France - Coupe Charles Drago


A competition for national league teams called "Coupe Charles Drago" (Challenge du Groupement) was held for about a decade in the fifties and sixties. It involved teams eliminated before the quarterfinals of the French Cup.

Overview of finals and similar competitions.


1952/53

En cas de match nul, le club visiteur est qualifié.

1st Round [Feb 8] 
Rennes			3-3 Nimes		[aet] [Nîmes is qualified]
Marseille		1-2 Valenciennes
Reims			4-1 Béziers  		(in Sète) 
Perpignan		2-0 Roubaix/Tourcoing
Nantes			2-1 Toulon 
Rouen			1-2 Cannes 
Strasbourg		2-0 CA Paris 	 	(in Metz) 
Bordeaux bye

2nd Round [March 1st]
Lens			0-2 RC Paris 		(in Le Havre) 
Sochaux			3-0 Bordeaux 
Reims			1-5 Nîmes
Perpignan		2-0 Montpellier 
Valenciennes		3-0 Cannes
Nantes			3-0 Besançon 
Angers			2-0 Strasbourg

3th Round 
[March 28]
Red Star		1-0 Perpignan 
[March 29]
Nantes			4-0 RC Paris
Valenciennes		9-1 Monaco 
Metz			1-1 Lyon 		[Lyon is qualified]
Sochaux			7-2 Le Havre
Toulouse		4-3 Nîmes
Alès			2-0 Angers
Tirage au sort pour le 8ème qualifié: RC Paris is qualified

Quarterfinals
[April 26]
Valenciennes		2-0 Alès		[aet]
Toulouse		1-0 Lyon
Nantes			3-4 Sochaux
[April 29]
Red Star		1-2 RC Paris		[aet]

Semifinals [May 31]
Sochaux			4-2 RC Paris
Valenciennes		1-2 Toulouse


Final [June 7, at Stade des Bruyères in Rouen] 
Referee: Maurice Bondon; Att: 13.163

FC Sochaux          	3-3 FC Toulouse   	[aet] [Sochaux won on coin toss]
 [9 Salzborn, 31pen Marcel, 35 Bruat; 
  72 Derreudre, 80 89 Mellberg]

Sochaux : Fragassi, Janczewski, J.Telléchéa, Barret, 
          R.Telléchéa, Marcel, Bruat, Gardien, Bravo, 
          Salzborn, Reignier.
 
Toulouse: Rouxel, Pleimelding, Haddad, Abderrahamane, 
          Rossi, Cahuzac,Derreudre, Brodd, Meerseman, 
          Mellberg, Bouchouk.

1953/54

En cas de match nul, le club visiteur est qualifié.

1st Round 
[Feb 13] 
CA Paris		2-1 Montpellier 	(in St-Ouen)
[Feb 14]
CO Roubaix/Tourcoing	0-4 Sochaux 
Saint-Etienne		ppd RC Paris
Nantes			0-0 Monaco		[aet] [Monaco is qualified]
Angers			4-2 Lens
Aix			0-4 Grenoble 
Béziers			1-0 Valenciennes 
[Feb 24] 
RC Paris		4-1 Saint-Etienne

2nd Round 
[March 6] 
RC Paris		3-0 Grenoble 		(in St-Ouen)
CA Paris		2-0 Monaco		(in St-Ouen)
[March 7]
Reims			4-2 Perpignan
Nîmes			1-1 Toulouse		[aet] 
Sochaux			5-1 Béziers
Angers			2-2 Rennes		[aet] 
Alès			0-4 Red Star
Lyon bye 

3th Round 
[March 27] 
Lyon			2-0 Rennes 
CA Paris		1-2 Sète
March 28]
Lille			7-2 Strasbourg
Reims			4-1 Toulon 
Toulouse		1-1 Le Havre 		[aet] (in Carcassonne)
Nancy			3-2 RC Paris		[aet] 
Sochaux			4-0 Red Star
Metz			2-0 Stade Français

