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

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.

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.

Match details

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


Assistant referees:
Fourth official:

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

See also

  • 1939–40 Coupe de France

References

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

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