The 2018 Coupe de France final was a football match between Les Herbiers VF and Paris Saint-Germain to decide the winner of the 2017–18 Coupe de France, the 101st season of the Coupe de France.
Paris Saint-Germain won the final 2–0 for their 4th consecutive and 12th overall Coupe de France title.
Background The final was Les Herbiers' first. They upset many higher-level teams, such as Lens; however, they did not play any top-level teams en route to the final. Les Herbiers were the third team from the third division of French football to reach the final, after Nîmes, in 1996, and US Quevilly, in 2012. Both of these teams lost their matches, to Auxerre and Lyon respectively.
Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain were the three-time defending champion, having been to 15 finals and winning 11. They defeated Angers 1–0 in the 2017 final.
Route to the final Les HerbiersRoundParis Saint-GermainOpponentResult2017–18 Coupe de FranceOpponentResultJS Coulaines4–1 (A)Fifth RoundVoltigeurs de Châteaubriant5–1 (a.e.t.) (A)Sixth RoundBalma3–0 (A)Seventh RoundRomorantin2–1 (H)Eighth RoundAngoulême CFC2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)Round of 64Rennes6–1 (A)Saint-Lô Manche2–1 (A)Round of 32Guingamp4–2 (H)Auxerre3–0 (A)Round of 16Sochaux4–1 (A)Lens0–0 (4–2 pen.) (A)Quarter-finalsMarseille3–0 (H)FC Chambly2–0 (H)Semi-finalsCaen3–1 (A) Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture
Match
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GK 1 Matthieu Pichot RB 21 Romuald MarieCB 2 Diaranké FofanaCB 26 Guillaume DequaireLB 5 Adrien PagerieDM 28 Valentin Vanbaleghem RM 11 Rodrigue BongonguiCM 6 Sébastien Flochon (c)CM 19 Pierre Germann LM 7 Joachim Eickmayer CF 18 Kévin RocheteauSubstitutes:GK 30 Esteban SallesDF 23 Franck HéryMF 4 Florian DavidMF 14 Clément Couturier FW 10 Ambroise Gboho FW 20 Adrian Dabasse FW 29 Moulaye BaManager: Stéphane Masala GK 1 Kevin TrappRB 32 Dani Alves CB 2 Thiago Silva (c)CB 5 MarquinhosLB 17 Yuri Berchiche CM 18 Giovani Lo CelsoCM 8 Thiago Motta CM 25 Adrien RabiotRF 29 Kylian Mbappé CF 9 Edinson CavaniLF 11 Ángel Di MaríaSubstitutes:GK 16 Alphonse AreolaDF 3 Presnel KimpembeDF 12 Thomas Meunier DF 20 Layvin KurzawaMF 19 Lassana DiarraMF 23 Julian Draxler MF 27 Javier Pastore Manager: Unai Emery
Assistant referees: Frédéric Hébrard Huseyin Ocak Fourth official: Hakim Ben El Hadj Video assistant referee: Benoît Bastien Assistant video assistant referee: Jérôme BrisardMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
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