1940 Coupe de France final

The 1939–40 Coupe de France football competition concluded with a final at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on 5 May 1940 between RC Paris, the winners of the previous competition, and Olympique de Marseille, winners of the 1937–1938 competition. The closing stages of the competition were held against a backdrop of war with Germany, with the invasion of France imminent by the day of the final.

1940 Coupe de France final
Event1939–40 Coupe de France
Date5 May 1940
VenueParc des Princes, Paris
RefereeCharles de la Salle
Attendance25,969
1939
1941

Paris had used 20 different players during their progression to the final, highlighting the difficulty in forming a consistent team during war-time. Only the team's captain, 20-year-old René Roulier played in every cup tie.

Both teams contained a number of naturalised players in their squads, Paris with five: goalkeeper Hiden, midfielder Jordan and centre forward Hiltl of Austria; and wingers Mathé and Weiskopf from Hungary. For their part, Marseille included a "stateless" Austrian in the form of their winger, Donnerfeld (Austria having annexed by Germany in the Anschluss of 1938), together with a naturalised former German, centre forward Heiss, and a Hungarian, centre forward Eisenhoffer, a 40-year-old veteran.

The game itself was an aggressive affair, with a player on each side dismissed from the field of play. Having taken the lead in the 16th minute through Emmanuel Aznar, Marseille conceded two goals, on the 25th minute to Paris captain Roulier, and on 70 minutes, to Mathé; Marseille claimed that both Paris goals were offside.[who?]

Match details

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RC Paris2–1Marseille
Roulier   25'
Mathé   70'
Report Aznar   16'
Attendance: 25,969
GK    Rodolphe Hiden
DF   Maurice Dupuis
DF   Raoul Diagne
DF   Ramon De Zabalo
DF    Auguste Jordan
MF   Christian Rouellé
MF   Jules Mathé
FW    Henri Hiltl
FW   René Roulier (c)
FW   Oscar Heisserer
FW   Edmond Weiskopf
Manager:
  Elie Rous


Assistant referees:
Fourth official:

GK   Jacques Delachet
DF   Joseph Gonzales (c)
DF   Camille Malvy
DF   Jean Bastien
DF   Max Conchy
MF   Raymond Durand
MF   Georges Dard
FW    Wilhelm Heiss
FW   Emmanuel Aznar
FW   József Eisenhoffer
FW   Frédéric Donnenfeld
Manager:
  József Eisenhoffer

See also

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References

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Kitson, Simon "Winners of the Coupe de France", accessible at [1], accessed November 14, 2006

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