2025–26 Coupe de France preliminary rounds

2025–26 Coupe de France
Coupe Charles Simon
Tournament details
Country	France

The 2025–26 Coupe de France preliminary rounds made up the qualifying competition to decide which teams took part in the main competition from the seventh round. This was the 109th 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). 166 teams were due to qualify for the seventh round from the process, being 155 from the mainland regions and 11 from overseas territories.

The six (or more, if required) preliminary rounds were organised by the 13 Regional leagues from the mainland, and the 6 Regional leagues of the overseas departments and territories. They took place between April and October 2025.

Schedule

Although all mainland regions follow a set schedule from the third round, regions are allowed to set their own schedules for earlier rounds, including any preliminaries required. The Paris-Île-de-France league chose to hold their early rounds at the end of the 2024–25 season, rather the normal August dates.

Overseas territories organise their own qualifying tournaments, aligning with entry into the main tournament at the seventh round.

Round	Date
Third round	13 September 2025
Fourth round	27 September 2025
Fifth round	11 October 2025
Sixth round	27 October 2025

References

Coupe de France
Seasons	1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Preliminary rounds	2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
List of finals Participants from Overseas territories

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Coupe de France preliminary rounds
Overview	2015–16 2016–17 First round 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Brittany	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Centre-Val de Loire	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Corsica	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Grand Est	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Hauts-de-France	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Méditerranée	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Normandy	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Nouvelle-Aquitaine	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Occitania	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Overseas	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Paris-Île-de-France	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Pays de la Loire	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24