2022–23 Coupe de France explained

Coupe de France
Year:2022–23
Dates:22 May 2022 – 29 April 2023
Country:France
Num Teams:7,292
Matches:184
Defending Champions:Nantes
Champions:Toulouse (1st title)
Runner-Up:Nantes
Goals:514
Top Goal Scorer:Thijs Dallinga
(6 goals)
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24

The 2022–23 Coupe de France was the 106th season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Réunion, Saint Martin, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon).

Nantes were the defending champions, having beaten Nice 1–0 in the previous year's final to claim their fourth Coupe de France title.[1] [2] Toulouse defeated Nantes 5–1 in the 2023 final for a first Coupe de France title.

Dates

Dates for the first two qualifying rounds, and any preliminaries required, were set by the individual Regional leagues. From round three, the FFF defined the calendar, with rounds up to and including the round of 32 being scheduled for weekends and later rounds up to, but not including, the final, taking place on midweek evenings. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place in November and December, it was necessary to bring forward the eighth round by a week, compared to previous seasons, impacting the scheduling of earlier rounds. Similarly the timeline of rounds from the round of 64 onwards was compressed.[3]

Round Dates
Third round 11 September 2022
Fourth round 25 September 2022
Fifth round 9 October 2022
Sixth round 16 October 2022
Seventh round 30 October 2022
Eighth round 20 November 2022
Round of 64 8 January 2023
Round of 32 22 January 2023
Round of 16 8 February 2023
Quarter-finals 1 March 2023
Semi-finals 5 April 2023
Final 29 April 2023

Teams

Round 1 to 6

See main article: 2022–23 Coupe de France preliminary rounds. The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Departments/Territories, who allowed teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from Championnat National 3 entered at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 entered at the fourth round and those from Championnat National entered at the fifth round.[4]

The number of teams entering at each qualifying round was as follows:

Region Prelim First Second Third Fourth Fifth
Nouvelle-Aquitaine bgcolor=lightgrey  568 94 11 4 0
Pays de la Loire bgcolor=lightgrey442 41 31 3 2
Centre-Val de Loire bgcolor=lightgrey  104 77 10 6 2
Corsica bgcolor=lightgrey  bgcolor=lightgrey  6 23 1 1
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté bgcolor=lightgrey  324 50 12 4 0
Grand Est bgcolor=lightgrey  874 45 49 3 2
Méditerranée bgcolor=lightgrey  174 26 6 6 1
Occitanie bgcolor=lightgrey  372 106 11 3 0
Hauts-de-France bgcolor=lightgrey  828 168 15 5 1
Normandy bgcolor=lightgrey  320 54 11 3 1
Brittany bgcolor=lightgrey  554 123 12 2 2
Paris IDF bgcolor=lightgrey  368 93 12 8 3
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes bgcolor=lightgrey  768 102 35 7 3
Réunion bgcolor=lightgrey  bgcolor=lightgrey  bgcolor=lightgrey  20 6 0
Mayotte 28 0 50 0 0 0
Guadeloupe bgcolor=lightgrey  bgcolor=lightgrey  46 8 0 0
Martinique bgcolor=lightgrey  bgcolor=lightgrey  52 6 0 0
French Guiana bgcolor=lightgrey  bgcolor=lightgrey  14 25 0 0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon bgcolor=lightgrey  2 1 bgcolor=lightgrey  bgcolor=lightgrey  bgcolor=lightgrey 
Total 28 5698 1148 297 61 18

Round 7

The 145 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues were joined by the 10 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and 20 2022–23 Ligue 2 teams.[5] The qualifiers from Réunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana played off in internal matches.

Ligue 2

Regional Leagues

Nouvelle Aquitaine (13 teams)

Pays de la Loire (11 teams)

Centre-Val de Loire (6 teams)

Corsica (2 teams)

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (8 teams)

Grand Est (19 teams)

Méditerranée (5 teams)

Occitanie (10 teams)

Hauts-de-France (20 teams)

Normandy (8 teams)

Brittany (14 teams)

Paris-Île-de-France (10 teams)

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (19 teams)

Overseas teams

French Guiana: 2 teams

Réunion: 2 teams

Martinique: 2 teams

Guadeloupe: 2 teams

Mayotte: 1 team

Tahiti: 1 team

New Caledonia: 1 team

Mainland teams willing to travel overseas

The team from Tahiti played their seventh round tie at home. On 18 October 2022 the list of National, National 2 and National 3 clubs who had put themselves forward as candidates for overseas travel was published. Teams not selected were included in the draw for overseas travel in the eighth round, should they have qualified.[6]

Round 8

The eighth round ties for mainland matches was made at the same time as the seventh round draw. Matches including the teams from Martinique and Guadeloupe were slotted into the draw where gaps appear due to teams being selected to travel overseas.

