1978–79 Coupe de France

The Coupe de France 1978–79 was its 62nd edition. It was won by FC Nantes which defeated AJ Auxerre in the Final.

1978–79 Coupe de France
Tournament details
Country France

Round of 16 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lille OSC (D1) 5–2 AS Monaco (D1) 2–1 3–1
SC Bastia (D1) 1–6 RC Strasbourg (D1) 0–2 1–4
FC Nantes (D1) 4–2 OGC Nice (D1) 2–1 2–1
Olympique de Marseille (D1) 6–3 Angers SCO (D2) 4–2 2–1
AS Nancy (D1) 1–3 AS Angoulême (D2) 1–0 0–3
Stade de Reims (D1) 1–2 Avignon Football 84 (D2) 1–1 0–1
FC Gueugnon (D2) 3–2 AS Saint-Étienne (D1) 3–0 0–2
AJ Auxerre (D2) 2–0 Montpellier HSC (D2) 0–0 2–0

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Nantes (D1) 5–5 (a) Olympique de Marseille (D1) 3–1 2–4
FC Gueugnon (D2) 0–8 RC Strasbourg (D1) 0–6 0–2
Lille OSC (D1) 1–2 AJ Auxerre (D2) 0–0 1–2
Avignon Football 84 (D2) 0–2 AS Angoulême (D2) 0–1 0–1

Semi-finals edit

First leg edit

Nantes (1)6–2Angoulême (2)
Rio   22' (pen.), 49' (pen.)
Rampillon   29'
Trossero   45'
Pécout   52'
Muller   79'
Report Kovačić   65'
Legros   76'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz

Auxerre (2)0–0Strasbourg (1)
Report

Second leg edit

Angoulême (2)1–1Nantes (1)
Kovačić   57' Report Sahnoun   90'

Nantes won 7–3 on aggregate.


Strasbourg (1)2–2Auxerre (2)
Gemmrich   13'
Piasecki   78' (pen.)
Report Cuperly   48'
Truffaut   82'
Attendance: 19,043
Referee: Alain Delmer

2–2 on aggregate. Auxerre won on away goals.

Final edit

Nantes4–1Auxerre
Pécout   11', 104', 120'
Muller   113'
Report Mésones   49'
Attendance: 46,070

References edit