2022 Coupe de France final

2022 Coupe de France final
The Stade de France hosted the final.
Event2021–22 Coupe de France
Date7 May 2022 (2022-05-07)
VenueStade de France, Saint-Denis
RefereeStéphanie Frappart[1]
Attendance78,961

The 2022 Coupe de France final was a football match between Nice and Nantes to decide the winner of the 2021–22 Coupe de France, the 105th season of the Coupe de France. Originally scheduled to take place on 8 May at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, the final was moved to 7 May in consultation with competing clubs and the broadcasters.[2][3][4]

Nantes won the match 1–0 for their fourth Coupe de France title.[5][6]

Background

Nice reached the final this year for the fifth time in its history, and the first since 1997, a game they won over Guingamp after a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in extra time.[7][8]

Nantes reached the final this year for the fourth time in its history, having lost at the round of 64 of last year's edition to Lens.[9] This was the first time they reached the final since 2000, a game they won over Calais.[10]

Route to the final

Nice Round Nantes
Opponent Result 2021–22 Coupe de France Opponent Result
SO Cholet 1–0 (A) Round of 64 Sochaux 0–0 (5–4 pen.) (A)
Paris FC/Lyon[note 1] Bye (H) Round of 32 AS Vitré 2–0 (H)
Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 (6–5 pen.) (A) Round of 16 Brest 2–0 (H)
Marseille 4–1 (H) Quarter-finals Bastia 2–0 (H)
FC Versailles 78 2–0 (H) Semi-finals Monaco 2–2 (4–2 pen.) (H)

Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture

Match

Details

Nice0–1Nantes
Report
  • Blas 47' (pen.)
Nice
Nantes
GK 1 Marcin Bułka
RB 23 Jordan Lotomba
CB 25 Jean-Clair Todibo  42'
CB 4 Dante (c)  79'
LB 26 Melvin Bard  86'
RM 28 Hicham Boudaoui  55'  57'
CM 8 Pablo Rosario  63'
CM 19 Khéphren Thuram
LM 11 Amine Gouiri
CF 7 Andy Delort
CF 9 Kasper Dolberg  63'
Substitutes:
GK 40 Walter Benítez
DF 5 Flavius Daniliuc
DF 12 Jordan Amavi
MF 6 Morgan Schneiderlin
MF 14 Billal Brahimi  63'
MF 18 Mario Lemina  90+3'  63'
FW 21 Justin Kluivert  57'
FW 22 Calvin Stengs
FW 24 Evann Guessand  86'
Manager:
Christophe Galtier
GK 1 Alban Lafont
CB 21 Jean-Charles Castelletto
CB 3 Andrei Girotto
CB 4 Nicolas Pallois
RM 11 Marcus Coco  83'
CM 18 Samuel Moutoussamy
CM 5 Pedro Chirivella  72'
LM 29 Quentin Merlin
RF 10 Ludovic Blas (c)
CF 23 Randal Kolo Muani  90+3'
LF 27 Moses Simon  73'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Rémy Descamps
DF 2 Fábio  83'
DF 12 Dennis Appiah
DF 24 Sébastien Corchia
MF 6 Roli Pereira de Sa
MF 8 Wylan Cyprien  72'
FW 7 Kalifa Coulibaly
FW 20 Jean-Kévin Augustin
FW 26 Osman Bukari  73'
Manager:
Antoine Kombouaré

Assistant referees:[1]
Mikaël Berchebru
Benjamin Pagès
Fourth official:[1]
Willy Delajod
Video assistant referees:[1]
Jérémie Pignard
Hamid Guenaoui

Match rules[12]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 2]

Notes

  1. ^ Nice were due to meet either Paris FC or Lyon in the round of 32, but their round of 64 match was abandoned after half time due to crowd trouble; as a result of the disqualification of both teams, Nice were awarded a bye to the round of 16.[11]
  2. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

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  2. ^ "2022 French Cup Final". stadefrance.com. Stade De France. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ "France - Coupe de France 2021/2022 Final". WorldFootball.net. World Football. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Coupe de France : La date de la finale et été changée" (in French). foot-national.com. 5 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Nantes beat Nice to win Coupe de France". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Nice 0–1 Nantes: Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Coupe de France. L'aventure est terminée pour le FC Versailles" [Coupe de France. The adventure is over for FC Versailles]. footamateur.fr (in French). INPI. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Nice 2–0 Versailles: Fourth-tier side beaten as Nice reached first French Cup final in 25 years". BBC Sport. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Nantes 2–4 Lens". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Coupe de France: Nantes topple Monaco!". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Incidents lors de Paris FC-OL : les deux équipes éliminées de la Coupe de France" (in French). L'Équipe. 27 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Règlement de la Coupe de France 2021–2022" [Regulations of the 2021–22 Coupe de France] (PDF). FFF.fr (in French). French Football Federation. 1 July 2021. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 30 April 2022.