The 2015–16 Coupe de France preliminary rounds made up the qualifying competition to decide which teams took part in the main competition from Round 7. This was the 99th season of the most prestigious football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia (qualification via 2015 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (qualification via 2015 Tahiti Cup), Réunion, and Saint Martin).
The qualifying rounds took place between March and October 2015.
Teams
Round 1 to 6
The first six rounds and preliminaries were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, which 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
Preliminary round
Centre-Val de Loire
These matches were played on 23 August 2015.
Preliminary round results: Centre-Val de Loire
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1. Avenir St Amand Longpre 1-3 CS Bonneval 2. FC du Haut Vendomis 3-0 w/o Avant Garde Checy Mardie Bou 3. FC Mandorais 0-3 w/o FC Leves 4. Auneau FC 1-3 Foyeur J Champhol 5. FCO St Jean De La Ruelle 4-2 US Municipale St Denis En Val 6. C Deport Espagnol Orleans 3-0 w/o FC Luce Ouest 7. Sp C Massay 1-0 Sports et Loisirs de Chaillot 8. AS Nouan-Lamotte 3-0 Jargeau St Denis FC 9. Santranges FC 4-2 US Briare 10. Cercle Laique Bonny Sur Loire 2-1 St Savigny En Sancerre 11. AS Arthon 0-3 w/o Avenir Lignieres 12. Stade S Cluis 6-4 FC Canton Le Chatele - Ids St Roch 13. US St Florent Sur Cher 4-0 Foyeur Rural de Velles 14. Avenir C St Aout 1-3 US Chateaumeillant 15. Etoile S Villefranche Sur Cher 2-3 Entente S Veretz Larcay 16. Amicale de la Jeunesse St Romanaise 2-5 AC Villers Les Ormes 17. Sp C Vatan 5-0 Aube S Esvres Sur Indre 18. US Chemery Mehers St Romain 3-1 Etoile Chateauroux 19. FC Ste Maure-Maille 1-0 Entente S Bourgueil 20. Entente S St Benoit La Foret 3-1 Etoile S de Villaines Les Rochers 21. US Argy 0-3 FC du Val de Vienne 22. J Amicale S Moulins Sur Cephons 1-0 Entente SJ La Celle St Avant
First round
Mayotte
These matches were played on 7 March 2015.
First round results: Mayotte
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1. Feu Du Centre De M Roile 1–0 USCP Antéou 2. ASDE Kawéni 1–2 Voulvavi Sports 3. FC Shingabwé 3–8 Flamme Hajangoua 4. ASJ Moinatrindri 3–0 Missil Rouge 5. Bandrélé foot IV 4–1 Mtsanga 2000 6. FC Dembéni 2–1 CS Mramadoudou 7. USC Labattoir 2–2 US Ouangani 8. VSS Hagnoundrou 1–2 FC Chiconi 9. Enfants de Mayotte 4–5 AS Sada 10. AS Rosador 4–0 FC Labattoir 11. TCO Mamoudzou 1–2 RC Barakani 12. UCS Sada 1–0 FC Koropa 13. US Mtsangamboua 3–0 Choungui FC 14. Étoile Hapandzo 1–3 US Mtsamoudou
Guadeloupe These matches were played on 21, 22, 23 and 29 August 2015.
First round results: Guadeloupe
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1. U. Artistes du Raizet 2–0 St Lamentinois 2. FC Marigot (Saint Martin) 0–1 AS Le Moule 3. US Grande Bourgeoise 2–1 A.J.S. Saintoise 4. AS Le Gosier 2–3 Juvenis 5. Dynamo Le Moule 0–4 La Frégate 6. Cactus Sainte Anne 6–2 L'Éclair 7. U.S. Ansoise 0–2 AV. Saint Rosien
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 8. Rapid Club 3–4 A.S Nenuphars 9. CS Bouillantais 2–1 SC Baie-Mahault 10. CS Saint-François 3–0 JTR Trois Rivières 11. L'Etoile de l'Ouest 0–3 Mondial Club 12. Saint-Claude FC 3–2 S.L.A.C. Mg 13. Étoile Filante 1–4 An Jeunesse Evolution
Réunion
These matches were played on 21 and 22 March 2015.
