Paris to face Reims in the Coupe de France final

The 15-time winners (1982, 1983, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2024, a national record), qualified after defeating RC Lens (1-1, 4-3 pens.), FC Espaly (4-2), Le Mans FC (2-0), Stade Briochin (7-0) and USL Dunkerque (4-2). The Ligue 1 leaders have 71 points from 27 matches, and will face a Reims team, currently 15th in the league on 26 points. They have won the Coupe de France twice (1950, 1958), and qualified for their fourth-ever final with wins over Association Still-Mutzig (3-1), AS Monaco ((1-1, 3-1 pens.), FC Bourgoin-Jallieu (0-0, 3-2 pens.), Angers SCO (1-1, 5-3 pens.) and AS Cannes (2-1).

The two clubs have already faced each other in the competition: the 1973-74 quarter-final in which Reims won 5-0 at the Parc des Princes on 4 May wit the return leg finishing 2-2 four days later. They have also played each other twice in Ligue 1 this season with both games ending 1-1.

The capital club are heading into a record 21st Coupe de France final, and have faced SDR 35 times in competitive games. The club's record reads 16 wins, 11 draws and eight defeats.