# 2015–16 Coupe de France

The 2015–16 Coupe de France was the 99th season of the most prestigious football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was opened to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia (Hienghène Sport, winner of 2015 New Caledonia Cup), Tahiti (A.S. Pirae, winner of 2015 Tahiti Cup), Réunion, and Saint Martin).
Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, defeated Auxerre in the previous season's final. They defended their title after defeating Marseille 4–2 in the final.

## Teams
### Round 1 to 6

The first six rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allow teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the Third round. Teams from CFA 2 enter at the Third round, those from CFA enter at the Fourth round and those from Championnat National enter at the Fifth round.
Teams entering in each round, by Region:
| Region | Prelim. | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth |
| Alsace | | 386 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 2 |
| Aquitaine | | 202 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 0 |
| Atlantique | | 324 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| Auvergne | | 236 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Lower Normandy | | 178 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Bourgogne | | 40 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Brittany | | 554 | 125 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| Centre-Val de Loire | 44 | 174 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Centre-West | | 268 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Champagne-Ardenne | | 152 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Corsica | | | | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| Franche-Comté | | 150 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | | 204 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Lorraine | | | 14 | 117 | 0 | 1 |
| Maine | | 144 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Méditerranée | | 178 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Midi-Pyrénées | | | | 86 | 5 | 0 |
| Nord-Pas de Calais | | 544 | 74 | 19 | 4 | 2 |
| Normandie | | 128 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Paris Île-de-France | | | | 144 | 16 | 0 |
| Picardie | | | 168 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| Rhône-Alpes | | 570 | 15 | 66 | 4 | 0 |