Quarterfinals
[April 25]
Lyon			1-2 Reims
Metz			4-0 Sète
Nancy			2-5 Lille
Le Havre		1-2 Sochaux

Semifinals
[May 20]
Reims			2-0 Metz
[May 23]
Sochaux			1-2 Lille


Finale [June 2 at Parc des Princes in Paris]
Referee: Joseph Bureloux; Att: 3.5000

Stade de Reims          6-3 Lille LOSC
 [ 10 15 Penverne, 18 70 Bliard, 37 Glovacki, 57pen Kopa; 
   6 49 Lefèvre, 8 Vincent]

Reims : P.Sinibaldi, Siatka, Jonquet, Marche, Penverne, 
        Cicci, Glovacki, Leblond, Kopa, Bliard, Templin.
        Trainer: Albert Batteux.
 
Lille : Ruminski, Van Cappelen, Van der Hart, Lemaitre,
        Bieganski, Sommerlinck, Douis, Vincent, Clauws, 
        Strappe, Lefèvre.
        Trainer: André Cheuva.

1954/55

En cas de match nul entre deux clubs, le club de division inférieure est qualifié.
 
1st Round 
[March 5]  
Saint-Etienne		5-0 CA Paris 
[March 6]
Nantes			2-1 Marseille 		(in Angers)
Troyes			2-0 Stade Français 
Alès			1-0 Metz
Montpellier		3-3 Monaco  		[aet; Montpellier is qualified] 
Sète			3-0 Béziers
Red Star		2-0 Cannes 		(in Toulouse) 

2nd Round   
[March 27] 
Sedan			1-0 Nîmes 
Sète			1-1 Lens  		[aet] [Lens is qualified]
Troyes			2-4 Nantes  
Saint-Etienne		2-0 Perpignan 
Montpellier		3-2 RC Paris 
Besançon		4-3 Red Star  
Rennes			5-0 Valenciennes  
Grenoble		1-4 Aix  
Alès bye

1/8 Finals 
[April 16] 
Rennes			0-2 Lyon
[April 17] 
CO Roubaix/Tourcoing	3-2 Rouen
Alès			1-3 Saint-Etienne 
Angers			3-2 Sochaux
Nantes			0-8 Reims 
Sedan			1-0 Sète		
Aix			5-2 Besançon
Montpellier		2-0 Toulon

Quarterfinals
[May 3]
Sedan			2-1 Reims    		[aet] (in Paris)
[May 7]
Angers			4-1 CO Roubaix/Tourcoing
[May 8]
Saint-Etienne		3-1 Aix               	(in Limoges)
Lyon			4-1 Montpellier

Semifinals
[May 19]
Saint-Etienne		4-0 Lyon
[May 20]
Sedan			4-2 Angers            	(in Rouen)


Final [June 4, at Parc des Princes in Paris]
Referee: Gabriel Tordjmann; Att: 10.632

AS Saint-Etienne	2-0 US Sedan
[19 Collados, 65 Njo-Léa] 

St Etienne: Abbes, Wicart, Derocco, Fellahi, Domingo, Ferry, Mekloufi, 
            Vernier, Foix, Njo-Léa, Collados. 
            Trainer: Jean Snella
 
Sedan     : Rozak, D.Carpentier, Eloy, Bocquillon, Christian Oliver,  
            Pascal, Célestin Oliver, Recoupé, Fulgenzy, Freszak, Breny.
            Trainer: Louis Dugauguez

1955/56

1st Round 
[Feb 5] 
RC Paris		6-1 Nantes 		(in Brest)
CA Paris		0-0 Metz 		[aet; (1)] (in Villeneuve-St-Georges)
 (1) Match arrêté à la 135' à cause de la mauvaise visibilité
CORT			1-0 Valenciennes
Toulon			2-3 Aix 		[aet] 
Sète			0-1 Montpellier 
Besançon		ppd Perpignan
[Feb 14]
Metz			3-0 CA Paris 		[Replay]
[Feb 16] 
Besançon		ppd Perpignan 
[Feb 29] 
Besançon		0-3 Perpignan

