1977–78 Coupe de France

The competition for the Coupe de France in the season 1977/78 was the 61st playout of the French Football Cup for men teams. This year, reported 2,544 clubs, including those from the overseas possessions of France, of which the Club Colonial Cayenne ( Guyane ) and Jeunesse Sportive Saint- Pierre ( Réunion) could even qualify for the first national round; the number of participants increased by more than a fifth compared with the previous high-water mark.

Defending champion was the AS Saint- Étienne, the retired earlier this year in the Round of. Winner of the trophy was the Association Sportive de Nancy- Lorraine in her up to the present (2009) single finals. Playoff opponents Olympique Club de Nice Gymnaste had advanced for the third time into the deciding game; in his first two appearances of the OGC had to leave the stadium and each as the winner, although this already two and a half decades ago was now (1952 and 1954). Unterklassige teams were not very far this season. Although there were still five Zweitdivisionäre in the second round, but none of them reached the quarterfinals. Much less there was for the amateur teams to pick up: even just two of them - both third division - the first national round had survived, but neither ES Viry -Châtillon still Stade Saint- Brieuc made ​​it to the last sixteen.

After the organized by the regional subdivisions of the National Federation FFF qualifying rounds attacked from the round of 64 teams and the 20 first division in a competition; in this they were set, so could only meet from the round of. The pairings were otherwise drawn freely for each round and took place on neutral ground in the thirty-second and in the semifinals; when the score is level after extra time, there was a penalty shoot-out. From the sixteenth to the semi-finals round-trip games were played. A penalty shoot done - Had it both teams have scored an equal number of hits (where away goals counted double ), first the leg was extended and then - if necessary.

Zweiunddreißigstelfinale

Games on 28-29. January and 7 February 1978. Clubs of the two professional leagues are denoted by D1 and D2, respectively, those of the national amateur league with D3, the highest regional amateur league as DH ( " Division d' Honneur ").

  • Club Colonial Cayenne Guyane DH - OSC Lille D2 0:4
  • ES Viry -Châtillon D3 - D2 LB Châteauroux 1-0
  • AS Angoulême D2 - JS Saint- Pierre DH Réunion 3:1
  • Stade Reims D1 - U.S. Boulogne Grand D2 4:2 N.V.
  • Pierrot -Vauban Strasbourg D3 - D1 AS Nancy 0:1
  • U.S. D2 Toulouse - Stade Laval D1 3:1 N.V.
  • Olympique Nîmes D1 - FC Sète D3 2:1
  • Red Star Paris D2 - D3 AS Poissy 2-1 N.V.
  • Olympique Marseille D1 - D2 Stade Brest 1-0
  • Stade Saint- Brieuc D3 - D2 EA Guingamp 1-0
  • SR Saint- Dié D2 - D2 EAC Chaumont 1:1 N.V. ( 3-2 IU )
  • AS Saint- Étienne D1 - D2 SCO Angers 0-0 N.V. ( 3-1 IU )
  • Paris Saint- Germain D1 - D2 Sporting Toulon 2-0
  • Gazelec FCO Ajaccio D2 - D1 Lyon 0:0 aet ( 3-1 IU )
  • AC Arles D2 - SO Pont de Chéruy D3 1:1 N.V. ( 7-6 IU )
  • Entente Fontainebleau Bagneaux - Nemours D2 - SM Caen D2 1-0
  • U.S. Dunkerque D2 - D1 RC Lens 1-0
  • Paris FC D2 - RC Strasbourg D1 1:4
  • FC Tours D2 - ESA Brive DH 2:1
  • Troyes Aube Foot D1 - D2 AJ Auxerre 1-0
  • U.S. Valenciennes D1 - D3 Calais RUFC 2-0
  • FC Sochaux D1 - U.S. Tavaux - Damparis D3 3-0
  • Limoges FC D2 - D1 2:1 FC Rouen
  • Olympique Avignon D2 - U.S. Albi DH 2:1 N.V.
  • OGC Nice D1 - D2 SA Epinal 2-1
  • Amicale Lucé D2 - U.S. Nœux -les -Mines D2 6:0
  • FC Martigues D2 - CS Thonon DH 2-0
  • FC Metz D1 - FC Masevaux DH 5-0
  • AS Monaco D1 - Olympique Alès D2 4:1
  • FC Nantes D1 - D3 Le Havre AC 2-0 N.V.
  • Girondins Bordeaux D1 - D2 Rennes 3-0
  • SEC Bastia D1 - D2 AS Cannes 3:1

