The 2022âÂÂ23 Coupe de France was the 106th season of the main football cup competition of France. The competition was organised by the French Football Federation (FFF) and was open to all clubs in French football, as well as clubs from the overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Réunion, Saint Martin, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon).
Nantes were the defending champions, having beaten Nice 1âÂÂ0 in the previous year's final to claim their fourth Coupe de France title. Toulouse defeated Nantes 5âÂÂ1 in the 2023 final for a first 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. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup taking place in November and December, it was necessary to bring forward the eighth round by a week, compared to previous seasons, impacting the scheduling of earlier rounds. Similarly the timeline of rounds from the round of 64 onwards was compressed.
The first six rounds, and any preliminaries required, were organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Departments/Territories, who allowed teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the third round. Teams from Championnat National 3 entered at the third round, those from Championnat National 2 entered at the fourth round and those from Championnat National entered at the fifth round.
The number of teams entering each qualifying round was as follows:
The 145 qualifiers from the Regional Leagues were joined by the 10 qualifiers from the Overseas Territories and 20 2022âÂÂ23 Ligue 2 teams. The qualifiers from Réunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana played off in internal matches.
Nouvelle Aquitaine (13 teams)
Pays de la Loire (11 teams)
Centre-Val de Loire (6 teams)
Corsica (2 teams)
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (8 teams)
Grand Est (19 teams)
Méditerranée (5 teams)
Occitanie (10 teams)
Hauts-de-France (20 teams)
Normandy (8 teams)
Brittany (14 teams)
Paris-ÃÂle-de-France (10 teams)
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (19 teams)
French Guiana: 2 teams
Réunion: 2 teams
Martinique: 2 teams
Guadeloupe: 2 teams
Mayotte: 1 team
Tahiti: 1 team
New Caledonia: 1 team
The team from Tahiti played their seventh round tie at home. On 18 October 2022 the list of National, National 2 and National 3 clubs who had put themselves forward as candidates for overseas travel was published. Teams not selected were included in the draw for overseas travel in the eighth round, should they have qualified.
The eighth round ties for mainland matches was made at the same time as the seventh round draw. Matches including the teams from Martinique and Guadeloupe were slotted into the draw where gaps appear due to teams being selected to travel overseas.
The winners of the seventh round matches in Réunion and French Guiana played their eighth round match at home against teams from mainland France. A draw on 18 October 2022 prioritised the list of clubs for these fixtures, should they win their seventh round games. FCM Aubervilliers and ÃÂvreux FC 27 were the highest in the list to qualify for the eighth round.
The 44 qualifying teams from Round 8 were joined by the 20 2022âÂÂ23 Ligue 1 teams. 32 ties were drawn in regional groups.
Later rounds were open draws with no regional grouping.
The draw for the seventh round took place in multiple stages:
This tie was drawn on 18 October 2022, and was played on the weekend of 30 October 2022.
These ties were drawn on 19 October 2022, and were originally scheduled to be played on the weekend of 30 October 2022.
The draw for the eighth round took place at the same time as the seventh round, with seventh round ties being paired together. Ties were originally scheduled to take place on the weekend of 18, 19 and 20 November 2022.
The draw was made on 21 November 2022, with the qualifying teams divided into four regional groups, and the 20 Ligue 1 teams divided equally amongst the groups. Ties were originally scheduled to take place on the weekend of 6, 7 and 8 January 2023.
The draw was made on 8 January 2023. Ties took place between 20 and 23 January 2023.
The draw was made on 23 January 2023. The ties took place on 8 and 9 February 2023.
The draw was made on 9 February 2023.
The draw was made on 2 March 2023.