The 2025–26 Coupe de France was the 109th season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was 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, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and New Caledonia).
Paris Saint-Germain were the two-time defending champions, having defeated Reims 3–0 in the previous year's final for a record-extending sixteenth Coupe de France title; they were eliminated in the round of 32 by rivals Paris FC.
In the final, Lens defeated Nice 3–1 for their first 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.
Round Dates Third round 13 September 2025 Fourth round 27 September 2025 Fifth round 11 October 2025 Sixth round 25 October 2025 Seventh round 15 November 2025 Eighth round 29 November 2025 Round of 64 20 December 2025 Round of 32 10 January 2026 Round of 16 4 February 2026 Quarter-finals 4 March 2026 Semi-finals 22 April 2026 Final 22 May 2026
Teams
Rounds 1 to 6
Every district-level and regional level teams could join in the first round or get exempted to the second or third round. The exempted regional level teams, the teams from National 3 and a team from Saint Pierre and Miquelon joined the competition in the third round. The teams from National 2 joined the competition at the fourth round. The teams from National joined the competition at the fifth round.
Number of teams per division and per round Below was the number of teams per level according to the rounds..
Rounds►▼Divisions Regional PhaseFederal PhaseFinal Phase R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 1/32 1/16 1/8 1/4 SF FL1 (1)ø 18 15 10 7 4 2L2 (2)ø 18 16 12 8 6 1 N1 (3)ø 17 13 12 7 5 3 N2 (4)ø 47 43 35 24 14 10 3 N3 (5)ø 81 78 64 50 34 20 9 1 R1 (6)ø 85 245 201 144 93 44 26 8 2 R2 (7) 16 523 416 269 148 55 23 4 1 R3 (8) 246 871 581 295 125 41 14 1 R4 (9)ø 5 2 1 øD1 (9) 1081 887 496 168 48 18 4 øD2 (10) 1589 880 296 89 19 3 ø D3 (11) 1314 548 157 48 11 2 øD4 (12) 593 177 31 7 1øD5 (13) 251 69 14 5 ø D6 (14) 60 17 3 ø D7 (15) 12 1 øOverseas territoriesø +1 ø +3 +4 1 øTotal516240632295120662031017692643216842
Round 7 The 176 teams were divided into nine distinct groups of equal level and geography to avoid long travel. These were the 155 clubs that qualified from the sixth round, the 18 clubs from Ligue 2 and clubs from Mayotte, New Caledonia and Tahiti
Overseas playoff ties Two teams each from French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion faced each other internally to decide their respective representative for Round 8.
Overseas team hosting mainland team
Other notable matches
Round 8
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 1 December 2025.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Notes
References