1978–79 Coupe de France

The Coupe de France 1978–79 was its 62nd edition. It was won by FC Nantes which defeated AJ Auxerre in the Final.

1978–79 Coupe de France

Tournament details
Country	France
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Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lille OSC (D1)	5–2	AS Monaco (D1)	2–1	3–1
SC Bastia (D1)	1–6	RC Strasbourg (D1)	0–2	1–4
FC Nantes (D1)	4–2	OGC Nice (D1)	2–1	2–1
Olympique de Marseille (D1)	6–3	Angers SCO (D2)	4–2	2–1
AS Nancy (D1)	1–3	AS Angoulême (D2)	1–0	0–3
Stade de Reims (D1)	1–2	Avignon Football 84 (D2)	1–1	0–1
FC Gueugnon (D2)	3–2	AS Saint-Étienne (D1)	3–0	0–2
AJ Auxerre (D2)	2–0	Montpellier HSC (D2)	0–0	2–0

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Nantes (D1)	5–5 (a)	Olympique de Marseille (D1)	3–1	2–4
FC Gueugnon (D2)	0–8	RC Strasbourg (D1)	0–6	0–2
Lille OSC (D1)	1–2	AJ Auxerre (D2)	0–0	1–2
Avignon Football 84 (D2)	0–2	AS Angoulême (D2)	0–1	0–1

Semi-finals

First leg

6 June 1979

Nantes (1)	6–2	Angoulême (2)
Rio 22' (pen.), 49' (pen.) Rampillon 29' Trossero 45' Pécout 52' Muller 79'	Report	Kovačić 65' Legros 76'

Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Robert Wurtz

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5 June 1979

Auxerre (2)	0–0	Strasbourg (1)
	Report

Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian

Second leg

9 June 1979

Angoulême (2)	1–1	Nantes (1)
Kovačić 57'	Report	Sahnoun 90'

Stade Camille-Lebon, Angoulême

Attendance: 14,128

Referee: Achille Verbecke

Nantes won 7–3 on aggregate.

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9 June 1979

Strasbourg (1)	2–2	Auxerre (2)
Gemmrich 13' Piasecki 78' (pen.)	Report	Cuperly 48' Truffaut 82'

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

Attendance: 19,043

Referee: Alain Delmer

2–2 on aggregate. Auxerre won on away goals.

Final

Main article: 1979 Coupe de France final

16 June 1979

Nantes	4–1	Auxerre
Pécout 11', 104', 120' Muller 113'	Report	Mésones 49'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 46,070

Referee: Michel Vautrot