The 2016 Coupe de France final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Coupe de France, the 99th season of France's all-main-divisions football cup. It took place on 21 May at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris.
In the final, Olympique de Marseille took on arch-rivals Paris Saint-Germain, in a rematch of the 2006 final, which PSG won 2–1. PSG were the defending champions, having beaten Auxerre in the 2015 Coupe de France final. As PSG had won the 2015–16 Ligue 1 title already, the otherwise-enabled Europa League place went to the next highest league finisher (in this case, Saint-Étienne).
PSG equalled Marseille's record ten Coupe de France victories with their win.
Background The match was OM's 19th final (a record), of which they had won 10. Their most recent final was in 2007, which they lost on penalties to Sochaux. PSG had won 9 Coupe de France titles from 13 finals prior to this year's showpiece.
This was Zlatan Ibrahimović's last game for Paris Saint-Germain before moving to Manchester United.
Route to the final MarseilleRoundParis Saint-GermainOpponentH/AResult2015–16 Coupe de FranceOpponentH/AResultCaenA0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 pen.)Round of 64ES WasquehalA1–0MontpellierH2–0Round of 32ToulouseH2–1TrelissacA2–0Round of 16LyonH3–0GranvilleA1–0Quarter-finalsSaint-ÉtienneA3–1SochauxA1–0Semi-finalsLorientA1–0
Match Details
GK 30 Steve Mandanda (c)RB 2 Javier ManquilloCB 3 Nicolas NkoulouCB 4 Karim RekikLB 23 Benjamin Mendy RM 24 Florian Thauvin CM 18 Mauricio IslaCM 10 Lassana DiarraLM 19 Abdelaziz Barrada FW 22 Michy BatshuayiFW 9 Steven Fletcher Substitutes:GK 16 Yohann PeléDF 6 RolandoDF 26 Brice Dja Djédjé MF 20 Alaixys RomaoMF 11 Romain AlessandriniMF 13 Rémy Cabella MF 14 Georges-Kévin Nkoudou Manager: Franck Passi GK 30 Salvatore SiriguRB 19 Serge AurierCB 5 MarquinhosCB 2 Thiago Silva (c)LB 17 MaxwellCM 14 Blaise MatuidiCM 4 Benjamin Stambouli CM 25 Adrien RabiotRW 11 Ángel Di MaríaLW 9 Edinson Cavani CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović Substitutes:GK 1 Nicolas DouchezDF 20 Layvin Kurzawa DF 34 Kévin RimaneDF 23 Gregory van der WielDF 32 David Luiz MF 7 Lucas Moura FW 29 Jean-Kévin AugustinManager: Laurent Blanc
See also Le Classique
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