2008–09 Coupe de France

The 2008–09 Coupe de France was the ninety-second season of the French most prestigious cup competition and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as 7 teams from overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion). The final was held on 9 May 2009 at Stade de France.

Guingamp claimed their first Coupe de France trophy by defeating Rennes 2–1, after two second-half goals from the Brazilian Eduardo.^[1]

Calendar

On 8 July 2008, French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France.^[2]

Date	Event
21 September 2008	Clubs in CFA 2 enter competition
5 October 2008	Clubs in CFA enter competition
19 October 2008	Clubs in the Championnat National enter competition
22–23 November 2008	Clubs in Ligue 2 enter competition
3–4 January 2009	Clubs in Ligue 1 enter competition
24–25 January 2009	Round of 32
3–4 March 2009	Round of 16
17–18 March 2009	Quarterfinals
21–22 April 2009	Semifinals
9 May 2009	Coupe de France Final

Seventh Round

The draw for the seventh round of Coupe de France was conducted on 5 November 2008 in Lyon by former Olympique Lyonnais players Bernard Lacombe and Jean Djorkaeff, who currently serves as the president of the Coupe de France Commission.^[3] The overseas region draw was conducted in Paris the same day, by Olympic medalists Pascal Gentil and Grégory Baugé.^[4] The matches were played on the 21, 22 and 23 November 2008. The matches that were postponed were played on 30 November.^[5]

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Bassin d'Arcachon 0 – 0 3–2 p. Aurillac 2 Luzenac 1–2 SC Bastia 3 Saint-Flour 1 – 3 aet Montpellier 4 Blagnac 4–1 Saint-Alban 5 Villenave 1–2 Rilhac-Rancon 6 Genêts Anglet 0 – 1 aet Bayonne 7 Rodez 1–0 Balma 8 Nouvelle 3–1 Cognac 9 Villefranche 1 – 1 5–4 p. Clermont Herault 10 Toulon 3–0 Saint-Maurice l'Exil 11 Bagnols Pont 2 – 2 5–6 p. AC Ajaccio 12 Andrézieux 2–0 Lyon-Duchère 13 Pennoise 0–2 Louhans-Cuiseaux 14 Grenoble-Villeneuve 0–2 Uzès Pont du Gard 15 Firminy 1–2 Nîmes 16 Bourg-Péronnas 1 – 1 4–3 p. Corte 17 Yzeure 5–1 Vichy 18 Albertville 0 – 0 1–3 p. Thiers 19 Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour 7–1 Montréal-la-Cluse 20 Cruseilles 0–4 Clermont Foot 21 Pont-de-Cheruy 0–1 Selongey 22 Saint-Priest 4 – 4 3–4 p. Troyes 23 Croix de Savoie 1–0 Montceau Bourgogne 24 Gazélec Ajaccio 3–1 Chenove 25 Le Poiré-sur-Vie 2–4 Tours 26 Poitiers 1–0 Thouaré 27 Châteauroux 2–1 Saumur 28 Orléans 0–1 Montluçon 29 Romorantin 1–0 Sablé 30 Les Herbiers 1–2 Niort 31 Carquefou 0 – 0 3–4 p. Vendée Luçon 32 Châtellerault 2–0 La Chapelle des Marais 33 Dinard 0–5 Guingamp 34 Lesneven 1–2 Plabennecois 35 La Vitréenne 3–0 TA Rennes 36 La Gacilly 3 – 4 aet Saint-Brieuc 37 Goelands Larmor 1–0 Pontivy 38 Concarneau 2–0 Plouvorn 39 Lannion 0 – 0 9–10 p. Stade Brest 40 Vitré 2–1 Libourne-Saint-Seurin