### Round 7 onwards

In the Seventh round, the 156 qualifying teams from the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories are joined by the 20 teams from Ligue 2. The 20 Ligue 1 clubs enter in the Ninth round.
The teams qualifying for Seventh round, by region and level, are:
| No | Team |
| 1. | AC Ajaccio |
| 2. | AJ Auxerre |
| 3. | Bourg-en-Bresse |
| 4. | Stade Brestois 29 |
| 5. | Clermont Foot |
| 6. | US Créteil-Lusitanos |
| 7. | Dijon FCO |
| 8. | Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. |
| 9. | Stade Lavallois |
| 10. | Le Havre AC |
| 11. | RC Lens |
| 12. | FC Metz |
| 13. | AS Nancy |
| 14. | Nîmes Olympique |
| 15. | Chamois Niortais F.C. |
| 16. | Paris FC |
| 17. | Red Star F.C. |
| 18. | FC Sochaux-Montbéliard |
| 19. | Tours FC |
| 20. | Valenciennes FC |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 21. | S Reunis Colmar | National |
| 22. | RC Strasbourg Alsace | National |
| 23. | FC Mulhouse | CFA |
| 24. | FC Saint-Louis Neuweg | CFA |
| 25. | US Sarre-Union | CFA |
| 26. | SC Schiltigheim | CFA 2 |
| 27. | SC Dinsheim | DH |
| 28. | FCE Schirrhein | Exc Bas-Rhone (7) |
| 29. | SC Ebersheim | PH Bas-Rhone (9) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 30. | Stade Bordelais ASPTT | CFA |
| 31. | Stade Montois | CFA |
| 32. | Trélissac FC | CFA |
| 33. | Les Genêts d'Anglet Football | CFA 2 |
| 34. | US Lege Cap Ferret | CFA 2 |
| 35. | FC Libourne | DH |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 36. | Vendée Les Herbiers F | Nat |
| 37. | Vendée Lucon F | Nat |
| 38. | Voltigeurs de Chateaubriant | CFA |
| 39. | US Ste Anne de Vertou | CFA 2 |
| 40. | Orvault Sports Football | DH |
| 41. | St Nazaire Atlantique Football | DH |
| 42. | Olympique Saumur FC | DH |
| 43. | ASPTT - CAEB Cholet | Sup Maine-et-Loire (10) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 44. | AS Moulinoise | CFA |
| 45. | SA Thiernois | CFA 2 |
| 46. | CS de Volvic | DH |
| 47. | FC Espaly | DHR (7) |
| 48. | US Vic Le Comte | PHR (8) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 49. | US d'Avranches Mont St Michel | Nat |
| 50. | US Granvillaise | CFA 2 |
| 51. | FC St Lo Manche | CFA 2 |
| 52. | SU Divaise | DH |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 53. | FC Montceau Bourgogne | CFA |
| 54. | SC Selongeen | CFA 2 |
| 55. | FC Sens | CFA 2 |
| 56. | Louhans Cuiseaux FC | DH |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 57. | US Orleans Loiret F | Nat |
| 58. | Bourges 18 | CFA 2 |
| 59. | Bourges Foot | DH |
| 60. | CS Mainvilliers F | DHR (7) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 61. | Limoges FC | CFA 2 |
| 62. | Entente S La Rochelle | DH |
| 63. | Entente S Gueretoise | DHR (7) |
| 64. | US St Sauveur (7) | DHR (7) |
| 65. | FC Nord 17 | PL (9) |
| 66. | AS Panazol | 1ere Haute-Vienne (10) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 67. | Borgo FC | CFA 2 |
| 68. | F Balagne Ile Rousse | CFA 2 |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 69. | Jura Sud Foot | CFA |
| 70. | Besançon FC | CFA 2 |
| 71. | Racing Besançon | CFA 2 |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 72. | Avenir S Béziers | Nat |
| 73. | FC de Sete | CFA |
| 74. | Avenir S Frontignan AC | DH |
| 75. | OC Perpignan | DH |
| 76. | Stade Balarucois | DHR (7) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 77. | AS Pagny Sur Moselle | CFA 2 |
| 78. | US Raon L'Etape | CFA 2 |
| 79. | Sarreguemines FC | CFA 2 |
| 80. | Renaissance S Magny | DH |
| 81. | Amicale du Personnel Municipal Metz FC | DH |
| 82. | S Reunis Deodatiens | DH |
| 83. | AS Clouange | PH (8) |
| 84. | AS Reding | PHR (9) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 85. | US Changeenne | CFA 2 |
| 86. | CO St Saturnin Arche | DH |
| 87. | La Suze FC | DH |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 88. | Etoile FC Frejus St Raphael | Nat |
| 89. | Groupe S Consolat | Nat |
| 90. | Berre SC | DHR (7) |
| 91. | FC Istres Ouest Provence | DHR (7) |
| 92. | JS St Jean Beaulieu | DHR (7) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 93. | US Colomiers F | CFA |
| 94. | Blagnac FC | CFA 2 |
| 95. | AS Muret | DH |
| 96. | Rodéo FC | DH |
| 97. | Toulouse St Jo FSC | DH |