2nd Round
[March 3]
Red Star		1-5 Monaco
Stade Français		2-0 CORT		(in Saint-Ouen)
[March 4]
Rennes			3-2 Toulouse  
Aix			1-2 RC Paris 
Rouen			5-1 Sochaux 
Cannes			2-3 Metz 		[aet]
Montpellier		3-4 Strasbourg  
Alès			1-3 Lille 
Perpignan		2-3 Bordeaux 		[aet]

1/8 Finals 
[April 5]
Rouen			2-4 Bordeaux		[aet]
[April 7] 
Béziers			1-0 RC Paris 
[April 8] 
Strasbourg		2-5 Nîmes 
Rennes			2-3 Metz
Grenoble		0-1 Lille 
Angers			1-2 Monaco
[April 11]
Stade Français		4-5 Marseille		[aet]
Le Havre bye

Quarterfinals
[May 6]
Marseille		7-0 Béziers           	(in Montpellier)
Nîmes			4-0 Bordeaux
Metz			3-0 Le Havre          	(in Amiens)
Lille			3-0 Monaco            	(in Limoges)

Semifinals
[May 26]
Lille		    	1-1 Metz              	[aet] (in Boulogne)
Nîmes			2-1 Marseille         	(in Toulon)
[June 6]
Lille		    	5-1 Metz		[Replay] (in Longwy)


Final [June 20, at Parc des Princes in Paris]
Referee: Marcel Lequesne; Att: 8.141

Nîmes Olympique         3-1 Lille OSC 
 [25 Liron, 30 Kominek, 65 Abdesselem; 85 Délepaut]

Nîmes : Dakeski, Lafont, Golinski, Campo, Barlaguet, Schwager,
        Liron, Kominek, Abdesselem, Akesbi, Rahis 
        Trainer: Kader Firoud.
 
Lille : Van Gool, Zamparini, Bieganski, Délepaut, Sommerlinck, 
        Rivet, Douis, Strappe, Lemaitre, Taisne, Lefèvre.
        Trainer: André Cheuva)

1956/57

1st Round 
[Jan 31] 
Rouen			2-1 Le Havre		[aet]
[Feb 2]
Red Star		1-2 Troyes 
[Feb 3]
Toulon			4-1 Montpellier
Aix			2-1 Sète 		(in Valence) 
Stade Français		1-2 Besançon 		(in Maisons-Alfort) 
CA Paris		1-2 CO Roubaix/Tourcoing (in Vincennes)

2nd Round
[March 2] 
Aix			2-2 Lens		[aet]
[March 3]
CO Roubaix/Tourcoing	4-1 Saint-Etienne
Rouen			4-3 Reims		[aet]
Besançon		1-4 RC Paris 
Béziers			0-1 Marseille 		(in Limoges)
Alès			1-0 Rennes
Metz			2-0 Troyes 
Nantes			2-3 Strasbourg 
Toulon			2-2 Valenciennes	[aet]
[March 13] 
Lens			1-0 Aix			[Replay] 
[March 20] 
Valenciennes		2-1 Toulon		[Replay] 

3th Round 
[April 6] 
CO Roubaix/Tourcoing	1-3 RC Paris 
Perpignan		1-4 Lyon
[April 7]
Monaco			0-1 Marseille 		(in Nice)
Rouen			0-3 Sochaux 0-3 
Alès			1-2 Strasbourg		[aet]
Grenoble		1-2 Nancy
Valenciennes		0-2 Lens
Metz bye

Quarterfinals
[May 4] 
Sochaux			4-1 Nancy 		(in Metz)
[May 5] 
Marseille		2-2 Strasbourg		[aet] (in Lyon)
Lens			4-3 Lyon 4-3 
[May 8]
RC Paris		2-3 Metz 2-3 
[May 15]
Marseille		4-1 Strasbourg 		[Replay] (in Paris)

Semifinals 
[June 25] 
Lens			3-2 Metz         	[aet] (in Grenoble)
Marseille		2-0 Sochaux            	(in Limoges)


Final [June 6, at Parc des Princes in Paris]
Referee: Jacques Devillers; Att: 7.626

Marseille		3-1 Lens
[54 80 Léonetti, 63 Curyl; 84 Théo] 

OM   : Domingo, Gransard, Johansson, Palluch, Scotti, Molla,  
       Rustichelli, Léonetti, Andersson, Marcel, Curyl.
       Trainer : Jean Robin.

