The 2024–25 Coupe de France was the 108th 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, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon). Due to the 2024 New Caledonia unrest, clubs from New Caledonia did not participate in this year's competition.
The defending champions are Paris Saint-Germain, who defeated Lyon 2–1 in the previous year's final for a record-extending fifteenth Coupe de France title, and they successfully defended their title by beating Reims 3–0 in the 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."Dates">
Round Dates Third round 14 September 2024 Fourth round 28 September 2024 Fifth round 12 October 2024 Sixth round 26 October 2024 Seventh round 16 November 2024 Eighth round 30 November 2024 Round of 64 21 December 2024 Round of 32 15 January 2025 Round of 16 5 February 2025 Quarter-finals 26 February 2025 Semi-finals 2 April 2025 Final 24 May 2025
Teams
Rounds 1 to 6
The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Departments/Territories, who allowed teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from Championnat National 3 entered at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 entered at the fourth round and those from Championnat National entered at the fifth round.
Number of teams per division and per round
Below is the number of teams per level according to the rounds..
Rounds►▼Divisions Regional PhaseFederal PhaseFinal Phase R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6R7 R81/32 1/16 1/8 1/4 SF FL1 (1)ø 18 13 8 4 2 2L2 (2)ø 18 15 13 7 3 2 1 N1 (3)ø 16 15 12 11 7 4 1 N2 (4)ø 48 40 32 27 20 10 4 2 2 1 N3 (5)ø 1 110 96 80 64 43 21 9 4 2 R1 (6)ø 81 253 185 131 67 34 12 4 R2 (7)ø 528 418 279 150 67 21 5 1 R3 (8) 297 827 564 274 116 43 13 2 R4 (9)ø 3 2 øD1 (9) 1104 934 468 185 53 15 1 øD2 (10) 1595 873 297 96 25 5 2øD3 (11) 1293 499 131 32 6 1 1øD4 (12) 550 183 48 10 øD5 (13) 241 61 11 1 øD6 (14) 48 9 2 øD7 (15) 9 2 1 øD8 (16) 1 øOthers 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 øOverseas territoriesø +1 ø +2 2+4 2 øTotal513840012304120862031017592643216842
Round 7 teams The 155 qualified clubs from the 6th round are joined by the 18 Ligue 2 clubs as well as the overseas representatives of Mayotte and Tahiti. Due to the riots and its consequences, no club from New Caledonia participated in this edition.
Of the two overseas clubs entering the 7th round, only the club representing Tahiti, AS Dragon, plays at home against a mainland club according to the rule of biannual alternation (Métropole/Outre-Mer), the Mayotte representative, Diables Noirs, must travel to mainland France, Mayotte not having an approved stadium to host this type of meeting.
Overseas teams
A draw to determine the club which travels to Tahiti in Round 7, and then French Guiana, and Réunion in Round 8 takes place from a list of candidate clubs from mainland France, having expressed the wish to travel overseas while the Mayotte club is included in the main draw. Should an allocated team be knocked out in Round 7, the draw will move down the list to the next team, and this team will travel overseas. Overseas teams can only play one match at home against a mainland team, should they advance from Round 8 they will have to travel to France for the later rounds.
Round 7 The 173 teams are divided into nine distinct groups of equal level and geography to avoid long travel.
Due to the withdrawal of the New Caledonia representative, a drawn club received a bye from this round and directly qualified for the 8th round. This team was FC Rouen 1899.
Overseas playoff ties 2 Teams each from French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion will face each other internally to decide their respective representative for Round 8.
Overseas team hosting mainland team This tie was drawn on 29 October 2024.
Mainland ties These ties were drawn on 30 October 2024 and include Diables Noirs travelling to France from Mayotte.
Group 7A
Group 7B
Group 7C
Group 7D
Group 7E
Group 7F
Group 7G
Group 7H
Group 7I
Round 8 The winners of Round 7, along with FC Rouen 1899 (who received a bye) are divided into nine distinct groups. The matches are scheduled to be played from 29 November to 1 December, except for the match between USC Corte and Mayotte team Diables Noirs, which was played on 20 November. USSA Vertou was given a technical win in their Round 7 match with Etoile Maritime FC; as a result, US Philibertine, who were initially designated to travel overseas during the draw, will host Pau FC.
Group 8A
Group 8B
Group 8C
Group 8D
Group 8E
Group 8F
Group 8G
Group 8H
Group 8I
Round of 64 The round of 64 draw was split into three groups, roughly by geography, with Ligue 1 teams distributed evenly. The draw was made on 2 December 2024.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Round of 32 The draw was made on 22 December 2024. Ties took place between 14 and 15 January 2025 with the exception of Haguenau versus Dunkerque, which was postponed to 22 January.
Round of 16 The draw was made on 16 January 2025. Ties took place between 4 and 6 February 2025.
Quarter-finals The draw was made on 6 February 2025. Ties took place on 25 and 26 February 2025.
Semi-finals The draw was made on 27 February 2025. The ties took place on 1 and 2 April 2025. The draw featured fourth-division side Cannes, the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition.
Final
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