Round of

First leg 17 February to 2 March, Rückspiele 22 February to 14 March 1978

  • Troyes Aube Foot D1 - D1 Marseille 2:2, 0:3
  • ES Viry -Châtillon D3 - D2 Gazelec FCO Ajaccio 1:1, 1:3
  • Olympique Avignon D2 - U.S. Valenciennes D1 3:1, 0:2
  • OGC Nice D1 - Paris Saint- Germain D1 2:1, 3:3 nV
  • Stade Saint- Brieuc D3 - D1 AS Nancy 0:2, 0:3
  • Entente Fontainebleau Bagneaux - Nemours D2 - D1 AS Monaco 1:2, 1:5
  • U.S. Dunkerque D2 - Nîmes Olympique D1 0:0, 1:1
  • RC Strasbourg D1 - SEC Bastia D1 0:3, 0:0
  • OSC Lille D2 - SR Saint-Dié D2 1-0, 1-0
  • FC Tours D2 - D1 Stade Reims 1:1, 0:2
  • AC Arles D2 - D2 AS Angoulême 0:1, 0:2
  • Red Star Paris D2 - D1 FC Metz 2:2, 0:2
  • FC Sochaux D1 - AS Saint- Étienne D1 0:0, 2:2
  • Limoges FC D2 - D1 Bordeaux 3:2, 0:2
  • Amicale Lucé D2 - D1 FC Nantes 1:2, 1:3
  • FC Martigues D2 - U.S. Toulouse D2 1:0, 0:0

Second round

First leg of 17-18. , Return matches on 21-22. March 1978

  • Olympique Marseille D1 - D1 Girondins de Bordeaux 1-0, 2-0
  • Gazelec FCO Ajaccio D2 - U.S. Valenciennes D1 4:1, 0:5
  • AS Nancy D1 - FC Martigues D2 2:0, 1:1
  • OSC Lille D2 - D1 AS Monaco 1:1, 2:3
  • Stade Reims D1 - SEC Bastia D1 0:1, 1:2
  • AS Angoulême D2 - D1 FC Sochaux 0:0, 0:1
  • FC Metz D1 - OGC Nice D1 0:2, 0:3
  • FC Nantes D1 - D2, U.S. Dunkerque 2-0, 5-0

Quarterfinals

First leg of 14-15. , Return legs on April 18, 1978

  • U.S. Valenciennes D1 - AS Nancy D1 0:0, 0:3
  • SEC Bastia D1 - D1 AS Monaco 2-1, 0-2
  • FC Sochaux D1 - D1 Marseille 0:0, 1:0
  • OGC Nice D1 - FC Nantes D1 4:1, 0:1

Semifinal

First leg on the 5th, return matches on May 8, 1978

  • FC Sochaux D1 - AS Nancy D1 1:0, 0:5
  • OGC Nice D1 - D1 AS Monaco 1-0, 1-1

Final

Game on May 13, 1978 at the Parc des Princes stadium in front of 45 998 spectators

  • AS Nancy - OGC Nice 1-0 (0-0 )

Team Line-up

AS Nancy Jean- Michel Moutier - Perdrieau Jacques (Jean -Pierre Raczynski, 79 ), Jean -Claude CLOET, Pierre Neubert, Carlos Curbelo - Bernard Caron, Philippe Jeannol, Francisco Rubio - Olivier Rouyer, Michel Platini, Fathi Chebel Coach: Antoine Redin

OGC Nice: Dominique Baratelli - Henri Zambelli, Dominique Morabito, Josip Katalinski, Robert Barraja - Roger Jouve, Jean -Marc Guillou, Jean -Noël Huck - Daniel Sanchez, Nenad Bjeković, Christian Cappadona ( Nabatingue Toko, 75th ) Coach: Léon Rossi

Referee: Achille Verbecke ( Lomme )

Goals

1-0 Platini ( 57 )

Special events

In this discharge the first time the substitution of two players per team was permitted; in the final no team took advantage of this opportunity. For the referee Verbecke it was his personal playoff second line after 1974.

For four players, the season after the finale was far from complete: Rouyer, Platini (both Nancy), Baratelli and Guillou (both Nice) then traveled with the team to the first French World Cup participation for twelve years.

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