The 2009–10 Coupe de France was the 93rd season of the most prestigious French cup competition, organized by the French Football Federation, 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, French Polynesia, and Réunion). The final was contested on 1 May 2010 at the Stade de France. The defending champions were Guingamp, who had defeated Rennes 2–1 in the 2008–09 final.
The winner of the competition qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League and was inserted into the Playoff round. Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain won the competition by defeating fellow first division club AS Monaco by a score of 1–0 in the final. The victory gave Paris Saint-Germain their eight Coupe de France title and their third this millennium.
Calendar On 23 June 2009, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France. round First match date Fixtures Clubs Notes Preliminary round 23 August 2009 First round 20 August 2009The qualifying rounds are organize by the regions' respective regional and departmental leagues. Each regions' qualifying rounds lasts six rounds in order to determine the regional and departmental clubs that will earn a berth in the seventh round. Second round 29 August 2009 Third round 20 September 2009 Clubs participating in CFA 2 gain entry. Fourth round 4 October 2009 Clubs participating in the CFA gain entry. Fifth round 18 October 2009 Clubs participating in the Championnat National gain entry. Sixth round 1 November 2009 153 346 → 193 Seventh round 21 November 2009 86 193 → 107 Clubs participating in Ligue 2 gain entry.Since Guingamp are the defending champions, they are excluded from this round and will enter the competition in the round of 64. Eight round 12 December 2009 43 107 → 64 Round of 64 9 January 2010 32 64 → 32 Clubs participating in Ligue 1 and Guingamp gain entry. Round of 32 23 January 2010 16 32 → 16 Round of 16 9 February 2010 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 23 March 2010 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 13 April 2010 2 4 → 2 Final 1 May 2010 1 2 → 1 Coupe de France Final at the Stade de France.
Regional qualifying rounds
All the teams that entered the competition, but were not members of Ligue 1 or Ligue 2, had to compete in the regional qualifying rounds. The regional qualifying rounds determined the number of regional clubs that earned spots in the 7th round and this normally lasted six rounds.
Seventh round The draw for the seventh round of Coupe de France was conducted on 5 November 2009 at the Maison du Sport Français, the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris by French journalist and television host Michel Drucker and Jean Djorkaeff, the president of the Coupe de France Commission.Le tirage complet The overseas regional draw was conducted in Paris the same day, by World fencing champions Adriana Lamalle and Jean-Michel Lucenay.Tirage de l'Outre-Mer effectué The matches were played on 21 and 22 November 2009.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Saint-Gaudens-Violette 1–3 Pau 2 Blanquefort 0–1 Trélissac 3 Perpignan Canet 1–2 Agen 4 Marignane 1–0 Bastia 5 Lattes 1–0 Bayonne 6 Arles-Avignon 0–1 Luzenac 7 Balma 2–0 Pamiers 8 Calvi 3 – 2 (aet) Borgo 9 Vénissieux 1–4 Rodez 10 Feurs 1–0 Saint-Priest 11 Bagnols Pont 4–2 Bourgoin-Jallieu 12 Toulon 1–2 Villefranche 13 Ain Sud 0–4 Cannes 14 Grande Motte 2–1 La Murette 15 Istres 1–2 Nîmes 16 Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 1–6 Thiers 17 Cassis Carnoux 1 – 1 (aet)2–4 p. Ajaccio 18 Annonay 1 – 0 (aet) Valence 19 Yzeure 1 – 1 (aet)4–3 p. Clermont Foot 20 Seyssinet Pariset 0–2 Montceau Bourgogne 21 Vallières 0–3 Évian 22 Mont Pilat 0–1 Bressane Marboz 23 Montluçon 0 – 0 (aet)2–4 p. Nevers 24 Trémery 0–3 Thionville 25 Créteil 0–2 Tours 26 Amnéville 0–3 Dijon 27 Reims 1 – 1 (aet)5–6 p. Saint-Dizier 28 Montereau 0–2 Moissy-Cramayel 29 Selongey 1–0 Toul 30 Jarville 2 – 2 (aet)2–4 p. La Chapelle Saint-Luc 31 Sens 1 – 2 (aet) Vesoul 32 Forbach Marienau 3–1 Robertsau 33 Jura Dolois 1 – 3 (aet) Metz 34 Colmar 5–2 Baume-les-Dames 35 Besançon 4–1 Sarrebourg 36 Bischheim Soleil 0–6 Troyes 37 Biesheim 1–3 Strasbourg
