| Event | 2025–26 Coupe de France |
|---|---|
| Team 1 | Lens |
| Team1association | Ligue 1 |
| Team1score | 3 |
| Team 2 | Nice |
| Team2association | Ligue 1 |
| Team2score | 1 |
| Date | 22 May 2026 |
| Stadium | Stade de France |
| City | Saint-Denis |
| Referee | Jérôme Brisard[1] |
| Attendance | 24,672[2] |
| Previous | 2025 |
| Next | 2027 |
The 2026 Coupe de France final was a football match between Lens and Nice to decide the winner of the 2025–26 Coupe de France, the 109th season of the Coupe de France.
Lens won their first title after reaching three previous finals, last appearing in 1998.[3] Nice had last reached the final in 2022, and last won the tournament in 1997.[4]
Route to the final
| Lens | Round | Nice | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | 2025–26 Coupe de France | Opponent | Result |
| Feignies | 3–1 (H) | Round of 64 | Saint-Étienne | 2–1 (H) |
| Sochaux | 3–0 (A) | Round of 32 | Nantes | 1–1 (5–3 pen.) (A) |
| Troyes | 4–2 (A) | Round of 16 | Montpellier | 3–2 (H) |
| Lyon | 2–2 (5–4 pen.) (A) | Quarter-finals | Lorient | 0–0 (6–5 pen.) (A) |
| Toulouse | 4–1 (H) | Semi-finals | Strasbourg | 2–0 (A) |
Note: H = home fixture, A = away fixture
Match
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Alexis Auger Thomas Luczynski Fourth official:[1] Bastien Dechepy Video assistant referee:[1] Alexandre Castro Assistant video assistant referee:[1] Guillaume Paradis Reserve assistant referee:[1] Nicolas Durand | Match rules
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Notes
- ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.
References
- ^ "Jérôme Brisard dirigera la finale" (in French). French Football Federation. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ^ "Lens v Nice". ESPN. 22 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ^ "Coupe de France: Lens rejoint la finale, tout proche d'écrire son histoire" [French Cup: Lens reaches the final, very close to making history] (in French). France 24. 21 April 2026.
- ^ Lavorel, Maÿlice (22 April 2026). "Coupe de France : grâce à un doublé d'Elye Wahi, Nice élimine Strasbourg et rejoint Lens en finale" [French Cup: Thanks to a brace from Elye Wahi, Nice eliminates Strasbourg and joins Lens in the final] (in fr-FR). France Info