1940 Coupe de France final

Event

1939–40 Coupe de France

RC Paris0	0Marseille

2	1

Date

5 May 1940

Venue

Parc des Princes, Paris

Referee

Charles de la Salle

Attendance

25,969

← 1939

1941 →

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.^[who?]

Match details

5 May 1940

RC Paris	2–1	Marseille
Roulier 25' Mathé 70'	Report	Aznar 16'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 25,969

Referee: Charles de la Salle



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

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