Coupe de France 1995/96

The competition for the Coupe de France in the 1995/96 season was the 79th playout of the French football cup for men's teams. This year 5,847 clubs registered.

Defending champion was Paris Saint-Germain , who was eliminated in the round of 16 against the eventual winner of the trophy, the Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise . For Auxerre this was the second cup victory in the third finals since 1979 . Since the "provincial club" from Burgundy also won championships this season, it was also the tenth club in the history of French football to win the doublé . Final opponent Nîmes Olympique , now only playing third class , was in his third final and lost (as in 1958 and 1961 ) this time too.

The second division attracted attention once again; six of them were still represented in the round of 16. However, they did not reach the record of 1980 , when three of the four semi-finalists came from the second division. In addition to Olympique Nîmes, two other third division clubs ( Sporting Toulon and the former railway sports club Cheminots Thouars) and in particular the fifth-rate Lorraine CS Blénod, who also made it to the round of 16 due to two victories over first division players, triumphed among the amateur representatives .

After the qualification rounds organized by the regional subdivisions of the regional association FFF , the 20 first division clubs intervened in the thirty-second finals . The game pairings and the respective home rights were drawn freely for each round; however, clubs that played at least two leagues below their opponent automatically had home rights. As a further innovation (up to and including 1997/98 ) the “blue card” was introduced for the team that was ahead in the coupe's fairness rating; this team was also given the opportunity to play in front of their own audience in the following round. In addition, amateurs occasionally waived their home rights for money. Generally only one meeting was planned; if it was tied after 90 minutes, it was extended and the winner could then be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Thirty-second finals

Games on January 13th, 14th and 20th 1996. The clubs of the two professional leagues are labeled D1 and D2, those of the semi-professional Ligue National with N1, the pure amateur leagues (levels 4 to 6) with N2, N3 or DH ("Division d'Honneur").

US Marseille-Endoume Catalans N3 - Olympique Marseille D2 0-2 Sporting Toulon N1 - FC Pau N2 2-1 US Valenciennes N1 - RC Strasbourg D1 1: 2 n.v. AS Saint-Étienne D1 - US Saintes N3 5-0 Stade Pontivy N2 - FC Trélissac N1 2-0 Paris Saint-Germain D1 - LB Châteauroux D2 3-1 Chamois Niort D2 - EA Guingamp D1 2: 2 n.V. (7: 6 p.e.) Stade Brest 29 N1 - OGC Nice D2 1: 1 n.V. (3: 4 pi.) Olympique Saint-Quentin N3 - FC Nantes D1 1: 7 Stade Rennes D1 - AS Nancy D2 1: 2 ES Pacy-Vallée-de-l'Eure N3 - HSC Montpellier D1 1: 2 AS Monaco D1 - RC Lens D1 1: 0 a.d. FC Gueugnon D1 - ASOA Valence D2 1: 2 US La Fléche N3 - FC Martigues D1 1: 3 Nozay Omnisports DH - Cheminots Thouars N1 0: 2 FC Pont de Roide-Vermondans N3 - Girondins Bordeaux D1 1: 4

UC Le Mans D2 - US Créteil N1 1-0 AS Salbris N3 - Le Havre AC D1 0: 3 Stade Laval D2 - Stade Poitiers D2 4-1 Toulouse Fontaines Club N2 - FC Istres N1 0-1 AS Cannes D1 - FC Perpignan D2 5-1 SM Caen D2 - SC Amiens D2 3: 2 a.d. FC Saint-Leu N1 - OSC Lille D1 0-1 CS Blénod N3 - SC Bastia D1 1-0 Olympique Lyon D1 - AJ Auxerre D1 0-1 FC Saint-Lô N2 - SCO Angers D2 1: 3 US Charnay N3 - FC Metz D1 1: 3 US Dunkerque D2 - FC Sochaux D2 1: 3 SG Marienau DH - FCO Dijon N1 1: 4 US Raon N3 - AS Poissy N2 0: 1 FC Mulhouse D2 - FCSR Haguenau N1 3-2 a.d. Olympique Nîmes N1 - AS Saint-Priest N2 3: 1

