2003–04 Coupe de France

The competition for the Coupe de France in the 2003/04 season was the 87th of the French Football Cup for men teams. This year 6057 reported associations, including those from the overseas possessions of France, of which, however, could not qualify for the national team main round again.

Defending champion AJ Auxerre came this time only to the last sixteen. Winner of the trophy was a finalist last year's Paris Saint- Germain FC - for the sixth time in his eighth playoff participation. Although PSG's last success in the Coupe lagged six years, the capital club moved so that the same with AS Saint -Étienne as the second most successful Cup participants behind Olympique Marseille. Final opponents La Berrichonne de Châteauroux, a second division, on the other hand was in his first playoff club history.

The unterklassigen participants formed in the second round even the majority over the Ligue 1 representatives: Four second-rate teams ( in addition to Châteauroux still SC Amiens, Caen and U.S. Créteil ), three teams from the semi-professional third division (FCO Dijon, Stade Brest Stade Reims ) and two fourth division of the CFA ( Aviron Bayonne and Brive ESA ) had made ​​it this far. Of them survived Châteauroux, Dijon, Amiens and Brive the eighth, the first two also the quarter-finals. In particular, Bayonne, which had vacated two teams from the highest division of the way, it made ​​a splash.

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. The pairings and the venue were drawn freely for each round; However, in 2003 /04 introduced thereby limiting the privilege unterklassiger Clubs: Only teams that at least two performance levels - not to be confused with league levels - competed deeper than her opponent, automatically got home advantage. Occasionally, however, refrained especially amateur teams against payment of such right - as in this playout FC Bourg- Péronnas against Olympique Lyon and Bayonne against Paris SG - or gave way to an attractive opponent to a nearby bigger stadium from. If the score is level after extra time, there was a penalty shoot-out.

Zweiunddreißigstelfinale

Games on 3/4. , and 13 January 2004 The associations of the two, renamed for this season professional leagues are denoted by L1 and L2, respectively, those of the semi-professional third division with D3; the national amateur leagues operate as CFA and CFA2, the regional amateur leagues as DH, PH and DHR ( " Division d' Honneur ", " Promotion d' Honneur " or " Division d' Honneur Regionale ", the sixth - through eighth-highest division).

  • Stade Laval L2 - Stade Reims D3 0:1
  • RC Lens L1 - L2 UC Le Mans 1-0
  • AS Moulins CFA - OGC Nice 0-1 L1
  • U.S. Changé DH - Valenciennes FC D3 0:3
  • AJ Auxerre L1 - FC Sochaux 2-0 L1
  • FC Mantes CFA - Amiens SC L2 0:3
  • Ernolsheim DH - AS Cannes D3 0:3
  • U.S. Boulogne CFA - U.S. Créteil L2 2:3
  • AC Ajaccio L1 - L2 FC Gueugnon 0:2
  • FC Metz L1 - L1 AS Monaco 0:2
  • Grenoble Foot L2 - L2 0:1 LB Châteauroux
  • Besançon RC L2 - L1 SC Bastia 2-0
  • SM Caen L2 - Le Havre AC L2 1-0
  • FC Aire -sur -la -Lys PH - Olympique Lyon 0:4 L1
  • FC Mulhouse CFA - HSC Montpellier L1 0:2
  • AS Nancy L2 - L1 Lille 0-0 N.V. ( 5-4 IU )
  • AS Poissy CFA - Football Croix de Savoie 74 CFA 0:0 aet ( 2:4 IU )
  • Aviron Bayonne CFA - EA Guingamp L1 4:4 N.V. ( 5-3 IU )
  • Girondins Bordeaux L1 - FC Libourne -Saint -Seurin D3 1-0
  • Saint- Colomban Locminé DH - Stade Brest D3 0:2
  • Olympique Marseille L1 - L1 RC Strasbourg 1-1 aet (4:3 IU )
  • Gazelec FCO Ajaccio D3 - EDS Montlucon CFA2 3:2
  • Racing Club Epernay CFA2 - ASOA Valence L2 0:0 aet ( 3:5 IU )
  • ESA Brive CFA - FC Lorient 1:1 L2 N.V. ( 3-1 IU )
  • Dijon FCO D3 - AS Saint- Étienne 0-0 L2 N.V. ( 3-1 IU )
  • FC Bourg- Péronnas D3 - FC Martigues CFA 4:3 N.V.
  • Stade Plabennec CFA2 - Jeanne d' Arc Biarritz DHR 3-0
  • Racing Club de France CFA - FC Toulouse L1 1:3
  • Vendée Fontenay Foot CFA2 - FUSC Bois -Guillaume CFA2 0:0 aet (4:3 IU )
  • SCO Angers L2 - L1 Rennes 0-0 N.V. ( 4:5 IU )
  • Beaujolais Mont- d'Or Chasselay DH - FC Nantes L1 1:2
  • Paris Saint- Germain L1 - L2 ES Troyes AC 3:2 N.V.

