2010–11 Challenge de France

2010–11 Challenge de France

Country	France
Teams	387
Champions	Saint-Étienne
Runners-up	Montpellier
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Challenge de France is the tenth season of the French cup competition for women. The defending champions are Paris Saint-Germain who defeated Montpellier 5–0 in the 2009–10 edition of the competition. The competition is organized by the French Football Federation and is open to all women's French football clubs in France. The final will be held on 21 May 2011 at Stade de la Pépinière in Poitiers.^[1] This will be the last season of the competition under the Challenge de France name as the cup will be renamed to the Coupe de France Feminine for the 2011–12 season and onwards.^[2]

Calendar

On 15 August 2010, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Challenge de France.^[3]

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs	Notes
Regional finals	12 December 2010
First Round	9 January 2011			Clubs participating in D2 Féminine gain entry.
Second Round	30 January 2011
Round of 32	20 February 2011	16	32 → 16	Clubs participating in D1 Féminine gain entry.
Round of 16	13 March 2011	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	3 April 2011	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	1 May 2011	2	4 → 2
Final	21 May 2011	1	2 → 1

First round

The draw for the first round of the Challenge de France was held on 16 December 2010 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by current French women's international and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Élise Bussaglia. The matches were played on 9 January 2011.^[4] The canceled will be played on 16 January.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Saint-Avold 1–9 Vendenheim 2 Chèvremont 0–8 Mars Bischheim 3 Valentigney 1–2 Mussig 4 Masevaux 1–4 Algrange 5 Guemar 0–3 Woippy 6 Rossfeld 0–0 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Monswiller 7 Ville d'Évry 1–0 Stade Auxerre 8 Saint-Maur 0–2 Montigny-le-Bretonneux 9 Saint-Denis 1–2 Compiègne Oise 10 Dijon 2–0 Bagneux 11 Rochette Vaux 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Val d'Orge 12 Saint-Memmie 3–0 Chauny 13 Cannes Bocca 2–3 Saint-Cyprien 14 Grenoble 2–4 Gardanne 15 Provence 0–5 Monteux 16 Nîmes Métropole 2–1 La Véore 17 Celtic Marseille 1–1 (a.e.t) 2–4 pen. Villeneuve-Lès-Maguelone 18 Cannet Rocheville 1–4 Claix 19 Lafrançaise 1–2 Isle 20 Gandalou 2–2 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Mérignac Arlac 21 Albi 3–1 Blanquefort 22 Preignan 11–0 Pessac Alouette 23 Limoges Landouge 0–5 Muret 24 Saint-Simont 5–0 Grayan Médoc 25 Chitenay-Celettes 0–10 Saint-Herblain 26 Sainte-Luce 0–2 Verchers Saint-Georges

Tie no Home team Score Away team 27 Saint-Sauveur 0–11 Tours 28 Vineuil Brion 0–5 Soyaux 29 Orléans 1–7 Poitiers 3 Cités 30 Couffe Conquérante 0–4 Corné 31 Quimper 1–4 Croix-Blanche Angers 32 Saint-Malo 2–1 Condé-sur-Noireau 33 Saint-Brice Stéphanais 0–6 Ploermel 34 Janze 2–5 La Flèche 35 Laval 2–1 Avant Caen 36 Rennes Bréquigny 4–1 Cormelles 37 Amiens Montières 2–1 Pont-de-l'Arche 38 Saint-Olle 3–4 Raismes 39 Leers 2–2 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Arras 40 Issy-les-Moulineaux 2–1 Gravelines 41 Seizième 2–0 Rouen 42 Neuville 0–9 Herblay 43 Iris Lambersart 0–2 Templemars Vendeville 44 Domont 1–2 Rouvroy 45 Plaine Revermont 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–5 pen. Chatenoy Royal 46 Mieussy 0–9 Arpajon 47 Nivolas 1–3 Flacé Mâcon 48 Arbois 1–1 (a.e.t) 5–4 pen. Le Puy 49 Montmerle 2–3 Besançon 50 Andrézieux 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Aulnat 51 Dommartin Tour 0–5 Blanzy 52 Caluire 5–0 Saint-Julien Chapteuil

Second round

The draw for the second round of the Challenge de France was held on 12 January 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by former French women's international Sandrine Roux. The matches were played on 29–30 January 2011.^[5] The canceled match between Val d'Orge–Saint-Malo was played on 6 February.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Rouvroy 2–0 Raismes 2 Amiens Montières 0–3 Montigny-le-Bretonneux 3 Issy-les-Moulineaux 0–10 Paris Saint-Germain 4 Herblay 2–0 Templemars Vendeville 5 Hénin-Beaumont 6–0 Leers 6 Saint-Memmie 1–3 Compiègne Oise 7 Caluire 0–5 Saint-Étienne 8 Monteux 0–7 Lyon 9 Gardanne 1–2 Nîmes Métropole 10 Claix 4–0 Chatenoy Royal 11 Villeneuve-Lès-Maguelone 0–3 Montpellier 12 Saint-Cyprien 1–2 Flacé Mâcon 13 Soyaux 0–1 Rodez 14 Saint-Simont 3–1 Mérignac Arlac 15 Arpajon 2–1 Muret 16 Poitiers 3 Cités 1–0 Aulnat 17 Albi 2–2 (a.e.t) 4–5 pen. Toulouse