Tie no Home team Score Away team 41 Quimper 1 – 1 4–2 p. Saint-Malo 42 Arnage-Pontlieue 2–7 Angers 43 Mondeville 1–2 Alençon 44 Les Ulis 0–1 Sainte-Geneviève 45 Viry-Châtillon 2 – 1 aet Saint-Lô 46 La Suze 0–2 Alfortville 47 Orly 4–1 Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Hilaire 48 Amilly 0–2 Changéenne 49 Vannes 3 – 1 aet Cherbourg 50 Saint-Omer 1–0 Amiens SC 51 Ezanville-Ecouen 1–0 Marck 52 Le Touquet 1–2 Ararat Issy 53 Amiens AC 0–1 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure 54 Grande-Synthe 1–0 Saint Ouen L'Aumône 55 Creil 0–6 Quevilly 56 Évreux 0–2 Boulogne 57 Luneray 0 – 0 1–3 p. Beauvais Oise 58 RC Strasbourg 6–0 L'Entente 59 Mars Bischheim 2–4 Schirrhein 60 Lons-le-Saunier 0–3 Épinal 61 Raon-l'Étape 1–0 Saint-Dié 62 ASPV Strasbourg 1 – 4 aet Besançon 63 Neuhof Strasbourg 1–0 Soleil Bischheim 64 Ornans 1 – 1 4–5 p. Pont-de-Roide 65 Haguenau 0–1 Dijon 66 Ligny-en-Barrois 3–0 Fameck 67 Eclaron-Valcourt 2–1 Dieue-Sommedieue 68 Sedan 1–0 Noisy-le-Sec 69 Chauny 2–0 Charleville 70 Créteil-Lusitanos 2–1 Metz 71 Amnéville 2–0 Saint-Dizier 72 Creutzwald 5–1 Bar-sur-Seine 73 Sarreguemine 0–3 Paris FC 74 Evry 2 – 1 aet Wasquehal 75 Arras 0 – 0 4–2 p. Lens 76 Ribecourt 1–3 Marquette 77 Chantilly 0–1 Lesquin 78 Biache 0–2 Calais 79 Hénin-Beaumont 4–0 Roubaix Hommelet 80 Avion 6–0 Fresnoy-le-Grand 81 Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 1–9 Stade Reims

Overseas Region

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Cayenne (Guy.) 0–1 Martigues 2 Foudre (May.) 1–3 Cannes 3 Rivière-Pilote (Mar.) 0–4 Vendée Fontenay 4 Mont-Dore (N.-C.) 2–4 Dunkerque

Tie no Home team Score Away team 5 Colmar 1 – 1 2–4 p. Tefana (Pol.) 6 Saint Louis Neuweg 0–1 Jeanne d'Arc (Réu.) 7 Feignies 3–2 Evolucas (Gua.)

Eighth Round

The draw for the eighth round was conducted on 25 November 2008 at the offices of French Football Federation in Paris. The drawers were current France under-17 coach Philippe Bergeroo and Stéphane Guivarc'h, member of the French squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.^[6] The overseas region draw was conducted in Paris as well, by Bernard Diomède, who was also a member of the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.^[7] The following matches were played on 12, 13 and 14 December 2008. The matches that were postponed were played on 20 December.^[8]

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure 0–1 Tours 2 Saint-Brieuc 0 – 1 aet Concarneau 3 Guingamp 1 – 1 4–1 p. La Vitréenne 4 Orly 5–3 Plabennecois 5 Changéenne 2–4 Stade Brest 6 Goelands Larmor 0–5 Vitré 7 Quimper 0 – 0 1–4 p. Niort 8 Evry 2–1 Paris FC 9 Romorantin 1 – 1 9–8 p. Angers 10 Ararat Issy 0–5 Vannes 11 Viry-Châtillon 1–2 Créteil-Lusitanos 12 Eclaron-Valcourt 1–0 Châtellerault 13 Châteauroux 4–3 Chauny 14 Ezanville-Ecouen 1–3 Alençon 15 Grand-Synthe 1–0 Marquette 16 Avion 1 – 1 4–5 p. Saint-Omer 17 Dunkerque 2–1 Stade Reims 18 Boulogne 4–0 Lesquin 19 Troyes 3–1 Beauvais Oise 20 Hénin-Beaumont 0 – 0 2–4 p. Alfortville 21 Calais 2–1 Quevilly

Tie no Home team Score Away team 22 Creutzwald 1–2 Schirrhein 23 Ligny-en-Barrois 1 – 4 aet Raon-l'Étape 24 Neuhof Strasbourg 0–1 Louhans-Cuiseaux 25 Besançon 3–1 Amnéville 26 RC Strasbourg 2–4 Sedan 27 Selongey 3 – 6 aet Dijon 28 Sainte-Geneviève 4–1 Épinal 29 Yzeure 2–0 Thiers 30 Blagnac 1–0 Rilhac-Rancon 31 AC Ajaccio 2–1 Vendée Fontenay 32 Montluçon 1–0 Vendée Luçon 33 Andrézieux 1–0 Poitiers 34 Rodez 3–0 Bassin d'Arcachon 35 Nîmes 0–1 Bayonne 36 Nouvelle 0 – 0 4–2 p. Toulon 37 Croix de Savoie 3 – 1 aet Martigues 38 Bourg-Péronnas 2 – 2 4–5 p. Gazélec Ajaccio 39 Pont-de-Roide 2–1 SJS-Tour 40 Montpellier 0 – 0 4–2 p. Cannes 41 Villefranche 2–1 Uzès Pont du Gard 42 Clermont Foot 1–0 Bastia

