The 2017 Coupe de France final was a football match between French clubs Angers and Paris Saint-Germain to determine the winner of the 2016–17 Coupe de France, the 100th season of France's all-main-divisions football cup. It took place on 27 May at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris.
Background This match was Angers' 2nd Coupe de France final (their first in 60 years), and they had never won the trophy before. Their last final was in 1957, which they lost 6–3 to Toulouse.
Paris Saint-Germain, meanwhile, had played in 14 finals and won 10 titles (a shared record), and they were the defending champions, having defeated Marseille 4–2 in the 2016 final.
Route to the final AngersRoundParis Saint-GermainOpponentResult2016–17 Coupe de FranceOpponentResultGranville2–1 (A)Round of 64Bastia7–0 (H)Caen3–1 (H)Round of 32Rennes4–0 (A)CA Bastia1–0 (A)Round of 16Niort2–0 (A)Bordeaux2–1 (H)Quarter-finalsAvranches4–0 (A)Guingamp2–0 (H)Semi-finalsMonaco5–0 (H) Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture
Match Summary The only goal came in the first minute of second-half stoppage time; a corner from the right by Ángel Di María was headed in with the back of his head by Issa Cissokho at the near post for an own goal.
Details
GK 30 Alexandre LetellierRB 28 Issa CissokhoCB 8 Ismaël Traoré CB 24 Romain ThomasLB 29 Vincent ManceauCM 17 Cheikh N'DoyeCM 18 Baptiste Santamaria CM 5 Thomas ManganiRW 19 Nicolas Pépé CF 9 Famara Diedhiou LW 7 Karl Toko EkambiSubstitutes:GK 1 Denis PetrićDF 4 Mateo PavlovićMF 15 Pierrick CapelleMF 20 Flavien Tait FW 2 Kévin Bérigaud FW 10 Gilles SunuFW 22 Jonathan Bamba Manager: Stéphane Moulin GK 16 Alphonse AreolaRB 19 Serge Aurier CB 5 MarquinhosCB 2 Thiago Silva (c)LB 17 MaxwellCM 6 Marco VerrattiCM 8 Thiago MottaCM 14 Blaise MatuidiRW 11 Ángel Di María CF 9 Edinson CavaniLW 23 Julian Draxler Substitutes:GK 1 Kevin TrappDF 3 Presnel KimpembeMF 7 Lucas MouraMF 10 Javier Pastore MF 18 Giovani Lo CelsoMF 25 Adrien RabiotFW 15 Gonçalo GuedesManager: Unai Emery
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