2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine

The 2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine was the 11th edition of the French cup competition for women. This was the inaugural edition of the competition under the name Coupe de France Féminine, as for the past decade, it was played under the name Challenge de France. The defending champions were Saint-Étienne who defeated Montpellier 3–2 on penalties in the 2010–11 edition of the final. The competition was organized by the French Football Federation and is open to all women's French football clubs in France. On 13 May 2012, Lyon earned its fourth Coupe de France Féminine title after defeating rivals Montpellier 2–1 in the final match, which was played at the Stade Jacques-Raimbault in Bourges.[1]

2011–12 Coupe de France Féminine

Country	France
Teams	397
Defending champions	Saint-Étienne
Champions	Lyon
Runners-up	Montpellier
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Calendar

On 25 August 2011, the French Football Federation announced the calendar for the Coupe de France Féminine.[2]

Round	First match date	Fixtures	Clubs	Notes
Regional finals	11 December 2011
First Round	8 January 2012			Clubs participating in D2 Féminine gain entry.
Second Round	29 January 2012
Round of 32	19 February 2012	16	32 → 16	Clubs participating in D1 Féminine gain entry.
Round of 16	11 March 2012	8	16 → 8
Quarter-finals	8 April 2012	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	29 April 2012	2	4 → 2
Final	13 May 2012	1	2 → 1

First round

The draw for the first round of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 19 December 2011 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by current French women's national team manager Bruno Bini and women's international and Paris Saint-Germain player Laure Lepailleur. The matches were contested on 8–9 January 2012.[3] The postponed matches were played on 15 January.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Brest Bergot 0–4 Saint-Herblain 2 Lorient Féminin 3–0 Rennes Bréquigny 3 Couffé Conquérante 2–1 Ploermel 4 Plédéliac 3–2 Quimper Kerfeunteun 5 Sablé-sur-Sarthe 0–2 Saint-Georges 6 La Roche-sur-Yon 4–1 Angers Croix-Blanche 7 Toulouse Féminin 4–1 ASPTT Albi 8 Sainte Christie Preignan 2–4 Saint-Simon 9 Varetz 2–9 Limoges Landouge 10 Lafrançaise 4–1 Sarrancolin 11 Arlac Mérignac 9–0 Mauriac Ally 12 Jurançon 1–2 Blanquefort 13 Monteux 2–0 Claix 14 Aubignan 1–0 La Véore 15 Marseille Féminin 1–2 Nîmes Métropole 16 Cannes Bocca 0–4 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 17 Vabres L'Abbaye 0–4 ASPTT Montpellier 18 Cruas 0–2 Saint-Christol 19 Plaine Revermont 1–6 Nivolas 20 Dommartin Tour 0–0 (a.e.t) 4–5 pen. Flacé Macon 21 Blanzy 1–2 Le Puy Féminin 22 Caluire Filles 1–4 Arpajon 23 Montmerle 1–5 Saint Romain Sanne 24 Saint Martin-en-Haut 0–0 (a.e.t) 3–0 pen. Aulnat 25 Saessolsheim 0–4 Algrange 26 Épinal Féminin 0–2 Dijon Féminin

Tie no Home team Score Away team 27 Wittelsheim 0–2 Besançon Féminin 28 Rossfeld 0–5 Mars Bischheim 29 Illzach Modenheim 1–6 Saint-Vit 30 Strasbourg Musau 0–7 Chatenoy-le-Royal 31 Compiègne Oise 3–3 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Issy-les-Moulineaux 32 Troyes Féminin 0–2 Arras Féminin 33 Colombes 1–7 Woippy 34 Saint Quentin 14–0 Dijon Université 35 Nancy Féminin 1–4 Herblay 36 Estrées 0–2 Rochette Vaux 37 Abbeville 1–1 (a.e.t) 1–3 pen. Rouen 38 Athis Mons 1–0 Pont de l'Arche 39 Flers 0–4 Gonfreville Féminin 40 Thiberville 1–1 (a.e.t) 4–5 pen. Gravelines Féminin 41 Seizième 2–7 Cormelles 42 Rouvroy 6–0 Leers 43 Lumbres 1–3 Templemars Vendeville 44 Amiens Montières 0–1 Condé-sur-Noireau 45 Poitiers 3 Cités 4–2 Montigny-le-Bretonneux 46 Saumur Féminin 0–2 Domont 47 Paris-Charenton 2–2 (a.e.t) 0–3 pen. Bagneux 48 Seizième 0–6 Corné 49 Bourges Féminin 2–1 Saint-Maur 50 Naintre 1–2 Dreux Féminin 51 Changé 0–4 Tours Féminin 52 Orléans Féminin 0–3 Le Mans Féminin

