1996–97 Coupe de France

The Coupe de France 1996–97 was its 80th edition. It was won by OGC Nice which defeated En Avant Guingamp in the Final.

1996–97 Coupe de France

Tournament details
Country	France
Teams	5,986
Defending champions	Auxerre
Final positions
Champions	Nice
Runners-up	Guingamp
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Six players (3 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Round of 64

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Metz (D1)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Montpellier (D1)
Marseille (D1)	0–1	Lille (D1)
Laval (D2)	1–0	Monaco (D1)
Sochaux (D2)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Nancy (D1)
Valence (D2)	0–1	Nice (D1)
Niort (D2)	2–1	Le Havre (D1)
Besançon (Nat.1)	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain (D1)
Brive (Nat.1)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Bordeaux (D1)
Mont-de-Marsan (Nat.1)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Guingamp (D1)
Vitrolles (Nat.1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Nantes (D1)
Bourges (Nat.1)	0–3	Lens (D1)
La Roche (Nat.2)	2–4	Bastia (D1)
Vitré (Nat.2)	1–3	Lyon (D1)
Muret (Nat.2)	1–2	Cannes (D1)
Schiltigheim (Nat.2)	0–4	Strasbourg (D1)
Carquefou (Nat.3)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Caen (D1)
Reims (Nat.3)	2–3	Rennes (D1)
Vervins (PH)	0–6	Auxerre (D1)
Épinal (D2)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Troyes (D2)
Aubervilliers (Nat.1)	1–2	Red Star (D2)
Créteil (Nat.1)	5–0	Louhans-Cuiseaux (D2)
Martigues (D2)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Istres (Nat.1)
Wasquehal (Nat.1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Amiens (D2)
Raon (Nat.2)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Toulouse (D2)
Clermont (Nat.2)	3–2	Lorient (D2)
Saint-Lô (Nat.2)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Châteauroux (D2)
St-Louis Neuweg (DH)	0–3	Gueugnon (D2)
Paris FC (Nat.1)	3–2	Stade Poitevin (Nat.1)
Fécamp (Nat.1)	4–3	Avranches (Nat.1)
Aurillac (Nat.2)	3–1	Villefranche (Nat.2)
Armentières (Nat.3)	0–3	Boulogne (Nat.2)
Niort Saint-Liguaire (DH)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Toulouse Fontaines (Nat.2)

Round of 32

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bastia (D1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Nice (D1)
Auxerre (D1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Lens (D1)
Lille (D1)	1–0	Lyon (D1)
Rennes (D1)	0–1	Troyes (D2)
Montpellier (D1)	2–0	Sochaux (D2)
Fécamp (Nat.1)	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain (D1)
Paris FC (Nat.1)	0–1	Cannes (D1)
Wasquehal (Nat.1)	1–3	Guingamp (D1)
Raon (Nat.2)	0–1	Strasbourg (D1)
Saint-Lô (Nat.2)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Caen (D1)
Toulouse Fontaines (Nat.2)	0–2	Bordeaux (D1)
Red Star (D2)	1–2	Niort (D2)
Boulogne (Nat.2)	1–2	Laval (D2)
Aurillac (Nat.2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Gueugnon (D2)
Clermont (Nat.2)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Martigues (D2)
Vitrolles (Nat.1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Créteil (Nat.1)

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Guingamp (D1)	1–0	Caen (D1)
Bordeaux (D1)	1–0	Cannes (D1)
Lille (D1)	0–3	Montpellier (D1)
Troyes (D2)	1–0	Auxerre (D1)
Nice (D1)	2–0	Gueugnon (D2)
Créteil (Nat.1)	1–0	Strasbourg (D1)
Clermont (Nat.2)	4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Paris Saint-Germain (D1)
Niort (D2)	0–1	Laval (D2)

Quarter-finals

Créteil (3) v Guingamp (1)

29 March 1997	Créteil (3)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Guingamp (1)	Paris
	Calabuig 39'	[citation needed]	Haon 32' (o.g.) Carnot 109' Coridon 117'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 11,048 Referee: Alain Sars

Laval (2) v Troyes (2)

29 March 1997	Laval (2)	1–0	Troyes (2)	Laval
	Lima 76'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 15,549 Referee: Rémy Harrel

Bordeaux (1) v Montpellier (1)

29 March 1997	Bordeaux (1)	1–2	Montpellier (1)	Bordeaux
	Tholot 15'	[citation needed]	Sauzée 44' Ferhaoui 66'	Stadium: Parc Lescure Attendance: 12,625 Referee: Bruno Coué [fr]

Clermont (4) v Nice (1)

30 March 1997	Clermont (4)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Nice (1)	Clermont-Ferrand
	Groueix 77'	[citation needed]	Debbah 9' Fugen 110'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Pascal Garibian []

Semi-finals

Guingamp (1) v Montpellier (1)

19 April 1997	Guingamp (1)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Montpellier (1)	Guingamp
	Wreh 109' Carnot 120'	[citation needed]		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Marc Batta

Laval (2) v Nice (1)

20 April 1997	Laval (2)	0–1	Nice (1)	Laval
		[citation needed]	De Neef 33'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Bernard Saules []

Final

Main article: 1997 Coupe de France final

10 May 1997

20:00

Nice	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Guingamp
Salimi 21'	Report	Laspalles 78'
Penalties
Onorati De Neef Tatarian Gomis Vermeulen	5–4	Carnot Baret Horlaville Vannuchi Michel

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 44,131

Referee: Alain Sars

Topscorer

Ibrahima Bakayoko (3 goals)
Thierry De Neef (3 goals)
Arnaud Lassalle (3 goals)
Fabien Lefévre (3 goals)
Didier Tholot (3 goals)
Christopher Wreh (3 goals)