Het seizoen '''1996/97''' van de Coupe de France in het voetbal begon in de zomer van 1996 en eindigde op 10 mei 1997 met de finale in het Parc des Princes. De zege ging naar OGC Nice. 

== 1/32e finale ==  
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! '''Winnaar'''
! '''Uitslag
! '''Verliezer'''
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| | 1-0 || [[ASOA Valence
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| | 1-0 nv || [[Stade Montois
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| | 1-0|| [[AS Monaco
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| | 3-3 ns (3-1) || [[FC Metz
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| | 3-2 || [[FC Lorient
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| | 5-0 || [[CS Louhans-Cuiseaux
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| | 0-0 ns (6-5) || [[SAS Épinal
|-
| | 3-1 nv|| [[ESA Brive
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| | 3-0 || [[Saint-Louis Neuweg
|-
| | 1-0 nv || [[USJA Carguefou
|-
| | 2-1 || [[Le Havre AC
|-
| | 1-0 || [[Olympique Marseille
|-
| | 3-0 || [[Besançon RC
|-
| | 4-0 || [[SC Schiltigheim
|-
| | 6-0 || [[FC Vervins
|-
| | 2-1 || [[AS Muret
|-
|}

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{| 
! '''Winnaar'''
! '''Uitslag
! '''Verliezer'''
|-
| | 4-2 || [[La Roche Vendée Football
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| | 2-2 ns (5-3) || [[Amiens SC|Amiens AC
|-
| | 3-0 || [[JA Armentières
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| | 3-1 nv || [[AS Nancy-Lorraine
|-
| | 3-1 || [[FC Istres
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| | 2-1 || [[FC Nantes
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| | 3-2 || [[Stade de Reims
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| | 2-1 || [[Niort-Saint-Lig
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| | 3-1 || [[AS Saint-Étienne
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| | 1-1 ns (3-1) || [[LB Châteauroux
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| AS Red Star 93 || 2-1 || CM Aubervilliers
|-
| | 3-1 || [[AS Vitré
|-
| | 4-3 || [[US Avranches
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| | 1-1 ns (4-3) || [[Toulouse FC
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| | 3-0 || [[Bourges Football
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| | 3-2 || [[Stade Poitevin FC
|-
|}
|}

== 1/16e finale ==
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! '''Winnaar'''
! '''Uitslag
! '''Verliezer'''
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| | 2-2 ns (4-3) || [[SC Bastia
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| | 3-2 || [[ES Wasquehal
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| | 2-1 || [[US Boulogne
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| | 2-0 || [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
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| | 1-1 ns (5-3) || [[FC Martigues
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| | 0-0 ns (4-3) || [[ES Vitrolles
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| | 1-0 || [[Stade Rennais
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| | 2-0 || [[Toulouse Fontaines Club
|-
|}

The '''Coupe de France'''1996-1997 was its 80th edition. It was won by OGC Nice which defeated En Avant Guingamp in the Final.

===Round of 16===

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
| width="250" | '''Team 1'''
| width="60" | '''Score'''
| width="250" | '''Team 2'''
| width="28" |
|-
| '''| 1 - 0 || [[SM Caen (D1) || 
|- 
| '''| 1 - 0 || [[AS Cannes (D1) || 
|-
| | 0 - 3 || '''[[Montpellier HSC''' (D1) || 
|- 
| '''| 1 - 0 || [[AJ Auxerre (D1) ||
|-
| '''| 2 - 0 ||  [[FC Gueugnon (D2) ||
|- 
| '''| 1 - 0 || [[RC Strasbourg (D1) ||
|-
| '''| 4 - 4 || [[Paris SG (D1) || 4-3 on p.k.
|- 
| | 0 - 1 || '''[[Stade Lavallois''' (D2) || 
|}

===Quarter-finals===

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| width="300" | '''Team 1'''
| width="100" | '''Score'''
| width="300" | '''Team 2'''
|-
| | 1 - 3 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.)|| '''En Avant Guingamp''' (D1) || 
|- 
| '''| 1 - 0 || [[Troyes AC (D2) ||  
|- 
| | 1 - 2  || '''[[Montpellier HSC''' (D1) || 
|- 
| | 1 - 2 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.)|| '''OGC Nice''' (D1) ||  
|}

===Semi-finals===

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|time =
|team1 = Stade Lavallois
|score = 0 &ndash; 1
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|team2 = OGC Nice
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = De Neef 
|stadium = Laval
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|time =
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|score = 2 &ndash; 0
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|team2 = Montpellier HSC
|goals1 = Wreh  <br /> Carnot   
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp 
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