Overseas Region

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Tefana (Pol.) 0 – 2 aet Arras

Tie no Home team Score Away team 2 Jeanne d'Arc (Réu.) 3–2 Feignies

Round of 64

The Round of 64 matches were played on 2, 3 January and 4, 2009.^[9] The draw was conducted on 15 December 2008 in Metz by former Nancy greats Olivier Rouyer and Bernard Zénier, former wheelchair fencing champion Yvon Pacault, and Ann-Sophie Mathis, who is the current WBC Super-lightweight world champion.^[10] The matches that were postponed were played on 10 and 24 January 2009.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Nouvelle 0–3 Rodez 2 Romorantin 0 – 0 4–2 p. Nancy 3 Concarneau 0–6 Lyon 4 Blagnac 0–1 AS Monaco 5 Vannes 1–0 Châteauroux 6 Toulouse 0 – 0 5–4 p. Valenciennes 7 Bayonne 0–2 Vitré 8 Jeanne d'Arc (Réu.) 1–7 Tours 9 Stade Brest 2 – 2 5–4 p. Croix de Savoie 10 Sochaux 0–1 Rennes 11 Yzeure 0 – 0 4–5 p. Le Mans 12 AC Ajaccio 1 – 1 3–1 p. Auxerre 13 Andrézieux 0–2 Sedan 14 Montluçon 0–1 PSG 15 Evry 0–5 Créteil-Lusitanos 16 Villefranche 2–1 Orly 17 Niort 1 – 2 aet Boulogne

Tie no Home team Score Away team 18 Alfortville 0–2 Le Havre 19 Arras 1 – 3 aet Nice 20 Montpellier 0–1 Dunkerque 21 Saint-Omer 1–3 Guingamp 22 Alençon 2 – 2 2–3 p. Lorient 23 Bordeaux 0–1 Saint-Étienne 24 Grand-Synthe 1 – 1 4–2 p. Calais 25 Raon-l'Étape 0 – 0 3–4 p. Grenoble Foot 26 Louhans-Cuiseaux 0 – 1 aet Troyes 27 Nantes 2 – 2 3–5 p. Caen 28 Pont-de-Roide 0–1 Gazélec Ajaccio 29 Schirrhein 4–2 Clermont Foot 30 Besançon 1 – 1 4–5 p. Marseille 31 Eclaron-Valcourt 0–5 Dijon 32 Sainte-Geneviève 0–3 Lille

Round of 32

The Round of 32 matches were played on 23, 24, 25 and 28 January . The draw was conducted on 4 January 2009 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris at the headquarters of Eurosport by Chloé Mortaud, the recently crowned Miss France and 2008 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Teddy Riner.^[11] The Guingamp – Brest match was rescheduled to 20 January.^[12]

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Lyon 1–0 Marseille 2 Troyes 1–2 Rodez 3 Dijon 4–1 Villefranche 4 Dunkerque 0–3 Lille 5 AC Ajaccio 2–0 Vannes 6 AS Monaco 1–0 Nice 7 Lorient 2 – 1 aet Tours 8 Rennes 2–0 Saint-Étienne 9 Le Havre 0 – 1 aet Le Mans

Tie no Home team Score Away team 10 Boulogne 3–1 Caen 11 Gazélec Ajaccio 0–3 PSG 12 Guingamp 2 – 0 aet Stade Brest 13 Grand-Synthe 1–3 Grenoble Foot 14 Vitré 1 – 1 9–8 p. Créteil-Lusitanos 15 Romorantin 0 – 0 5–6 p. Sedan 16 Schirrhein 0–8 Toulouse

Round of 16

The Round of 16 matches were played on 3 and 4 March. The draw was conducted on 25 January 2009 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris at the headquarters of Eurosport by French journalist and television host Michel Drucker and former player and manager Michel Hidalgo.^[13]

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Sedan 3–1 Vitré 2 Dijon 1 – 1 2–4 p. Grenoble Foot 3 Guingamp 1–0 Le Mans 4 AC Ajaccio 0–2 AS Monaco