Second round

The draw for the second round of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 11 January 2012 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by the former Miss France and Miss Europe Alexandra Rosenfeld and French journalist David Astorga.[4] The matches were played on 29 January.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Saint-Christol 1–1 (a.e.t) 3–1 pen. ASPTT Montpellier 2 Nîmes Métropole 1–2 Montpellier 3 Aubignan 0–0 (a.e.t) 5–6 pen. Saint-Simon 4 Lafrançaise 1–4 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 5 Muret 2–2 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Rodez Féminin 6 Monteux 0–0 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Toulouse Féminin 7 Couffé Conquérante 2–1 Limoges Landouge 8 Soyaux 2–2 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. La Roche-sur-Yon 9 Saint-Herblain 0–7 Juvisy 10 Blanquefort 4–1 Tours Féminin 11 Saint-Georges 1–1 (a.e.t) 5–4 pen. Arlac Mérignac 12 Corné 1–1 (a.e.t) 6–5 pen. Poitiers 3 Cités

Tie no Home team Score Away team 13 Guingamp Féminin 0–1 Paris SG Féminin 14 Bagneux 1–2 Cormelles-le-Royal 15 Dreux Féminin 0–20 Le Mans Féminin 16 Rochette Vaux 1–4 Gonfreville Féminin 17 Condé-sur-Noireau 2–0 Rouen 18 Plédéliac 1–7 Lorient Féminin 19 Chatenoy-le-Royal 1–2 Flacé Mâcon 20 Saint-Vit 0–2 Saint Romain Sanne 21 Le Puy Féminin 0–2 Saint-Étienne Féminin 22 Saint Martin-en-Haut 2–3 Bourges Féminin 23 Lyon Féminin 6–0 Yzeure 24 Nivolas 2–0 Besançon Féminin 25 Arpajon 1–0 Dijon Féminin 26 Woippy 5–1 Saint Quentin 27 Vendenheim 1–3 Hénin-Beaumont 28 Domont 0–0 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Algrange 29 Athis Mons 0–3 Gravelines Féminin 30 Mars Bischheim 1–2 Arras Féminin 31 Rouvroy 0–5 Herblay 32 Templemars Vendeville 1–1 (a.e.t) 1–3 pen. Compiègne Oise

Round of 32

The draw for the Round of 32 of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 1 February 2012 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by television host Julie Raynaud and former French international Grégory Coupet.[5] The matches were played through 19–22 February.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 0–1 Rodez Féminin 2 Saint-Simon 0–5 Montpellier Féminin 3 Saint-Christol 0–6 Toulouse Féminin 4 Arpajon 1–2 Blanquefort 5 Herblay 2–4 Compiègne Oise 6 Nivolas 3–0 Flacé Macon 7 Saint Romain Sanne 1–0 Bourges Féminin 8 Saint-Étienne Féminin 0–4 Lyon Féminin

Tie no Home team Score Away team 9 Woippy 3–3 (a.e.t) 5–4 pen. Gonfreville Féminin 10 Hénin-Beaumont 1–3 Juvisy 11 Gravelines Féminin 4–3 Cormelles-le-Royal 12 Domont 1–7 Arras Féminin 13 Saint-Georges 0–15 Paris SG Féminin 14 Couffé Conquérante 1–2 Condé-sur-Noireau 15 La Roche-sur-Yon 3–0 Corné 16 Lorient Féminin 1–2 Le Mans Féminin

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 27 February 2012 at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris. The draw was conducted by federation president Noël Le Graët.[6] The matches were played on 11 March.

