2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine

2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine
Country	France
Teams	397
Defending champions	Saint-Étienne
Champions	Lyon
Runners-up	Montpellier
	← 2010–11 →

The 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine was the 11th edition of the French cup competition for women. This was the inaugural edition of the competition under the name Coupe de France Féminine, as for the past decade, it was played under the name Challenge de France. The defending champions were Saint-Étienne who defeated Montpellier 3–2 on penalties in the 2010–11 edition of the final. The competition was organized by the French Football Federation and is open to all women's French football clubs in France. On 13 May 2012, Lyon earned its fourth Coupe de France Féminine title after defeating rivals Montpellier 2–1 in the final match, which was played at the Stade Jacques Rimbault in Bourges.^[1]

Calendar[]

On 25 August 2011, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France Féminine.^[2]

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs	Notes
Regional finals	11 December 2011
First Round	8 January 2012			Clubs participating in D2 Féminine gain entry.
Second Round	29 January 2012
Round of 32	19 February 2012	16	32 → 16	Clubs participating in D1 Féminine gain entry.
Round of 16	11 March 2012	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	8 April 2012	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	29 April 2012	2	4 → 2
Final	13 May 2012	1	2 → 1

First round[]

The draw for the first round of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 19 December 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by current French women's national team manager Bruno Bini and women's international and Paris Saint-Germain player Laure Lepailleur. The matches were contested on 8–9 January 2012.^[3] The postponed matches were played on 15 January.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1		0–4
2	Lorient Féminin	3–0
3		2–1
4		3–2
5	Sablé-sur-Sarthe	0–2
6	La Roche-sur-Yon	4–1
7	Toulouse Féminin	4–1	ASPTT Albi
8		2–4
9		2–9
10		4–1
11		9–0
12		1–2
13		2–0
14		1–0
15		1–2
16		0–4
17		0–4
18		0–2
19		1–6
20		0–0 (a.e.t) 4–5 pen.
21		1–2	Le Puy Féminin
22		1–4
23		1–5
24		0–0 (a.e.t) 3–0 pen.
25		0–4	Algrange
26		0–2	Dijon Féminin

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
27		0–2	Besançon Féminin
28		0–5
29	Illzach Modenheim	1–6
30		0–7
31		3–3 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen.	Issy-les-Moulineaux
32	Troyes Féminin	0–2	Arras Féminin
33		1–7
34		14–0
35	Nancy Féminin	1–4
36		0–2
37	Abbeville	1–1 (a.e.t) 1–3 pen.	Rouen
38		1–0
39		0–4	Gonfreville Féminin
40		1–1 (a.e.t) 4–5 pen.	Gravelines Féminin
41		2–7
42		6–0
43		1–3
44		0–1
45		4–2	Montigny-le-Bretonneux
46	Saumur Féminin	0–2
47	Paris-Charenton	2–2 (a.e.t) 0–3 pen.
48		0–6
49	Bourges Féminin	2–1
50		1–2	Dreux Féminin
51		0–4	Tours Féminin
52	Orléans Féminin	0–3	Le Mans Féminin

Second round[]

The draw for the second round of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 11 January 2012 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by the former Miss France and Miss Europe Alexandra Rosenfeld and French journalist David Astorga.^[4] The matches were played on 29 January.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1		1–1 (a.e.t) 3–1 pen.
2		1–2	Montpellier
3		0–0 (a.e.t) 5–6 pen.
4		1–4
5	Muret	2–2 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen.	Rodez Féminin
6		0–0 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen.	Toulouse Féminin
7		2–1
8	Soyaux	2–2 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen.	La Roche-sur-Yon
9		0–7	Juvisy
10		4–1	Tours Féminin
11		1–1 (a.e.t) 5–4 pen.
12		1–1 (a.e.t) 6–5 pen.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
13	Guingamp Féminin	0–1	Paris SG Féminin
14		1–2
15	Dreux Féminin	0–20	Le Mans Féminin
16		1–4	Gonfreville Féminin
17		2–0	Rouen
18		1–7	Lorient Féminin
19		1–2
20		0–2
21	Le Puy Féminin	0–2	Saint-Étienne Féminin
22		2–3	Bourges Féminin
23	Lyon Féminin	6–0	Yzeure
24		2–0	Besançon Féminin
25		1–0	Dijon Féminin
26		5–1
27	Vendenheim	1–3	Hénin-Beaumont
28		0–0 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen.	Algrange
29		0–3	Gravelines Féminin
30		1–2	Arras Féminin
31		0–5
32		1–1 (a.e.t) 1–3 pen.

