2007–08 Coupe de France

The 2007–08 Coupe de France was the 91st edition of the prestigious tournament and is open to all clubs in French football, as well as the 4 overseas departments if they qualify. The defending champions were FC Sochaux-Montbéliard who defeated Olympique Marseille 5-4 on penalties to claim their 2nd Coupe de France trophy. The final was held on May 24, 2008 at the Stade de France. The 2008 Coupe de France champions are Olympique Lyonnais, who defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to claim their 4th Coupe de France trophy.

2007–08 Coupe de France

Tournament details
Country	France
Teams	6,734
Defending champions	Sochaux
Final positions
Champions	Lyon
Runners-up	Paris Saint-Germain
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Karim Benzema (6 goals)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Note: Cup results officially began at the start of the 7th Round, as it is the official starting position of most professional clubs.

Seventh Round

The matches played on 24 and 25 November 2007.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Camon	2–4	Le Havre
Boulogne	1–0	Le Touquet
Châteaubriant	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Brest
Chamalières	0–5	Clermont
Dijon	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Jura Sud
Grenoble	1–0	Bourg-Péronnas
Angers	1–0	Orléans
Thouars	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Châteauroux
Avallon	0–5	Gueugnon
Guingamp	1–0	Vitré
Libourne-Saint-Seurin	2–1	Aurillac
Angoulême	0–1	Montpellier
Périgny	0–7	Niort
Vertou	0–2	Nantes
ASPV Strasbourg	1–3	Reims
Raismes	0–7	Amiens
Thiers	1–2	Bastia
Douai	1–2	Sedan
Sète	0–1	Ajaccio
Forbach	0–1	Troyes

Eighth Round

The matches were played between 14 and 16 December 2007.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Niort	1–0	Châteauroux
Mons-en-Barœul	2–3	Sedan
Drancy	0–1	Guingamp
Marignane	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Ajaccio
Colomiers	0–1	Bastia
Troyes	3–1	Jarville
Dieppe	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Boulogne
Grenoble	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Montpellier
Saran	0–3	Nantes
Romorantin	1–0	Libourne-Saint-Seurin
Pontivy	1–2	Le Havre
Quimpér	1–2	Brest
Amiens	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Mantes
Magny	0–2	Gueugnon
Le Moule (Gua.)	0–6	Angers
Reims	4–1	Calais
Dijon	2–1	Clermont

Round of 64

The matches were played between 4 and 6 January 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lens	0–1	Niort
Selongey	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Le Mans
Viry-Châtillon	2–5	Bastia
Avranches	0–2	Dijon
Montpellier	1–0	Troyes
Vesoul	1–6	Metz
Beauvais	0–2	Marseille
Montluçon	0–3	Nantes
Carquefou	1–0	Gueugnon
Romorantin	1–2	Boulogne
Angers	2–0	Vannes
Amiens	2–1	Guingamp
Sedan	3–2	Caen
Nice	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Le Havre
Épinal	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain
Nancy	2–1	Reims
Auxerre	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Saint-Étienne
Lorient	2–1	Valenciennes
Quevilly	1–3	Bordeaux
Rouen	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Strasbourg
Maubeuge	0–2	Sochaux
Toulouse	1–2	Paris FC
Martigues	0–3	Rennes
Avion	0–3	Lille
Créteil	0–4	Lyon
Brest	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Monaco

Round of 32

The matches were played between 1 and 3 February 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Boulogne	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Tours
Strasbourg	0–3	Metz
Arles	0–0 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Niort
Lyon-La Duchère	0–1	Lille
Sedan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Nantes
Sochaux	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Montpellier
Poiré-sur-Vie	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain
Paris FC	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Dijon
Amiens	1–0	Gazélec Ajaccio
Angers	3–1	Nice
Bastia	3–0	Auxerre
Lorient	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Rennes
Bordeaux	1–0	Le Mans
Carquefou	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Nancy
Croix de Savoie	0–1	Lyon
Marseille	3–1	Monaco

Round of 16

The matches were played on 18 and 19 March 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Paris Saint-Germain (1)	2–1	Bastia (2)
Dijon (2)	3–1	Tours (3)
Sedan (2)	2–0	Angers (2)
Lyon (1)	2–1	Sochaux (1)
Bordeaux (1)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Lille (1)
Lorient (1)	0–1	Metz (1)
Amiens (2)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Arles (3)
Carquefou (5)	1–0	Marseille (1)

Quarter-finals

Amiens (2) v Dijon (2)

15 April 2008	Amiens (2)	1–0	Dijon (2)	Amiens
18:00	Contout 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,479 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Lyon (1) v Metz (1)

15 April 2008	Lyon (1)	1–0	Metz (1)	Lyon
20:45	Benzema 39'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

Bordeaux (1) v Sedan (2)

16 April 2008	Bordeaux (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Sedan (2)	Bordeaux
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 11,442 Referee: Jean-Charles Cailleux
	Penalties
	Cavenaghi Jurietti Alonso Wendel Fernando		Sartre Baning Sow Amalfitano Abdoun

Carquefou (5) v Paris Saint-Germain (1)

16 April 2008	Carquefou (5)	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain (1)	Nantes
21:00		Report	Pauleta 77'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 30,500 Referee: Olivier Thual

Semi-finals

Amiens (2) v Paris Saint-Germain (1)

6 May 2008	Amiens (2)	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain (1)	Amiens
20:45		Report	Boli 77'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Tony Chapron

Lyon (1) v Sedan (2)

7 May 2008	Lyon (1)	1–0	Sedan (2)	Lyon
21:00	Juninho 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Final

Main article: 2008 Coupe de France final

24 May 2008

21:00

Lyon	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Paris Saint-Germain
Govou 102'	[citation needed]

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 79,204

Referee: Philippe Kalt []

Topscorer

Karim Benzema (6 goals)

References

• Official page on FFF site
• Coupe de France page on LFP site
• Coupe de France Results

External links

• Ligue 1 2007-08
• Ligue 2 2007-08
• Championnat National 2007-08
• Championnat de France Amateurs
• Championnat de France Amateurs 2