Live Coupe de France TV & Broadcast Schedule

The Coupe de France, officially known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout football competition in France, organized annually by the French Football Federation (FFF). First contested in 1917, the tournament is open to all professional and amateur football clubs across the French pyramid, as well as teams from French overseas departments and territories (DOM-TOM) such as Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Réunion. Combining massive cross-tier giant-killing ties with top-flight dominance, the competition crowns the national cup winner and awards a direct spot in the UEFA Europa League group stage alongside entry into the Trophée des Champions.

Top teams

Paris Saint-Germain dominates the historical roll of honor with fifteen titles, followed by Olympique de Marseille with ten. Traditional heavyweights AS Saint-Étienne, Lille OSC, AS Monaco, OGC Nice, and Olympique Lyonnais consistently target the competition as a primary pathway to European qualification and domestic silverware. The tournament is celebrated for dramatic amateur runs, with lower-tier sides regularly pulling off historic upsets over Ligue 1 giants on cramped regional pitches, epitomized by famous deep runs from clubs like Calais RUFC, Les Herbiers VF, and FC Versailles.

Format

Over seven thousand clubs enter through regional qualifying rounds before reaching the national stage. Ligue 2 clubs enter in the seventh round, while Ligue 1 clubs enter at the Round of 64 (ninth round) in early January. Every stage is played as a single-elimination knockout match. If a match is tied after ninety minutes, it proceeds directly to a penalty shootout without extra time, with extra time only reintroduced for the final. A foundational rule dictates that whenever two tiers separate competing clubs, the lower-division team automatically earns home-field advantage regardless of the draw order. The competition culminates in a single-leg final held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

Viewership

In France, domestic broadcasting rights are shared between beIN Sports and public broadcaster France Télévisions. beIN Sports provides comprehensive multi-feed live coverage of every tie from the Round of 64 through the final, while France Télévisions broadcasts regional split fixtures and marquee matches free-to-air across France 3, with the final simulcast live on France 2. In Spain, live broadcast coverage of select marquee fixtures and the final is carried across DAZN and Movistar Plus+. In the United States and Canada, matches air live on FOX Sports networks and beIN Sports respectively, while worldwide distribution through FFF international broadcast partners drives strong viewership during deep lower-league runs and the spring final.