1972–73 Coupe de France

The Coupe de France 1972-1973 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	1 – 0	Olympique Lyonnais
	Edom  26'	(Report)

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1973-06-06	Nîmes Olympique	0 – 0	FC Nantes
		(Report)

Second round

1973-06-08	Olympique Lyonnais	4 – 1	Olympique Avignonnais
	Lhomme  10' Baeza  49' Trivić  73' (p.k.) Lacombe  80'	(Report)	Copé  21'

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1973-06-08	FC Nantes	3 – 0	Nîmes Olympique
	Couécou  40' (p.k.) Michel  55' Maas  67'	(Report)

Final

Main article: Coupe de France Final 1973

June 17, 1973	Olympique Lyonnais	2 – 1	FC Nantes	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,734 Referee: Robert Wurtz
	Trivić  29' Lacombe  63'		Couécou  86'

References

• French federation