Like the 17 other Ligue 1 clubs, RC Lens will enter the Coupe de France on the last weekend before the end-of-year holidays. And the least we can say is that “fate” has not been kind to the Lensois who will host the title holder, the Paris Saint-Germain.
An XXL match before Christmas
If the RC Lens program was more lenient in the championship this December, the Coupe de France will change the situation. After Monaco last season, the Sang et Or will this time host PSG, the defending champion.
The match will take place in Bollaert on the weekend of December 21 and 22.
The complete program for the 32nd finals
Group A
Sochaux (N1) – Clermont (L2)
USC Corte (N3) – OGC Nice (L1)
FC Espaly (N3) – Dijon (N1)
AS Cannes (N2) – Grenoble (L2)
GOAL FC (N2) – FC Annecy (L2)
FC Bourgoin-Jallieu (N3) – FC Martigues (L2)
Hauts-Lyonnais (N3) – Toulouse FC (L1)
Union St-Jean (R1) – AS Monaco (L1)
AS Saint-Étienne (L1) – OM (L1)
Le Puy Foot (N2) – Montpellier HSC (L1)
Group B
ESTAC Troyes (L2) – FC Metz (L2)
FCSR Haguenau (N2) – US Boulogne (N1)
ASS Still Mutzig (R1) – Reims (L1)
AJ Auxerre (L1) – USL Dunkirk (L2)
ES Thaon (N3) – Amiens (L2)
RC Calais (N3) – Strasbourg (L1)
Drancy JA (N3) – FC Nantes (L1)
Feignies Aulnoye FC (N2) – OL (L1)
SC Bastia (L2) – RC Saint-Joseph (R1 Martinique)
Thionville Lusitanos (N2) – Valenciennes FC (N1)
Group C
FC 93 Bobigny (N2) – Angers SCO (L1)
Tours FC (R1) – FC Lorient (L2)
SA Merignacais (R1) – Stade Lavallois MFC (L2)
RC Lens (L1) – Paris SG (L1)
Saint-Philbert de Grand Lieu (N3) Quevilly-Rouen Métropole (N1)
Girondins de Bordeaux (N2) – Stade Rennais FC (L1)
Vierzon FC (N3) – Le Mans FC (N3)
SU Dives-Cabourg (N3) – Saint-Denis FC (R1)
EA Guingamp (L2) – SM Caen (L2)
Stade Briochin (N2) – Le Havre AC (L1)
La Roche-sur-Yon VF (N2) – Stade Brestois 29 (L1)
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