The 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine was the 11th edition of the French cup competition for women. This was the inaugural edition of the competition under the name Coupe de France Féminine, as for the past decade, it was played under the name Challenge de France. The defending champions were Saint-Étienne who defeated Montpellier 3–2 on penalties in the 2010–11 edition of the final. The competition was organized by the French Football Federation and is open to all women's French football clubs in France. On 13 May 2012, Lyon earned its fourth Coupe de France Féminine title after defeating rivals Montpellier 2–1 in the final match, which was played at the Stade Jacques Rimbault in Bourges.

Calendar

On 25 August 2011, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France Féminine. Round First match date Fixtures Clubs Notes Regional finals 11 December 2011 First Round 8 January 2012 Clubs participating in D2 Féminine gain entry. Second Round 29 January 2012 Round of 32 19 February 2012 16 32 → 16 Clubs participating in D1 Féminine gain entry. Round of 16 11 March 2012 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 8 April 2012 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 29 April 2012 2 4 → 2 Final 13 May 2012 1 2 → 1

First round The draw for the first round of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 19 December 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by current French women's national team manager Bruno Bini and women's international and Paris Saint-Germain player Laure Lepailleur. The matches were contested on 8–9 January 2012. The postponed matches were played on 15 January.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Brest Bergot 0–4 Saint-Herblain 2 Lorient Féminin 3–0 Rennes Bréquigny 3 Couffé Conquérante 2–1 Ploermel 4 Plédéliac 3–2 Quimper Kerfeunteun 5 Sablé-sur-Sarthe 0–2 Saint-Georges 6 La Roche-sur-Yon 4–1 Angers Croix-Blanche 7 Toulouse Féminin 4–1 ASPTT Albi 8 Sainte Christie Preignan 2–4 Saint-Simon 9 Varetz 2–9 Limoges Landouge 10 Lafrançaise 4–1 Sarrancolin 11 Arlac Mérignac 9–0 Mauriac Ally 12 Jurançon 1–2 Blanquefort 13 Monteux 2–0 Claix 14 Aubignan 1–0 La Véore 15 Marseille Féminin 1–2 Nîmes Métropole 16 Cannes Bocca 0–4 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 17 Vabres L'Abbaye 0–4 ASPTT Montpellier 18 Cruas 0–2 Saint-Christol 19 Plaine Revermont 1–6 Nivolas 20 Dommartin Tour 0–0 (a.e.t) 4–5 pen. Flacé Macon 21 Blanzy 1–2 Le Puy Féminin 22 Caluire Filles 1–4 Arpajon 23 Montmerle 1–5 Saint Romain Sanne 24 Saint Martin-en-Haut 0–0 (a.e.t) 3–0 pen. Aulnat 25 Saessolsheim 0–4 Algrange 26 Épinal Féminin 0–2 Dijon Féminin

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 27 Wittelsheim 0–2 Besançon Féminin 28 Rossfeld 0–5 Mars Bischheim 29 Illzach Modenheim 1–6 Saint-Vit 30 Strasbourg Musau 0–7 Chatenoy-le-Royal 31 Compiègne Oise 3–3 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Issy-les-Moulineaux 32 Troyes Féminin 0–2 Arras Féminin 33 Colombes 1–7 Woippy 34 Saint Quentin 14–0 Dijon Université 35 Nancy Féminin 1–4 Herblay 36 Estrées 0–2 Rochette Vaux 37 Abbeville 1–1 (a.e.t) 1–3 pen. Rouen 38 Athis Mons 1–0 Pont de l'Arche 39 Flers 0–4 Gonfreville Féminin 40 Thiberville 1–1 (a.e.t) 4–5 pen. Gravelines Féminin 41 Seizième 2–7 Cormelles 42 Rouvroy 6–0 Leers 43 Lumbres 1–3 Templemars Vendeville 44 Amiens Montières 0–1 Condé-sur-Noireau 45 Poitiers 3 Cités 4–2 Montigny-le-Bretonneux 46 Saumur Féminin 0–2 Domont 47 Paris-Charenton 2–2 (a.e.t) 0–3 pen. Bagneux 48 Seizième 0–6 Corné 49 Bourges Féminin 2–1 Saint-Maur 50 Naintre 1–2 Dreux Féminin 51 Changé 0–4 Tours Féminin 52 Orléans Féminin 0–3 Le Mans Féminin

Second round The draw for the second round of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 11 January 2012 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by the former Miss France and Miss Europe Alexandra Rosenfeld and French journalist David Astorga. The matches were played on 29 January.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Saint-Christol 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–1 pen. ASPTT Montpellier 2 Nîmes Métropole 1–2 Montpellier 3 Aubignan 0–0 (a.e.t) 5–6 pen. Saint-Simon 4 Lafrançaise 1–4 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 5 Muret 2–2 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Rodez Féminin 6 Monteux 0–0 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Toulouse Féminin 7 Couffé Conquérante 2–1 Limoges Landouge 8 Soyaux 2–2 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. La Roche-sur-Yon 9 Saint-Herblain 0–7 Juvisy 10 Blanquefort 4–1 Tours Féminin 11 Saint-Georges 1–1 (a.e.t) 5–4 pen. Arlac Mérignac 12 Corné 1–1 (a.e.t) 6–5 pen. Poitiers 3 Cités