Lens : Sowinski, Fiori, Kowal, Hassouna, Ziemczak, Louis,  
       Wisnieski, Boury, Stiévenard, Théo, Jonsson. 
       Trainer : Karel Michlowski.

1957/58

1st Round 
[Feb 1st] 
Red Star		2-0 Forbach
Aix			3-2 Toulouse
Nantes			1-5 Valenciennes 
[Feb 2]
Nice			4-1 Perpignan 		(in Arles)
Cannes			4-1 Marseille		[aet]
Metz			0-2 Stade Français
Grenoble		6-0 CA Paris
Nancy bye

2nd Round 
[March 1st]
Aix			2-1 Lille
Grenoble		1-2 Saint-Etienne
Montpellier		4-3 Angers		[aet]
[March 2]
Valenciennes		3-1 Stade Français
Sochaux			1-2 Limoges
Rennes			4-3 Béziers
Cannes			1-2 Nice 
Nancy			0-1 Red Star 		(in Longwy) 
Sedan			ppd Troyes
[March 26] 
Troyes			0-2 Sedan

3th Round
[April 5] 
Red Star		1-2 RC Paris
Aix			2-3 Nice 
[April 6]  
Limoges			1-3 Saint-Etienne 
Montpellier		2-0 Alès
Toulon			4-2 Valenciennes
Le Havre		0-3 Rennes
[April 9]  
Rouen			2-2 Sedan		[aet]
Besançon		0-1 Lyon		[aet]
17/04 
Sedan			4-1 Rouen 

Quarterfinals 
[April 26] 
Nice			4-2 Lyon 		(in Oran/Algeria)
[May 8] 
Sedan			1-1 Montpellier 	[aet] (in Clermont-Ferrand)
Saint-Etienne		4-1 Rennes
Toulon			4-2 RC Paris 		(in Grenoble)
[May 20]
Sedan			4-2 Montpellier 	[Replay] (in Valenciennes)

Semifinals 
[May 21] 
Saint-Etienne		3-2 Toulon 		(in Marseille) 
[June 1st]
Nice			4-2 Sedan 		(in Limoges) 


Finale [June 7, Stade de la Prairie in Alès]
Referee: Jacques Devillers; Att: 3.333

AS Saint-Etienne        2-1 OGC Nice
 [47 Nyers, 57 Oleksiak; 77 Foix]
 
ASSE : Philippe, M.Tylinski, Herbin, Wicart, Domingo, Ferrier,  
       Goujon,Peyroche, Njo-Lea, Oleksiak, Nyers.
       Trainer: Jean Snella,
 
Nice : Lamia, Martinez, Gonzales, Ferry, Cornu, Scanella, 
       Foix, Ujlaki, Milazzo, Muro, Nurenberg.
       Trainer: Jean Luciano.

1958/59

1st Round 
[Jan 31]
Nantes			0-1 Lens 
[Feb 1st] 
Sète			4-3 Aix 		[aet] (in Avignon)
Monaco			3-1 Marseille 		(in Toulon) 
Strasbourg		2-3 Valenciennes
CORT			3-2 Nancy		[aet]
Rouen			1-0 CA Paris 		[aet]
Grenoble		3-0 Montpellier 

