2018–19 Coupe de France


The 2018–19 Coupe de France was the 102nd season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories, Tahiti.
Paris Saint-Germain were the four-time defending champions, but lost in the final on penalties to Rennes, who won their third Coupe de France title and first since 1971.

Dates

Dates for the first two qualifying round are set by the individual Regional leagues. The remaining qualifying rounds, the seventh and eight round, and the round of 64 take place at weekends. The later rounds up to, but not including, the final, take place on midweek evenings. The final will take place on Saturday 27 April 2019.
RoundDraw DateMatches Played
Thirdvarious15 and 16 September 2018
Fourthvarious29 and 30 September 2018
Fifthvarious13 and 14 October 2018
Sixthvarious27 and 28 October 2018
Seventh31 October 201817 and 18 November 2018
Eighth20 November 20188 and 9 December 2018
Round of 6410 December 20185 and 6 January 2019
Round of 327 January 201922 and 23 January 2019
Round of 1623 January 20195 and 6 February 2019
Quarter Finals6 February 201926 and 27 February 2019
Semi Finals27 February 20192 and 3 April 2019
Finaln/a27 April 2019

Teams

Round 1 to 6

The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, 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 Championnat National 3 enter at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 enter at the fourth round and those from Championnat National enter at the fifth round.
The number of teams entering at each qualifying round was as follows:
RegionPrelimFirstSecondThirdFourthFifth
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 4681021241
Pays-de-la-Loire 438453013
Centre-Val de Loire12086111041
Corsica 161450
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 288383030
Grand Est: Alsace 330
Grand Est: Champagne-Ardenne 84
Grand Est: Lorraine 324
Grand Est Combined 679440
Méditerranée 17021971
Occitanie: Ariège 143
Occitanie: Aveyron 326
Occitanie: Gers 145
Occitanie: Lot 181
Occitanie: Hautes-Pyrénées 164
Occitanie: Tarn 284
Occitanie: Tarn-et-Garonne 164
Occitanie: Haut-Garonne 4619
Occitanie: Aude 320
Occitanie: Gard-Lozère 4215
Occitanie: Hérault 5214
Occitanie: Pyrénées-Orientales 147
Occitanie Combined 4521
Hauts-de-France: Somme 1000
Hauts-de-France: Aisne6810
Hauts-de-France: Flandres21390
Hauts-de-France: Côte d'Opale 1280
Hauts-de-France: Escaut 1780
Hauts-de-France: Oise 1080
Hauts-de-France: Artois61370
Hauts-de-France Combined 8433
Normandie 258811122
Bretagne 534973041
Paris IDF 378841282
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 746158363
Réunion 122600
Mayotte 3017000
Guadeloupe 261900
Martinique 441000
French Guiana 2630
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 21

Round 7

145 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues will be joined by the 11 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and the 20 teams from Ligue 2.

Ligue 2

Figures in parenthesis 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: 4 teams
Corsica: 2 teams
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: 8 teams
Grand Est: 20 teams
Méditerranée: 5 teams
Occitanie: 11 teams
Hauts-de-France: 20 teams
Normandy: 8 teams
Brittany: 14 teams
Paris-Île-de-France: 11 teams
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 19 teams
French Guiana: 2 teams
Martinique: 2 teams
Guadeloupe: 2 teams
Réunion: 2 teams
Mayotte: 1 team
New Caledonia: 1 team
Tahiti: 1 team
The draw for the seventh round was made in two parts. First the Overseas teams were drawn against opponents from the French League structure who had applied to potentially travel overseas. The main draw took place the following day.
The draw for the overseas teams took place on 30 October 2018. The main draw took place on 31 October 2018.
Matches took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2018.

Ties involving overseas teams

Main draw

As in previous editions of the competition, the main draw was split into 10 regional groups, with the split primarily ensuring an equal distribution of clubs from the different tiers, and secondarily grouping by geography.
The lowest ranked team remaining in the competition at this stage was AS Carrières Grésillons from tier 9.
Matches took place on 16, 17 and 18 November 2018.

Group 7A

Group 7B

Group 7C

Group 7D

Group 7E

Group 7F

Group 7G

Group 7H

Group 7I

Group 7J

Eighth round

The draw for the eighth round was made in two parts. First the remaining overseas team was drawn against opponents from the French League structure who had applied to potentially travel overseas. The overseas team, Aiglon du Lamentin, played at home due to playing their seventh round match away from home. The main draw took place later in the day. Both draws took place on 20 November 2018.

Overseas draw

Main draw

As in previous editions of the competition, the main draw was split into 6 regional groups, with the split primarily ensuring an equal distribution of clubs from the different tiers, and secondarily grouping by geography.
The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were Entente Crest-Aouste and AS Villers Houlgate Côte Fleurie both from tier 8.
Matches took place on 8 and 9 December 2018, with three matches postponed until the following weekend.

Group 8A

Group 8B

Group 8C

Group 8D

Group 8E

Group 8F

Round of 64

The draw for the ninth round took place on 10 December 2018. The 20 Ligue 1 teams joined the draw at this stage. The draw was split into four groups to ensure equal distribution of teams from each tier, with geographical proximity a secondary factor.
The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were Olympique Strasbourg and ESC Longueau both from tier 7. Olympique Strasbourg entered the competition in the first round, so had been in the competition longest.
Games were played on 4, 5, 6 and 7 January 2019.

Group 9A

Group 9B

Group 9C

Group 9D

Round of 32

The draw for the tenth round took place on 7 January 2019. This was an open draw.
The lowest ranked teams remaining in the competition at this stage were Noisy-le-Grand FC and ES Viry-Châtillon, both from tier 6.
Games were played on 22, 23, 24 and 27 January 2019.

Round of 16

The draw for the eleventh round took place on 24 January 2019. This was an open draw.
The lowest ranked team remaining in the competition at this stage was SC Bastia, from tier 5.
Games were played on 5, 6 and 7 February 2019.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 6 February 2019. This was an open draw.
The lowest ranked team remaining in the competition at this stage was AS Vitré from tier 4.
Games were played on 26 and 27 February and 6 March 2019.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 28 February 2019. This was an open draw.
Games were played on 2 and 3 April 2019.

Final