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 13 Guingamp Féminin 0–1 Paris SG Féminin 14 Bagneux 1–2 Cormelles-le-Royal 15 Dreux Féminin 0–20 Le Mans Féminin 16 Rochette Vaux 1–4 Gonfreville Féminin 17 Condé-sur-Noireau 2–0 Rouen 18 Plédéliac 1–7 Lorient Féminin 19 Chatenoy-le-Royal 1–2 Flacé Mâcon 20 Saint-Vit 0–2 Saint Romain Sanne 21 Le Puy Féminin 0–2 Saint-Étienne Féminin 22 Saint Martin-en-Haut 2–3 Bourges Féminin 23 Lyon Féminin 6–0 Yzeure 24 Nivolas 2–0 Besançon Féminin 25 Arpajon 1–0 Dijon Féminin 26 Woippy 5–1 Saint Quentin 27 Vendenheim 1–3 Hénin-Beaumont 28 Domont 0–0 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Algrange 29 Athis Mons 0–3 Gravelines Féminin 30 Mars Bischheim 1–2 Arras Féminin 31 Rouvroy 0–5 Herblay 32 Templemars Vendeville 1–1 (a.e.t) 1–3 pen. Compiègne Oise

Round of 32 The draw for the Round of 32 of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 1 February 2012 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by television host Julie Raynaud and former French international Grégory Coupet. The matches were played through 19–22 February.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 0–1 Rodez Féminin 2 Saint-Simon 0–5 Montpellier Féminin 3 Saint-Christol 0–6 Toulouse Féminin 4 Arpajon 1–2 Blanquefort 5 Herblay 2–4 Compiègne Oise 6 Nivolas 3–0 Flacé Macon 7 Saint Romain Sanne 1–0 Bourges Féminin 8 Saint-Étienne Féminin 0–4 Lyon Féminin

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 9 Woippy 3–3 (a.e.t) 5–4 pen. Gonfreville Féminin 10 Hénin-Beaumont 1–3 Juvisy 11 Gravelines Féminin 4–3 Cormelles-le-Royal 12 Domont 1–7 Arras Féminin 13 Saint-Georges 0–15 Paris SG Féminin 14 Couffé Conquérante 1–2 Condé-sur-Noireau 15 La Roche-sur-Yon 3–0 Corné 16 Lorient Féminin 1–2 Le Mans Féminin

Round of 16 The draw for the Round of 16 of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 27 February 2012 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by federation president Noël Le Graët. The matches were played on 11 March.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 1 Montpellier Féminin 0–0 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Rodez Féminin 2 Toulouse Féminin 1–0 Blanquefort 3 Nivolas 0–2 La Roche-sur-Yon 4 Saint Romain Sanne 0–7 Lyon Féminin 5 Woippy 1–1 (a.e.t) 2–4 pen. Compiègne Oise

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team 6 Juvisy 0–0 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Paris SG Féminin 7 Le Mans Féminin 0–0 (a.e.t) 1–3 pen. Gravelines Féminin 8 Arras Féminin 3–0 Condé-sur-Noireau

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 21 March 2012 at the Place Marcel Plaisant in Bourges. The draw was conducted by the president of the Ligue du Football Amateur (LFA) Bernard Barbet.

Semi-finals

Final

MONTPELLIER: GK 1 Laëtitia PhilippeRB 8 Aya SameshimaCB 5 Ophélie Meilleroux (c) CB 3 Kelly Gadéa LB 4 Marion TorrentCM 14 Mélissa Plaza CM 25 Rumi Utsugi RM 11 Ludivine Diguelman LM 21 Stéphanie De Rivière FW 33 Hoda LattafFW 6 Marie-Laure Delie Substitutes:MF 20 Viviane Asseyi MF 7 Charlotte Bilbault FW 18 Marine Pervier Manager: Sarah M'BarekLYON: GK 26 Sarah BouhaddiRB 17 Corine FrancoCB 20 Sabrina ViguierCB 3 Wendie Renard LB 18 Sonia Bompastor (c) DM 6 Amandine Henry CM 11 Shirley Cruz TrañaCM 23 Camille Abily LW 12 Élodie Thomis RW 21 Lara Dickenmann FW 8 Lotta Schelin Substitutes:MF 10 Louisa Nécib MF 14 Rosana FW 9 Eugénie Le Sommer Manager: Patrice Lair

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Severine Craipeau Cindy Gosselin Fourth official: Marie-Laure Taesch Chief Delegate: Didier de Mari

PLAYER OF THE MATCH Lotta SchelinMATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

References

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