1965–66 Coupe de France

The competition for the Coupe de France in the 1965/66 season was the 49th playout of the French Football Cup for men teams. This year, reported 1,172 clubs.

After completion organized by the regional subdivisions of the National Federation FFF qualifying rounds intervened in Zweiunddreißigstelfinale the first division in the Contest. Titleholder was Stade Rennes, who retired this year in the second round. Winner of the competition was the Racing Club Strasbourg. This was after 1951 Strasbourg's second win this trophy. Final opponents FC Nantes, ever ascended in 1963 in the Division 1, participated in his first final; this because of their dress colors so-called " Canaris " but both 1965 and 1966 French champion had become.

The most successful amateur team came from the fourth division club Stade Saint- Brieuc, who brought it to the top 16 teams, where the subsequent competition winner RC Strasbourg represented too high a hurdle. After three Zweitdivisionäre (AC Ajaccio, AS Cherbourg and Stade Reims ) reached the quarter- finals and threw on the way there each also an eleven top division of the race, Reims after two replays even the previous year's winner Stade Rennes.

The Cup pairings were then drawn in Zweiunddreißigstelfinale from a rough north-south division of the country for each round freely and found generally organized on neutral territory; the revenues were divided. Finished an encounter after extra draw, as long as replays were played until a winner was.

Zweiunddreißigstelfinale

Games on 15 and 30 January, repetition matches on 26 January and 7 Februar 1963. The respective league affiliation with D1 and D2 for the two professional leagues, CFA for national as well as DH or DHR ( " Division d' Honneur "or" Division d' Honneur Regionale " ) specified for the top regional amateur leagues.

  • AC Ajaccio D2 - UA Sedan- Torcy D1 1-0
  • FC Sochaux D1 - D2 4:1 FC Grenoble
  • Olympique Marseille D2 - D1 Girondins de Bordeaux 2-0
  • AS Aix D2 - CS Cuiseaux CFA 1-0
  • Olympique Avignon D2 - Gazelec FCO Ajaccio CFA 3:1 nV
  • SEC Bastia D2 - U.S. Cazères CFA 3:2
  • AS Cannes D1 - D2 U.S. Marignane 1-0
  • Cherbourg AS D2 - D2 U.S. Boulogne 3-0
  • FC Gueugnon CFA - AC Chaumont CFA 2:1
  • OSC Lille D1 - D1 RC Lens 3-0
  • Limoges FC D2 - D1 0:0 FC Rouen N.V., 2-0
  • Sporting Toulon D2 - AS Decize DH 2-0
  • Olympique Lyon D1 - AAJ Blois CFA 3:1
  • RC Vichy CFA - RC Agathois Agde DH 3:1
  • AS Mutzig CFA - Stade Français Paris D1 2-0
  • FC Nantes D1 - Stade Laval CFA 3:1
  • Toulouse FC D1 - D2 AS Angoulême 3-0 N.V.
  • RC Strasbourg D1 - AS Saint- Étienne 3-1 D1
  • U.S. Valenciennes D1 - CA Mantes DHR 2-0
  • Red Star Paris D1 - D2 SO Montpellier 3-1 N.V.
  • Stade Saint- Brieuc DH - Clissons - korrigans DH 3:2
  • Stade Reims D2 - AS Strasbourg DH 1-0
  • Racing Paris D2 - AC Cambrai CFA 2-0
  • Chamois Niort CFA - AS Beziers D2 2:1 N.V.
  • Olympique Nîmes D1 - SSMC Miramas CFA 2:1
  • OGC Nice D1 - D1 AS Monaco 1-0
  • Stade Rennes D1 - RC Calais CFA 5:1
  • SCO Angers D1 - LB Châteauroux CFA 6:1
  • RCFC Besançon D2 - AS Mulhouse CFA 2-0
  • AS Aulnoye CFA - U.S. Quevilly CFA 2:1
  • U.S. Forbach D2 - CO Saint -Dizier CFA 5:0
  • U.S. Dunkerque CFA - AS Beauvais DH N.V. 2:2, 1:0

Round of

Games 13 to 24 February repetition matches on 17 and 20 February, and March 3, 1966

