2025–26 Coupe de France

2025–26 Coupe de France
Tournament details
CountryFrance
Dates13 September 2025 – 23 May 2026
Defending championsParis Saint-Germain

The 2025–26 Coupe de France is the 109th season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Tahiti, Réunion, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and New Caledonia).

The defending champions are Paris Saint-Germain, who defeated Stade de Reims 3–0 in the previous year's final for a record-extending sixteenth Coupe de France title.

Dates

Dates for the first two qualifying rounds, and any preliminaries required, were set by the individual Regional leagues. From round three, the FFF defined the calendar, with rounds up to and including the round of 32 being scheduled for weekends and later rounds up to, but not including, the final, taking place on midweek evenings.[1]

Round Dates
Third round 13 September 2025
Fourth round 27 September 2025
Fifth round 11 October 2025
Sixth round 25 October 2025
Seventh round 15 November 2025
Eighth round 29 November 2025
Round of 64 20 December 2025
Round of 32 10 January 2026
Round of 16 4 February 2026
Quarter-finals 4 March 2026
Semi-finals 22 April 2026
Final 23 May 2026

Teams

Rounds 1 to 6

Every district level and regional level teams can join in the first round or get exempted to the second or third round. The exempted regional level teams, the teams from National 3 and a team from Saint Pierre and Miquelon will be joining the competition in the third round. The teams from National 2 will be joining the competition at the fourth round. The teams from National will be joining the competition at the fifth round.

Number of teams per division and per round

Below is the number of teams per level according to the rounds[2]

Rounds►
▼Divisions
Regional Phase Federal Phase Final Phase
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 1/32 1/16 1/8 1/4 SF F
L1 (1) ø 18
L2 (2) ø 18 16 12
N1 (3) ø 17 13 12 7 5
N2 (4) ø 47 43 35 24 14 10
N3 (5) ø 81 78 64 50 34 20 9
R1 (6) ø 85 245 201 144 93 44 26 8
R2 (7) 16 523 416 269 148 55 23 4 1
R3 (8) 246 871 581 295 125 41 14 1
R4 [a] (9) ø 5 2 1 ø
D1 (9) 1081 887 496 168 48 18 4 ø
D2 (10) 1589 880 296 89 19 3 ø
D3 (11) 1314 548 157 48 11 2 ø
D4 (12) 593 177 31 7 1 ø
D5 (13) 251 69 14 5 ø
D6 (14) 60 17 3 ø
D7 (15) 12 1 ø
Overseas territories ø +1[b] ø +3[c] +4[d] 1 ø
Total 5162 4063 2295 1206 620 310 176 92 64 32 16 8 4 2
  1. ^ Regional 4 only exists in Corsica as the last level: there is no departmental championship
  2. ^ Entrance of the team from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
  3. ^ Entrance of the teams from Tahiti, Mayotte and New Caledonia. New Caledonia to play at home.
  4. ^ Entrance of the teams from Réunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana

Round 7

14 November 2024 AS Cannes1–2 FC Annecy
14 November 2024 Olympique Villefontaine0–3 Grenoble Foot 38
15 November 2024 AS Magenta0–3 FC Mulhouse

References

  1. ^ "Calendrier des Compétitions Seniors Masculines 2025-2026". fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Cartographie des clubs participants à la Coupe de France de football 2024-2025". cartosport.com (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2024..