Tie no Home team Score Away team 18 Isle 1–4 Preignan 19 Arbois 0–11 Vendenheim 20 Monswiller 0–4 Mars Bischheim 21 Seizième 0–1 Dijon 22 Algrange 0–5 Juvisy 23 Mussig 0–8 Besançon 24 Woippy 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–2 pen. Blanzy 25 Ville d'Évry 0–4 Yzeure Allier 26 Ploermel 1–2 La Roche-sur-Yon 27 Stade Briochin 1–2 Rennes Bréquigny 28 La Flèche 0–13 Croix-Blanche Angers 29 Tours 0–5 Le Mans 30 Val d'Orge 1–2 Saint-Malo 31 Verchers Saint-Georges 2–2 (a.e.t) 3–1 pen. Condé-sur-Noireau 32 Saint Herblain 2–0 Corné

Round of 32

The draw for the Round of 32 of the Challenge de France was held on 2 February 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation. The draw was conducted the president of the Ligue du Football Amateur (LFA) Bernard Barbet. The matches will be played on 20–21 February.^[6]

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Rodez 3–1 Claix 2 Nîmes Métropole 0–0 (a.e.t) 1–4 pen. Toulouse 3 Montpellier 9–0 Arpajon 4 Preignan 0–4 Saint-Simont 5 Le Mans 3–1 Croix-Blanche Angers 6 Rennes Bréquigny 2–3 Saint Herblain 7 Saint-Malo 0–1 Verchers Saint-Georges 8 Poitiers 3 Cités 0–2 La Roche-sur-Yon

Tie no Home team Score Away team 9 Herblay 1–4 Yzeure Allier 10 Saint-Étienne 2–0 Flacé Mâcon 11 Dijon 2–0 Besançon 12 Lyon 13–0 Montigny-le-Bretonneux 13 Rouvroy 0–4 Hénin-Beaumont 14 Vendenheim 1–0 Paris Saint-Germain 15 Compiègne Oise 2–0 Mars Bischheim 16 Woippy 1–9 Juvisy

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 of the Challenge de France was held on 23 February 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by the current coach of the French women's national team Bruno Bini. The matches were played on 13 March.^[7]

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Toulouse 0–1 Montpellier 2 Vendenheim 0–0 (a.e.t) 5–6 pen. Dijon 3 Saint-Simont 0–1 Saint-Étienne 4 Lyon 3–0 Rodez

Tie no Home team Score Away team 5 La Roche-sur-Yon 1–1 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Compiègne Oise 6 Saint Herblain 0–5 Juvisy 7 Hénin-Beaumont 0–1 Le Mans 8 Verchers Saint-Georges 3–0[8][9] Yzeure Allier

Quarterfinals

The draw for the quarterfinals of the Challenge de France was held on 16 March 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by Henri Emile, the team coordinator of the France national team. The matches were played on 3 April.^[10]

Juvisy v Lyon

3 April	Juvisy	0–0 (3–2 p)	Lyon	Stade Georges Maquin, Viry-Châtillon
15:00 CET		Report		Referee: Élodie Coppola

Verchers Saint-Georges v Dijon

3 April	Verchers Saint-Georges	1–3	Dijon	Stade des Petites Rivières, Les Verchers-sur-Layon
15:00 CET	Bonnin  16'	Report	Paulin  28' Rabut  37' Hakkar  48'	Referee: Nathalie Le Breton

Montpellier v La Roche-sur-Yon

3 April	Montpellier	6–0	La Roche-sur-Yon	Stade Jules Rimet, Sussargues
15:00 CET	Lattaf  33', 66', 79', 89' Ramos  40', 50'	Report		Referee: Solenne Bartnik

Saint-Étienne v Le Mans

3 April	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Le Mans	Stade Léon Nautin, Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET	Taghavi  74'	Report		Referee: Nathalie Mittelbronn

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals of the Challenge de France was held on 16 March 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by Henri Emile, the team coordinator of the France national team. The matches will be played on 1 May.

Dijon v Saint-Étienne

1 May	Dijon	0 – 5	Saint-Étienne	Stade des Poussots, Dijon
15:00 CET		Report	Catala  20', 45', 61', 67' Clemaron  70'	Referee: Dorothée Ily (Languedoc-Roussillon)

Juvisy v Montpellier

1 May	Juvisy	1 – 3	Montpellier	Stade Georges Maquin, Viry-Châtillon
15:00 CET	Tonazzi  2'	Report	Gadéa  26' Diguelman  39', 67' (pen.)	Referee: Severine Zinck (Alsace)

Final

Saint-Étienne v Montpellier

21 May 18:00 CEST

Saint-Étienne	0–0, 3–2 pen.	Montpellier

Stade de la Pépinière, Poitiers Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (Île-de-France)

References

1. "Pépinière pour finalistes". French Football Federation (in French). 15 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
2. "Accréditations pour la finale, les modalités" (in French). French Football Federation. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
3. "Le calendrier de la 10ème édition". French Football Federation (in French). 15 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
4. "Le tirage au sort effectué". French Football Federation. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
5. "Le tirage des 32èmes de finale effectué". French Football Federation. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
6. "Le tirage des 16èmes". French Football Federation. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
7. "Le tirage des 8èmes de finale". French Football Federation (in French). 23 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
8. Yzeure won the match 5–0, but had to forfeit its place in the quarterfinals after the French Football Federation ruled that the club used a suspended player in the match.
9. "Verchers Saint-Georges qualifié pour les quarts". French Football Federation (in French). 23 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
10. "Tirage des quarts et demi-finales". French Football Federation (in French). 16 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.

External links

• Official site (French)