COUPE DE FRANCE

:''This is about the football competition, for the rugby, see Coupe de France (rugby).''
'Coupe de France', or 'Coupe Charles Simon', is a competition of French football clubs, open to all professional and non-professional teams. The cup is one of many inter-French club competitions that have been organised by French Football Federation. The first competition was held in 1918.

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History

Results of finals

History

Created during the World War I, the cup bore the name of Charles Simon, a footballer who died during the war.
The team winning the most titles is Olympique de Marseille (10 times), with Paris Saint Germain second on 7 wins.Three players won the cup five times:Marceau Sommerlynck (1946, 1947, 1948, 1953 et 1955), Dominique Bathenay (1974, 1975, 1977, 1982 et 1983) et Alain Roche (1986, 1987, 1993, 1995 et 1998)
Since 1927 with Gaston Doumergue, the President of the French Republic attends the match and give the cup to the winning team captain.

Results of finals

The Coupe de France is often difficult for the bigger clubs to win, as a higher-ranked club always plays as the away side when drawn against lower-league opposition. The ties are played over one leg and played to a finish (i.e. no replays), increasing the chance of an upset if the 'lower' team plays to their best on the day. In recent seasons, several finalists (though never the winners) have won through whilst playing in Ligue 2 or even lower in the league system, indicating the strength in depth of the French football system and demonstrating the unpredictable nature of the competition. The frequent triumphs of smaller clubs over large also suggests that the cup is not the top priority for the Ligue 1 clubs, although the Coupe de France is considered more important than some other equivalent competetions in European countries such as Germany and Italy.
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| 'Year'
| 'Winner'
| 'Runner-up'
| 'Result'
| 'Venues'
| 'Attendance'
| 'Entries'
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|5 may 1918
|Olympique de Pantin
|FC Lyon
|3-0
|Rue Olivier-de-Serres
|2 000
|48
|-
|6 april 1919
|CASG Paris
|Olympique de Paris
|3-2 aet
|Parc des Princes
|10 000
|60
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|9 may 1920
|CA Paris
|Le Havre AC
|2-1
|Stade Bergeyre
|7 000
|114
|-
|24 april 1921
|Red Star
|Olympique de Paris
|2-1
|Stade Pershing
|18 000
|202
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|7 may 1922
|Red Star
|Stade Rennais
|2-0
|Stade Pershing
|25 000
|249
|-
|6 may 1923
|Red Star
|FC Sète
|4-2
|Stade Pershing
|20 000
|304
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|13 april 1924
|Olympique de Marseille
|FC Sète
|3-2 aet
|Stade Pershing
|29 000
|325
|-
|10 may 1925
|CASG Paris
|FC Rouen
|1-1 aet, replay 3-2
|Colombes
|18 000, 18 000
|326
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|9 may 1926
|Olympique de Marseille
|AS Valentigney
|4-1
|Colombes
|26 000
|336
|-
|6 may 1927
|Olympique de Marseille
|US Quevilly
|3-0
|Colombes
|23 800
|346
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|6 may 1928
|Red Star
|CA Paris
|3-1
|Colombes
|30 000
|336
|-
|5 may 1929
|SO Montpellier
|FC Sète
|2-0
|Colombes
|25 000
|380
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|27 april 1930
|FC Sète
|Racing Club de France (football)
|3-1 aet
|Colombes
|35 000
|408
|-
|3 may 1931
|Club Français
|SO Montpellier
|3-0
|Colombes
|30 000
|423
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|24 april 1932
|AS Cannes
|RC Roubaix
|1-0
|Colombes
|36 143
|438
|-
|7 may 1933
|Excelsior Athlétic Club de Roubaix
|RC Roubaix
|3-1
|Colombes
|33 000
|472
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|6 may 1934