Tie no Home team Score Away team 5 Lille 3–2 Lyon 6 Rodez 3 – 1 aet PSG 7 Rennes 3–0 Lorient 8 Boulogne 0–2 Toulouse

Quarter-finals

The quarterfinal matches were played on 17 and 18 March. The draw was conducted on 8 March 2009 in Versailles, Paris at the Galaxy Foot Salon by French female volleyball player Victoria Rava and French female sprinter Muriel Hurtis.^[14]

Sedan v Guingamp

17 March 2009 18:00 CET

Sedan	1–3	Guingamp
Allart  18'	Report	Eduardo  38', 74' Oruma  62'

Stade Louis Dugauguez, Sedan Attendance: 8,598 Referee: Philippe Kalt

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Toulouse v Lille

17 March 2009 20:45 CET

Toulouse	1–1	Lille
Conceição  110' (o.g.)	Report	Bastos  105'
	Penalties
Ebondo Pentecôte Gignac Bergougnoux Cetto Braaten Fofana Sissoko	7–6	Bastos Mavuba Rami Balmont Hazard Chedjou Vandam Conceição

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Attendance: 18,303 Referee: Tony Chapron

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Grenoble Foot v AS Monaco

18 March 2009 17:00 CET

Grenoble Foot	2–0	AS Monaco
Moreira  13' Akrour  54'	Report

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble Attendance: 14,065 Referee: Thierry Auriac

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Rennes v Rodez

18 March 2009 19:00 CET

Rennes	2–0	Rodez
M'Bia  32' Briand  61'	Report

Route de Lorient, Rennes Referee: Olivier Thual

Semi-finals

The semifinal matches were played on 21 and 22 April. The draw was conducted on 22 March 2009 by current France international Samir Nasri.^[15]

Grenoble Foot v Rennes

21 April 2009 20:45 CET

Grenoble Foot	0–1	Rennes
	Report	Sow  22'

Stade des Alpes, Grenoble Attendance: 17,822 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

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Toulouse v Guingamp

22 April 2009 20:45 CET

Toulouse	1–2	Guingamp
Gignac  75'	Report	Eduardo  29' Sène  90'

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Referee: Eric Poulat

Final

Rennes v Guingamp

9 May 2009 20:45 CET

Rennes	1–2	Guingamp
Bocanegra  69'	Report	Eduardo  72', 82'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,056 Referee: Thierry Auriac

Miscellaneous

RC Saint-André were awarded the "Petit Poucet" Plaque for achieving the best performance in the Coupe de France by an amateur club. Saint-André, who play Championnat de District Level 3 managed to reach the 6th round by eliminating Promotion Ligue side Etoile Chapelaine in the 1st Round, three d'Honneur Régionale sides (FC Nogentais, Chaumont PTT, FCO St. Julien) in the 2nd Round, 3rd Round, and 4th Round, respectively. They defeated another Promotion Ligue side in Bagneux Clesles, before suffering elimination to Foyer Barsequanais in the 6th Round. Their exploits allowed the club to accumulate 30 points and thus defeat FCE Schirrhein (29 points), who were eliminated by Ligue 1 club Toulouse FC after making it all the way to the Round of 32.^[16]

Media coverage

In France, France Télévisions were the free to air broadcasters while Eurosport were the subscription broadcasters.

These matches were broadcast live on French television:

Round	France Télévisions	Eurosport
Seventh Round
Eighth Round
Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

See also

• Ligue 1 2008–09
• Ligue 2 2008–09
• Championnat National 2008-09
• Championnat de France Amateurs 2008-09
• Championnat de France Amateurs 2

External links

• Official site (French)

References

1. Match Report (French)
2. Le calendrier de la saison 2008/2009 (French)
3. Le tirage au sort intégral ! (French)
4. Les clubs d'Outre-Mer fixés (French)
5. COUPE DE FRANCE 7ème tour resultats (French)
6. Le tirage complet (French)
7. Le tirage "outre-mer" (French)
8. COUPE DE FRANCE 8th Round Results
9. COUPE DE FRANCE Round of 64 Results
10. Le tirage au sort intégral ! (French)
11. Le tirage au sort (French)
12. Lay the hosts in Riviera rivalry
13. 19h30 : tirage au sort (French)
14. Hurtis et Rava pour le tirage des quarts (French)
15. Samir Nasri pour le tirage (French)
16. Le RC Saint-André récompensé (French)