2016–17 Coupe de France explained

Coupe de France
Year:2016–17
Country:France
Defending Champions:Paris Saint-Germain
Champions:Paris Saint-Germain (11th title)
Runner-Up:Angers
Matches:194
Goals:601
Top Goal Scorer:El Hassane M'Barki
(7 goals)
Prevseason:2015–16
Nextseason:2017–18

The 2016–17 Coupe de France was the 100th 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 (winner of 2016 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (winner of 2015–16 Tahiti Cup), Réunion, and Saint Martin).

Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title following a 1–0 win over Angers in the final, a third consecutive win and eleventh overall, a record.[1]

Teams

Round 1 to 6

See main article: 2016–17 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds. 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.

Round 7

The 145 qualifiers from the 6th Round of the Regional Leagues are joined by the 11 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and the 20 teams from Ligue 2.

Ligue 2

Regional Leagues

Figures in parentheses indicate the tier of the French football league system the team play at. Alsace: 9 teams

Aquitaine: 6 teams

Atlantique: 8 teams

Auvergne: 5 teams

Lower Normandy: 4 teams

Burgundy: 4 teams

Centre-Val de Loire: 4 teams

Centre-West: 6 teams

Corsica: 2 teams

Franche-Comté: 3 teams

Languedoc-Roussillon: 5 teams

Lorraine: 8 teams

Maine: 3 teams

Méditerranée: 5 teams

Midi-Pyrénées: 6 teams

Nord-Pas de Calais: 13 teams

Champagne-Ardenne: 4 teams

Normandy: 4 teams

Brittany: 14 teams

Paris Île-de-France: 11 teams

Picardy: 7 teams

Rhône-Alpes: 14 teams

Overseas Territories teams

French Guiana: 2 teams

Martinique: 2 teams

Guadeloupe: 2 teams

Réunion: 2 teams

Mayotte: 1 team

New Caledonia: 1 team

Tahiti: 1 team

Seventh round

The draw for the seventh round is made in two parts. First the Overseas teams are drawn against opponents from the French League structure who have applied to potentially travel overseas. Those French teams not drawn in this part are re-entered into the main draw which takes place a day later.

The matches were played on 11, 12, and 13 November 2016.

Ties involving overseas teams

The draw took place on 26 October 2016.[2]

Main draw

The draw took place on 27 October 2016. It was split into 10 regional groups.[3]

Group J

Eighth round

The draw for the Eighth round took place on 15 November 2016.[4] Of the 88 teams qualifying, the lowest ranked was SR Kaysersberg (level 9). The draw for the remaining overseas team took place ahead of the main draw. AS Excelsior (D1R) were guaranteed a home draw under the rules of the competition.[5] The main draw was divided into 6 regional groups.

Matches took place on 2, 3, and 4 December 2016.

Group F

Round of 64

The draw for the round of 64 took place on 5 December 2016. The 44 winning teams from the eighth round are joined by the 20 teams from Ligue 1. Of the 64 teams qualifying, the lowest ranked was FC Istres (level 7).[6] The draw was divided into 4 groups which were sorted to ensure primarily that each group had an even balance of teams from different levels, and secondarily to achieve optimum geographical proximity.[7]

Ties took place between 6 and 18 January 2017.

Group D

Round of 32

The draw for the Round of 32 was made on 8 January 2017. The lowest ranked club remaining was Poiré-sur-Vie VF (level 6). Matches took place on 31 January and 1 February 2017.[8]

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 was made on 2 February 2017. The lowest ranked clubs remaining were Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël and Bergerac Périgord FC (level 4). Matches took place between 28 February and 2 March 2017.[9] [10]

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 1 March 2017. The lowest ranked club remaining was Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël (level 4).[11] Matches took place on 4 and 5 April 2017.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 5 April 2017. Matches took place on 25 and 26 April 2017.

Final

See main article: 2017 Coupe de France final. The final took place on 27 May 2017 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PSG clinch domestic cup double thanks to late Angers own goal. 1 June 2017. ESPN. 1 June 2017.
  2. Web site: Le tirage du 7E tour pour l'outre-mer. 26 October 2016. 26 October 2016. fr.
  3. Web site: Tirage Complet du 7E tour. FFF.fr. fr. 27 October 2016. 27 October 2016.
  4. Web site: Mardi 15: Tirage du 8E tour à 17H30 !. FFF.fr. fr. 10 November 2016. 14 November 2016.
  5. Web site: Coupe de France: Le tirage pour l'Outremer à 12h30. foot-national.com. fr. 15 November 2016. 15 November 2016.
  6. Web site: Tirage des 32es en Direct. FFF.fr. fr. 5 December 2016. 5 December 2016.
  7. Web site: Coupe de France – Les Modalites du Tirage au Sort. foot-national.com. fr. 5 December 2016. 5 December 2016.
  8. News: Le tirage des 16es de Finale. FFF. fr. 8 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Tirage des 8es de Finale. FFF.fr. fr. 2 February 2017. 2 February 2017.
  10. Web site: La Programmation TV des 8es de Finale. fr. FFF.fr. 7 February 2017. 7 February 2017.
  11. Web site: Coupe de France: Le tirage des quarts de finale. fr. foot-national.com. 1 March 2017. 1 March 2017.

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