|FC Sète
|Olympique de Marseille
|2-1
|Colombes
|40 600
|540
|-
|5 may 1935
|Olympique de Marseille
|Stade Rennais
|3-0
|Colombes
|40 008
|567
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|3 may 1936
|RC Paris
|FCO Charleville
|1-0
|Colombes
|39 725
|636
|-
|9 may 1937
|FC Sochaux
|RC Strasbourg
|2-1
|Colombes
|39 538
|658
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|8 may 1938
|Olympique de Marseille
|FC Metz
|2-1 aet
|Parc des Princes
|33 044
|679
|-
|14 may 1939
|RC Paris
|Olympique Lillois
|3-1
|Colombes
|52 431
|727
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|5 may 1940
|RC Paris
|Olympique de Marseille
|2-1
|Parc des Princes
|25 969
|778
|-
|25 may 1941
|Girondins
|SC Fives
|2-0
|Saint-Ouen
|15 230
|236
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|17 may 1942
|Red Star
|FC Sète
|2-0
|Colombes
|40 000
|469
|-
|22 may 1943
|Olympique de Marseille
|Girondins
|2-2 aet, replay 4-0
|Colombes
|32 500, 32 212
|664
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|7 may 1944
|É.F. Nancy-Lorraine
|É.F. Reims-Champagne
|4-0
|Parc des Princes
|31 995
|772
|-
|6 may 1945
|RC Paris
|Lille OSC
|3-0
|Colombes
|49 983
|510
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|26 may 1946
|Lille OSC
|Red Star
|4-2
|Colombes
|59 692
|811
|-
|11 may 1947
|Lille OSC
|RC Strasbourg
|2-0
|Colombes
|59 852
|922
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|10 may 1948
|Lille OSC
|RC Lens
|3-2
|Colombes
|60 739
|933
|-
|8 may 1949
|RC Paris
|Lille OSC
|5-2
|Colombes
|61 473
|981
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|14 may 1950
|Stade de Reims
|RC Paris
|2-0
|Colombes
|61 722
|977
|-
|6 may 1951
|RC Strasbourg
|USVA Valenciennes
|3-0
|Colombes
|61 492
|1 010
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|4 may 1952
|OGC Nice
|Girondins
|5-3
|Colombes
|61 485
|1 024
|-
|31 may 1953
|Lille OSC
|FC Nancy
|2-1
|Colombes
|58 993
|1 035
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|23 may 1954
|OGC Nice
|Olympique de Marseille
|2-1
|Colombes
|56 803
|1 072
|-
|29 may 1955
|Lille OSC
|Girondins
|5-2
|Colombes
|49 411
|1 165
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|27 may 1956
|CS Sedan
|ESTAC
|3-1
|Colombes
|47 258
|1 203
|-
|26 may 1957
|Toulouse FC (1937)
|SCO Angers
|6-3
|Colombes
|43 125
|1 149
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|18 may 1958
|Stade de Reims
|Nîmes Olympique
|3-1
|Colombes
|56 523
|1 163
|-
|18 may 1959
|Le Havre AC (Ligue 2)
|FC Sochaux
|2-2 aet, replay 3-0
|Colombes
|50 778, 36 655
|1 159
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|15 may 1960
|AS Monaco
|AS Saint-Étienne
|4-2 aet
|Colombes
|38 298
|1 187
|-
|7 may 1961
|CS Sedan
|Nîmes Olympique
|3-1
|Colombes
|39 070
|1 193
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|13 may 1962
|AS Saint-Étienne
|FC Nancy
|1-0
|Colombes
|30 654
|1 226
|-
|23 may 1963
|AS Monaco
|Olympique Lyonnais
|0-0 aet, replay 2-0
|Colombes
|32 923, 24 910
|1 209
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|10 may 1964
|Olympique Lyonnais
|Girondins
|2-0
|Colombes
|32 777
|1 203
|-
|26 may 1965
|Stade Rennais
|CS Sedan
|2-2 aet, replay 3-1
|Parc des Princes
|36 789, 26 792
|1 183
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|22 may 1966
|RC Strasbourg
|FC Nantes
|1-0
|Parc des Princes
|36 285
|1 190
|-
|21 may 1967
|Olympique Lyonnais
|FC Sochaux
|3-1
|Parc des Princes
|32 523
|1 378
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|12 may 1968
|AS Saint-Étienne
|Girondins
|2-1
|Colombes
|33 959
|x
|-
|18 may 1969
|Olympique de Marseille
|Girondins
|2-0
|Colombes
|39 460
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|31 may 1970
|AS Saint-Étienne
|FC Nantes
|5-0
|Colombes
|32 894
|x
|-
|20 june 1971
|Stade Rennais
|Olympique Lyonnais
|1-0