Round of

Matches between 23. und January 25, 2004

  • ESA Brive CFA - AS Nancy L2 3:2 N.V.
  • Dijon FCO D3 - RC Lens L1 2:1
  • AJ Auxerre L1 - L1 Montpellier HSC 2-0
  • Amiens SC L2 - Stade Plabennec CFA2 3-0
  • FC Gueugnon L2 - Stade Reims D3 1:3
  • Besançon RC L2 - U.S. Créteil L2 1:3
  • SM Caen L2 - AS Cannes D3 1-0
  • Gazelec FCO D3 Ajaccio - Stade Brest D3 1:3
  • Aviron Bayonne CFA - Girondins Bordeaux L1 1:0 nV
  • Olympique Marseille L1 - Paris Saint- Germain L1 1:2 nV
  • Olympique Lyon L1 - FC Bourg- Péronnas D3 5:0
  • ASOA Valence L2 - L2 2:2 LB Châteauroux N.V. ( 4:5 IU )
  • FC Valenciennes D3 - AS Monaco 0-0 L1 N.V. (1:4 IU )
  • FC Toulouse L1 - OGC Nice 0-0 L1 N.V. ( 5-4 IU )
  • Vendée Fontenay Foot CFA2 - FC Nantes L1 0:3
  • Football Croix de Savoie 74 CFA - Stade Rennes L1 0:2

Second round

Games on 10-11. February 2004

  • Dijon FCO D3 - Stade Reims D3 1:1 N.V. (4-2 IU )
  • AS Monaco L1 - L1 Olympique Lyonnais 4:1
  • FC Toulouse L1 - L1 Rennes 1:1 N.V. ( 6:7 IU )
  • Paris Saint- Germain L1 - Aviron Bayonne CFA 2-0
  • ESA Brive CFA - AJ Auxerre 1-0 L1
  • LB Châteauroux L2 - L2 U.S. Créteil 2-0
  • Amiens SC L2 - SM Caen 1:0 L2
  • FC Nantes L1 - Stade Brest 4-0 D3

Quarterfinals

Games 16-17. March 2004

  • AS Monaco L1 - L2 0:1 LB Châteauroux
  • ESA Brive CFA - Paris Saint- Germain L1 1:2
  • Amiens SC L2 - Dijon FCO D3 0:1
  • FC Nantes L1 - L1 Rennes 3-2

Semifinal

Games on 28 April 2004

  • LB Châteauroux L2 - Dijon FCO 2-0 D3
  • FC Nantes L1 - Paris Saint- Germain L1 1:1 N.V. ( 3:4 IU )

Final

Game on 29 May 2004 at the Stade de France in Saint- Denis in front of 77 857 spectators

  • Paris SG - LB Châteauroux 1-0 (0-0 )

Team Line-up

Paris SG: Lionel Letizi - Bernard Mendy, Frédéric Déhu, José -Karl Pierre- Fanfan, Talal El Karkouri - Fabrice Fiorèse, Modeste M'Bami, Lorik Cana, Branko Bošković ( Selim Benachour, 73 ) - Danijel Ljuboja (Romain Rocchi, 84 ), Pauleta ( Alioune Touré, 89 ) Coach: Vahid Halilhodžić

LB Châteauroux: Rodolphe Roche - Jimmy Algerino, Eddy Viator, Teddy Bertin, Wissam El Bekri (Johann Paul, 77 ) - Karim Fradin, Armindo Ferreira, Djibril Sidibé, Sébastien Roudet - Marc- Éric Gueï, David Vandenbossche Coach: Victor Zvunka

Referee: Stephane Bre ( Saint- Brieuc )

Goals

1-0 Pauleta ( 65 )

Special events

In the final, Paris Saint- Germain had on his Argentina's Gabriel Heinze and Juan Pablo Sorin refrain, but Châteauroux nevertheless succeeded no new sensation as the quarter-finals when the team from the BlackBerry while but not been beaten at full strength Champions League finalists Monaco was successful.

His knockout round home game against PSG wanted Aviron Bayonne on grounds of expected audience interest actually deliver in neighboring San Sebastián; but the French association under the elf said from the French Basque country, this "border crossing ". In response, the two clubs agreed to discharge the game in Parc des Princes stadium, what Bayonne conceded a considerable sum.

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