| 1996 Coupe de France final | |
| Event: | 1995–96 Coupe de France |
| Team1: | Auxerre |
| Team1score: | 2 |
| Team2: | Nîmes |
| Team2score: | 1 |
| Date: | 4 May 1996 |
| Stadium: | Parc des Princes |
| City: | Paris |
| Referee: | Bernard Saules |
| Attendance: | 44,921 |
| Previous: | 1995 |
| Next: | 1997 |
The 1996 Coupe de France final was a football match held at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 4 May 1996, that saw Auxerre defeat Nîmes 2–1 thanks to goals by Laurent Blanc and Lilian Laslandes.[1]
| Auxerre | Round | Nîmes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | H/A | Result | 1995–96 Coupe de France | Opponent | H/A | Result | |
| Bye | — | — | Fifth Round | Lunel | A | 5–2 (a.e.t.) | |
| Bye | — | — | Sixth Round | Castelnau Le Crès | A | 1–0 | |
| Bye | — | — | Seventh Round | Muret | H | 3–2 | |
| Bye | — | — | Eighth Round | Sète | A | 1–0 | |
| Lyon | A | 1–0 | Round of 64 | Saint-Priest | H | 3–1 | |
| Le Mans | A | 2–0 | Round of 32 | Saint-Étienne | H | 3–1 | |
| Paris SG | H | 3–1 | Round of 16 | Thouars | A | 2–0 | |
| Valence | A | 2–0 | Quarter-finals | Strasbourg | H | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | |
| Marseille | A | 1–1 (a.e.t.) 3−1 pen. | Semi-finals | Montpellier | H | 1–0 |
| AJ AUXERRE: | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 |  Lionel Charbonnier | ||
| DF | 2 | Alain Goma | ||
| DF | 6 | Franck Rabarivony | ||
| DF | 3 | Taribo West | ||
| DF | 5 | Laurent Blanc | ||
| MF | 4 | Philippe Violeau | ||
| MF | 7 | Sabri Lamouchi | ||
| MF | 8 | |||
| FW | 9 | Lilian Laslandes | ||
| FW | 10 | Corentin Martins (c) | ||
| FW | 11 | Bernard Diomède | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | 14 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Guy RouxAssistant Referees: Fourth Official: | ||||
| NIMES OLYMPIQUE: | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Philippe Sence (c) | |||
| DF | Franck Touron | |||
| DF | Johnny Ecker | |||
| DF | Antoine Preget | |||
| DF | Olivier Bochu | |||
| MF | ||||
| MF | ||||
| MF | Omar Belbey | |||
| FW | Christian Perez | |||
| FW | ||||
| FW | Nicolas Marx | |||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| DF | ||||
| MF | ||||
| MF | ||||
| Manager: | ||||
| Pierre Barlaguet | ||||