Coupe de France 2015/16

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since the 2007/08 season

The competition for the Coupe de France in the 2015/16 season was the 99th edition of the French football cup for men's teams. The defending champion was Paris Saint-Germain FC .

During the third and second division clubs as well as eleven participants from seven French overseas territories already in the regional subdivisions of the National Association French Football Federation (FFF) had to intervene organized qualifying rounds in the competition - the third division in the fifth, the two The latter groups in the 7th round - for the first division team - and possibly a lower-class defending champion - the competition only began with the thirty-second finals (start of the main competition). Only in this round were the 64 qualified clubs nationwide divided into four regional pots of 16 teams each, in which approximately the same number of teams from the same league affiliation were represented. From the sixteenth finals on, this sorting was also dropped and the competition was held exclusively according to the classic cup mode: matches were drawn from all clubs still in the competition without seed lists and only one game was played at the end of which a winner had to be determined (even if it was through Extra time and penalty shoot-outs) who then qualified for the next round while the loser was eliminated. The home rights were also determined by lot for each match, but with the restriction that clubs that had to compete against an eleven playing at least two league levels above were automatically given home rights.

The lower-class clubs also fought for the title as the most successful outsider, which was associated with cash prizes. This side competition, which is currently mainly sponsored by PMU , is officially called Classement des Petits Poucets (in German: "Däumlingsprüfung"). As the only seventh division ( Division d'Honneur Régionale or DHR) the Jeunesse Sportive Saint-Jean Beaulieu from Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat / Beaulieu-sur-Mer was able to qualify for the thirty-second finals; the same has been achieved by a team from France's overseas possessions with the US Sainte-Marie from La Réunion . The lot then brought the two only remaining contenders for this title, two fifth division teams, directly together in the sixteenth finals; the winner, US Granville , then even reached the last eight participants.

Thirty-second finals

Games on January 2nd to 4th, 2016. L1, L2 and D3 stand for membership in the first to third leagues, CFA and CFA2 for the two national amateur leagues, DH (" Division d'Honneur ") for the sixth and DHR ("Division d'Honneur Régionale") for the seventh league level.
Results: n / a = after extension, i. E. = on penalties.

FC Lorient (L1) - FC Tours (L2) 3: 2 a.d. CS Sedan (D3) - SC Bastia (L1) 0: 2 FC Chambly (D3) - Stade Reims (L1) 4-1 USL Dunkerque (D3) - ES Troyes AC (L1) 3: 4 a.d. AC Amiens (CFA) - Lille OSC (L1) 0: 1 Racing Besançon (CFA2) - SCO Angers (L1) 1: 3 Racing Épernay (CFA2) - HSC Montpellier (L1) 0: 1 FC Limoges (CFA2) - Olympique Lyon (L1) 0: 7 US Chantilly (DH) - EA Guingamp (L1) 0: 4 Le Blanc-Mesnil SF (DH) - FC Nantes (L1) 0-2 AS Moulins (CFA) - Chamois Niort (L2) 1: 2 US Granville (CFA2) - Stade Laval (L2) 2-1 CS Volvic (DH) - AC Ajaccio (L2) 0: 1 FC Villefranche (CFA) - US Sarre-Union (CFA) 1: 2 FC Mantes (CFA) - Stade Saint-Brieuc (CFA2) 2-0 AS Muret (DH) - FC Trélissac (CFA) 0-2

SM Caen (L1) - Olympique Marseille (L1) 0: 0 aet, 1: 3 i. E. OGC Nice (L1) - Stade Rennes (L1) 2-2 a.m., 6: 7 i. E. Étoile Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël (D3) - Girondins Bordeaux (L1) 2: 3 ES Wasquehal (CFA) - Paris Saint-Germain FC (L1) 0-1 Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien (CFA) - Toulouse FC (L1) 0-5 US Raon (CFA2) - AS Saint-Étienne (L1) 1: 1 aet, 3: 4 i. E. Gazélec FC Ajaccio (L1) - US Sainte-Marie (DH La Réunion) 2-0 AS Monaco (L1) - JS Saint-Jean Beaulieu (DHR) (a) 10: 2 Mulhouse FC (CFA) - Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas (L2) 1: 3 FC Annecy (CFA2) - FC Évian Thonon Gaillard (L2) 1: 4 a.d. Sarreguemines FC (CFA2) - Valenciennes FC (L2) 1-0 AS Pagny-sur-Moselle (CFA2) - FC Sochaux (L2) 0-2 US Avranches MSM (D3) - US Saint-Malo (CFA) 1: 1 n.v., 1: 3 i. E. US Saint-Omer (DH) - US Boulogne (D3) 2: 2 a.d., 3: 4 i. E. US Concarneau (CFA) - Tour d'Auvergne Rennes (CFA2) 3-0 Toulouse Rodéo FC (DH) - Stade Mont-de-Marsan (CFA) 0-1

^(a) The amateur club has sold its home rights.

