Coupe de France 1976/77

The competition for the Coupe de France in the 1976/77 season was the 60th playout of the French football cup for men's teams. This year, for the first time in its history, more than 2,000 clubs registered (2,084 to be precise).

After the qualification rounds organized by the regional subdivisions of the regional association FFF had been completed , the 20 top division teams also intervened in the thirty-second finals . The pairings were drawn freely for each round; however, the clubs of the top division had the privilege of being set in the thirty-second finals and not being able to meet. All matches except for the first nationwide round and the final (only one match each on a neutral pitch, possibly with extra time and penalty shoot-outs to determine the winner) were played in home and away matches. If both teams scored the same number of goals, the one who scored more goals on the opponent's pitch won. If it was the same here, the second leg was first extended and then - if necessary - a penalty shoot-out was carried out.

The cup won that year AS Saint-Étienne ; it was her sixth win that trophy after 1962 , 1968 , 1970 , 1974 and 1975 . For final opponents Stade Reims it was the third final appearance after 1950 and 1958 - and the first in which Reims did not win the cup. Defending champion Olympique Marseille failed in the thirty-second finals on a third division team. The most successful amateur club was the fourth-class AS Vauban Strasbourg, which with a little luck made it into the top 16 teams.

Thirty-second finals

Games on 12./13. February 1977; the respective league membership is indicated with D1 or D2 for the two professional leagues, D3 for the national league and DH or PH ("Division d'Honneur" or "Promotion d'Honneur") for the top regional amateur leagues.

AS Saint-Étienne D1 - Olympique Alès D3 2-0 USM Malakoff D3 - US Valenciennes D1 2: 2 n.v. (3: 2 p.e.) FC Lorient D2 - Stade Laval D1 1-0 OSC Lille D1 - US Dunkerque D2 1-0 Stade Reims D1 - FC Bourges D2 4-2 LB Châteauroux D2 - US Grand Boulogne D2 1-0 FC Nantes D1 - US Toulouse D2 3-1 Stade Brest D2 - Stade Quimper D2 2-1 RC Strasbourg D2 - AS Nancy D1 1-0 AJ Auxerre D2 - AS Poissy D3 1-0 FC Sochaux D1 - CS Meaux PH 4: 1 AS Vauban Strasbourg DH - ES Viry-Châtillon D3 1: 1 ae (5: 4 p. Montpellier La Paillade SC D3 - Olympique Marseille D1 2-1 Stade Rennes D1 - FC Limoges D3 3-2 aet Paris Saint-Germain D1 - Entente Fontainebleau-Bagneaux-Nemours D2 7: 1 Olympique Avignon D2 - SEC Bastia D1 3-1

Troyes Aube Foot D1 - RCFC Besançon D2 4-0 Villemomble Sports DH - AS Creil D3 2-1 Olympique Nîmes D1 - UGA Lyon-Décines PH 1: 0 FC Rouen D2 - US Saint-Omer D3 1-0 SM Caen D2 - Élan Béarnais Orthez DH 3: 1 Gazélec FCO Ajaccio D2 - UMS Montélimar DH 5: 3 SCO Angers D1 - AS Angoulême D2 2-0 OGC Nice D1 - FC Annecy DH 8: 1 Girondins Bordeaux D1 - EA Guingamp D3 4: 1 AS Cannes D2 - AC Arles D2 4-0 FC Gueugnon D2 - Olympique Lyon D1 1-0 SR Haguenau D3 - SA Épinal D2 2: 1 ES La Rochelle D3 - AS Mantes PH 5: 1 RC Lens D1 - CM Morangis-Chilly PH 3: 1 FC Metz D1 - AC Chaumont D2 5-1 AS Monaco D2 - FC Martigues D2 1-0

Round of 16

First legs between 11 and 13, second legs between 18 and 20 March 1977

USM Malakoff D3 - FC Rouen D2 0-2, 3: 5 FC Lorient D2 - Stade Rennes D1 2-0, 0-1 Stade Brest D2 - SCO Angers D1 2-0, 2: 5 RC Strasbourg D2 - OSC Lille D1 4-0, 2-2 AJ Auxerre D2 - AS Saint-Étienne D1 0-0, 1-3 AS Vauban Strasbourg DH - SR Haguenau D3 1: 0, 1: 2 Montpellier La Paillade SC D3 - Olympique Nîmes D1 0-3, 2-3 Olympique Avignon D2 - Girondins Bordeaux D1 0-0, 1-2