First round results: Réunion
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1. AS Guillaume 3–2 AS Du Plate 2. ES Suzanne Bagatelle 6–3 JS Cressonnière 3. CS St-Gilles 4–3 JSB 2007 4. Tampon FC 4–0 SS Rivière Sport 5. AS Montgaillard 2–3 La Tamponnaise 6. AJ Ligne Bambous 1–0 FC Moufia 7. AETFC Etang St-Leu 6–0 CS Saint-André 8. AS Eperon 4–1 SS Charles de Foucauld 9. AS Poudriere 2–2 CS Dynamo 10. AFC Halte-La 1–0 Ravine Blanche Club
Alsace These matches were played on 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20 August 2015.
First round results: Alsace
Tie no Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1. AS Cleebourg Bremmelbach 1–6 US Preuschdorf 2. FC Entzheim 3–1 ALFC Duttlenheim 3. FR Sessenheim-Stattmatten 0–2 US Turcs Bischwiller 4. FC Oltingue 4–0 AS Hagenbach-Buethwiller 5. FC Intercommunal Riquewihr et Environs 0–7 FC Ostheim 6. AS Vallée Noble 0–6 AGIIR Florival 7. FC 1935 Soufflenheim 5–0 ES Offendorf 8. RC 1922 Kintzheim 2–1 AS Portugais Selestat 9. US Scherwiller 1–2 AS Hohwarth St Pierre Bois 10. FC 1920 Wissembourg 5–3 FC Niederroedern 11. S Reunis Cernay 0–3 FC 1926 Pfastatt 12. AS Altorf 0–1 AS Mutzig 13. FC Balbronn 0–5 FC Lampertheim 14. STE S. Beinheim 2–3 US Schleithal 15. Cerc S St Etienne Wolxheim 2–4 Cercle S Bernardswiller 16. ASLC Berstett 0–11 FC Breuschwickersheim 17. ASC Blaesheim 3–0 FC Wangen Westhoffen 18. FC Boersch 1–1 US Dambach-la-Ville 19. FC Boofzheim 1–3 US Baldenheim 20. ASC Brotsch Haegen Reinhardm 0–1 FC Dossenheim s/zinsel 21. FA Bruche Barembach 1–2 FC Haslach 22. STE S. Brumath 0–1 FC Marlenheim Kirchheim 23. AS Chatenois 1–2 FC Krautergersheim 24. US Dachstein 1–3 Etoile Bleue Achenheim 25. US Dalhunden 0–19 FC Soultz ss/forets 26. FC Dangolsheim 0–2 AS Willgottheim 27. FC Dauendorf 2–1 SC Dettwiller 28. AS Dingsheim-Griesheim 1920 0–8 F.C Dahlenheim 29. Ent Drachenbronn Birlenbach 1–5 SC Roppenheim 30. FC Ebersmunster 93 2–6 AS Mussig 31. FC Eckbolsheim 2–2 AS Hoerdt 32. US Eckwersheim 2–3 S Reunis Furdenheim 33. A.S. Elsenheim 1–2 SC Sélestat 34. UJ Section F. Epfig 2–2 OC Lipsheim 35. AS Forstfeld 1–3 FC Bischwiller 36. AS Gerstheim 2–1 AS Holtzheim 37. FC Geudertheim 2–1 Excelsior Kaltenhouse 38. FC Gries 0–4 S.C. Roeschwoog 39. Fatih-Sport Haguenau 2–3 FC Eschbach 40. CS Interc Ent Harskirchen 4–0 US Ettendorf 41. AS Hatten 3–1 FC