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 38 Mulhouse 2 – 2 (aet)7–6 p. Sarre-Union 39 Saint-Louis Neuweg 2–1 Oberlauterbach 40 Seclin 5–4 Luneray 41 Issy-les-Moulineaux 1 – 1 (aet)2–3 p. Loon-Plage 42 Sin Le Noble 0–2 Les Lilas 43 Compiègne 1 – 0 (aet) Arras 44 Chambly 2–5 Saint-Ouen l'Aumône 45 Tourcoing 1–2 Marquette 46 Rouen 2 – 4 (aet) Beauvais 47 Caen 1–0 Dunkerque 48 Aire-sur-la-Lys 5–0 Feignies 49 Calais 1–3 Sedan 50 Hermes 1–2 Cambrai 51 Saint-Quentin 3–1 Maubeuge 52 Roissy-en-Brie 1–7 Amiens 53 Le Havre 0–1 Avion 54 Lumbres 1–2 Marck 55 Fresnoy-le-Grand 3–0 Neuilly-sur-Marne 56 La Ferté-Bernard 4–0 Courbevoie 57 Flers 0–1 Aubervilliers 58 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure 1–0 Villemomble 59 Bonchamp-Lès-Laval 2–1 Fougères 60 Angers 1 – 0 (aet) Poissy 61 Versailles 2–1 Granville 62 Laval 2–0 Vitré 63 La Flèche 2–3 Chartres 64 Vannes 4–1 La Vitréenne 65 Tregunc 2–3 Les Herbiers 66 Montgermont 1–4 Plabennec 67 Cherbourg 4–0 Chantepie 68 TA Rennes 3–1 Saint-Renan 69 Plouvorn 2–0 Combourg 70 Concarneau 3–0 Nantes 71 Paimpol 2–1 Châteaubriant 72 Saint-Fulgent 1–7 Orléans 73 Saint-Mars-la-Brière 0–5 Brest 74 Saumur 3–1 Châteauroux 75 Cognac 0–1 Feytiat 76 Romorantin 5–2 Poitiers 77 Cholet 3–2 Moulins 78 Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire 1–3 Chauray 79 Saint-Jean-le-Blanc 0–2 Niort
Overseas region
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Marie Galante 2–3 Le Poiré-sur-Vie 2 Excelsior 1–0 Quimper 3 Manu-Ura 0–3 Raon-l'Etape 4 Vendée Luçon 2–1 Franciscain
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 5 Quevilly 6–0 Kawéni 6 Pontivy 5–0 Cayenne 7 Avranches 5 – 3 (aet) Mont-Dore
Eighth round The draw for the eighth round of the Coupe de France was conducted on 25 November 2009 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation, in Paris, by FCF Juvisy and women's national team member Sandrine Soubeyrand, taekwondo world champion Gwladys Épangue, former national team member Steve Marlet, and Jean Djorkaeff, the president of the Coupe de France Commission.Le tirage complet The matches were played on 12 and 13 December 2009.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Nîmes 1 – 1 (aet)2–4 p. Pau 2 Cannes 3–0 Luzenac 3 Agen 0 – 0 (aet)5–4 p. Calvi 4 Villefranche 2–1 Annonay 5 Grande Motte 1–0 Marignane 6 Balma 1–3 Ajaccio 7 Lattes 1–0 Bagnols Pont 8 Feurs 0–4 Évian 9 Vesoul 4–1 Forbach Marienau 10 Strasbourg 3–0 Thionville 11 Saint-Louis Neuweg 4–0 Besançon 12 Colmar 2 – 2 (aet)4–2 p. Metz 13 Mulhouse 4–1 La Chapelle Saint-Luc 14 Raon-l'Étape 6–1 Bressane Marboz 15 Laval 4–0 Le Poiré-sur-Vie 16 Thiers 3–1 Niort 17 Rodez 3–1 Vendée Luçon 18 La Ferté-Bernard 2–3 Trélissac 19 Romorantin 0–2 Vannes 20 Feytiat 0–1 Chauray 21 TA Rennes 1 – 2 (aet) Brest 22 Plabennec 2–0 Concarneau 23 Pontivy 5–1 Plouvorn
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 24 Bonchamp-lès-Laval 1 – 1 (aet)5–4 p. Paimpol 25 Cherbourg 0–3 Avranches 26 Pacy Vallée-d'Eure 0–2 Quevilly 27 Cholet 2 – 2 (aet)4–5 p. Saumur 28 Aire-sur-la-Lys 0–1 Seclin 29 Sedan 3–1 Moissy-Cramayel 30 Cambrai 0–1 Aubervilliers 31 Loon-Plage 1–2 Marquette 32 Les Lilas 0–1 Caen 33 Amiens 2–1 Avion 34 Marck 2 – 2 (aet)2–4 p. Compiègne 35 Tours 2–1 Montereau 36 Saint-Ouen l'Aumône 1 – 1 (aet)3–2 p. Yzeure 37 Nevers 1–4 Beauvais 38 Fresnoy-le-Grand 0–1 Saint-Quentin 39 Versailles 1–0 Dijon 40 Troyes 2–1 Selongey 41 Saint-Dizier 4 – 3 (aet) Orléans 42 Angers 5–0 Excelsior 43 Chartres 1–2 Les Herbiers
