1997–98 Coupe de France

The competition for the Coupe de France in the 1997/98 season was the 81st playout of the French Football Cup for men teams. This year, reported 6,106 clubs, including those from the overseas possessions of France.

Defending OGC Nice difference this time already in Zweiunddreißigstelfinale, while its inferior opponents EA Guingamp made ​​it again to the semifinal. The trophy was won by Paris Saint- Germain FC, ​​which was successful in his sixth finals for the fifth time with it. PSG's last victory had only been three years. Final Game Racing Club de Lens, this season French champion, was in his third finals, but as early as 1948 and 1975 left the Northern French the place as losers.

With FC Istres it brought only a semi-professional team from the National 1 ( third division ) to the quarterfinals; also in the quarterfinals the last two secreted nor represent the professional teams from Division 2 (FC Mulhouse and SM Caen ) from. So far made ​​it to the fourth division FC Bourg- Péronnas also a pure amateur club; of which had come after all below the 16 best teams by FC Pau another fourth- and with the UFC Pays d' Argentan even a fünftklassiges team. Argentan was since the advent of professionalism in France ( 1932) by RC Arras (1949 ), AC Denain (1957 ), AS Gardanne (1960) and CS Blénod (1996 ) only the fifth club in this league stage in the second round.

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 and the venue were drawn freely for each round; However, those clubs were allowed to deliver their game automatically against the groups that competed against at least two classes a higher gambling opponents. Also, the one team that was in front of the Fairness Evaluation ( " blue card " ), received in the following round, the right to play in front of their home crowd. If the score is level after extra time it came to the penalty shootout.

Zweiunddreißigstelfinale

. Matches 16 to 18 and on 28 January 1998, the clubs of the two professional leagues are denoted by D1 and D2, respectively, those of the semi-professional third division Ligue National with D3; the national amateur leagues operate as CFA and CFA2, the three highest regional amateur leagues as DH, DHR or PH ( " Division d' Honneur ", " Division d' Honneur Regionale " or " Promotion d' Honneur ").

  • SM Caen D2 - D2 FC Toulouse 1-0
  • SA Epinal D3 - D1 RC Strasbourg 2-1
  • SO Chatellerault CFA - FC Sochaux D2 1:2
  • SC Bastia D1 - D2 Chamois Niort 1-0
  • U.S. Boulogne CFA - FC Saint- Lô CFA 2-0
  • Marsouins Brétignolles DH - FC Nantes D1 0:3
  • FC Champagnole DH - FC Mulhouse D2 0:2
  • La Vitréenne PH - FC Lorient D2 0:4
  • Dijon FCO CFA - AS Monaco D1 1:2 N.V.
  • Stade Laval D2 - D3 AS Angoulême 1:3
  • FC Thionville CFA2 - EA Guingamp D1 1:5
  • FC Sète CFA - Olympique Marseille 0:3 D1
  • Stade Rennes D1 - D1 LB Châteauroux 1-0
  • RC Lens D1 - Le Havre AC D1 2:1
  • Sporting Toulon D2 - OGC Nice 4-2 D2 N.V.
  • AS Cannes D1 - D2 ASOA Valence 2-0
  • FC Bourg- Péronnas CFA - FC Villefranche CFA 4:2
  • Thouars Foot 79 D3 - Paris Saint- Germain D1 1:3
  • CM Aubervilliers CFA - Girondins Bordeaux D1 1:7
  • FCO Saint -Jean de La Ruelle DH - AS Beauvais D2 2:3
  • FC Pau CFA - Vendée Fontenay Football CFA 0:0 aet (4-2 IU )
  • ES Segre skin -Anjou CFA - AJ Auxerre 1:2 D1
  • FC Saint- Denis -Saint -Leu D3 - D1 Lyon 0:2
  • U.S. Joan of Arc Carquefou CFA2 - ES Wasquehal D2 0:2
  • Olympique Alès CFA - AFC Aurillac CFA 3-0
  • CS Sedan D3 - CS Louhans - Cuiseaux D2 3:1 N.V.
  • U.S. Vermelles PH - UFC Pays d' Argentan CFA2 0:2
  • UC Le Mans D2 - D1 FC Metz 1:1 N.V. ( 2:4 IU )
  • ES Grau-du -Roi DH FC Istres D3 0:0 N.V. ( 3:5 IU )
  • Olympique Grand Rouen CFA - AS Nancy D2 0:1
  • AS Muret CFA - FC Trélissac - Maurilloux CFA 1-1 aet ( 4:5 IU )
  • Montpellier HSC D1 - Stade Reims 3-0 CFA2