2nd Round
[Feb 21]
Béziers			2-2 Nice 		[aet; 5-5 corners; 3-3 pen; (1)]
 (1) Beziers is qualified on coin toss
Limoges			1-2 Grenoble
[Feb 22] 
Lens			4-2 Toulon 
Sète			2-1 Lille 
Forbach			0-5 Valenciennes
Monaco			2-1 Rouen 
CORT			0-0 Alès 		[aet; 6-0 corners] 
Cannes			1-4 Stade Français 
Perpignan		2-1 Bordeaux 

3th Round 
[March 22] 
Valenciennes		2-0 Monaco
Lens			4-1 Saint-Etienne
Troyes			2-0 Reims 
Sète			0-3 Angers 
Sedan			4-1 Perpignan 
Grenoble		2-1 Besançon 
Stade Français		1-0 Béziers 		(in Tours) 
Red Star		1-0 CORT 		(in Amiens)

Quarterfinals 
[April 11]
Stade Français		1-2 Angers 
Grenoble		4-3 Troyes
[April 12] 
Lens			2-2 Red Star		[aet; 11-4 corners]
[April 14]
Sedan			1-2 Valenciennes

Semifinals 
[May 2] 
Valenciennes		4-3 Angers 		(in Poitiers) 
Grenoble		1-3 Lens 


Final [June 2, at Parc des Princes in Paris]
Referee: Maurice Bondon; Att: 5.000

RC Lens                 3-2 US Valenciennes-Anzin
 [36 Grévin, 67 Oudjani, 97 Lafranceschina; 27 Stako, 78 Baulu]
 
Lens   : Sowinski, Fiori, Glovacki, Placzek, Gorzewski, Raspotnik, 
         Grevin, Carlier, Stievenard, Oudjani, Lafranceschina.
         Trainer: Jules Bigot.

Valenc.: Schoeffeer, Cauwelier, Provelli, Matzky, Puccar,  
         Kocik, Legrand, Stako – Baulu, Liron, Balaguer. 
         Trainer: Robert Domergue.

1959/60

1st Round
[Feb 13]
CA Paris		0-1 CORT 		(in Vincennes) 
Aix			1-2 Alès
Béziers			3-1 Bordeaux
[Feb 14]
Metz			3-1 Besançon 
Troyes			4-3 Sochaux 
Valenciennes		2-1 Nantes 

2nd Round 
[Feb 28] 
Sedan			3-1 RC Paris 		(in St Ouen) 
[March 5] 
Toulouse		0-1 Toulon 
[March 6]
Grenoble		3-4 Strasbourg
Troyes			2-1 Nancy 
Metz			2-1 Lyon
Alès			2-1 Marseille
Béziers			1-0 Montpellier
Valenciennes		3-1 CORT
Lens/Rouen 5-2 
Besançon bye

3th Round 
[April 2] 
Red Star		0-1 Angers 
Strasbourg		4-3 Metz 
Lens			4-0 Valenciennes
[April 3] 
Limoges			2-1 Troyes  		[aet]
Béziers			0-1 Nîmes
Sedan			3-1 Forbach
Alès			ppd Toulon
Reims			2-3 Rennes 		[aet]
[April 7]
Alès			0-4 Toulon 		[Replay]

4th Round
[April 13] 
Strasbourg		3-2 Limoges
Nîmes			1-1 Toulon 		[aet; Toulon on corners] 
[April 14] 
Angers			2-3 Sedan 
[April 20] 
Lens			2-1 Stade Français	[aet]

Quarterfinals 
[April 24] 
Lens			3-3 Lille 		[aet; 13-5 corners) 
Nice			4-1 Cannes
Toulon			3-1 Sedan
Sète			5-2 Strasbourg

Semifinals 
[May 5]
Lens			5-1 Nice 
Sète			0-2 Toulon


Final [June 2, at Stade Robert Diochon in Rouen]
Referee: Louis Fauquemberghe; Att: 4.000

RC Lens                 3-2 FC Toulon
 [19 53 77 Oudjani; 6 Jonsson, 37 Meffah]

Lens   : Clément – Polonia, Budzinski, Placzek, Bieganski, Gorzewski,
         Oudjani, Wiesneski, Kominek, Lafranceschina, Stievenard. 
         Trainer: Jules Bigot.
 