Round of 16

Games on February 2nd, 3rd and 14th, 1996

Sporting Toulon N1 - Girondins Bordeaux D1 3: 2 n.v. Stade Pontivy N2 - Olympique Marseille D2 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain D1 - SCO Angers D2 2-0 Chamois Niort D2 - FC Mulhouse D2 1: 1 n.V. (4: 2 p.e.) OGC Nice D2 - Stade Laval D2 0: 1 a.d. FC Nantes D1 - AS Monaco D1 2: 2 n.V. (4: 5 p. AS Nancy D2 - OSC Lille D1 0: 0 n.V. (2: 4 pi.) HSC Montpellier D1 - FC Istres N1 2-1

ASOA Valence D2 - FCO Dijon N1 3-0 Cheminots Thouars N1 - FC Martigues D1 1-0 aet UC Le Mans D2 - AJ Auxerre D1 0: 2 AS Cannes D1 - FC Sochaux D2 0-1 CS Blénod N3 - Le Havre AC D1 1: 1 n.V. (4: 3 p. FC Metz D1 - SM Caen D2 0: 1 AS Poissy N2 - RC Strasbourg D1 0: 0 n.v. (2: 4 in pu) Olympique Nîmes N1 - AS Saint-Étienne D1 3-1

Round of 16

Games between February 23-28, 1996

Sporting Toulon N1 - HSC Montpellier D1 1: 1 n.V. (1: 4 p. Chamois Niort D2 - RC Strasbourg D1 0: 1 OSC Lille D1 - AS Monaco D1 1: 1 n.V. (5: 4 pi.) ASOA Valence D2 - Stade Laval D2 1-0

Cheminots Thouars N1 - Olympique Nîmes N1 0-2 AJ Auxerre D1 - Paris Saint-Germain D1 3-1 CS Blénod N3 - Olympique Marseille D2 0-2 SM Caen D2 - FC Sochaux D2 5-0

Quarter finals

Games on 16./17. March 1996

HSC Montpellier D1 - SM Caen D2 1-0 ASOA Valence D2 - AJ Auxerre D1 0-2

Olympique Nîmes N1 - RC Strasbourg D1 3: 2 a.d. Olympique Marseille D2 - OSC Lille D1 1-0

Semifinals

Games on April 13th and 14th, 1996

Olympique Nîmes N1 - HSC Montpellier D1 1-0

Olympique Marseille D2 - AJ Auxerre D1 1: 1 aet (1: 3 on pens)

final

Game on May 4, 1996 in the Prinzenparkstadion in Paris in front of 44,921 spectators

• AJ Auxerre - Olympique Nîmes 2: 1 (0: 1)

Team lineups

AJ Auxerre: Lionel Charbonnier - Alain Goma , Taribo West , Laurent Blanc , Franck Rabarivony - Philippe Violeau , Moussa Saïb ( Christophe Cocard , 87th), Corentin Martins , Sabri Lamouchi - Lilian Laslandes , Bernard Diomède
Trainer: Guy Roux

Olympique Nîmes: Philippe Sence - Franck Touron , Antoine Préget , Olivier Bochu , Jean Ecker - Cyril Jeunechamp ( Ludovic Gros , 92.), Christophe Zugna ( Anthony Vosahlo , 36.), Omar Belbey , Christian Perez - Abder Ramdane ( Éric Sabin , 68.), Nicolas Marx
Trainer: Pierre Barlaguet

Referee: Bernard Saules (Rodez)

Gates

0: 1 Belbey (26th)
1: 1 Blanc (53rd)
2: 1 Laslandes (88th)

Special occurrences

Olympique Nîmes was the first third division team since the introduction of professional football in France (1932) to reach a cup final. However, he was not the first amateur club: in the 1932/33 season , when there was only one professional league, Racing Roubaix had accomplished the same feat; however, Roubaix then played in the second highest league in the country.

Coach Barlaguet was in all three lost Cup finals at Olympique Nîmes, 1958 and 1961 as a player. Since Auxerre took part in the Champions League , he was able to compete with his eleven in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1996/97 , which made it to the last sixteen.

See also

• Division 1 1995/96
• Division 2 1995/96

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
2. ↑ L'Équipe / Ejnès, p. 413