Coupe de France 2008/09

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since the 2007/08 season

The competition for the Coupe de France in the 2008/09 season was the 92nd draw of the French football cup for men's teams. This season 7,246 clubs from France and its overseas departments and territories took part - over eight percent more than in the previous season ; thus a new record was set.

Defending champion was Olympique Lyon , who was eliminated in the round of 16 this time. For the first time in the history of the competition, a purely Breton final took place, which second division side En Avant Guingamp won in its second final after 1997 . The team from the 8,000-inhabitant town of Guingamp was only the second lower class since the introduction of professionalism (1932) to take the trophy home. Final opponent Stade Rennes lost in their fifth final for the third time after it had taken 38 years to go that far again.

After the qualification rounds organized by the regional subdivisions of the regional association FFF , the first division clubs also intervened in the thirty-second finals . From this round onwards, the competition was held in the classic cup mode; This means in particular that the respective fixtures were drawn without seeding lists or a performance or regional pre-sorting of the clubs from all clubs still in the competition and only one game is played, at the end of which a winner has to be determined (be it through overtime and penalty shoot-outs ), who then qualifies for the next round, while the loser is eliminated. Home rights were also determined by lot for each match, but since 2003/04 with the restriction that clubs that have to compete against an eleven with a higher playing level - not to be confused with league levels - were automatically given home rights.

This competition saw another first in the history of the Coupe de France: With its victory in the round of the best 64 teams, the North Alsatian FCE Schirrhein became the first seventh division (Championnat d'Excellence) to ever reach the sixteenth finals. In addition, with the Société Sportive Jeanne d'Arc from Le Port on Réunion , a team from the overseas French possessions once again qualified for the thirty-second finals, the first round in which the Ligue 1 representatives also take part. These two "petits poucets" ( such "Davids" who prevail against "Goliathe" are often referred to in France as " thumbs ") complement the history of the Cup, which is not exactly lacking in surprises, as do two other amateur teams that advanced relatively far : the AF Rodez from the semi-professional third division up to the quarter-finals and the fourth-class AS Vitré up to the second round.

Thirty-second finals

Games from 2nd to 4th, catch-up games until January 24, 2009; L1, L2 and D3 stand for membership in the first to third leagues, CFA and CFA2 for the two national amateur leagues, DH and DSR for the next lower regional leagues ("Division d'Honneur" and "Division Supérieure Régionale", ie sixth or seventh league level).

FC Nantes L1 - SM Caen L1 2: 2 n.V. (3: 5 p. HSC Montpellier L2 - USL Dunkerque CFA 0: 1 US Saint-Omer DH - EA Guingamp L2 1: 3 Arras Football CFA2 - OGC Nice L1 1: 3 a.d. FC Sochaux L1 - Stade Rennes L1 0-1 OC Vannes L2 - LB Châteauroux L2 1-0 Chamois Niort L2 - US Boulogne L2 1: 2 ES Port-la-Nouvelle DH - AF Rodez D3 0: 3 Aviron Bayonnais D3 - AS Vitré CFA 0-2 US Eclaron-Valcourt DH - FCO Dijon L2 0: 5 ASF Andrézieux CFA - CS Sedan L2 0: 2 US Pont-de-Roide DH - GFCO Ajaccio CFA 0: 1 UJA Alfortville CFA - Le Havre AC L1 0-2 US Concarneau CFA2 - Olympique Lyon L1 0: 6 FC Blagnac CFA2 - AS Monaco L1 0-1 AS Évry DH - US Créteil D3 0-5

FC Étoile Schirrhein DSR - Clermont Foot L2 4: 2 SO Romorantin CFA - AS Nancy L1 0: 0 n.V. (4: 2 p. Girondins Bordeaux L1 - AS Saint-Etienne L1 0: 1 Toulouse FC L1 - Valenciennes FC L1 0-0 aet (5-4 p. US Alençon CFA2 - FC Lorient L1 2: 2 n.V. (2: 3 p.e.) US Raon CFA - Grenoble Foot L1 0: 0 a.d. (3: 4 on pi) CS Louhans-Cuiseaux D3 - ES Troyes AC L2 0: 1 a.d. Stade Brest L2 - Olympique Croix de Savoie D3 2: 2 aet (5: 4 on pens) SF Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois CFA - Lille OSC L1 0-3 SS Jeanne d'Arc du Port DH Réunion - FC Tours L2 1: 7 Olympique Grande-Synthe DH - Calais RUFC D3 1: 1 n.V. (4: 2 p.e.) FC Villefranche Beaujolais CFA - AS Orly DH 2-1 EDS Montluçon CFA - Paris Saint-Germain L1 0-1 RC Besançon CFA - Olympique Marseille L1 1: 1 aet (4: 5 on pens) AC Ajaccio L2 - AJ Auxerre L1 1: 1 n.V. (3: 1 i. E.) AS Yzeure CFA - UC Le Mans L1 0: 0 n.V. (4: 5 p.

