2015–16 Coupe de France

2015–16 Coupe de France
Coupe Charles Simon
Country  France
Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain
Champions Paris Saint-Germain (10th title)
Runners-up Marseille
Matches played 195

The 2015–16 Coupe de France was the 99th season of the most prestigious football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was opened to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia (Hienghène Sport, winner of 2015 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (A.S. Pirae, winner of 2015 Tahiti Cup), Réunion, and Saint Martin).

Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, defeated Auxerre in the previous season's final. They defended their title after defeating Marseille 4–2 in the final.[1][2]

Teams

Round 1 to 6

The first six rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allow teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the Third round. Teams from CFA 2 enter at the Third round, those from CFA enter at the Fourth round and those from Championnat National enter at the Fifth round.

Teams entering in each round, by Region:

RegionPrelim.FirstSecondThirdFourthFifth
Alsace386113022
Aquitaine202371560
Atlantique324381432
Auvergne23641330
Lower Normandy17825301
Bourgogne40761410
Brittany5541251540
Centre-Val de Loire441740512
Centre-West268221800
Champagne-Ardenne152161401
Corsica2801
Franche-Comté1503311
Languedoc-Roussillon20438411
Lorraine1411701
Maine14418300
Méditerranée17827452
Midi-Pyrénées8650
Nord-Pas de Calais544741942
Normandie12850320
Paris Île-de-France144160
Picardie1681432
Rhône-Alpes570156640

Round 7 onwards

In the Seventh round, the 156 qualifying teams from the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories are joined by the 20 teams from Ligue 2. The 20 Ligue 1 clubs enter in the Ninth round.

The teams qualifying for Seventh round, by region and level, are:


Seventh Round

These matches were originally scheduled to take place on 13, 14 and 15 November,[3] although some matches were postponed to the following weekdue to the November 2015 Paris attacks.[4]

Eighth Round

The draw was held on 18 November 2015. The matches were played on 5 and 6 December 2015[5]

Round of 64

Matches played on 2, 3 and 4 January 2016.

Round of 32

Matches were played between 16 and 23 January 2016.

Round of 16

Matches played on 9, 10 and 11 February 2016.

Quarter-finals

Matches played on 2 and 3 March 2016.[6]

Semi-finals

Matches played between 19 and 20 April 2016.[7]

Final

Match played on 21 May 2016.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Marseille 2-4 PSG: Zlatan Ibrahimovic signs off in style with brace in French Cup final to seal treble in his last game for the club". Daily Mail. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Farewell, Zlatan: Ibrahimovic guides PSG to French Cup against Marseille". Guardian. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.fff.fr/coupes/fff/federation-francaise-de-football/2015/315643-coupe-de-france/phase-2/poule-1/derniers-resultats
  4. ↑ http://www.foot-national.com/foot-coupe-de-france-le-point-sur-les-matchs-reportes-77494.html
  5. ↑ http://www.fff.fr/actualites/170432-577395-le-tirage-du-8eme-tour-
  6. ↑ https://www.fff.fr/actualites/170942-577924-quarts-de-finale-le-programme-des-matches-televises
  7. ↑ https://www.fff.fr/actualites/171064-578067-demi-finales-le-programme-des-matchess
  8. ↑ https://www.fff.fr/coupes/fff/federation-francaise-de-football/2015/315643-coupe-de-france/details-articles/7819-550327-le-calendrier-de-la-saison-2015-2016
  9. ↑ http://www.leparisien.fr/psg-foot-paris-saint-germain/coupe-de-france-turpin-arbitre-de-la-finale-om-psg-28-04-2016-5751787.php
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