1966 Coupe de France final

Football match

Event

1965–66 Coupe de France

Strasbourg0	0Nantes

1	0

Date

22 May 1966

Venue

Parc des Princes, Paris

Referee

Jean Tricot

Attendance

36,285

← 1965

1967 →

The 1966 Coupe de France final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on 22 May 1966 that saw RC Strasbourg defeat FC Nantes 1–0 thanks to a goal by Pierre Sbaiz.

Context

This game featured two sharply contrasting styles and became another point in the debate in France at the time between the advocates of zonal marking and man marking. Champions FC Nantes, led by manager José Arribas, practiced the famous "jeu à la nantaise" with a strong emphasis on short passes, technical virtuosity and zonal defense. Strasbourg's strengths, on the contrary, lay more in the physical abilities developed under Paul Frantz's guidance and their counter-attack, relying on the speed of young wingers Gilbert Gress and Gérard Hausser. In addition, the Alsatian team used catenaccio defensive tactics with Denis Devaux as sweeper.

Strasbourg managed to stifle Nantes' offensive power, a task made easier when the Argentinean Ramón Muller was forced to leave the game after 30 minutes due to injury (substitutions were not authorized at that time). Early in the second half, Pierre Sbaiz was able to score from 20 meters after a José Farías free-kick. Strasbourg held on to win their second Coupe de France, which was also the second for captain René Hauss, who accomplished the remarkable feat of winning two cups at the same club with a 15-year interval.

TV reporter Thierry Roland commented that "the Cup [was] leaving France", an assertion that was deemed offensive by many in Alsace.^[1] Up to the 1990s, Roland was still booed in Strasbourg for this comment.

Match details

22 May 1966

Strasbourg	1–0	Nantes
Sbaiz 51'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 36,285

Referee: Jean Tricot



GK	Johnny Schuth
DF	René Hauss	(c)
DF	Pierre Sbaiz
DF	Raymond Stieber
DF	Denis Devaux
MF	Raymond Kaelbel
MF	Gilbert Gress
MF	Roland Merschel
FW	José Farías
FW	Robert Szczepaniak
FW	Gérard Hausser
Substitutes:
Manager:
Paul Frantz Assistant Referees: Fourth Official:



GK	Daniel Eon	(c)
DF	Georges Grabowski
DF	Gabriel De Michele
DF	Gilbert Le Chenadec
DF	Robert Budzynski
MF	Jean-Claude Suaudeau
MF	Bernard Blanchet
MF	Ramon Muller
FW	Philippe Gondet
FW	Jacques Simon
FW	Bassidiki Touré
Substitutes:
Manager:
José Arribas

References

^ http://www.ami-hebdo.com/Documents/paul_frantz.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Coupe de France results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Report on French federation site
Video at INA

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