Toulon : Moreira, Vicot, Vibourel, MArquet, Pellegrino, Marcel,
         Fournier, Camilla, Lanfant, Meffah, Jonsson. 
         Trainer: André Gérard. 

1960/61

1st Round 
[February 12]
Lens			3-2 Nantes
Metz			3-1 Rennes		[aet]
Le Havre		2-0 CA Paris
Grenoble		3-1 Rouen		(in Avignon)
Limoges    		1-3 Besançon
Boulogne		5-1 Cannes
Aix-en-Provence bye

2nd Round 
[March 5]
Marseille		0-5 Lens
Grenoble		0-1 Cherbourg
Toulon			1-2 Stade Français
Béziers 		2-0 Aix
Forbach 		4-1 Angers
Toulouse		0-1 Le Havre
Troyes			1-2 Boulogne		[aet]
Metz			1-0 Valenciennes
Besançon		2-5 Lille

3rd Round 
[March 25]
Metz			1-0 Forbach
[March 26]
Lens			1-0 Lyon
Béziers 		0-2 Monaco
Lille			1-2 Nancy
Le Havre		2-1 Boulogne
Roubaix 		3-1 Stade Français      [aet]
Sochaux 		4-0 Alès
Strasbourg		2-1 Cherbourg

4th Round 
[April 12]
Sochaux 		5-4 Lens		[aet]
Monaco			3-0 Metz
Roubaix 		4-3 Le Havre
[April 13]
Strasbourg		2-2 Nancy               [aet; 9-4 corners]

Quarterfinals 
[April 16]
Strasbourg		1-0 Reims
Roubaix			2-0 Nice
Monaco			5-3 Racing
Sochaux			4-0 Saint-Etienne

Semifinals 
[May 6]
Monaco			3-0 Roubaix	
[May 7]
Sochaux			0-2 Strasbourg


Final [June 6, at Parc des Princes in Paris]
Referee: Jacques Devillers; Att: 4.119

AS Monaco               2-1 RC Strasbourg
 [26 53 Hidalgo; 70 Fenus]

Monaco    : Hernandez, Nowak, Kaelbel, Thomas, Ludo, Blancheri,
            Djibrill, Théo, Hess, Hidalgo, Cossou.
            Trainer: Lucien Leduc. 

Strasbourg: Remetter, Hauss, Devaux, Jonquet, Nabat, Stieber,
            Coinçon, Fenus, Hausser, Koza, Novatroski.
            Trainer: Emile Veinante.

1961/62

1st Round  
[Jan 27] 
Le Havre		4-1 CA Paris 
[Jan 28]
Cannes			4-2 Rennes		[aet]
Besançon		4-3 Nice
Strasbourg		1-2 Red Star
Forbach			0-2 Valenciennes
Cherbourg		4-2 Nantes 
Limoges			1-2 Lille

2nd Round  
[Feb 17] 
Red Star		2-1 Lille 
[Feb 18] 
Valenciennes		7-5 Nîmes		[aet]
Cannes			3-1 Montpellier 
Cherbourg		0-2 RC Paris 
CORT			1-1 Rouen		[aet; 7-8 corners]
Besançon		3-0 Bordeaux
Boulogne		0-3 Toulouse

3th Round  
[March 10]
Red Star		0-1 Valenciennes 
[March 11] 
Rouen			4-2 Stade Français 
Le Havre		2-0 Toulouse
Besançon		2-1 Lens
Cannes			1-2 Sedan 
Toulon			3-0 Troyes
RC Paris		3-1 Grenoble 		(in Nantes) 
Lyon			4-0 Sochaux 		(in Bastia) 

4th Round  
[March 21] 
Toulon			1-3 Le Havre
Besançon		4-0 RC Paris 
Lyon			1-1 Rouen		[aet; 6-4 corners]
Valenciennes		0-1 Sedan 