Tie no Home team Score Away team 1 Montpellier Féminin 0–0 (a.e.t) 4–2 pen. Rodez Féminin 2 Toulouse Féminin 1–0 Blanquefort 3 Nivolas 0–2 La Roche-sur-Yon 4 Saint Romain Sanne 0–7 Lyon Féminin 5 Woippy 1–1 (a.e.t) 2–4 pen. Compiègne Oise

Tie no Home team Score Away team 6 Juvisy 0–0 (a.e.t) 3–4 pen. Paris SG Féminin 7 Le Mans Féminin 0–0 (a.e.t) 1–3 pen. Gravelines Féminin 8 Arras Féminin 3–0 Condé-sur-Noireau

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Coupe de France Féminine was held on 21 March 2012 at the Place Marcel Plaisant in Bourges. The draw was conducted by the president of the Ligue du Football Amateur (LFA) Bernard Barbet.[7]

8 April	Lyon	11 – 1	Compiègne Oise	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
15:00	Franco  13' Otaki  36' Nécib  41' Schelin  42', 55', 62', 90+1', 90+2' Abily  61' Le Sommer  66' Dickenmann  73'	Report	Ndoulou  72'	Referee: Lugdivine Cinquini (Méditerranée)

8 April	Paris Saint-Germain	7 – 0	Gravelines	Stade Georges Lefèvre, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
15:00	Coton-Pélagie  13', 43', 61', 79', 89', 90' Houara  34'	Report		Referee: Nathalie Le Breton (Centre-Ouest)

8 April	La Roche-sur-Yon	2 – 3	Arras	Stade de Saint-André-d'Ornay, La Roche-sur-Yon
15:00	Sauques  12' Pasquereau  39'	Report	Bultel  51', 56' Gracial  78'	Referee: Sabine Bonnin (Centre)

8 April	Montpellier	5 – 1	Toulouse	Complexe Sportif Roger Bambuck, Baillargues
15:00	Lattaf  17', 89' Gadéa  21' Delie  42' Diguelman  49'	Report	90+2'	Referee: Solenne Bartnik (Rhône-Alpes)

Semi-finals

28 April	Arras	0 – 8	Lyon	Stade Degouve Brabant, Arras
14:30		Report	Rosana  2' Renard  4' Otaki  12', 69', 77' Schelin  65' Thomis  86' Le Sommer  89' (pen.)	Referee: Severine Craipeau (Pays de la Loire)

1 May	Paris Saint-Germain	0 – 1	Montpellier	Stade Georges Lefèvre, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
15:00		Report	Torrent  13'	Referee: Sabine Bonnin (Centre)

Final

13 May

16:45

Montpellier	1 – 2	Lyon
Derevière  76'	Report	Schelin  2', 13'

Stade Jacques-Raimbault, Bourges

Referee: Élodie Coppola (Brittany)

Montpellier

Lyon

MONTPELLIER: GK 1 Laëtitia Philippe RB 8 Aya Sameshima CB 5 Ophélie Meilleroux (c) CB 3 Kelly Gadéa LB 4 Marion Torrent CM 14 Mélissa Plaza  54' CM 25 Rumi Utsugi RM 11 Ludivine Diguelman  68' LM 21 Stéphanie De Rivière  90' FW 33 Hoda Lattaf FW 6 Marie-Laure Delie Substitutes: MF 20 Viviane Asseyi  54' MF 7 Charlotte Bilbault  90' FW 18 Marine Pervier  68' Manager: Sarah M'Barek

LYON: GK 26 Sarah Bouhaddi RB 17 Corine Franco CB 20 Sabrina Viguier CB 3 Wendie Renard LB 18 Sonia Bompastor (c) DM 6 Amandine Henry CM 11 Shirley Cruz Traña CM 23 Camille Abily  60' LW 12 Élodie Thomis  75' RW 21 Lara Dickenmann  60' FW 8 Lotta Schelin Substitutes: MF 10 Louisa Nécib  60' MF 14 Rosana  75' FW 9 Eugénie Le Sommer  60' Manager: Patrice Lair

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Severine Craipeau Cindy Gosselin Fourth official: Marie-Laure Taesch Chief Delegate: Didier de Mari PLAYER OF THE MATCH Lotta Schelin

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

References

1. "Quatrième titre pour Lyon (2-1)". French Football Federation (in French). 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
2. "Coupe de France féminine: 397 participants". StatsFootFeminin (in French). 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
3. "Le tirage du 1er tour Fédéral". French Football Federation. 19 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
4. "Tirage au sort intégral!". French Football Federation. 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
5. "Le tirage des 16èmes!". French Football Federation. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
6. "Tirage des 8èmes!". French Football Federation. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
7. "Tirage des quarts et demi-finales". French Football Federation (in French). 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

External links

• Official site (in French)