title: 1996 Coupe de France final
text: # 1996 Coupe de France final
  
  The 1996 Coupe de France final was a football match held at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 4 May 1996, that saw Auxerre defeat Nîmes 2–1 thanks to goals by Laurent Blanc and Lilian Laslandes.
  
  ## Road to the final
  
  | Auxerre | Auxerre | Auxerre | Round | Nîmes | Nîmes | Nîmes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Opponent | H/A | Result | 1995–96 Coupe de France | Opponent | H/A | Result |
  | Bye | — | — | Fifth Round | Lunel | A | 5–2 (a.e.t.) |
  | Bye | — | — | Sixth Round | Castelnau Le Crès | A | 1–0 |
  | Bye | — | — | Seventh Round | Muret | H | 3–2 |
  | Bye | — | — | Eighth Round | Sète | A | 1–0 |
  | Lyon | A | 1–0 | Round of 64 | Saint-Priest | H | 3–1 |
  | Le Mans | A | 2–0 | Round of 32 | Saint-Étienne | H | 3–1 |
  | Paris SG | H | 3–1 | Round of 16 | Thouars | A | 2–0 |
  | Valence | A | 2–0 | Quarter-finals | Strasbourg | H | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
  | Marseille | A | 1–1 (a.e.t.) 3−1 pen. | Semi-finals | Montpellier | H | 1–0 |
  
  ## Match details
  
  AJ AUXERRE: :
  
  | GK | 1 | Lionel Charbonnier |
  | - | - | - |
  | DF | 2 | Alain Goma |
  | DF | 6 | Franck Rabarivony |
  | DF | 3 | Taribo West |
  | DF | 5 | Laurent Blanc |
  | MF | 4 | Philippe Violeau |
  | MF | 7 | Sabri Lamouchi |
  | MF | 8 | Moussa Saïb | 87' |
  | FW | 9 | Lilian Laslandes |
  | FW | 10 | Corentin Martins (c) |
  | FW | 11 | Bernard Diomède |
  | Substitutes: |||
  | MF | 14 | Christophe Cocard | 87' |
  | Manager: |||
  | Guy Roux Assistant Referees: Fourth Official: ||||
  
  NIMES OLYMPIQUE: :
  
  | GK | Philippe Sence (c) |
  | - | - |
  | DF | Franck Touron |
  | DF | Johnny Ecker |
  | DF | Antoine Preget |
  | DF | Olivier Bochu |
  | MF | Cyril Jeunechamp | 92' |
  | MF | Christophe Zugna | 36' |
  | MF | Omar Belbey |
  | FW | Christian Perez |
  | FW | Abder Ramdane | 68' |
  | FW | Nicolas Marx |
  | Substitutes: |||
  | DF | Anthony Vosalho | 36' |
  | MF | Éric Sabin | 68' |
  | MF | Ludovic Gros | 92' |
  | Manager: |||
  | Pierre Barlaguet ||||
  