1996–97 Coupe de France

The Coupe de France1996-1997 was its 80th edition. It was won by OGC Nice which defeated En Avant Guingamp in the Final.

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
En Avant Guingamp (D1)	1 - 0	SM Caen (D1)
Girondins de Bordeaux (D1)	1 - 0	AS Cannes (D1)
Lille OSC (D1)	0 - 3	Montpellier HSC (D1)
Troyes AC (D2)	1 - 0	AJ Auxerre (D1)
OGC Nice (D1)	2 - 0	FC Gueugnon (D2)
US Créteil (Nat.1)	1 - 0	RC Strasbourg (D1)
Clermont Foot (Nat.2)	4 - 4	Paris SG (D1)	4-3 on p.k.
Chamois Niortais FC (D2)	0 - 1	Stade Lavallois (D2)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
US Créteil (Nat.1)	1 - 3 (a.e.t.)	En Avant Guingamp (D1)
Stade Lavallois (D2)	1 - 0	Troyes AC (D2)
Girondins de Bordeaux (D1)	1 - 2	Montpellier HSC (D1)
Clermont Foot (Nat.2)	1 - 2 (a.e.t.)	OGC Nice (D1)

Semi-finals

1997-04-20	Stade Lavallois	0 – 1	OGC Nice	Stade Francis Le Basser, Laval
		(Report)	De Neef  33'

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1997-04-19	En Avant Guingamp	2 – 0	Montpellier HSC	Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp
	Wreh  109' Carnot  120'	(Report)

Final

Main article: Coupe de France Final 1997

May 10, 1997	OGC Nice	1 – 1	EA Guingamp	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 44,131 Referee: Alain Sars
	Salimi  21'		Laspalles  78'

		PENALTIES
	Roberto Onorati Thierry De Neef Frédéric Tatarian Louis Gomis Arjan Vermeulen	5 – 4	Stéphane Carnot Yannick Baret Christophe Horlaville Jean-Luc Vannuchi Claude "Coco" Michel
Guingamp went first

References

• French federation