2022–23 Coupe de France


The 2022–23 Coupe de France was the 106th season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories.
Nantes were the defending champions, having beaten Nice 1–0 in the previous year's final to claim their fourth Coupe de France title. Toulouse defeated Nantes 5–1 in the 2023 final for a first Coupe de France title.

Dates

Dates for the first two qualifying rounds, and any preliminaries required, were set by the individual Regional leagues. From round three, the FFF defined the calendar, with rounds up to and including the round of 32 being scheduled for weekends and later rounds up to, but not including, the final, taking place on midweek evenings. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place in November and December, it was necessary to bring forward the eighth round by a week, compared to previous seasons, impacting the scheduling of earlier rounds. Similarly the timeline of rounds from the round of 64 onwards was compressed.
RoundDates
Third round11 September 2022
Fourth round25 September 2022
Fifth round9 October 2022
Sixth round16 October 2022
Seventh round30 October 2022
Eighth round20 November 2022
Round of 648 January 2023
Round of 3222 January 2023
Round of 168 February 2023
Quarter-finals1 March 2023
Semi-finals5 April 2023
Final29 April 2023

Teams

Round 1 to 6

The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Departments/Territories, who allowed teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from Championnat National 3 entered at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 entered at the fourth round and those from Championnat National entered at the fifth round.
The number of teams entering each qualifying round was as follows:
RegionPrelimFirstSecondThirdFourthFifth
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 568941140
Pays de la Loire442413132
Centre-Val de Loire 110771062
Corsica 62311
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 332501240
Grand Est 874454932
Méditerranée 17427661
Occitanie 372106830
Hauts-de-France 8281681551
Normandy 320541131
Brittany 5541231222
Paris IDF 368921283
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 7681023573
Réunion 2060
Mayotte28050000
Guadeloupe 46800
Martinique 52600
French Guiana 142500
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 21
Total28569811482976118

Round 7

The 145 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues were joined by the 10 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and 20 2022–23 Ligue 2 teams. The qualifiers from Réunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana played off in internal matches.

Ligue 2

Regional Leagues

Nouvelle Aquitaine
Pays de la Loire
Centre-Val de Loire
Corsica
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Grand Est
Méditerranée
Occitanie
Perpignan Méditerannée Métropole
Hauts-de-France
Normandy
Brittany
Paris-Île-de-France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Overseas teams

French Guiana: 2 teams
Réunion: 2 teams
Martinique: 2 teams
Guadeloupe: 2 teams
Mayotte: 1 team
  • Diables Noirs
Tahiti: 1 team
New Caledonia: 1 team

Mainland teams willing to travel overseas

The team from Tahiti played their seventh round tie at home. On 18 October 2022 the list of National, National 2 and National 3 clubs who had put themselves forward as candidates for overseas travel was published. Teams not selected were included in the draw for overseas travel in the eighth round, should they have qualified.

Round 8

The eighth round ties for mainland matches was made at the same time as the seventh round draw. Matches including the teams from Martinique and Guadeloupe were slotted into the draw where gaps appear due to teams being selected to travel overseas.

Prioritised order of mainland teams

The winners of the seventh round matches in Réunion and French Guiana played their eighth round match at home against teams from mainland France. A draw on 18 October 2022 prioritised the list of clubs for these fixtures, should they win their seventh round games. FCM Aubervilliers and Évreux FC 27 were the highest in the list to qualify for the eighth round.

Round of 64

The 44 qualifying teams from Round 8 were joined by the 20 2022–23 Ligue 1 teams. 32 ties were drawn in regional groups.

Later rounds

Later rounds were open draws with no regional grouping.

Seventh round

The draw for the seventh round took place in multiple stages:
  • The seventh round in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and Réunion will take place between the two qualifying teams from each territory, and were drawn and scheduled by the local league.
  • The Overseas tie involving the team from Tahiti was drawn separately on 18 October 2022, against a team from the list of those willing to travel.
  • Mainland teams were divided into ten groups, by geography and to ensure the groups are balanced in terms of the levels of the teams. The draw took place on 19 October 2022.

Overseas teams hosting mainland teams

This tie was drawn on 18 October 2022, and was played on the weekend of 30 October 2022.

Mainland ties

These ties were drawn on 19 October 2022, and were originally scheduled to be played on the weekend of 30 October 2022.

Group 7H


Eighth round

The draw for the eighth round took place at the same time as the seventh round, with seventh round ties being paired together. Ties were originally scheduled to take place on the weekend of 18, 19 and 20 November 2022.

Group 8H

Round of 64

The draw was made on 21 November 2022, with the qualifying teams divided into four regional groups, and the 20 Ligue 1 teams divided equally amongst the groups. Ties were originally scheduled to take place on the weekend of 6, 7 and 8 January 2023.

Round of 32

The draw was made on 8 January 2023. Ties took place between 20 and 23 January 2023.

Round of 16

The draw was made on 23 January 2023. The ties took place on 8 and 9 February 2023.

Quarter-finals

The draw was made on 9 February 2023.

Semi-finals

The draw was made on 2 March 2023.