1968–69 Coupe de France

The competition for the Coupe de France in the 1968/69 season was the 52nd playout of the French Football Cup for men teams. This year, reported 1,377 clubs.

Defending champion was the AS Saint- Étienne, which was eliminated in the second round this year. Winner of the trophy was Olympique Marseille. This was his seventh Cup victory at the tenth finals; However, Marseilles last success was back already 26 years and had been won after a replay against Girondins Bordeaux - the same opponent as in this year's final. The Girondins were 1969, for the sixth time in a final - this last was 12 months earlier been the case -; but they had it won only one, namely that of 1941.

Several unterklassige clubs were relatively far in the competition in 1968/69. So it brought the Zweitdivisionär SCO Angers to the semifinals, where he had to the later cup winners only bend slightly. And of the amateur teams were three third division in the round of eight: there left FC Gueugnon, FC Mulhouse, and Stade Saint- Germain, however, " in lockstep " from.

After the organized by the regional subdivisions of the National Federation FFF qualifying rounds attacked from the round of 64 teams and the 18 first division in a competition. The pairings were drawn freely for each round. In the thirty-second and sixteenth finals there was only one game on a neutral court. Finished an encounter after extra draw were as long as discharged replays until a winner was. From the eighth to the semi-final match pairings were decided, in home and away matches; This mode was introduced from this season at the request of the first division, which it hoped to higher revenue. Was there then Torgleichstand of the two teams - away goals scored did not count twice - a decision game was played on neutral ground.

Zweiunddreißigstelfinale

Games on 12, repeat matches on January 19, 1969. Clubs of the two professional leagues are denoted by D1 and D2, respectively, those of the national amateur league with CFA, the highest regional amateur leagues as DH or PH ( " Division d' Honneur " or. " promotion d' Honneur ").

  • Stade Saint- Germain CFA - AC Ajaccio 3:2 D1
  • FC Metz D1 - SO Merlebach CFA 2-0
  • EDS Montlucon CFA - FA Cournon- Le Cendre CFA 4:1
  • FC Nantes D1 - D2 Limoges FC 6:3
  • OGC Nice D1 - Entente Bagneaux - Fontainebleau - Nemours CFA 2:1
  • Olympique Nîmes D2 - SC Challans DH 1-1 aet, 6-1
  • Stade Reims D2 - FC Saint -Louis 1911 CFA 3:2 N.V.
  • Olympique Marseille D1 - D2 Olympique Avignon 1-0
  • AS Saint- Étienne D1 - UO Albertville DH 3-0
  • Stade Mont -de- Marsan CFA - FC Lorient 3-0 D2
  • Red Star Paris D1 - SEC Bastia D1 4:1
  • Racing Paris - Sedan D1 - CA Mantes CFA 4-0
  • AS Strasbourg CFA - RCFC Besançon D2 3:2
  • RC Strasbourg D1 - FC Sochaux 2:1 D1 N.V.
  • Sporting Toulon D2 - AS Mont Ferrand CFA 2-0
  • U.S. Valenciennes D1 - D2, U.S. Dunkerque 1-0
  • Stade Rennais UC D1 - Bagneres- Luchon Sports CFA 11:1
  • AC Évreux DH - CO Roubaix - Tourcoing DH 2:1
  • AS Aix D2 - AS Cannes D2 2:1
  • SCO Angers D2 - SM Caen 2:1 CFA
  • AS Angoulême D2 - D2 AS Béziers 3-0
  • RC Bollène DH - RC Agathois Agde DH 1:2, 2:0 ( a)
  • Girondins Bordeaux D1 - D2 SO Montpellier 5-0
  • FC Mulhouse CFA - AC Chaumont D2 1-0
  • SO Cholet CFA - SO Chatellerault CFA 2:1
  • Olympique Lyon D1 - D2 AS Nancy 2-0 N.V.
  • FC Grenoble D2 - D1 AS Monaco 4-3 N.V.
  • FC Gueugnon CFA - U.S. Vésinet PH 3-1 N.V.
  • ESCN La Ciotat CFA - FC Sète CFA 2-0
  • RC Lens D2 - Olympique Saint- Quentin CFA 3-0
  • OSC Lille D2 - U.S. Quevilly CFA 0:0 N.V., 1-0
  • AC Cambrai CFA - FC Rouen D1 1-0

