The 2015–16 Coupe de France was the 99th 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 (Hienghène Sport, winner of 2015 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (A.S. Pirae, winner of 2015 Tahiti Cup), Réunion, and Saint Martin).
Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, defeated Auxerre in the previous season's final. They defended their title after defeating Marseille 4–2 in the final.
Teams
Round 1 to 6
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.
Teams entering in each round, by Region: Region Prelim. First Second Third Fourth Fifth Alsace 386 11 30 2 2 Aquitaine 202 37 15 6 0 Atlantique 324 38 14 3 2 Auvergne 236 4 13 3 0 Lower Normandy 178 25 3 0 1 Bourgogne 40 76 14 1 0 Brittany 554 125 15 4 0 Centre-Val de Loire 44 174 0 5 1 2 Centre-West 268 22 18 0 0 Champagne-Ardenne 152 16 14 0 1 Corsica 28 0 1 Franche-Comté 150 3 3 1 1 Languedoc-Roussillon 204 38 4 1 1 Lorraine 14 117 0 1 Maine 144 18 3 0 0 Méditerranée 178 27 4 5 2 Midi-Pyrénées 86 5 0 Nord-Pas de Calais 544 74 19 4 2 Normandie 128 50 3 2 0 Paris Île-de-France 144 16 0 Picardie 168 14 3 2 Rhône-Alpes 570 15 66 4 0
Round 7 onwards
In the Seventh round, the 156 qualifying teams from the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories are joined by the 20 teams from Ligue 2. The 20 Ligue 1 clubs enter in the Ninth round.
The teams qualifying for Seventh round, by region and level, are:
Ligue 2 No Team 1. AC Ajaccio 2. AJ Auxerre 3. Bourg-en-Bresse 4. Stade Brestois 29 5. Clermont Foot 6. US Créteil-Lusitanos 7. Dijon FCO 8. Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. 9. Stade Lavallois 10. Le Havre AC 11. RC Lens 12. FC Metz 13. AS Nancy 14. Nîmes Olympique 15. Chamois Niortais F.C. 16. Paris FC 17. Red Star F.C. 18. FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 19. Tours FC 20. Valenciennes FC
Alsace No Team Tier 21. S Reunis Colmar National 22. RC Strasbourg Alsace National 23. FC Mulhouse CFA 24. FC Saint-Louis Neuweg CFA 25. US Sarre-Union CFA 26. SC Schiltigheim CFA 2 27. SC Dinsheim DH 28. FCE Schirrhein Exc Bas-Rhone (7) 29. SC Ebersheim PH Bas-Rhone (9)
Aquitaine No Team Tier 30. Stade Bordelais ASPTT CFA 31. Stade Montois CFA 32. Trélissac FC CFA 33. Les Genêts d'Anglet Football CFA 2 34. US Lege Cap Ferret CFA 2 35. FC Libourne DH
Atlantique No Team Tier 36. Vendée Les Herbiers F Nat 37. Vendée Lucon F Nat 38. Voltigeurs de Chateaubriant CFA 39. US Ste Anne de Vertou CFA 2 40. Orvault Sports Football DH 41. St Nazaire Atlantique Football DH 42. Olympique Saumur FC DH 43. ASPTT - CAEB Cholet Sup Maine-et-Loire (10)
Auvergne No Team Tier 44. AS Moulinoise CFA 45. SA Thiernois CFA 2 46. CS de Volvic DH 47. FC Espaly DHR (7) 48. US Vic Le Comte PHR (8)
Lower Normandy No Team Tier 49. US d'Avranches Mont St Michel Nat 50. US Granvillaise CFA 2 51. FC St Lo Manche CFA 2 52. SU Divaise DH
Bourgogne No Team Tier 53. FC Montceau Bourgogne CFA 54. SC Selongeen CFA 2 55. FC Sens CFA 2 56. Louhans Cuiseaux FC DH
Centre-Val de Loire No Team Tier 57. US Orleans Loiret F Nat 58. Bourges 18 CFA 2 59. Bourges Foot DH 60. CS Mainvilliers F DHR (7)
Centre-West No Team Tier 61. Limoges FC CFA 2 62. Entente S La Rochelle DH 63. Entente S Gueretoise DHR (7) 64. US St Sauveur (7) DHR (7) 65. FC Nord 17 PL (9) 66. AS Panazol 1ere Haute-Vienne (10)
Corsica No Team Tier 67. Borgo FC CFA 2 68. F Balagne Ile Rousse CFA 2
Franche-Comté No Team Tier 69. Jura Sud Foot CFA 70. Besançon FC CFA 2 71. Racing Besançon CFA 2
Languedoc-Roussillon No Team Tier 72. Avenir S Béziers Nat 73. FC de Sete CFA 74. Avenir S Frontignan AC DH 75. OC Perpignan DH 76. Stade Balarucois DHR (7)
Lorraine No Team Tier 77. AS Pagny Sur Moselle CFA 2 78. US Raon L'Etape CFA 2 79. Sarreguemines FC CFA 2 80. Renaissance S Magny DH 81. Amicale du Personnel Municipal Metz FC DH 82. S Reunis Deodatiens DH 83. AS Clouange PH (8) 84. AS Reding PHR (9)