Round of 32[]

The draw for the Round of 32 of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 1 February 2012 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by television host and former French international Grégory Coupet.^[5] The matches were played through 19–22 February.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1		0–1	Rodez Féminin
2		0–5	Montpellier Féminin
3		0–6	Toulouse Féminin
4		1–2
5		2–4
6		3–0
7		1–0	Bourges Féminin
8	Saint-Étienne Féminin	0–4	Lyon Féminin

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
9		3–3 (a.e.t) 5–4 pen.	Gonfreville Féminin
10	Hénin-Beaumont	1–3	Juvisy
11	Gravelines Féminin	4–3
12		1–7	Arras Féminin
13		0–15	Paris SG Féminin
14		1–2
15	La Roche-sur-Yon	3–0
16	Lorient Féminin	1–2	Le Mans Féminin

Round of 16[]

The draw for the Round of 16 of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 27 February 2012 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by federation president Noël Le Graët.^[6] The matches were played on 11 March.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Montpellier Féminin	0–0 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen.	Rodez Féminin
2	Toulouse Féminin	1–0
3		0–2	La Roche-sur-Yon
4		0–7	Lyon Féminin
5		1–1 (a.e.t) 2–4 pen.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
6	Juvisy	0–0 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen.	Paris SG Féminin
7	Le Mans Féminin	0–0 (a.e.t) 1–3 pen.	Gravelines Féminin
8	Arras Féminin	3–0

Quarter-finals[]

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 21 March 2012 at the Place Marcel Plaisant in Bourges. The draw was conducted by the president of the Ligue du Football Amateur (LFA) Bernard Barbet.^[7]

8 April	Lyon	11 – 1		showStade de Gerland, Lyon
15:00	Franco 13' Otaki 36' Nécib 41' Schelin 42', 55', 62', 90+1', 90+2' Abily 61' Le Sommer 66' Dickenmann 73'	Report	72'	Referee: Lugdivine Cinquini (Méditerranée)

8 April	Paris Saint-Germain	7 – 0	Gravelines	showStade Georges Lefèvre, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
15:00	Coton-Pélagie 13', 43', 61', 79', 89', 90' Houara 34'	Report		Referee: Nathalie Le Breton (Centre-Ouest)

8 April	La Roche-sur-Yon	2 – 3	Arras	showStade de Saint-André-d'Ornay, La Roche-sur-Yon
15:00	12' 39'	Report	51', 56' 78'	Referee: Sabine Bonnin (Centre)

8 April	Montpellier	5 – 1	Toulouse	showComplexe Sportif Roger Bambuck, Baillargues
15:00	Lattaf 17', 89' Gadéa 21' Delie 42' Diguelman 49'	Report	90+2'	Referee: Solenne Bartnik (Rhône-Alpes)

Semi-finals[]

28 April	Arras	0 – 8	Lyon	showStade Degouve Brabant, Arras
14:30		Report	Rosana 2' Renard 4' Otaki 12', 69', 77' Schelin 65' Thomis 86' Le Sommer 89' (pen.)	Referee: Severine Craipeau (Pays de la Loire)

1 May	Paris Saint-Germain	0 – 1	Montpellier	showStade Georges Lefèvre, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
15:00		Report	Torrent 13'	Referee: Sabine Bonnin (Centre)

Final[]

13 May

16:45

Montpellier	1 – 2	Lyon
76'	Report	Schelin 2', 13'

Stade Jacques Rimbault, Bourges

Referee: Élodie Coppola (Brittany)

Montpellier

Lyon


MONTPELLIER:
GK	1	Laëtitia Philippe
RB	8	Aya Sameshima
CB	5	Ophélie Meilleroux (c)
CB	3	Kelly Gadéa
LB	4	Marion Torrent
CM	14	Mélissa Plaza	54'
CM	25	Rumi Utsugi
RM	11	Ludivine Diguelman	68'
LM	21	Stéphanie De Rivière	90'
FW	33	Hoda Lattaf
FW	6	Marie-Laure Delie
Substitutes:
MF	20	Viviane Asseyi	54'
MF	7	Charlotte Bilbault	90'
FW	18	Marine Pervier	68'
Manager:
Sarah M'Barek


LYON:
GK	26	Sarah Bouhaddi
RB	17	Corine Franco
CB	20	Sabrina Viguier
CB	3	Wendie Renard
LB	18	Sonia Bompastor (c)
DM	6	Amandine Henry
CM	11	Shirley Cruz Traña
CM	23	Camille Abily	60'
LW	12	Élodie Thomis	75'
RW	21	Lara Dickenmann	60'
FW	8	Lotta Schelin
Substitutes:
MF	10	Louisa Nécib	60'
MF	14	Rosana	75'
FW	9	Eugénie Le Sommer	60'
Manager:
Patrice Lair

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Severine Craipeau
- Cindy Gosselin
Fourth official: Marie-Laure Taesch
Chief Delegate: Didier de Mari

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

Lotta Schelin

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

References[]

^ "Quatrième titre pour Lyon (2-1)". French Football Federation (in French). 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
^ "Coupe de France féminine: 397 participants". StatsFootFeminin (in French). 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
^ "Le tirage du 1er tour Fédéral". French Football Federation. 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ "Tirage au sort intégral!". French Football Federation. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
^ "Le tirage des 16èmes!". French Football Federation. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
^ "Tirage des 8èmes!". French Football Federation. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
^ "Tirage des quarts et demi-finales". French Football Federation (in French). 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

External links[]

Official site (in French)

[1] "Quatrième titre pour Lyon (2-1)". French Football Federation (in French). 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

[2] "Coupe de France féminine: 397 participants". StatsFootFeminin (in French). 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

[3] "Le tirage du 1er tour Fédéral". French Football Federation. 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[4] "Tirage au sort intégral!". French Football Federation. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[5] "Le tirage des 16èmes!". French Football Federation. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[6] "Tirage des 8èmes!". French Football Federation. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

[7] "Tirage des quarts et demi-finales". French Football Federation (in French). 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

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