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

Quarterfinals
Nantes			3-4 Sochaux
RC Paris		2-1 Red Star
Valenciennes		2-0 Alès
Toulouse		1-0 Lyon

Semifinals
Sochaux			4-2 RC Paris
Valenciennes		1-2 Toulouse

Final (in Paris)
FC Sochaux          	3-3 FC Toulouse   aet (Sochaux won on coin toss)

1953/54

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

Semifinals
Metz			0-2 Reims
Sochaux			1-2 Lille

Final (in Paris)
Stade Reims             6-3 Lille OSC

1954/55

Quarterfinals
Sedan			2-1 Reims    aet      (in Paris)
Angers			4-1 Roubaix
Saint-Etienne		3-1 Aix               (in Limoges)
Lyon			4-1 Montpellier

Semifinals
Sedan			4-2 Angers            (in Rouen)
Saint-Etienne		4-0 Lyon


Final [June 3, at Parc des Princes in Paris]
AS Saint-Etienne	2-0 US Sedan
[19 Collados, 65 Njo-Léa] 
 
Sedan     : Rozak, D.Carpentier, Eloy, Bocquillon, Ch.Oliver, Pascal, 
            Célestin Oliver, Recoupé, Fulgenzy, Freszak, Breny.
            Trainer: Louis Dugauguez
 
St Etienne: Abbes, Wicart, Derocco, Fellahi, Domingo, Ferry, Mekloufi, 
            Vernier, Foix, Njo-Léa, Collados. 
            Trainer: Jean Snella 

1955/56

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

Semifinals
Nîmes			2-1 Marseille         (in Toulon)
Lille		    1-1 5-1 Metz              (in Boulogne)

Final (in Paris)
Nîmes Olympique         3-1 Lille OSC 

1956/57

Quarterfinals
Sochaux			4-1 Nancy	       (in Metz)
Racing Paris		2-3 Metz
Marseille		2-2 Strasbourg   aet   (in Lyon)
Marseille	 Replay 4-1 Strasbourg         (in Paris)
Lens			4-3 Lyon		

Semifinals
Lens			3-2 Metz         aet   (in Grenoble)
Marseille		2-0 Sochaux            (in Limoges)

Final [June at Parc des Princes in Paris]
Marseille		3-1 Lens
[54 80 Léonetti, 63 Curyl; 84 Théo]
Att: 7.626
Referee : Devillers 

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

Quarterfinals
Nice			4-2 Lyon                (in Oran)
Sedan		    1-1 4-2 Montpellier         (in Valenciennes)
Saint-Etienne		4-1 Rennes
Toulon			4-2 RC Paris            (in Grenoble)

Semifinals
Nice			4-2 Sedan               (in Limoges)
Saint-Etienne		3-2 Toulon              (in Marseille)

Final (in Alès)
AS Saint-Etienne        2-1 OGC Nice

1958/59

Quarterfinals
Stade Français		1-2 Angers
Grenoble		4-3 Troyes
Sedan		   	1-2 Valenciennes
Lens			2-2 Red Star            (Lens on corners)

Semifinals
Valenciennes		4-3 Angers              (in Poitiers)
Grenoble		1-3 Lens	

Final (in Paris)
RC Lens                 3-2 US Valenciennes-Anzin

1959/60

Quarterfinals
Lens			3-3 Lille               (Lens on corners)
Nice			4-1 Cannes
Toulon			3-1 Sedan
Sète			5-2 Strasbourg

Semifinals
Lens			5-1 Nice
Sète			0-2 Toulon

Final (in Rouen)
RC Lens                 3-2 FC Toulon

1960/61

1st Round [February 12]
Lens			3-2 Nantes
Metz			3-1 Rennes
Le Havre		2-0 CA Paris
Grenoble		3-1 Rouen
Limoges    		1-3 Besançon
Boulogne		5-1 Cannes

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
Metz			1-0 Valenciennes
Besançon		2-5 Lille

3rd Round [March 26]
Metz			1-0 Forbach
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
Strasbourg		2-2 Nancy               [Strasbourg is qualified]
Monaco			3-0 Metz
Roubaix 		4-3 Le Havre

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

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

Final (June 6, in Paris)
AS Monaco               2-1 RC Strasbourg

1961/62

Quarterfinals
Monaco			3-1 Reims                (in Marseille)
Marseille		0-1 Lyon
Besançon		3-1 Sedan
Béziers			3-3 Le Havre             (Le Havre on corners)

Semifinals
Besançon		3-1 Monaco
Le Havre		2-1 Lyon

Final (in Limoges)
Besançon                1-0 Le Havre AC

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]
Roubaix			2-2 Boulogne		[aet; Boulogne 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 Bonal in Sochaux]
FC Sochaux		5-2 US Sedan
[10 65 Schmitt, 21 Liron, 36 Bourdoncle, 77og Maryan; 12 Lebert, 44 Salem]
Att: 3.154
Referee: Bondon

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		[12-3 corners]
 [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 Bonal in Sochaux]
FC Sochaux		4-0 FC Forbach
[3 Schmitt, 17 53 66 Liron]
Att: 3.583
Referee: Petit

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			0-0 Nantes		[aet; on corners?]
[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		2-2 Nantes		[aet; on corners?]
 
Semifinals
[May 23]
Toulon			1-2 Bordeaux
Montpellier		1-2 Lens		[aet]


Final [June 5, at Stade Emile Bollaert in Lens]
RC Lens			4-0 Girondins de Bordeaux
[34 B.Lech, 52 58 Hédé, 76 Krawczyk]
Att: 9.768
Referee: Petit 

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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