Quarterfinals 
[April 4]
Monaco			3-1 Reims 		(in Marseille)
Marseille		0-1 Lyon 
Besançon		3-1 Sedan
Béziers			3-3 Le Havre		[aet; Le Havre on corners] 

Semifinals 
[May 13] 
Besançon		3-1 Monaco
[May 16]
Le Havre		2-1 Lyon


Final [June 29, at Parc des Sports in Limoges]
Referee: Maliereau; Att: 10.000

Besançon                1-0 Le Havre AC
 [118 Bonato]

Besançon : Cluzel, Rocco, Bruat, Bonato, Tellechea, Novotarski, 
           Cassar, Grévin, Fernandez, Di Bias, Zimmermann. 
           Trainer: Roger Meerseman.
 
Le Havre : Samoy, Letellier, Philippe, Rocci, Zénier, Léonetti,
           Valorizek, Milanovic, Halberda, De Moia, Schleider.
           Trainer: Lucien Jasseron.

1962/63

1st round
[Feb 13]
Nantes			1-2 Rouen
[Feb 17]
Cherbourg		0-3 Rennes
Saint-Etienne		1-0 Montpellier
Grenoble		3-1 Beziers
[March 6]
CORT			2-2 Boulogne		[aet; 6-6 corners; 4-4 pen; (1)]
 (1) Boulogne is qualified on coin toss
[March 7]
Besançon		3-2 Troyes		[aet]
CA Paris		1-0 Lille		(in Saint-Ouen)
[March 10]
Forbach			0-4 Metz

2nd round
[March 10]
Lens			4-0 Rennes
Boulogne		0-1 Nancy
Le Havre		1-4 Rouen
Grenoble		3-2 Nîmes
Aix-en-Provence		1-0 Nice
Cannes			0-4 Saint-Etienne
[March 11]
CA Paris		2-3 Stade Français	(in Saint-Ouen)
[March 13]
Metz			2-1 Strasbourg
Besançon		2-1 Valenciennes

3rd round
[March 27]
Saint-Etienne		1-0 Rouen
Ol.Marseille		2-0 Angers		[aet]
Sochaux			2-1 Metz
Nancy			0-1 Lens
Red Star		3-1 Grenoble
[March 30]
Aix-en-Provence		2-1 Stade Français
 Besançon bye

4th round
[April 10-11]
Saint-Etienne		4-2 Ol.Marseille
Aix-en-Provence		3-2 Besançon		[aet]
Red Star		3-0 Toulouse
[April 24]
Sochaux			3-1 Lens

1/4 finals
[April 17]
Limoges			0-3 Red Star
[April 24]
Sedan			2-1 Bordeaux
[May 8]
Sochaux			4-1 Saint-Etienne
Aix-en-Provence bye

Semifinals
[May 15]
Aix-en-Provence		0-4 Sochaux
[May 30]
Red Star		0-1 Sedan


Final [June 15, at Stade Auguste Bonal in Sochaux]
Referee: Maurice Bondon; Att: 3.154

FC Sochaux		5-2 US Sedan
[10 65 Schmitt, 21 Liron, 36 Bourdoncle, 77og Maryan; 12 Lebert, 44 Salem]

Sochaux : Hughes, Bouteiller, Molla, Gester, Kristic, Quittet, 
          Latron, Bourdoncle, Liron, Leroy, Schmitt.
          Trainer: Roger Hug

Sedan   : Tordo, Lemasson, Salem, Fulgenzy, Michelin, 
          Maryan, Lemerre, Roubaud, Lebert, Brény, Roy.
          Trainer: Louis Dugauguez

1963/64

1st round
[Feb 9]
Boulogne		4-1 Stade Français
Le Havre		6-2 Rennes		[aet]
Nîmes			3-1 Montpellier
Limoges			0-5 Toulouse
Besançon		1-2 Grenoble
Cannes			7-3 Ol.Marseille