Troyes Aube Foot D1 - FC Nantes D1 0-2, 2-4 Villemomble Sports DH - OGC Nice D1 0: 1, 0: 6 SM Caen D2 - Paris Saint-Germain D1 0-2, 2-3 Gazélec FCO Ajaccio D2 - Stade Reims D1 1-1, 2-3 AS Cannes D2 - AS Monaco D2 1: 1, 1: 4 n.a. FC Gueugnon D2 - LB Châteauroux D2 2-1, 3-1 ES La Rochelle D3 - FC Sochaux D1 1: 5, 0: 2 RC Lens D1 - FC Metz D1 2-0, 2-1

Round of 16

First leg on 8th, second leg on 13th April 1977

FC Rouen D2 - AS Saint-Étienne D1 1-1, 0-2 SCO Angers D1 - RC Lens D1 0: 1, 0: 1 AS Vauban Strasbourg DH - OGC Nice D1 1: 4, 1: 7 Olympique Nîmes D1 - Girondins Bordeaux D1 1-0, 0-0

FC Nantes D1 - RC Strasbourg D2 2-0, 1-3 Stade Reims D1 - AS Monaco D2 2-0, 4-2 FC Gueugnon D2 - FC Lorient D2 3-2, 0-1 FC Sochaux D1 - Paris Saint-Germain D1 1-0, 1-2

Quarter finals

First leg on 12th, second leg on May 17, 1977

RC Lens D1 - FC Nantes D1 2-1, 0-1 Olympique Nîmes D1 - OGC Nice D1 3: 3, 0: 2

FC Lorient D2 - Stade Reims D1 2-0, 2: 8 FC Sochaux D1 - AS Saint-Étienne D1 1-1, 1-3

Semifinals

First leg on 11th, second leg on 14th June 1977

FC Nantes D1 - AS Saint-Étienne D1 3-0, 1: 5 aet

OGC Nice D1 - Stade Reims D1 1: 2, 0: 1

final

Game on June 18, 1977 in the Prinzenpark Stadium in Paris in front of 45,454 spectators

• AS Saint-Étienne - Stade Reims 2: 1 (0: 0)

Team lineups

AS Saint-Étienne: Ivan Ćurković - Alain Merchadier , Oswaldo Piazza , Christian Lopez , Gérard Farison - Jacques Santini , Gérard Janvion , Dominique Bathenay - Dominique Rocheteau , Hervé Revelli , Patrick Revelli
Trainer: Robert Herbin

Stade Reims: Christian Laudu - Patrice Buisset , Régis Durand , Jean-Claude Dubouil , René Masclaux - Alain Polaniok ( Gérardo Giannetta , 75th), Daniel Ravier , André Betta - José Santiago Santamaría , Guy Mauffroy , Bernard Ducuing
Trainer: Pierre Flamion

Referee: Georges Konrath (Schwindratzheim)

Gates

0: 1 Santamaría (63.)
1: 1 Bathenay (85., by penalty)
2: 1 Merchadier (89.)

Special occurrences

The semi-final second leg between Saint-Étienne and Nantes indicated the fighting spirit of the cup winners: at half time the "Verts" had made up for the 3-0 first leg against the "Canaris", but 45 minutes later they still had to the extension. The game seemed over when Michel cut it for Nantes; but in the 115th and 119th minute Sarramagna and H. Revelli scored two late but decisive goals. In the final, too, Saint-Étienne's goals, which turned the game around, fell in the last five minutes. The ASSE benefited from the fact that Reims, of all things , his striker Carlos Bianchi , who also won the " Ligatorjägerkrone " in 1976/77 , and the central defender César-Auguste Laraignée were not available in this most important game of the season .

See also

• Division 1 1976/77
• Division 2 1976/77

literature

• Hubert Beaudet: La Coupe de France. Ses vainqueurs, ses surprises. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2003 ISBN 2-84253-958-3
• L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007 ISBN 978-2-915535-62-4

Web links

• This season the Coupe de France on the side of the FFF (French)

Remarks

1. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, pp. 332/333; that away goals count twice was introduced this season.
2. ↑ Due to their respective club colors, the players of AS Saint-Étienne are often referred to as "Greens", those of FC Nantes as "Canaries" (or "Yellows").
3. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, p. 393
4. ^ France Football, March 1, 2011, p. 29