The 2026 Coupe de France final was a football match between Lens and Nice to decide the winner of the 2025–26 Coupe de France, the 109th season of the Coupe de France.
Lens won their first title after reaching three previous finals, last appearing in 1998. Nice had last reached the final in 2022, and last won the tournament in 1997.
Route to the final LensRoundNice Opponent Result Opponent Result Feignies 3–1 (H) Round of 64 Saint-Étienne 2–1 (H) Sochaux 3–0 (A) Round of 32 Nantes Troyes 4–2 (A) Round of 16 3–2 (H) Quarter-finals Lorient Toulouse 4–1 (H) Semi-finals Strasbourg 2–0 (A) Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture
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GK 40 Robin RisserCB 32 Kyllian AntonioCB 25 Ismaëlo GaniouCB 20 Malang SarrRM 23 Saud Abdulhamid CM 28 Adrien Thomasson (c)CM 8 Mamadou SangaréLM 14 Matthieu Udol RF 10 Florian Thauvin CF 11 Odsonne Édouard LF 9 Allan Saint-Maximin Substitutes:GK 16 Mathieu GorgelinDF 2 Ruben AguilarDF 4 Nidal ČelikDF 5 Andrija BulatovićDF 27 Arthur MasuakuMF 21 Amadou HaidaraFW 7 Florian Sotoca FW 19 Abdallah Sima FW 22 Wesley Saïd FW 38 Rayan FofanaManager: Pierre Sage GK 31 Maxime DupéCB 33 Antoine Mendy CB 4 Dante CB 37 Kojo Peprah Oppong RWB92 Jonathan Clauss (c)LWB26 Melvin Bard RM 6 Hicham BoudaouiCM 39 Djibril Coulibaly LM 10 Sofiane Diop CF 11 Elye WahiCF 25 Mohamed-Ali Cho Substitutes:GK 30 Bartosz ŻelazowskiGK 80 Yehvann DioufDF 2 Ali Abdi DF 28 Juma BahDF 55 Youssouf NdayishimiyeMF 8 Morgan Sanson MF 20 Tom Louchet MF 24 Charles VanhoutteMF 32 Kaïl Boudache FW 21 Isak JanssonFW 47 Tiago GouveiaFW 90 Kevin Carlos Manager: Claude Puel
Assistant referees: Alexis Auger Thomas Luczynski Fourth official: Bastien Dechepy Video assistant referee: Alexandre Castro Assistant video assistant referee: Guillaume Paradis Reserve assistant referee: Nicolas DurandMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
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