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.
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.
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).
TV reporter Thierry Roland commented that "the Cup [was] leaving France", an assertion that was deemed offensive by many in Alsace.