The2021–22Coupe de France was the 105th season of the main football cup competition ofFrance. The competition was organised by theFrench Football Federation (FFF) and was open to all clubs inFrench football, as well as clubs from theoverseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe,French Guiana,Martinique,Mayotte,New Caledonia,Tahiti,Réunion,Saint Martin, andSaint Pierre and Miquelon).

The competition returned largely to the format of2019–20 after the changes last season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in France. However, on 21 October 2021 it was announced that New Caledonia would not be represented in the competition due tothe situation in that territory.

Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, but were knocked out in the round of 16 byNice onpenalties. In thefinal on 7 May,Nantes beat Nice 1–0 to claim their fourth Coupe de France title.^[2][3]

Dates for the first two qualifying round, and any preliminaries required, were set by the individual Regional leagues. From round three, the FFF defined the calendar, with rounds up to and including the round of 32 being scheduled for weekends. The later rounds up to, but not including, the final, taking place on midweek evenings. The final was originally scheduled for Saturday 8 May 2022, but moved to 7 May 2022.^[4][5]

After gaining a second seventh-round spot last season, Mayotte lost it this season, due to the FFF ruling that there were no stadia in the territory of the standard required to host a seventh-round match. The single qualifying team from Mayotte would therefore play its seventh-round match in mainland France.^[6]

After aDNCG ruling excludingNiort from the 2021–22 competition,^[7] only 19Ligue 2 teams entered at the seventh-round stage.^[6]

The number of teams qualifying from each region returned to those of the 2019–20 competition, with adjustments to account for the above two points, i.e. 146 rather than 144 mainland teams qualified for the seventh round.^[6]

On 21 October 2021, it was announced that no team fromNew Caledonia would be present in the seventh round, due to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic in New Caledonia, and the imposition of lockdown until 31 October 2021.^[8]

On 31 December 2021, due to the rising number ofCOVID-19 cases, the FFF suspended the competition rule which mandated that teams must field seven players who participated in one of the last two matches, in order to avoid potential postponements. From the Round of 32, teams may field any number of players from their reserve or youth teams.^[9]

The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allowed teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams fromChampionnat National 3 entered at the third round, those fromChampionnat National 2 entered at the fourth round and those fromChampionnat National entered at the fifth round.^[10]

The number of teams entering at each qualifying round was as follows:

The 146 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues were joined by the 10 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and 19 eligible2021–22 Ligue 2 teams. The qualifiers from Réunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana play off in internal matches.^[6]

The winners of the seventh round matches in Guadeloupe and Martinique played their eighth round matches at home against teams from mainland France. Should the team from Tahiti win their seventh round match, they would also play a home game against a team from mainland France. On 2 November 2021 a draw took place to prioritise the list of National, National 2 and National 3 clubs who had put themselves forward as candidates for overseas travel. The highest prioritised team which qualifies for the eighth round will travel to Guadeloupe, the second highest will travel to Martinique and the third highest will travel to Tahiti if required.^[14]

The 44 qualifying teams from Round 8 were joined by the 202021–22 Ligue 1 teams. 32 ties were drawn in regional groups.^[6]

Later rounds are open draws with no regional grouping.

Due to there being no New Caledeonia team in the seventh round draw, a mainland team were awarded a bye to the eighth round.

• The seventh round in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and Réunion took place between the two qualifying teams from each territory, and are pre-drawn by the local league.^[15]
• Teams were divided into ten groups, by geography and to ensure the groups are balanced in terms of the levels of the teams. The teams from Tahiti and Mayotte were included in groups E and I respectively. An exempt ball was included in group J.^[16]

ASC Makes vSaint-Denis FC

11 November 2021	ASC Makes	1–9	Saint-Denis FC	Saint-Pierre[17][18]
16:30Réunion Time	Palany 65'	Report	Bakari-Said 7',21' Diallo 9',20',62',82' Jeffrey Damour 31' Simouri 88' Abdullah 90'	Stadium:Stade Michel Volnay Referee: David Lasour

ASC Ouest vCSC Cayenne

13 November 2021	ASC Ouest	0–2	CSC Cayenne	Cayenne[19]
15:30GFT		Report	Issorat Jean-Jacques	Stadium:Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama Referee: Anthony Matthew

Solidarité-Scolaire vAS Gosier

13 November 2021	Solidarité-Scolaire	2–1	AS Gosier	Les Abymes[20]
20:00AST	Gaydu 21' Mirval 72'	Report	Jean-François 90+2'	Stadium:Stade René Serge Nabajoth Referee: Nicolas Wassouf

Club Colonial vClub Franciscain

13 November 2021	Club Colonial	0–1	Club Franciscain	Fort-de-France
19:00AST		Report	Polomat 82'	Stadium:Stade Pierre-Aliker Referee: Guy Grégory Prevot

The main draw was carried out on 3 November 2021.^[21] Ties will be played on 12, 13 and 14 November 2021.^[22] Several ties were played at alternate stadia due to the stadium of the home clubs not being of sufficient standard.

Trélissac-Antonne Périgord FC (4) vA.S. Vénus

13 November 2021	Trélissac-Antonne Périgord FC (4)	2–0	A.S. Vénus	Trélissac
19:00CET	Gérard 37' Touré 49'	Report		Stadium:Stade Firmin Daudou Referee: Jacques Salze

CS Plédran (8) vAS Jumeaux de Mzouazia

13 November 2021	CS Plédran (8)	1–5	AS Jumeaux de Mzouazia	Saint-Brieuc[39]
14:30CET	Pasco 86'	Report	Abdou 26' Noussoura 42' Kamal 53',62' Bamdou 90+3'	Stadium:Stade Fred-Aubert Referee: Lyes Boukeroui

PD Ergué-Gabéric (6) were drawn as the team given a bye into the eighth round.

The eighth round draw was pre-determined at the same time as the seventh-round draw.^[40] Groupings were carried forward from the seventh round, with the mainland teams travelling for overseas ties replaced by overseas teams that were travelling to the mainland.^[41]

Solidarité-Scolaire vUS Sarre-Union (5)

5 December 2021[a]	Solidarité-Scolaire	0–2	US Sarre-Union (5)	Bondoufle
15:00CET		Report	Groune 55' (pen.),63'	Stadium:Stade Robert Bobin Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Club Franciscain vSO Cholet (3)

11 December 2021[b]	Club Franciscain	1–2	SO Cholet (3)	Bondoufle
15:00CET	Narcissot 25'	Report	Gameiro 18',55'	Stadium:Stade Robert Bobin

Paris FC (2) vCSC Cayenne

27 November 2021	Paris FC (2)	14–0	CSC Cayenne	Paris 13e
18:00CET	Name 29',45',53' Diakité 56' Diaby-Fadiga 65',70',78' Alfarela 71',77' Guilavogui 75',84',87' Laura 81',89'	Report		Stadium:Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Canet Roussillon FC (4) vSaint-Denis FC

27 November 2021	Canet Roussillon FC (4)	1–1 (6–7p)	Saint-Denis FC	Canet-en-Roussillon
14:00CET	Ouadoudi 54' (pen.)	Report	Simouri 43'	Stadium:Stade Saint-Michel Referee: Eddy Rosier