  • AC Ajaccio D2 - D2 SEC Bastia 1-0
  • FC Sochaux D1 - RC Vichy CFA 3:1
  • AS Aix D2 - D1 U.S. Valenciennes 1-0 N.V.
  • AS Cannes D1 - AS Mutzig CFA N.V. 1:1, 4:0
  • Cherbourg AS D2 - U.S. Dunkerque CFA 2-0
  • OSC Lille D1 - D2 Limoges FC 4:1
  • Olympique Lyon D1 - D2 RCFC Besançon 0:0 aet, 1-1 aet, 1-0
  • FC Nantes D1 - U.S. Forbach D2 7:3
  • Toulouse FC D1 - FC Gueugnon CFA 5:1
  • RC Strasbourg D1 - AS Aulnoye CFA 4:1
  • Red Star Paris D1 - D2 4:2 Olympique Avignon
  • Stade Saint- Brieuc DH - Olympique Marseille 1-0 D2
  • Stade Reims D2 - Sporting Toulon D2 2:1
  • Olympique Nîmes D1 - OGC Nice 2-1 D1 N.V.
  • Stade Rennes D1 - Chamois Niort CFA 5:0
  • SCO Angers D1 - D2 Racing Paris 2-0

Second round

Games on the 13th, repetition games on 20, 23 and March 30, 1966

  • AC Ajaccio D2 - D2 AS Aix 3:2
  • FC Sochaux D1 - Nîmes Olympique D1 4-0
  • Cherbourg AS D2 - D1 Lille 1-0
  • FC Nantes D1 - Red Star Paris D1 1:1 N.V., 2-0
  • Toulouse FC D1 - Lyon D1
  • RC Strasbourg D1 - Stade Saint- Brieuc DH 5:2
  • Stade Reims D2 - D1 Rennes 1-1 aet, 1-1 aet, 3-2
  • SCO Angers D1 - AS Cannes D1 1:1 N.V., 3-0

Quarterfinals

Games on April 3, 1966

  • FC Nantes D1 - D2 AC Ajaccio 2-0
  • Toulouse FC D1 - FC Sochaux 2-0 D1
  • RC Strasbourg D1 - D2 AS Cherbourg 1-0
  • SCO Angers D1 - D2 Stade Reims 3-1 N.V.

Semifinal

Games on April 29, 1966

  • FC Nantes D1 - D1 SCO Angers 3-0
  • RC Strasbourg D1 - FC Toulouse D1 3:1 N.V.

Final

Game on May 22, 1966 at the Parc des Princes stadium in front of 36,285 spectators

  • Racing Strasbourg - FC Nantes 1-0 (0-0 )

Team Line-up

Substitutions at that time were not possible.

RC Strasbourg: Harry Schuth - René Hauss, Denis Devaux, Pierre Sbaiz - Raymond Stieber, Raymond Kaelbel - Gilbert Gress, Roland Merschel, José Farías, Robert Szczepaniak, Gérard Hausser Coach: Paul Frantz

FC Nantes: Daniel Éon - Georges Grabowski, Gilbert Le Chenadec, Robert Budzynski, Gabriel De Michele - Ramón Muller, Jean -Claude Suaudeau - Bernard Blanchet, Philippe Gondet, Jacques Simon, Bako Touré Coach: José Arribas

Referee: Jean Tricot (Paris)

Goals

1-0 Sbaiz ( 51 )

Special events

Nantes had to be ready for almost an hour with the handicap in the final, only to have nine full field players because Ramon Muller after an injury in the 31st minute only could play the role of extras near the sideline.

Strasbourg Captain René Hauss, who accepted the trophy after the final whistle, was also are already fifteen years earlier, at its first Cup victory in the Finalelf the Alsace.

National player Joseph Ujlaki, in the 19th year as a professional in France and now in the second-class AS Aix under contract, stated after the victory of his team over U.S. Valenciennes in Sixteenth-finals: "We did not at any time feel a Erstdivisionär over to see us; that shows me that the French Football is very sick. " Just a few weeks after the final judgment to be heard further confirmation, as the Équipe Tricolore at the World Cup in England unceremoniously eliminated in the first round.

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