stéphan led rennes to their first trophy in 48 years on 27 april 2019 in the coupe de france, beating paris saint-germain 6–5 in a penalty shoot-out in the final after drawing 2–2. rennes again faced paris saint-germain on 3 august 2019 in the trophée des champions, but stéphan failed to repeat their cup achievement as rennes lost 2–1.