Maine No Team Tier 85. US Changeenne CFA 2 86. CO St Saturnin Arche DH 87. La Suze FC DH
Méditerranée No Team Tier 88. Etoile FC Frejus St Raphael Nat 89. Groupe S Consolat Nat 90. Berre SC DHR (7) 91. FC Istres Ouest Provence DHR (7) 92. JS St Jean Beaulieu DHR (7)
Midi-Pyrénées No Team Tier 93. US Colomiers F CFA 94. Blagnac FC CFA 2 95. AS Muret DH 96. Rodéo FC DH 97. Toulouse St Jo FSC DH 98. Montauban FCTG DHR (7)
Nord-Pas de Calais No Team Tier 99. US Boulogne Côte d'Opale Nat 100. US Littoral Dunkerque Nat 101. Iris Club de Croix CFA 102. Entente S Wasquehal CFA 103. AS Marck CFA 2 104. Stade Bethunois DH 105. SC Hazebrouckois DH 106. US Maubeuge DH 107. St Amand FC DH 108. US St Omer DH 109. US Vimy DHR (7) 110. SC Douai PH (8) 111. AC Mons En Baroeul PH (8)
Champagne-Ardenne No Team Tier 112. CS Sedan Ardennes Nat 113. RC Épernay Champagne CFA 2 114. AS de Prix Les Mezieres DH 115. Ecole de F Reims Ste Anne Chatillons DH
Normandy No Team Tier 116. US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole CFA 117. Entente S Municipale Gonfreville CFA 2 118. C Municipal S d'Oissel CFA 2 119. Yvetot AC DHR (7)
Brittany No Team Tier 120. US Concarnoise Beuzecquoise CFA 121. US Saint-Malo CFA 122. Stade Briochin CFA 2 123. AGL-Drapeau Fougeres F CFA 2 124. Garde St Ivy Pontivy CFA 2 125. La Tour d'Auvergne Rennes CFA 2 126. US Montagnarde Inzinzac Lochrist DH 127. Cercle Paul Bert Brequigny Rennes DH 128. FC La Chapelle Montgermont DSE (7) 129. Stade Paimpolais FC DSE (7) 130. US La Gacilly DSR (8) 131. Rostrenen FC DSR (8) 132. En Avante de St Renen DSR (8) 133. US Liffre DRH (9)
Paris Île-de-France No Team Tier 134. Aubervilliers C CFA 135. Mantois 78 FC CFA 136. Poissy AS CFA 137. Sannois St Gratien Entente CFA 138. Viry Chatillon Entente S CFA 139. UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole CFA 2 140. Noisy Le Sec Banlieue 93 O CFA 2 141. St Ouen l'Aumone AS CFA 2 142. Blanc Mesnil SF DH 143. FC Versailles 78 DH 144. Bretigny Foot CS DSR (7)
Picardie No Team Tier 145. Amiens SC Picardie Nat 146. FC Chambly Thelle Nat 147. AC Amiens CFA 148. FC Ailly-sur-Somme Samara CFA 2 149. AS Beauvais Oise CFA 2 150. US de Chantilly DH 151. A des FC de Creil PH (7)
Rhône-Alpes No Team Tier 152. Monts d'Or Azergues Foot CFA 153. Grenoble Foot 38 CFA 154. Lyon-Duchere AS CFA 155. FC Villefranche CFA 156. FC d'Annecy CFA 2 157. AS Forez Andrezieux Boutheon CFA 2 158. FC d'Echirolles DH 159. FC Limonest DH 160. U Montilienne S DH 161. Chassieu Decines FC DHR (7) 162. US Gieroise DHR (7) 163. Hauts Lyonnais DHR (7) 164. FC Veyle Saône DHR (7) 165. FC Pontcharra St Loup PE Lyon et Rhône (10)
Overseas Clubs
No Team Tier Nation 166. Hienghène Sport Super League New Caledonia 167. A.S. Pirae Super League Tahiti 168. Etoile Filante Iracoubo Division Honneur French Guiana 169. ASC Agouado Division Honneur French Guiana 170. Golden Star Division Honneur Martinique 171. Golden Lion FC Division Honneur Martinique 172. AS Jumeaux de M'zouazia Division Honneur Mayotte 173. AS Excelsior Championnat D1 Réunion 174. US Sainte-Marienne Championnat D1 Réunion 175. CS Moulien Division Honneur Guadeloupe 176. L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau Division Honneur Guadeloupe
Seventh Round These matches were originally scheduled to take place on 13, 14 and 15 November, although some matches were postponed to the following weekdue to the November 2015 Paris attacks.
Eighth Round The draw was held on 18 November 2015. The matches were played on 5 and 6 December 2015
Round of 64 Matches played on 2, 3 and 4 January 2016.
Round of 32 Matches were played between 16 and 23 January 2016.
Round of 16 Matches played on 9, 10 and 11 February 2016.
Quarter-finals Matches played on 2 and 3 March 2016.
Semi-finals Matches played between 19 and 20 April 2016.
Final
Match played on 21 May 2016.
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