Round of

Games on the 9th, repetition matches between 16. und February 26, 1969

  • AC Évreux DH - RC Bollène DH 2:2 nV 1-1 aet, 2-1
  • Stade Saint- Germain CFA - ESCN La Ciotat CFA 1-1 aet, 0-0 aet, 2-1
  • FC Gueugnon CFA - Stade Mont -de- Marsan CFA 2-0
  • OGC Nice D1 - AS Strasbourg CFA N.V. 1:1, 3:0
  • Olympique Marseille D1 - Stade Rennes UC D1 3:2 nV
  • AS Saint- Étienne D1 - D2 Stade Reims 1-0
  • Red Star Paris D1 - EDS Montlucon CFA 2:1 N.V.
  • RC Strasbourg D1 - D2 Lille 1:1 N.V., 2:1
  • FC Metz D1 - Olympique Nîmes D2 5:2
  • SCO Angers D2 - D2 RC Lens 0-0 N.V., 3:1
  • AS Angoulême D2 - D2 Sporting Toulon 2-0
  • Girondins Bordeaux D1 - D2 2:1 FC Grenoble
  • FC Mulhouse CFA - AS Aix D2 2-0
  • Olympique Lyon D1 - U.S. Valenciennes D1 3:1
  • Racing Paris - Sedan D1 - D1 FC Nantes 2-0
  • AC Cambrai CFA - SO Cholet CFA 2-0

Second round

First leg on the 2nd, back games on the 9th, repeat matches on March 18, 1969

  • AC Évreux DH - Stade Saint- Germain CFA 0:1, 1:2
  • FC Gueugnon CFA - OGC Nice D1 2:3, 2:0
  • AS Saint- Étienne D1 - D1 Bordeaux 0:1, 2:2
  • Red Star Paris D1 - Racing Paris - Sedan D1 3:2, 0:1, 1:3
  • FC Metz D1 - RC Strasbourg D1 2:0, 1:4
  • SCO Angers D2 - D1 Lyon 1:0, 1:2, 3:1
  • AS Angoulême D2 - D1 Marseille 3:3, 0:2
  • AC Cambrai CFA - CFA FC Mulhouse 0:1, 0:1

Quarterfinals

First leg of 29-30. March return matches 5 to 9, repeat match on April 19, 1969

  • Stade Saint- Germain CFA - Olympique Marseille D1 0:2, 1:5
  • FC Gueugnon CFA - Angers SCO D2 0:1, 1:2
  • RC Strasbourg D1 - Racing Paris - Sedan D1 1:0, 0:1 nV 2:3
  • FC Mulhouse CFA - Girondins Bordeaux D1 0:2, 0:1

Semifinal

First leg on April 26, Second leg matches on 3/4 May 1969

  • SCO Angers D2 - D1 Marseille 0:0, 1:2
  • Racing Paris - Sedan D1 - D1 Bordeaux 0:0, 3:4

Final

Game on May 18, 1969 at Stade Olympique Yves- du- Manoir in Colombes before 39 460 spectators

  • Olympique Marseille - Girondins Bordeaux 2-0 (0-0 )

Team Line-up

Olympique Marseille: Jean -Paul Escale - Jean- Pierre Lopez, Jean -Louis Hodoul, Jules Zvunka, Jean Djorkaeff - Jacques Novi, Jean -Pierre Destrumelle - Roger Magnusson, Joseph Yegba Maya, Joseph Bonnel, Hubert Guéniche Coach: Mario Zatelli

Girondins Bordeaux: Christian Montes - Gérard Papin, André Chorda, Bernard Baudet, Robert Peri - Guy Calleja, Claude Petyt - Jacques Simon, Carlos Ruiter, Félix Burdino ( Didier Couécou, 65 ), Édouard Wójciak Coach: " Jean -Pierre " Bakrim

Referee: Roger Machin (Nancy)

Goals

1-0 Papin ( 82, Own ) 2-0 Yegba Maya ( 89 )

Special events

The final pairing against Marseille Bordeaux existed until today (2008) a total of four times: in 1943 and 1969 except 1986 and even 1987, making it one of the most common in the 91- year history of the competition.; it won both clubs twice each.

Olympiques " Zizou " Bonnel had scored in every round of the competition at least one hit, including the decisive 2-1 in the final minute of the semifinal against Angers; only in the final he went home empty-handed.

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