1972–73 Coupe de France

The 1972–73 Coupe de France was its 56th edition. It was won by Olympique Lyonnais which defeated FC Nantes in the Final.

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2	1st round	2nd round
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (D1)	4–4	Red Star (D1)	3–1	1–3	4–5 on p.k.
Olympique Lyonnais (D1)	4–3	Girondins de Bordeaux (D1)	3–0	1–3
Nîmes Olympique (D1)	4–1	Stade de Reims (D1)	2–1	2–0
Paris FC (D1)	3–4	FC Nantes (D1)	2–4	1–0
Olympique de Marseille (D1)	2–1	Lille OSC (D2)	0–1	2–0
AS Saint-Étienne (D1)	7–0	AC Arles (D2)	3–0	4–0
EDS Montluçon (D2)	1–6	Olympique Avignonnais (D2)	0–4	1–2
En Avant Guingamp (PH)	0–8	FC Rouen (D2)	0–5	0–3

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2	1st round	2nd round
Olympique de Marseille (D1)	1–4	Olympique Lyonnais (D1)	1–0	0–4
AS Saint-Étienne (D1)	3–5	FC Nantes (D1)	2–0	1–5
Nîmes Olympique (D1)	5–4	Red Star (D1)	4–2	1–2
FC Rouen (D2)	2–6	Olympique Avignonnais (D2)	2–0	0–6

Semi-finals[]

First round

1973-06-06

Olympique Avignonnais (2)	1–0	Olympique Lyonnais (1)
26'	(Report)

1973-06-06

Nîmes Olympique (1)	0–0	FC Nantes (1)
	(Report)

Second round

1973-06-08

Olympique Lyonnais (1)	4–1	Olympique Avignonnais (2)
10' Baeza 49' Trivić 73' (pen.) Lacombe 80'	(Report)	21'

1973-06-08

FC Nantes (1)	3–0	Nîmes Olympique (1)
Couécou 40' (pen.) Michel 55' Maas 67'	(Report)

Final[]

June 17, 1973

Olympique Lyonnais	2–1	FC Nantes
Trivić 29' Lacombe 63'		Couécou 86'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 45,734

Referee: Robert Wurtz

References[]

French federation

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