2020–21 Coupe de France

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Coupe de France 2020–21
Region	France
Number of teams	7,378
Defending champions	Paris Saint-Germain
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain (14th title)
Runner-up	Monaco
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The 2020–21 Coupe de France was the 104th season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and is normally open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Réunion, Saint Martin, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon). Due to the travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club from Saint Pierre and Miquelon did not progress beyond the second round and qualifying clubs from New Caledonia and Tahiti did not participate.

The competition was paused on 28 October 2020, when France entered a second period of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 17 December 2020, the FFF announced a new format to allow the competition to complete. On 22 December 2020, the FFF announced a plan to resume the competition from 31 January 2021.

On 19 January 2021, the FFF produced a new calendar for the amateur path and the final stages.

Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, and they won a record fourteenth title with a 2–0 win over Monaco in the final.

Dates

Dates for the first two qualifying round were set by the individual Regional leagues. The remaining qualifying rounds, the seventh and eight round, and the round of 64 take place on weekends. The later rounds up to, but not including, the final, take place on midweek evenings. The final will take place on Satirday 24 April 2021.

Round	Matches Played
Third	19/20 September 2020
Fourth	3/4 October 2020
Fifth	17/18 October 2020
Sixth	31 October and 1 November 2020
Seventh	21/22 November 2020
Eighth	12/13 December 2020
Round of 64	2/3 January 2021
Round of 32	16/17 January 2021
Round of 16	26/27/28 January 2021
Quarter Finals	9/10/11 February 2021
Semi Finals	2/3/4 March 2021
Final	24 April 2021

Notable rule changes

Following the changes introduced regarding Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Martinique last year, teams from Réunion and Mayotte will also play an internal match in the seventh round. This means an additional team qualifying to the seventh round from Mayotte.

Ligue 2 sides will join the competition at the eighth round, a change which the FFF state is only for this seasons competition. This means fewer teams will qualify from each regions preliminary rounds.

Other than the final, there will be no extra time in fixtures this season. Tied matches will be settled by penalty kicks after 90 minutes.

Teams

Round 1 to 6

Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France Preliminary Rounds

The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, are organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allow teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from Championnat National 3 enter at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 enter at the fourth round and those from Championnat National enter at the fifth round.

The number of teams entering at each qualifying round was as follows:

Region	Prelim	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	132	488	35	12	4	0
Pays-de-la-Loire	300	140	41	34	2	3
Centre-Val de Loire	178	59	0	11	6	1
Corsica			6	16	1	2
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	6	373	0	12	3	0
Grand Est		934	5	12	4	0
Méditerranée	96	88	24	8	7	0
Occitanie		496	0	10	3	1
Hauts-de-France		982	49	10	2	1
Normandy	82	275	20	11	2	2
Brittany		666	1	11	3	2
Paris IDF	248	126	94	11	8	2
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	370	475	48	37	7	4
Réunion				16	0	0
Mayotte	8	40	12	0	0	0
Guadeloupe			32	16	0	0
Martinique			44	10	0	0
French Guiana				32	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		2	1
Total	1420	4860	420	206	52	18

Round 7

124 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues will be joined by the 12 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories.

Regional Leagues

Will be defined at the end of the sixth round on 1 November 2020.

Overseas Territories teams

Will be defined at the end of the sixth round on 1 November 2020.

Round 8

The 68 qualifiers from the seventh round are joined by the 20 Ligue 2 teams.

Round of 64

The 44 qualifiers from the eighth round are joined by the 20 Ligue 1 teams.

External links

• Official website

2020–21 in French football
Domestic leagues
Ligue 1 · Ligue 2 · National · National 2 · National 3
Domestic cups
Coupe de France (Preliminaries, Final) · Trophée des Champions
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
2020–21 UEFA Nations League A · 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, (UEFA Group D) · UEFA Euro 2020, (Group F)
Club seasons
Ligue 1
Paris Saint-Germain ·
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