Coupe de France féminine explained

The Coupe de France féminine (in French pronounced as /kup də fʁɑ̃s/, Women's French Cup) is the top annual cup tournament for French women's football clubs. The competition is open to all professional and non-professional women's teams in France. Founded in 2001 as Challenge de France, the competition was renamed as Coupe de France féminine from the 2011–12 season.^[1]

Olympique Lyonnais holds the record for most titles overall, having won ten times. The defending champions are Paris Saint-Germain, who defeated FC Fleury 91 on 4 May 2024.^[2]

History

The inaugural Challenge de France was first held during the 2001–02 season.^[3] The competition coincided with the inaugural edition of the UEFA Women's Cup, which is now known as the UEFA Women's Champions League. The cup competition is the only tournament in France reserved for senior women's players. Participation in the competition varies. Regional clubs participation is voluntary, however, clubs who participate in D3 Féminine on up participation is mandatory unless unforeseen circumstances prohibit their appearance.

List of finals

The following is a list of Coupe de France féminine seasons and final results.^[4]

Season	width=140px	Winners	width=60px	Score	width=140px	Runners-up	Venue
2001–02	Toulouse	2–1		Stade Léon Sausset
2002–03	FC Lyon	4–3	Montpellier	Stade des Alouettes
2003–04	FC Lyon	2–0	Compiègne	Stade Alexandre Cueille
2004–05	Juvisy	1–1 (5–4 pen.)	Lyon	Stade de la Tête Noire
2005–06	Montpellier	1–1 (4–3 pen.)	Lyon	Stade Pierre Ducourtial
2006–07	Montpellier	3–3 (3–0 pen.)	Lyon	Stade Auguste-Delaune
2007–08	Lyon	3–0	Paris SG	Stade de France
2008–09	Montpellier	3–1	Le Mans	Stade de Gerland
2009–10	Paris SG	5–0	Montpellier	Stade Robert Bobin
2010–11	Saint-Étienne	0–0 (3–2 pen.)	Montpellier	Stade de la Pépinière
2011–12	Lyon	2–1	Montpellier	Stade Jacques Rimbault
2012–13	Lyon	3–1	Saint-Étienne	Stade Gabriel Montpied
2013–14	Lyon	2–0	Paris SG	MMArena
2014–15	Lyon	2–1	Montpellier	Stade de l'Épopée
2015–16	Lyon	2–1	Montpellier	Stade des Alpes
2016–17	Lyon	1–1 (7–6 pen.)	Paris SG	Stade de la Rabine
2017–18	Paris SG	1–0	Lyon	Stade de la Meinau
2018–19	Lyon	3–1	Lille	Stade Gaston-Petit
2019–20	Lyon	0–0 (4–3 pen.)	Paris SG	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
2020–21	Tournament abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in France
2021–22	Paris SG	8–0	Yzeure	Stade Gaston Gérard
2022–23	Lyon	2–1	Paris SG	Stade de la Source
2023–24	Paris SG	1–0	Fleury	Stade de la Mosson

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runner-up seasons
Olympique Lyonnais			2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2022–23	2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2017–18
Paris Saint-Germain			2009–10, 2017–18, 2021–22, 2023–24
Montpellier			2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09	2015–16
FC Lyon			2002–03, 2003–04	2001–02
Saint-Étienne			2010–11	2012–13
Toulouse			2001–02
Paris FC / Juvisy			2004–05
Compiègne				2003–04
Le Mans				2008–09
Lille				2018–19
Yzeure				2021–22
FC Fleury 91				2023–24

External links

• Official site
• Cup at soccerway.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Accréditations pour la finale, les modalités . . 11 May 2011 . 11 May 2011 . fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20110530032909/http://www.fff.fr/coup/challenge/actualite/537460.shtml . 30 May 2011 . dead .
2. Web site: Paris Saint-Germain win women's Coupe de France . 5 May 2024.
3. News: Chloé Rebaudo . Recit. " Jouer un samedi soir, c'était exceptionnel " : il y a 20 ans, la Coupe de France féminine . 11 March 2023 . . 15 May 2022 . fr.
4. Web site: Coupe de France - Palmarès. 16 May 2022.