe de France) before the respective quarter-finals were eligible to participate . Due to this peculiarity, a parallel to the league cup , which is occasionally drawn in the literature, is objectively not justified - even if the latter is also reserved for professional teams.

This “competition of losers”, which contradicts the customary cup rule, according to which a defeat means the end, was never particularly popular, but brought additional income to the clubs, which were often under pressure. Contemporary it was also referred to as the "consolation cup" ("la Consolante") .

When it started as Challenge du Groupement (after the subdivision of the national association responsible for the professional sector , the Groupement des Club Professionnels ), this competition, which was also held in cup mode, was played for the first time after the manufacturer of military badges of honor Charles Drago, the donor of the Cup trophy made of solid silver, renamed. In the first edition in 1953, the trophy could not be handed over to the winner immediately after the end of the game; British Customs initially held the piece made in Birmingham at the border.

The FC Sochaux and Racing Lens won the Coupe Drago three times; From 1962 to 1964, the Racing Club Franc-Comtois Besançon and FC Sochaux were also successful clubs that only played in Division 2 at the time of their respective cup wins . Today (2011) the trophy is still in the office of the last winner, the RC Lens.

Regulations

A special feature is the rule, which was changed several times during the 13 events, such as how to proceed in the event of a tie after 90 minutes. At the premiere in 1953, extra time was played and - if it was still a draw - the winner was drawn by tossing a coin in the dressing room immediately after the end of the game. In 1954 and 1955, the visiting team advanced in such a case; from 1956 to 1958 the game was repeated, and from 1959 the corner ratio was used to determine the winner.

The finals

season winner finalist Result venue spectator
1952/53 FC Sochaux Toulouse FC 3: 3 n.V. (a) Rouen 15,000
1953/54 Stade Reims Lille OSC 6: 3 Paris
1954/55 AS Saint-Etienne UA Sedan-Torcy 2-0 Paris
1955/56 Olympique Nîmes Lille OSC 3: 1 Paris
1956/57 Olympique Marseille RC Lens 3: 1 Paris
1957/58 AS Saint-Etienne OGC Nice 2: 1 Alès
1958/59 RC Lens US Valenciennes 3: 2 Paris
1959/60 RC Lens Sporting Toulon 3: 2 Rouen
1960/61 AS Monaco RC Strasbourg 2: 1 Paris
1961/62 RCFC Besancon Le Havre AC 1: 0 a.d. Limoges
1962/63 FC Sochaux UA Sedan-Torcy 5: 2 Sochaux
1963/64 FC Sochaux US Forbach 4-0 Sochaux
1964/65 RC Lens Girondins Bordeaux 4-0 Lens
(a) Determination of the winner by tossing a coin on the part of Madame Drago

literature

  • L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007 ISBN 978-2-915-53562-4

Remarks

  1. ^ Thierry Berthou / Collectif: Dictionnaire historique des clubs de football français. Pages de Foot, Créteil 1999, Volume 1, p. 13, ISBN 2-913146-01-5 ; similar to Jean-Philippe Rethacker / Jacques Thibert: La fabuleuse histoire du football. Minerva, Genève 1996, 2003² ISBN 978-2-8307-0661-1 , p. 230
  2. ↑ a b c France Football, February 11, 2014, p. 32
  3. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, p. 301
  4. ^ A b Fédération Française de Football (ed.): 100 dates, histoires, objets du football français. Tana, o. O. 2011, ISBN 978-2-84567-701-2 , p. 84

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