2nd round
[March 1st]
Aix-en-Provence		1-3 Toulouse
Grenoble		0-2 Monaco
Cannes			0-2 Saint-Etienne
Le Havre		2-2 Sedan		[aet; 10-9 corners]
Boulogne		1-2 Angers
Forbach			2-1 Metz
Béziers			2-1 Nîmes		[aet]

3rd round
[March 22]
Toulouse		2-1 Monaco
Béziers			0-1 Toulon
Forbach			1-0 Saint-Etienne
Strasbourg		2-1 Nancy		(in Saint-Dié)
Reims			5-3 Cherbourg		[aet]
Le Havre		0-2 Angers

4th round
[April 8]
Reims			1-1 Toulouse		[aet]
Forbach			2-0 Angers
Toulon			1-2 Strasbourg
Sochaux			5-2 Lille

1/4 finals
[April 18]
Sochaux			3-1 Strasbourg
[April 19]
Lens			3-0 Red Star
Forbach			2-2 Rouen		[(1); 12-3 corners]
(1) Rouen refused to play extra-time
[April 25]
Nice			0-2 Reims

Semifinals
[May 7]
Forbach			2-1 Lens
[May 10]
Sochaux			4-3 Reims


Final [June 13, at Stade Auguste Bonal in Sochaux]
Referee: André Petit; Att: 3.583

FC Sochaux		4-0 FC Forbach
[3 Schmitt, 17 53 66 Liron]

Sochaux : Hughes, Bosquier, Molla, Andrieux, Kristic, Quittet, 
          Leclerc, Bourdoncle, Liron, Leroy, Schmitt.
          Trainer: Roger Hug

Forbach : Bachortz, Urbaniak, Bieganski, Wlicker, Kowal, Koch
          Housselstein, Olexa, Konrady, Sinnes, Gricar.
          Trainer: Louis Dupal

1964/65

1st round
[Feb 12]
Marseille		2-0 Nîmes
Racing			2-1 Red Star
[Feb 14]
Limoges			0-2 Bordeaux
Lyon			2-1 Grenoble
Boulogne		1-0 Angers
Montpellier		4-0 Cannes
Besançon		1-1 Forbach		[aet; Forbach on corners]

2nd round
[March 2]
Aix-en-Provence		1-3 Bordeaux
[March 6]
Boulogne		1-2 Lille
Montpellier		4-0 Lyon
Beziers			0-1 Monaco
[March 17]
Metz			0-2 Lens
[March 24]
Forbach			2-1 Racing Paris	[aet]
 Marseille bye

3rd round
[April 2]
Bordeaux		8-0 Marseille
[April 3]
Reims			0-1 Lens
[April 4]
Montpellier		4-2 Monaco
Lille			3-5 Nantes
Forbach			0-1 Rouen
Cherbourg		4-1 Sochaux
 Toulouse bye

4th round
[April 16]
Montpellier		1-0 Toulouse
[April 17]
Rouen			0-3 Nantes		[aet]
[April 18]
Cherbourg		0-1 Bordeaux
Lens bye

1/4 finals
[April 28]
Toulon			2-1 Nice
[April 30]	
Lens			2-1 Strasbourg
Montpellier		2-1 Valenciennes
[May 12]
Bordeaux		4-2 Nantes		[aet]
 
Semifinals
[May 23]
Toulon			1-2 Bordeaux
Montpellier		1-2 Lens		[aet]


Final [June 5, at Stade Emile Bollaert in Lens]
Referee: André Petit; Att: 9.768

RC Lens			4-0 Girondins de Bordeaux
[34 B.Lech, 52 58 Hédé, 76 Krawczyk] 

Lens     : Taillandier, Polonia, Deschamps, Kalmann, Placzek, 
           Kosso, Bourrier, G.Lech, Hédé, B.Lech, Krawczyk.
           Trainer: Elie Fruchart

Bordeaux : Montès, Calléja, Bidegaray, Baudet, Texier, Léonetti,
           Massé, Bertrand, Duhayot, Guillas, Othily.
           Trainer: Salvador Artigas


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