Round of 16

Games from January 20-28, 2009

USL Dunkerque CFA - Lille OSC L1 0-3 Le Havre AC L1 - UC Le Mans L1 0: 1 a.d. ES Troyes AC L2 - AF Rodez D3 1: 2 Lorient FC L1 - Tours FC L2 2: 1 n.v. Stade Rennes L1 - AS Saint-Étienne L1 2-0 US Boulogne L2 - SM Caen L1 3: 1 AC Ajaccio L2 - OC Vannes L2 2-0 AS Monaco L1 - OGC Nice L1 1-0

FC Étoile Schirrhein DSR - FC Toulouse L1 0: 8 SO Romorantin CFA - CS Sedan L2 0: 0 n.V. (5: 6 p.e.) AS Vitré CFA - US Créteil D3 1: 1 n.V. (9: 8 i. E.) Olympique Grande-Synthe DH - Grenoble Foot L1 1: 3 FCO Dijon L2 - FC Villefranche Beaujolais CFA 4-1 EA Guingamp L2 - Stade Brest L2 2: 0 a.d. GFCO Ajaccio CFA - Paris Saint-Germain L1 0-3 Olympique Lyon L1 - Olympique Marseille L1 1-0 (a)

^(a) Lyon had protested - unsuccessfully - against the fixation of this game for January 28th, because their game in the thirty-second final, which was canceled at the beginning of January because of the winter conditions in France, could only be played four days before this encounter against Marseille.

Round of 16

Games on March 3rd and 4th, 2009

EA Guingamp L2 - UC Le Mans L1 1: 0 FCO Dijon L2 - Grenoble Foot L1 1: 1 n.V. (2: 4 p. US Boulogne L2 - Toulouse FC L1 0-2 AF Rodez D3 - Paris Saint-Germain L1 3-1 a.s.l.

AC Ajaccio L2 - AS Monaco L1 0-2 CS Sedan L2 - AS Vitré CFA 3: 0 Stade Rennes L1 - FC Lorient L1 3-0 OSC Lille L1 - Olympique Lyon L1 3-2

Quarter finals

Games on March 17th and 18th, 2009

CS Sedan L2 - EA Guingamp L2 1: 3 Toulouse FC L1 - Lille OSC L1 1: 1 n.V. (7: 6 p.e.)

Grenoble Foot L1 - AS Monaco L1 2: 0 Stade Rennes L1 - AF Rodez D3 2-0

Semifinals

Games on April 21 and 22, 2009

Grenoble Foot L1 - Stade Rennes L1 0-1

Toulouse FC L1 - EA Guingamp L2 1: 2

final

Game on May 9, 2009 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis in front of 80,056 spectators

• EA Guingamp - Stade Rennes 2: 1 (0: 0)

Team lineups

EA Guingamp: Guillaume Gauclin - Yves Deroff , Bakary Koné , Christian Bassila , Felipe - Lionel Mathis , Fabrice Colleau ( Badara Sène , 73rd), Gilson Silva ( Mouritala Ogunbiyi , 70th), Wilson Oruma , Richard Soumah - Eduardo
Trainer: Victor Zvunka

Stade Rennes: Nicolas Douchez - Rod Fanni , Stéphane M'Bia , Petter Hansson , Carlos Bocanegra - Fabien Lemoine , Jérôme Leroy , Bruno Cheyrou ( Jirès Kembo-Ekoko , 89th) - Romain Danzé ( Mickaël Pagis , 79th), Olivier Thomert , Moussa Sow ( Asamoah Gyan , 87th)
Coach: Guy Lacombe

Referee: Thierry Auriac (Toulouse)

Gates

0: 1 Bocanegra (69.)
1: 1 Eduardo (72.)
2: 1 Eduardo (83.)

Special occurrences

Both finalists had asked the association to play the Breton national anthem Bro gozh ma zadoù in addition to the French national anthem at the official ceremony ; this was rejected by the FFF. However, the singer Alan Stivell and two Bagadoù - from Guingamp and Cesson-Sévigné, a suburb of Rennes - were allowed to intone this song and also Tri martolod while the players entered the lawn of the Stade de France to warm up. In addition, the sports newspaper L'Équipe appeared on the day of the game between Stad Roazhon and War-raok Gwengamp with a front page in Breton and called itself "Ar Skipailh" in a corresponding translation of its name.

The number of spectators in the final meant an improvement on the previous record of the competition in May 2007 . They saw the first goals that Rennes had to accept in this year's Coupe de France after Stade had not conceded a single goal in five matches on his way to the final - four of them against other top division clubs. And they witnessed only the second win of the Coupe de France by a lower-class team: Le Havre AC succeeded for the first time in 1959 .

For two EA Guingamp players, this was not the first success in a cup final: Yves Deroff ( 1999 with FC Nantes) and Lionel Mathis ( 2003 and 2005 , each with AJ Auxerre) had already been part of the winning team. And coach Zvunka had already won the coupe in 1976 - but still as a player at Olympique Marseille. As a coach, however, this was his first cup title in his second final, after he had also led a second division team to the final in 2004, but had to admit defeat with LB Châteauroux .

See also

• Ligue 1 2008/09
• Ligue 2 2008/09
• Challenge de France féminin 2008/09

Web links

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

Remarks

1. ↑ Number of participants after this report by the FFF ( memento of the original from June 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ The results of these qualification rounds can be found here (rounds 1–6) and here (rounds 7 and 8) ; there, however, the results of the overseas departments or territories are missing .
3. ↑ According to Article 6.2 of the Implementing Regulations (Règlement de la Coupe de France) the following five levels exist:
   (1) Ligue 1
   (2) Ligue 2 and National
   (3) CFA and CFA 2
   (4) Division d'Honneur and the ( Division Supérieure d'Élite or others)
   (5) all lower leagues, i.e. from the eighth highest division.
   Download of the regulations as PDF under archive link ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007 ISBN 978-2-915535-62-4 , p. 333
5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated May 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and archive link ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
7. ↑ see the article "In 2009 L'Équipe designed its front page in Breton " from May 4, 2014 at Ouest-France