1978–79 Coupe de France

The Coupe de France 1978–1979 was its 62nd edition. It was won by FC Nantes which defeated AJ Auxerre in the Final.

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2	1st round	2nd round
Lille OSC (D1)	5 - 2	AS Monaco (D1)	2 - 1	3 - 1
SC Bastia (D1)	1 - 6	RC Strasbourg (D1)	0 - 2	1 - 4
FC Nantes (D1)	4 - 2	OGC Nice (D1)	2 - 1	2 - 1
Olympique de Marseille (D1)	6 - 3	Angers SCO (D2)	4 - 2	2 - 1
AS Nancy (D1)	1 - 3	AS Angoulême (D2)	1 - 0	0 - 3
Stade de Reims (D1)	1 - 2	Avignon Football 84 (D2)	1 - 1	0 - 1
FC Gueugnon (D2)	3 - 2	AS Saint-Étienne (D1)	3 - 0	0 - 2
AJ Auxerre (D2)	2 - 0	Montpellier HSC (D2)	0 - 0	2 - 0

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2	1st round	2nd round
FC Nantes (D1)	5 - 5	Olympique de Marseille (D1)	3 - 1	2 - 4
FC Gueugnon (D2)	0 - 8	RC Strasbourg (D1)	0 - 6	0 - 2
Lille OSC (D1)	1 - 2	AJ Auxerre (D2)	0 - 0	1 - 2
Avignon Football 84 (D2)	0 - 2	AS Angoulême (D2)	0 - 1	0 - 1

Semi-finals[]

First round

1979-06-06

FC Nantes (1)	6–2	AS Angoulême (2)
Rio 22' (pen.), 49' (pen.) Rampillon 29' Trossero 45' Pécout 52' Muller 79'	(Report)	65' 76'

Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes

1979-06-05

AJ Auxerre (2)	0–0	RC Strasbourg (1)
	(Report)

Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre

Second round

1979-06-09

AS Angoulême (2)	1–1	FC Nantes (1)
57'	(Report)	Sahnoun 90'

1979-06-09

RC Strasbourg (1)	2–2	AJ Auxerre (2)
Gemmrich 13' Piasecki 78' (pen.)	(Report)	48' 82'

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

Final[]

June 16, 1979

FC Nantes	4–1 (a.e.t.)	AJ Auxerre
Pécout 11', 104', 120' Muller 113'		49'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 46,070

Referee: Michel Vautrot

References[]

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