1978–79 Coupe de France

The Coupe de France1978-1979 was its 62nd edition. It was won by FC Nantes which defeated AJ Auxerre in the Final.

Round of 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2	1st round	2nd round
Lille OSC (D1)	5 - 2	AS Monaco FC (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

Team 1	Score	Team 2	1st round	2nd round
FC Nantes (D1)	5 - 5	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

First round

1979-06-06	FC Nantes	6 – 2	AS Angoulême	Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes
	Rio  22' (p.k.)  49' (p.k.) Rampillon  29' Trossero  45' Pécout  52' Muller  79'	(Report)	Kovačić  65' Legros  76'

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1979-06-05	AJ Auxerre	0 – 0	RC Strasbourg	Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre
		(Report)

Second round

1979-06-09	AS Angoulême	1 – 1	FC Nantes
	Kovačić  57'	(Report)	Sahnoun  90'

1979-06-09	RC Strasbourg	2 – 2	AJ Auxerre	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
	Gemmrich  13' Piasecki  78' (p.k.)	(Report)	Cuperly  48' Truffaut  82'

Final

Main article: Coupe de France Final 1979

June 16, 1979	FC Nantes	4 – 1	AJ Auxerre	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 46,070 Referee: Michel Vautrot
	Pécout  11'  104'  120' Muller  113'		Mésones  49'

References

• French federation