2019–20 Coupe de France
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The 2019–20 Coupe de France was the 103rd season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia (Winner of 2019 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (Winner of 2018–19 Tahiti Cup), Réunion, Saint Martin, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon).
Tournament details | |
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Country | France |
Teams | 196 (from 7th round) |
Defending champions | Rennes (3 titles) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Paris Saint-Germain (13th title) |
Runner-up | Saint-Étienne |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 211 |
Goals scored | 586 (2.78 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Carnejy Antoine Pablo Sarabia (7 goals each)[1] |
Rennes were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Saint-Étienne in the semi-finals.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, on 28 April 2020, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced all sporting events in France, including those behind closed doors, would be banned until September.[2] The FFF were considering whether the final of the Coupe de France could be rescheduled for when events are allowed to restart.[3] On 26 June, the FFF announced that the final was rescheduled to 24 July.[4]
Paris Saint-Germain won their record 13th title overall with a 1–0 win over Saint-Étienne in the final.[5]
Dates for the first two qualifying round were set by the individual Regional leagues. The remaining qualifying rounds, the seventh and eight round, and the round of 64 took place at weekends. The later rounds up to, but not including, the final, took place on midweek evenings. The final took place on Friday 24 July 2020.[6]
Round | Draw Date | Matches Played |
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Third | various | 15 September 2019 |
Fourth | various | 29 September 2019 |
Fifth | various | 13 October 2019 |
Sixth | various | 27 October 2019 |
Seventh | 29 and 30 October 2019 | 16 and 17 November 2019 |
Eighth | 19 November 2019 | 7 and 8 December 2019 |
Round of 64 | 9 December 2019 | 4, 5 and 6 January 2020 |
Round of 32 | 6 January 2020 | 16, 17, 18 and 19 January 2020 |
Round of 16 | 19 or 20 January 2020 | 28, 29 and 30 January 2020 |
Quarter-finals | 29 January 2020 | 11, 12 and 13 February 2020 |
Semi-finals | 12 February 2020 | 4 and 5 March 2020 |
Final | n/a | 24 July 2020 |
For this season, there were changes in the rules of participation for Overseas Territories teams in both the seventh and eighth rounds. For Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Martinique, the seventh round match was defined as being between the two teams who qualified from the sixth round, rather than being a draw against a side from mainland France as previously.[7]
Following the established rule regarding alternation of venue between overseas and mainland, the eighth-round games involving the teams from French Guiana and Martinique were played on mainland France regardless of the order the teams were drawn. However, if the overseas team was drawn first, the match took place at a neutral venue within 100 km of Paris.[8] The eighth-round game involving the team from Guadeloupe took place in Guadeloupe.
Round 1 to 6
The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allowed teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from Championnat National 3 entered at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 entered at the fourth round and those from Championnat National entered at the fifth round.[9]
The number of teams entering at each qualifying round was as follows:
Region | Prelim | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth |
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 536 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 1 | |
Pays-de-la-Loire | 438 | 49 | 32 | 1 | 2 | |
Centre-Val de Loire | 214 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
Corsica | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 296 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 0 | |
Grand Est | 698 | 120 | 59 | 5 | 0 | |
Méditerranée | 180 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |
Occitanie | 356 | 104 | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
Hauts-de-France | 788 | 180 | 37 | 2 | 2 | |
Normandie | 284 | 70 | 10 | 3 | 2 | |
Bretagne | 558 | 81 | 32 | 4 | 1 | |
Paris IDF | 360 | 87 | 11 | 9 | 2 | |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 798 | 0 | 81 | 6 | 4 | |
Réunion | 20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mayotte | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guadeloupe | 40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
Martinique | 40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
French Guiana | 32 | 0 | 0 | |||
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
Total | 2 | 5571 | 937 | 427 | 51 | 18 |
Round 7
145 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues were joined by the 11 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and the 20 teams from Ligue 2.
- As of 27 October 2019
Ligue 2
Regional Leagues
Figures in parentheses indicate the tier of the French football league system the team play at.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine: 12 teams
Pays de la Loire: 11 teams
Centre-Val de Loire: 5 teams
Corsica: 2 teams
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: 8 teams
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Grand Est: 19 teams
Méditerranée: 5 teams
Occitanie: 10 teams
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Hauts-de-France: 21 teams
Normandy: 8 teams
Brittany: 14 teams
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Paris-Île-de-France: 11 teams
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 19 teams
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Overseas Territories teams
French Guiana: 2 teams Martinique: 2 teams Guadeloupe: 2 teams |
Réunion: 2 teams Mayotte: 1 team New Caledonia: 1 team Tahiti: 1 team
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