Mothern 42. FC Herbsheim 1–2 FC Ostwald 43. FC Herrlisheim 2–4 AS Hunspach 44. FC Hoffen 2–0 A.S Reichstett 45. A.S. Hohengoeft 3–4 FC Niederhausbergen 46. Huttenheim US 3–4 FC Bindernheim 47. FC Kindwiller 1–3 AS Ohlungen 48. FC Kertzfeld 2–7 FC Krafft 49. FC Lampertsloch-Merkwiller 0–1 AS. Betschdorf 50. FC Langensoultzbach 1–2 AS de Laubach 51. A.S. Lembach 0–3 U.S. Gumbrechtshoffen 52. CS Lièpvre 0–3 Cerc S Fegersheim 53. FC Lingolsheim 2–5 S Reunis Hoenheim 54. AS Lupstein 0–4 FC Marmoutier 55. FC Mackwiller 1–2 FC Phalsbourg 56. AS Marckolsheim 4–3 AS Schoenau 57. US Mommenheim 0–2 ASL Duntzenheim 58. ES Morsbronn-les-Bains 0–4 AS Mertzwiller 59. FC Mulhausen 1–4 FC Durrenbach 60. AS Mundolsheim 3–1 FC Monswiller 61. AS Natzwiller 1–3 US Innenheim 62. FC Neewiller 0–2 S Reunis Rountzenheim Auenheim 63. US Niederbronn-les-Bains 4–0 ASL Hegeney 64. AS Niedernai 0–3 AS Sermersheim 65. FC Niederschaeffolsheim 0–0 Fc Niederlauterbach 66. A.S Nordheim Kuttolsheim 0–7 AS Bischoffsheim 67. US Nordhouse 0–1 FC Matzenheim 68. FC Oberhoffen 4–0 A.S. St. Barthelemy Leutenheim 69. AS Offwiller 0–3 AS Gambsheim 70. AS Osthouse 0–2 FC Hessenheim 71. US Oberschaeffolsheim 2–0 AS Pfulgriesheim 72. CA Plobsheim 1–2 ES Stotzheim 73. ASC Portugais Val De La Bruche 4–1 USL Duppigheim 74. AS du Rehthal 2–8 AS Wahlenheim-Bernolsheim 75. AS Uhrwiller 4–0 FCE Reichshoffen 76. FC Ringendorf 1–9 AS Ingwiller 77. FC Rosheim 0–6 F.C. Still 1930 78. AS Saint Etienne Salmbach 0–1 La Wantzenau FC 79. FC Sand 3–1 FC Kogenheim 80. AS Sarrewerden 1–3 FC Oermingen 81. FC Schaffhouse/Zorn 1–2 US Section F. Bouxwiller 82. FC Ecrivains Schiltigheim-Bisch 1–1 ASPTT Strasbourg 83. ASB Schirmeck La Broque 5–1 FC Grendelbruch 84. AS Schoenenbourg 2–1 FC Altenstadt 85. FC 1920 Schweighouse S/Moder 3–2 FC Souffelweyersheim 86. FC Schwenheim 0–1 AS Wingen s/Moder 87. AS Seebach 4–0 SC Rittershoffen 88. C.S Sainte Croix aux Mines 2–1 AS Heiligenstein 89. FC 1924 Steinbourg 0–7 FC Keskastel 90. AS Educative Cite De L Ill 1–3 FC Eschau 91. FC Egalite Strasbourg 0–11 A Pop Joie et Sante Strasbourg 92. AS Electricite Strasbourg 2–5 CS Mars Bischheim 93. FC Strasbourg Koenigshoffen 06 1–2 AS Menora Strasbourg 94. CS Hautepierre Strasbourg 0–3 AS Neudorf 1925 95. FC Montagne Verte Strasbourg 0–3 AS Strasbourg 96. A.S. Musau Strasbourg 1–5 FC Stockfeld Colombes