| 98. | Montauban FCTG | DHR (7) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 99. | US Boulogne Côte d'Opale | Nat |
| 100. | US Littoral Dunkerque | Nat |
| 101. | Iris Club de Croix | CFA |
| 102. | Entente S Wasquehal | CFA |
| 103. | AS Marck | CFA 2 |
| 104. | Stade Bethunois | DH |
| 105. | SC Hazebrouckois | DH |
| 106. | US Maubeuge | DH |
| 107. | St Amand FC | DH |
| 108. | US St Omer | DH |
| 109. | US Vimy | DHR (7) |
| 110. | SC Douai | PH (8) |
| 111. | AC Mons En Baroeul | PH (8) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 112. | CS Sedan Ardennes | Nat |
| 113. | RC Épernay Champagne | CFA 2 |
| 114. | AS de Prix Les Mezieres | DH |
| 115. | Ecole de F Reims Ste Anne Chatillons | DH |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 116. | US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole | CFA |
| 117. | Entente S Municipale Gonfreville | CFA 2 |
| 118. | C Municipal S d'Oissel | CFA 2 |
| 119. | Yvetot AC | DHR (7) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 120. | US Concarnoise Beuzecquoise | CFA |
| 121. | US Saint-Malo | CFA |
| 122. | Stade Briochin | CFA 2 |
| 123. | AGL-Drapeau Fougeres F | CFA 2 |
| 124. | Garde St Ivy Pontivy | CFA 2 |
| 125. | La Tour d'Auvergne Rennes | CFA 2 |
| 126. | US Montagnarde Inzinzac Lochrist | DH |
| 127. | Cercle Paul Bert Brequigny Rennes | DH |
| 128. | FC La Chapelle Montgermont | DSE (7) |
| 129. | Stade Paimpolais FC | DSE (7) |
| 130. | US La Gacilly | DSR (8) |
| 131. | Rostrenen FC | DSR (8) |
| 132. | En Avante de St Renen | DSR (8) |
| 133. | US Liffre | DRH (9) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 134. | Aubervilliers C | CFA |
| 135. | Mantois 78 FC | CFA |
| 136. | Poissy AS | CFA |
| 137. | Sannois St Gratien Entente | CFA |
| 138. | Viry Chatillon Entente S | CFA |
| 139. | UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole | CFA 2 |
| 140. | Noisy Le Sec Banlieue 93 O | CFA 2 |
| 141. | St Ouen l'Aumone AS | CFA 2 |
| 142. | Blanc Mesnil SF | DH |
| 143. | FC Versailles 78 | DH |
| 144. | Bretigny Foot CS | DSR (7) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 145. | Amiens SC Picardie | Nat |
| 146. | FC Chambly Thelle | Nat |
| 147. | AC Amiens | CFA |
| 148. | FC Ailly-sur-Somme Samara | CFA 2 |
| 149. | AS Beauvais Oise | CFA 2 |
| 150. | US de Chantilly | DH |
| 151. | A des FC de Creil | PH (7) |
| No | Team | Tier |
| 152. | Monts d'Or Azergues Foot | CFA |
| 153. | Grenoble Foot 38 | CFA |
| 154. | Lyon-Duchere AS | CFA |
| 155. | FC Villefranche | CFA |
| 156. | FC d'Annecy | CFA 2 |
| 157. | AS Forez Andrezieux Boutheon | CFA 2 |
| 158. | FC d'Echirolles | DH |
| 159. | FC Limonest | DH |
| 160. | U Montilienne S | DH |
| 161. | Chassieu Decines FC | DHR (7) |
| 162. | US Gieroise | DHR (7) |
| 163. | Hauts Lyonnais | DHR (7) |
| 164. | FC Veyle Saône | DHR (7) |
| 165. | FC Pontcharra St Loup | PE Lyon et Rhône (10) |
| No | Team | Tier | Nation |
| 166. | Hienghène Sport | Super League | New Caledonia |
| 167. | A.S. Pirae | Super League | Tahiti |
| 168. | Etoile Filante Iracoubo | Division Honneur | French Guiana |
| 169. | ASC Agouado | Division Honneur | French Guiana |
| 170. | Golden Star | Division Honneur | Martinique |
| 171. | Golden Lion FC | Division Honneur | Martinique |
| 172. | AS Jumeaux de M'zouazia | Division Honneur | Mayotte |
| 173. | AS Excelsior | Championnat D1 | Réunion |
| 174. | US Sainte-Marienne | Championnat D1 | Réunion |
| 175. | CS Moulien | Division Honneur | Guadeloupe |
| 176. | L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau | Division Honneur | Guadeloupe |

## Seventh Round

These matches were originally scheduled to take place on 13, 14 and 15 November, although some matches were postponed to the following weekdue to the November 2015 Paris attacks.

## Eighth Round

The draw was held on 18 November 2015. The matches were played on 5 and 6 December 2015

## Round of 64

Matches played on 2, 3 and 4 January 2016.

## Round of 32

Matches were played between 16 and 23 January 2016.

## Round of 16

Matches played on 9, 10 and 11 February 2016.

## Quarter-finals

Matches played on 2 and 3 March 2016.

## Semi-finals

Matches played between 19 and 20 April 2016.

## Final

Match played on 21 May 2016.