| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Dates | 13 September 2025 – 23 May 2026 |
| Defending champions | Paris Saint-Germain |
The2025–26Coupe de France is the 109th season of the main football cup competition ofFrance. The competition was organised by theFrench Football Federation (FFF) and is open to all clubs inFrench football, as well as clubs from theoverseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe,French Guiana,Martinique,Mayotte,Tahiti,Réunion,Saint Martin,Saint Pierre and Miquelon, andNew Caledonia).
The defending champions areParis Saint-Germain, who defeatedStade de Reims 3–0 in theprevious year's final for a record-extending sixteenth Coupe de France title.
Dates for the first two qualifying rounds, 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 and later rounds up to, but not including, the final, taking place on midweek evenings.[1]
| Round | Dates |
|---|---|
| Third round | 13 September 2025 |
| Fourth round | 27 September 2025 |
| Fifth round | 11 October 2025 |
| Sixth round | 25 October 2025 |
| Seventh round | 15 November 2025 |
| Eighth round | 29 November 2025 |
| Round of 64 | 20 December 2025 |
| Round of 32 | 10 January 2026 |
| Round of 16 | 4 February 2026 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 March 2026 |
| Semi-finals | 22 April 2026 |
| Final | 23 May 2026 |
Every district level and regional level teams can join in the first round or get exempted to the second or third round. The exempted regional level teams, the teams fromNational 3 and a team fromSaint Pierre and Miquelon will be joining the competition in the third round. The teams fromNational 2 will be joining the competition at the fourth round. The teams fromNational will be joining the competition at the fifth round.
Below is the number of teams per level according to the rounds[2]
| Rounds► ▼Divisions | Regional Phase | Federal Phase | Final Phase | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | 1/32 | /16 | 1/8 | 1/4 | SF | F | |
| L1(1) | ø | 18 | ||||||||||||
| L2(2) | ø | 18 | ||||||||||||
| N1(3) | ø | 17 | 13 | 12 | ||||||||||
| N2(4) | ø | 47 | 43 | 35 | 24 | |||||||||
| N3(5) | ø | 81 | 78 | 64 | 50 | 34 | ||||||||
| R1(6) | ø | 85 | 245 | 201 | 144 | 93 | 44 | |||||||
| R2(7) | 16 | 523 | 416 | 269 | 148 | 55 | 23 | |||||||
| R3(8) | 246 | 871 | 581 | 295 | 125 | 41 | 14 | |||||||
| R4[a](9) | ø | 5 | 2 | 1 | ø | |||||||||
| D1(9) | 1081 | 887 | 496 | 168 | 48 | 18 | 4 | ø | ||||||
| D2(10) | 1589 | 880 | 296 | 89 | 19 | 3 | ø | |||||||
| D3(11) | 1314 | 548 | 157 | 48 | 11 | 2 | ø | |||||||
| D4(12) | 593 | 177 | 31 | 7 | 1 | ø | ||||||||
| D5(13) | 251 | 69 | 14 | 5 | ø | |||||||||
| D6(14) | 60 | 17 | 3 | ø | ||||||||||
| D7(15) | 12 | 1 | ø | |||||||||||
| Overseas territories | ø | +1[b] | ø | +3[c] | +4[d] | 2 | ø | |||||||
| Total | 5162 | 4063 | 2295 | 1206 | 620 | 310 | 176 | 92 | 64 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
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