Round of 16

Games on January 19th to 21st, one game each between two amateur teams on January 16th and 23rd, 2016

SC Bastia (L1) - FC Sochaux (L2) 1-2 AS Saint-Étienne (L1) - AC Ajaccio (L2) 2-1 a.d. FC Chambly (D3) - Olympique Lyon (L1) (b) 0: 2 US Boulogne (D3) - FC Lorient (L1) 1: 3 aet FC Trélissac (CFA) - Lille OSC (L1) 1: 1 aet, 4: 2 i. E. US Concarneau (CFA) - ES Troyes AC (L1) 1: 3 FC Mantes (CFA) - FC Nantes (L1) 0-1 aet US Sarre-Union (CFA) - Chamois Niort (L2) 1-0

SCO Angers (L1) - Girondins Bordeaux (L1) 1: 2 Paris Saint-Germain FC (L1) - Toulouse FC (L1) 2-1 Olympique Marseille (L1) - HSC Montpellier (L1) 2-0 Gazélec FC Ajaccio (L1) - EA Guingamp (L1) 3-0 FC Évian Thonon Gaillard (L2) - AS Monaco (L1) 1: 3 a.d. Stade Rennes (L1) - FC Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas (L2) 1: 3 US Saint-Malo (CFA) - Stade Mont-de-Marsan (CFA) 1-0 US Granville (CFA2) - Sarreguemines FC (CFA2) 3-1

^(b)in Beauvais

Round of 16

Play February 9-11, 2016

Girondins Bordeaux (L1) - FC Nantes (L1) . 3: 4 n V. ES Troyes AC (L1) - AS Saint-Étienne (L1) 1: 2 ate FC Sochaux (L2) - AS Monaco (L1) 2-1 US Sarre-Union (CFA) - FC Lorient (L1) 0: 4

Paris Saint-Germain FC (L1) - Olympique Lyon (L1) 3-0 US Saint-Malo (CFA) - Gazélec FC Ajaccio (L1) (c) 1: 2 FC Trélissac (CFA) - Olympique Marseille (L1) (d) 0-2 US Granville (CFA2) - FC Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas (L2) 1-0 aet

^(c)in Guingamp

^(d)in Bordeaux

Quarter finals

Games on 2/3 March 2016

FC Lorient (L1) - Gazélec FC Ajaccio (L1) 3-0 FC Sochaux (L2) - FC Nantes (L1) 3: 2 a.d.

AS Saint-Étienne (L1) - Paris Saint-Germain FC (L1) 1: 3 US Granville (CFA2) - Olympique Marseille (L1) (e) 0: 1

^(e)in Caen

Semifinals

Games on 19./20. April 2016

FC Sochaux (L2) - Olympique Marseille (L1) 0-1

Lorient FC (L1) - Paris Saint-Germain FC (L1) 0-1

final

Game on May 21, 2016 at the Stade de France in front of 80,000 spectators

• Paris Saint-Germain FC - Olympique Marseille 4: 2 (1: 1)

Constellations

Paris: Salvatore Sirigu - Maxwell , Serge Aurier , Marquinhos , Thiago Silva - Adrien Rabiot , Benjamin Stambouli ( David Luiz , 76th), Blaise Matuidi , Angel Di Maria - Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Layvin Kurzawa , 89th), Edinson Cavani ( Lucas , 76.) Coach: Laurent Blanc

Marseille: Steve Mandanda - Karim Rekik , Benjamin Mendy , Nicolas Nkoulou , Javier Manquillo - Mauricio Isla , Lassana Diarra , Abdelaziz Barrada ( Brice Dja Djéjdé , 70th), Michy Batshuayi - Florian Thauvin ( Georges-Kévin N'Koudou , 81st) , Steven Fletcher ( Rémy Cabella , 60.) Trainer: José Miguel González ("Michel")

Referee: Clément Turpin (Ligue de Bourgogne)

Gates

1: 0 Matuidi (2nd)
1: 1 Thauvin (12th)
2: 1 Ibrahimović (47th, by penalty)
3: 1 Cavani (57th)
4: 1 Ibrahimović (82nd)
4: 2 Batshuayi (87th) )

See also

• Ligue 1 2015/16
• Ligue 2 2015/16
• Coupe de France féminine 2015/16

Supporting documents and comments

1. ^ Resolution of the FFF Federal Assembly from the beginning of April 2011; However, this rule did not apply to teams from the American and African French territories.
2. ^ Final report at France Football