|Colombes
|46 801
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|4 june 1972
|Olympique de Marseille
|SC Bastia
|2-1
|Parc des Princes
|44 069
|1 596
|-
|17 june 1973
|Olympique Lyonnais
|FC Nantes
|2-1
|Parc des Princes
|45 734
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|8 june 1974
|AS Saint-Étienne
|AS Monaco
|2-1
|Parc des Princes
|45 813
|x
|-
|14 june 1975
|AS Saint-Étienne
|RC Lens
|2-0
|Parc des Princes
|44 725
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|12 june 1976
|Olympique de Marseille
|Olympique Lyonnais
|2-0
|Parc des Princes
|45 661
|x
|-
|18 june 1977
|AS Saint-Étienne
|Stade de Reims
|2-1
|Parc des Princes
|45 454
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|13 may 1978
|ASNL
|OGC Nice
|1-0
|Parc des Princes
|45 998
|2 544
|-
|16 june 1979
|FC Nantes
|AJ Auxerre
|4-1 aet
|Parc des Princes
|46 070
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|7 june 1980
|AS Monaco
|US Orléans
|3-1
|Parc des Princes
|46 136
|x
|-
|13 june 1981
|SC Bastia
|AS Saint-Étienne
|2-1
|Parc des Princes
|46 155
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|15 may 1982
| PSG
|AS Saint-Étienne
|2-2 aet, 6-5
|Parc des Princes
|46 160
|x
|-
|11 june 1983
| PSG
|FC Nantes
|3-2
|Parc des Princes
|46 203
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|11 may 1984
|FC Metz
|AS Monaco
|2-0 aet
|Parc des Princes
|45 384
|x
|-
|8 june 1985
|AS Monaco
| PSG
|1-0
|Parc des Princes
|45 711
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|30 april 1986
|Girondins
|Olympique de Marseille
|2-1 aet
|Parc des Princes
|45 429
|x
|-
|10 june 1987
|Girondins
|Olympique de Marseille
|2-0
|Parc des Princes
|45 145
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|11 june 1988
|FC Metz
|FC Sochaux
|1-1 aet, 5-4 pens
|Parc des Princes
|44 531
|x
|-
|10 june 1989
|Olympique de Marseille
|AS Monaco
|4-3
|Parc des Princes
|44 448
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|2 june 1990
|Montpellier HSC
|RC Paris
|2-1 aet
|Parc des Princes
|44 067
|x
|-
|8 june 1991
|AS Monaco
|Olympique de Marseille
|1-0
|Parc des Princes
|44 123
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|1992
|colspan="6"|The final was not played (disaster at Furiani Stadium in Bastia)
|-
|12 june 1993
| PSG
|FC Nantes
|3-0
|Parc des Princes
|48 789
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|14 may 1994
|AJ Auxerre
|Montpellier HSC
|3-0
|Parc des Princes
|45 189
|x
|-
|13 may 1995
| PSG
|RC Strasbourg
|1-0
|Parc des Princes
|46 698
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|4 may 1996
|AJ Auxerre
|Nîmes Olympique (''National'')
|2-1
|Parc des Princes
|44 921
|x
|-
|10 may 1997
|OGC Nice
|En Avant de Guingamp
|1-1 aet, 4-3 pens
|Parc des Princes
|44 131
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|2 may 1998
| PSG
|RC Lens
|2-1
|Stade de France
|78 265
|x
|-
|15 may 1999
|FC Nantes
|CS Sedan (Ligue 2)
|1-0
|Stade de France
|78 586
|x
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|7 may 2000
|FC Nantes
|Calais RUFC (''CFA'')
|2-1
|Stade de France
|78 717
|6 096
|-
|26 may 2001
|RC Strasbourg
|Amiens SC (Ligue 2)
|0-0 aet, 5-4 pens
|Stade de France
|78 641
|6 375
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|11 may 2002
|FC Lorient
|SC Bastia
|1-0
|Stade de France
|66 215
|5 848
|-
|31 may 2003
|AJ Auxerre
| PSG
|2-1
|Stade de France
|78 316
|5 850
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|29 may 2004
| PSG
|LB Châteauroux (Ligue 2)
|1-0
|Stade de France
|78 357
|6 057
|-
|4 june 2005
|AJ Auxerre
|CS Sedan
|2-1
|Stade de France
|78 721
|6 263
|-bgcolor="#efefef"
|29 april 2006
| PSG
|Olympique de Marseille
|2-1
|Stade de France
|79 061
|6 394
|-
|12 may 2007
|FC Sochaux
|Olympique de Marseille
|2-2 aet, 5-4 pens
|Stade de France
|79 797
|6 577
|}