Round of

Games on 7/8 February 1998

  • SM Caen D2 - D1 FC Nantes 1-0
  • SA Epinal D3 - D1 RC Lens 0:2 N.V.
  • FC Mulhouse D2 - D1 AJ Auxerre 2-1 N.V.
  • FC Lorient D2 - Paris Saint- Germain D1 0:1
  • FC Metz D1 - SC Bastia 1-0 D1
  • FC Istres D3 - D1 Rennes 1-0
  • ES Wasquehal D2 - D1 EA Guingamp 1:2
  • Sporting Toulon D2 - AS Nancy D2 2-0
  • AS Cannes D1 - D2 AS Beauvais 3:1 N.V.
  • FC Bourg- Péronnas CFA - HSC Montpellier D1 3:2
  • FC Pau CFA - Olympique Alès CFA 2:2 N.V. ( 5-4 IU )
  • UFC Pays d' Argentan CFA2 - CS Sedan D3 0:0 N.V. ( 8:7 IU )
  • AS Angoulême D3 - D1 Lyon 0:2
  • U.S. Boulogne CFA - Olympique Marseille 0:1 D1
  • AS Monaco D1 - D1 Girondins de Bordeaux 1-0
  • FC Trélissac - Maurilloux CFA - FC Sochaux D2 1:2

Second round

Games on 27-28. February 1998

  • FC Istres D3 - D1 Lyon 0:1 N.V.
  • UFC Pays d' Argentan CFA2 - RC Lens 1:3 D1
  • AS Cannes D1 - D2 FC Mulhouse 0:2 N.V.
  • FC Bourg- Péronnas CFA - FC Metz D1 2-0
  • FC Pau CFA - Paris Saint- Germain D1 0:1 N.V.
  • EA Guingamp D1 - D2 1:1 Sporting Toulon N.V. ( 5-4 IU )
  • AS Monaco D1 - D1 Marseille 2-0 N.V.
  • FC Sochaux D2 - SM Caen 2:2 D2 N.V. ( 5:6 IU )

Quarterfinals

Matches between 20 and 22 March 1998

  • Olympique Lyon D1 - FC Bourg- Péronnas CFA 1-0
  • Paris Saint- Germain D1 - D1 AS Monaco 1-0
  • EA Guingamp D1 - D2 1-0 FC Mulhouse
  • SM Caen D2 - D1 RC Lens 1:2

Semifinal

Games on 11-12. April 1998

  • Paris Saint- Germain D1 - D1 EA Guingamp 1-0

Final

Game on 2 May 1998 at the Stade de France in Saint- Denis in front of 77,000 spectators

  • Paris SG - RC Lens 2-1 (1-0 )

Team Line-up

Paris SG: Vincent Fernandez - Alain Roche, Paul Le Guen, Didier Domi, Éric Rabésandratana - Jimmy Algerino, Pierre Ducrocq, Franck Gava, Raí - Marco Simone, Florian Maurice ( Laurent Fournier, 87 ) Coach: Ricardo Gomes

RC Lens: Guillaume Warmuz - Éric Sikora, Cyrille Magnier, Jean -Guy Wallemme, Frédéric Déhu - Marc -Vivien Foe, Stéphane Ziani, Mickaël Debève ( Philippe Brunel, 68 ) - Vladimír Šmicer, Anto Drobnjak ( Wagneau Eloi, 60th ) Tony Vairelles Coach: Daniel Leclercq

Referee: Gilles Veissière (Nice)

Goals

1-0 Raí ( 24 ) 2-0 Simone ( 53 ) 2:1 Šmicer ( 83 )

Special events

This was the first final at the 1998 World Cup, newly built Stade de France, which has since the final regular stadium. This year's number of audience sat equal to a new record; until then it had stood at 61 722 visitors to the final between Stade Reims and Racing Paris in May 1950.

From playoff team that won the 1995 Coupe for PSG, only Alain Roche ( total even his fifth Cup win since 1986 ), Paul Le Guen ( third win ) and Raí were there. Roche is so to this day (2009) one of only three footballers who stood as a player in five victorious French Cup Finals; the other two are Somerlinck Marceau ( 1946 ) and Dominique Bathenay (from 1974).

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