Paris Saint-Germain were the defending champions, defeated Auxerre in the previous season's final. They defended their title after defeating Marseille 4–2 in the final.[1]
The first six rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories, who allow teams from within their league structure to enter at any point up to the Third round. Teams from CFA 2 enter at the Third round, those from CFA enter at the Fourth round and those from Championnat National enter at the Fifth round.
Teams entering in each round, by Region:
Region
Prelim.
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Alsace
386
11
30
2
2
Aquitaine
202
37
15
6
0
Atlantique
324
38
14
3
2
Auvergne
236
4
13
3
0
Lower Normandy
178
25
3
0
1
Bourgogne
40
76
14
1
0
Brittany
554
125
15
4
0
Centre-Val de Loire
44
174
0
5
1
2
Centre-West
268
22
18
0
0
Champagne-Ardenne
152
16
14
0
1
Corsica
28
0
1
Franche-Comté
150
3
3
1
1
Languedoc-Roussillon
204
38
4
1
1
Lorraine
14
117
0
1
Maine
144
18
3
0
0
Méditerranée
178
27
4
5
2
Midi-Pyrénées
86
5
0
Nord-Pas de Calais
544
74
19
4
2
Normandie
128
50
3
2
0
Paris Île-de-France
144
16
0
Picardie
168
14
3
2
Rhône-Alpes
570
15
66
4
0
Round 7 onwards
In the Seventh round, the 156 qualifying teams from the Regional Leagues and the Overseas Territories are joined by the 20 teams from Ligue 2. The 20 Ligue 1 clubs enter in the Ninth round.
The teams qualifying for Seventh round, by region and level, are:
These matches were originally scheduled to take place on 13, 14 and 15 November,[2] although some matches were postponed to the following weekdue to the November 2015 Paris attacks.[3]
