2022 Coupe de France final explained

2022 Coupe de France final
Event:2021–22 Coupe de France
Team1:Nice
Team1association:Ligue 1
Team1score:0
Team2:Nantes
Team2association:Ligue 1
Team2score:1
Stadium:Stade de France
City:Saint-Denis
Referee:Stéphanie Frappart
Attendance:78,961
Previous:2021
Next:2023

The 2022 Coupe de France final was a football match between Nice and Nantes to decide the winner of the 2021–22 Coupe de France, the 105th season of the Coupe de France. Originally scheduled to take place on 8 May at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, the final was moved to 7 May in consultation with competing clubs and the broadcasters.[1] [2] [3]

Nantes won the match 1–0 for their fourth Coupe de France title.[4] [5]

Background

Nice reached the final this year for the fifth time in its history, and the first since 1997, a game they won over Guingamp after a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in extra time.[6] [7]

Nantes reached the final this year for the fourth time in its history, having lost at the round of 64 of last year's edition to Lens.[8] This was the first time they reached the final since 2000, a game they won over Calais.[9]

Route to the final

NiceRoundNantes
OpponentResult2021–22 Coupe de FranceOpponentResult
SO Cholet1–0 (A)Round of 64Sochaux0–0 (5–4 pen.) (A)
Paris FC/LyonBye (H)Round of 32AS Vitré2–0 (H)
Paris Saint-Germain0–0 (6–5 pen.) (A)Round of 16Brest2–0 (H)
Marseille4–1 (H)Quarter-finalsBastia2–0 (H)
FC Versailles 782–0 (H)Semi-finalsMonaco2–2 (4–2 pen.) (H)
Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture

Match

Details

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GK 1 Marcin Bułka
RB 23 Jordan Lotomba
CB 25
CB 4 Dante (c)
LB 26
RM 28
CM 8
CM 19 Khéphren Thuram
LM 11 Amine Gouiri
CF 7 Andy Delort
CF 9
Substitutes:
GK 40 Walter Benítez
DF 5 Flavius Daniliuc
DF 12 Jordan Amavi
MF 6 Morgan Schneiderlin
MF 14
MF 18
FW 21
FW 22 Calvin Stengs
FW 24
Manager:
Christophe Galtier
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GK 1 Alban Lafont
CB 21 Jean-Charles Castelletto
CB 3 Andrei Girotto
CB 4 Nicolas Pallois
RM 11
CM 18 Samuel Moutoussamy
CM 5
LM 29 Quentin Merlin
RF 10 Ludovic Blas (c)
CF 23
LF 27
Substitutes:
GK 16 Rémy Descamps
DF 2
DF 12 Dennis Appiah
DF 24 Sébastien Corchia
MF 6 Roli Pereira de Sa
MF 8
FW 7 Kalifa Coulibaly
FW 20 Jean-Kévin Augustin
FW 26
Manager:
Antoine Kombouaré
Assistant referees

[10]
Mikaël Berchebru
Benjamin Pagès
Fourth official


Willy Delajod
Video assistant referees:
Jérémie Pignard
Hamid Guenaoui

Match rules[11]
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 French Cup Final. stadefrance.com. Stade De France. 1 March 2022. 1 March 2022.
  2. Web site: France - Coupe de France 2021/2022 Final. WorldFootball.net. World Football. 1 March 2022. 1 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Coupe de France : La date de la finale et été changée. foot-national.com. fr. 5 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Nantes beat Nice to win Coupe de France. ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 7 May 2022. 7 May 2022.
  5. Web site: Nice 0–1 Nantes: Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes. BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. 7 May 2022.
  6. Web site: Coupe de France. L’aventure est terminée pour le FC Versailles. Coupe de France. The adventure is over for FC Versailles . fr . footamateur.fr. INPI. 1 March 2022. 6 May 2022.
  7. Web site: Nice 2–0 Versailles: Fourth-tier side beaten as Nice reached first French Cup final in 25 years. BBC Sport. 1 March 2022. 6 May 2022.
  8. Web site: Nantes 2–4 Lens. soccerway.com. Soccerway. 10 February 2021. 6 May 2022.
  9. Web site: Coupe de France: Nantes topple Monaco!. ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 3 March 2022. 6 May 2022.
  10. News: Stéphanie Frappart en finale de la Coupe de France . Stéphanie Frappart in the final of the Coupe de France . FFF.fr . . 21 April 2022 . 30 April 2022 . fr.
  11. Web site: Règlement de la Coupe de France 2021–2022 . Regulations of the 2021–22 Coupe de France . FFF.fr . . PDF . 8–10 . 1 July 2021 . 30 April 2022 . fr.