Round of 64 The draw for the round of 64 of the Coupe de France was conducted on 14 December 2009 at the Champ Libres in Rennes, by former French internationals Stéphane Guivarc'h and Daniel Rodighiero, Stade Briochin and women's national team member Eugénie Le Sommer, and the current captain of the France women's national rugby union team Sandrine Agricole.Le tirage au sort intégral! The matches were played on 9 and 10 January 2010. The matches that were postponed were contested at a later date.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Grenoble 3–2 Montpellier 2 Grande Motte 0–3 Villefranche 3 Pau 0–2 Évian 4 Trélissac 0–2 Marseille 5 AS Monaco 0 – 0 (aet)4–3 p. Tours 6 Ajaccio 3–0 Cannes 7 Lattes 0–1 Angers 8 Thiers 1 – 1 (aet)2–3 p. Nancy 9 Saint-Louis Neuweg 0–1 Sochaux 10 Marquette 1–2 Mulhouse 11 Saint-Ouen l'Aumône 0–3 Sedan 12 Laval 1 – 2 (aet) Vesoul 13 Strasbourg 1–3 Lyon 14 Amiens 0–1 Auxerre 15 Colmar 0 – 0 (aet)10–9 p. Lille 16 Seclin 1–4 Boulogne
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 17 Pontivy 0 – 1 (aet) Brest 18 Chauray 0–1 Agen 19 Bordeaux 1–0 Rodez 20 Avranches 0 – 1 (aet) Saumur 21 Plabennec 2–1 Nice 22 Les Herbiers 0–1 Toulouse 23 Saint-Étienne 4–1 Lorient 24 Bonchamp-lès-Laval 0–2 Guingamp 25 Vannes 1 – 1 (aet)8–7 p. Troyes 26 Versailles 0–3 Beauvais 27 Compiègne 0–1 Lens 28 Rennes 2–0 Caen 29 Quevilly 6–0 Saint-Quentin 30 Aubervilliers 0–5 Paris SG 31 Le Mans 1–0 Valenciennes 32 Saint-Dizier 0–4 Raon-l'Étape
Round of 32 The draw for the round of 32 of the Coupe de France was conducted on 10 January 2010 at the Eurosport headquarters in Paris, by Miss France 2010 Malika Ménard and France national team manager Raymond Domenech.Le tirage au sort intégral! The matches will be played from 22 to 24 January 2010. The matches that had to be rescheduled due to the previous round's postponed matches being contested were played mid-week on 26 and 27 January. The cancelled matches, as a result of the round of 64 matches being rescheduled, were played on 3 February and the mid-week over on 10 February.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Lens 3–1 Marseille 2 Auxerre 1 – 1 (aet)3–0 p. Sedan 3 Nancy 0–2 Plabennec 4 Saint-Étienne 2 – 2 (aet)3–1 p. Villefranche 5 Beauvais 3–0 Agen 6 Toulouse 0–2 Brest 7 Quevilly 1–0 Angers 8 Mulhouse 0–1 Guingamp
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 9 Sochaux 3–0 Le Mans 10 Raon-l'Étape 0–1 Vesoul 11 Vannes 4 – 3 (aet) Grenoble 12 Paris SG 3–1 Évian 13 Saumur 0–4 Rennes 14 AS Monaco 2–1 Lyon 15 Colmar 1–2 Boulogne 16 Bordeaux 5–1 Ajaccio
Round of 16 The draw for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France was conducted on 24 January 2010 at the Eurosport headquarters in Paris, by former French international Jean-Pierre Papin and French film director Fabien Onteniente.Le tirage intégral! The matches were played on 9 and 10 February. The canceled match, Lens – Brest, as a result of the round of 32 matches being rescheduled, was played on 17 February.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Bordeaux (1) 0–2 AS Monaco (1) 2 Boulogne (1) 1–0 Guingamp (2) 3 Auxerre (1) 4–0 Plabennec (3) 4 Saint-Étienne (1) 2–0 Vannes (2)
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 5 Beauvais (3) 1–4 Sochaux (1) 6 Lens (1) 2 – 1 (aet) Brest (2) 7 Quevilly (4) 1–0 Rennes (1) 8 Vesoul (4) 0–1 Paris SG (1)
Quarter-finals The draw for the quarterfinals of the Coupe de France was conducted on 14 February 2010 during a Six Nations rugby match between France and Ireland at the Stade de France. The draw was conducted by 2009 World Judo champion Morgane Ribout and Morgan Parra, a player from the national rugby team.Tirage des quarts ce dimanche The matches will be contested on 23 and 24 March. The Quevilly – Boulogne match was moved to the Stade Robert Diochon in nearby Rouen to accommodate the anticipated high attendance for the match. Quevilly's parent ground, Stade Lozai, seats only 2,500 spectators.
Semi-finals