Prioritised order of mainland teams

The winners of the seventh round matches in Réunion and French Guiana played their eighth round match at home against teams from mainland France. A draw on 18 October 2022 prioritised the list of clubs for these fixtures, should they win their seventh round games.[7] FCM Aubervilliers and Évreux FC 27 were the highest in the list to qualify for the eighth round.

Round of 64

The 44 qualifying teams from Round 8 were joined by the 20 2022–23 Ligue 1 teams. 32 ties were drawn in regional groups.

Later rounds

Later rounds were open draws with no regional grouping.

Seventh round

The draw for the seventh round took place in multiple stages:

Overseas teams hosting mainland teams

This tie was drawn on 18 October 2022, and was played on the weekend of 30 October 2022.

Mainland ties

These ties were drawn on 19 October 2022, and were originally scheduled to be played on the weekend of 30 October 2022.[10]

Group 7J

Eighth round

The draw for the eighth round took place at the same time as the seventh round, with seventh round ties being paired together. Ties were originally scheduled to take place on the weekend of 18, 19 and 20 November 2022.[11]

Group 8J

Round of 64

The draw was made on 21 November 2022, with the qualifying teams divided into four regional groups, and the 20 Ligue 1 teams divided equally amongst the groups.[12] Ties were originally scheduled to take place on the weekend of 6, 7 and 8 January 2023.[13]

Group D

Round of 32

The draw was made on 8 January 2023. Ties took place between 20 and 23 January 2023.[14]

Round of 16

The draw was made on 23 January 2023. The ties took place on 8 and 9 February 2023.

Quarter-finals

The draw was made on 9 February 2023.

Semi-finals

The draw was made on 2 March 2023.

Final

See main article: 2023 Coupe de France final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Thijs DallingaToulouse6
2 Kylian MbappéParis Saint-Germain5
Vincent PajotAnnecy
Moïse SahiAnnecy
Zakaria AboukhlalToulouse
6 Alexandre LacazetteLyon4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nantes beat Nice to win Coupe de France. ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 7 May 2022. 18 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Nice 0–1 Nantes: Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes. BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. 18 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Coupe de France. La FFF confirme le calendrier de l'édition 2022-2023. footamateur.fr. fr. 23 December 2021.
  4. Web site: Reglement de la Coupe de France. 30 June 2022. 18 October 2022. fr. FFF.fr.
  5. Web site: Coupe de France. Les 168 clubs en lice pour le septième tour. footamateur.fr. fr. 17 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Coupe de France. La liste des clubs candidats pour l'Outre-Mer. footamateur.fr. fr. 18 October 2022.
  7. Web site: Coupe de France. Le tirage des clubs des clubs d'Outre-Mer. footamateur.fr. fr. 18 October 2022.
  8. Web site: Coupe de France. Les groupes pour le tirage au sort du 7e tour. footamateur.fr. fr. 19 October 2022.
  9. Web site: Coupe de France. Le tirage au sort du 7e tour, mode d'emploi. footamateur.fr. fr. 17 October 2022.
  10. Web site: Coupe de France: Le Tirage Complet de 7e Tour. foot-national.com. fr. 19 October 2022.
  11. Web site: Coupe de France. Toutes les affiches du huitième tour !. footamateur.fr. fr. 30 October 2022.
  12. Web site: Coupe de France. Le tirage au sort des 32e de finale, mode d'emploi. footamateur.fr. fr. 20 November 2022.
  13. Web site: Le tirage au sort des 32e de finale de la coupe de France. footamateur.fr. fr. 21 November 2022.
  14. Web site: Coupe de France. Le tirage au sort des seizièmes de finale. footamateur.fr. fr. 8 January 2023.