(Fédération Française
de Football)
Belgium 3 - 3 France
(Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904)
France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan
(Paris, France; 6 September 1995)
Denmark 17 - 1 France
(London, England; 19 October 1908)
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| Nickname | Les Bleus (The Blues) |
| Association |
French Football Federation (Fédération Française de Football) |
| Coach | Raymond Domenech, 2004- |
| Most caps | Marcel Desailly (116) |
| Top scorer | Michel Platini (41) |
| First international Belgium 3 - 3 France (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904) |
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| Largest win France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan (Paris, France; 6 September 1995) |
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| Worst defeat Denmark 17 - 1 France (London, England; 19 October 1908) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 12 (First in 1930) |
| Best result | Winners, 1998 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1960) |
| Best result | Winners, 1984 and 2000 |
The France national football team is a European football team among the top sides in international football today.
France came third in the 1958 World Cup. The generation of Michel Platini and others came fourth in 1982, and third in 1986. In between, they won the European Championship in 1984.
France's most successful years were the late 1990s, the generation of Zidane and others. This team played in the semifinals of Euro 96, two years later hosted and won the 1998 World Cup, and two years later won Euro 2000.
Ranked as favourites, this team's performance in the 2002 World Cup was dismal, not winning a single game, nor scoring a goal. Despite this they were still among the favourites to win Euro 2004, but were beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual winners Greece.
1930 - Round 1
1934 - Round 1
1938 - Quarterfinals
1950 - Did not qualify
1954 - Round 1
1958 - Third place
1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Round 1
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Round 1
1982 - Fourth place
1986 - Third place
1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Champions
2002 - Round 1
2006 - Qualified
1960 - Fourth place
1964 to 1980 - Did not qualify
1984 - Champions
1988 - Did not qualify
1992 - Round 1
1996 - Semifinals
2000 - Champions
2004 - Quarterfinals
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Manuel Amoros Joël Bats Patrick Battiston Larbi Ben Barek Laurent Blanc Basile Boli Maxime Bossis Eric Cantona Pierre Chayriguès Julien Darui Marcel Desailly Didier Deschamps Jules Dewaquez Jean Djorkaeff Youri Djorkaeff Jean-Francois Domergue |
Luis Fernandez Just Fontaine Lucien Gamblin Bernard Genghini Alain Giresse Robert Herbin Robert Jonquet Christian Karembeu Raymond Kopa Bernard Lacombe Yvon Le Roux Bixente Lizarazu Eugène Maës Roger Marche Étienne Mattler Henri Michel Jean-Pierre Papin |
Emmanuel Petit Roger Piantoni Michel Platini Dominique Rocheteau Didier Six Jean Tigana Marius Trésor |
Goalkeepers:
Fabien Barthez
Grégory Coupet
Mickaël Landreau
Defenders:
Éric Abidal
Jean-Alain Boumsong
William Gallas
Gaël Givet
Franck Jurietti
Anthony Réveillère
Willy Sagnol
Lilian Thuram
Midfielders:
Alou Diarra
Vikash Dhorasoo
Ludovic Giuly
Sidney Govou
Claude Makélélé
Florent Malouda
Jérôme Rothen
Patrick Vieira
Zinédine Zidane (captain)
Forwards:
Nicolas Anelka
Djibril Cissé
Thierry Henry
David Trézéguet
Sylvain Wiltord
As of November 12, 2005, the ten players with the most caps for France are:
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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| 1 | Marcel Desailly | 1993-2004 | 116 | 3 |
| 2 | Lilian Thuram* | 1994-2005 | 110 | 2 |
| 3 | Didier Deschamps | 1989-2000 | 103 | 4 |
| 4 | Zinedine Zidane* | 1994-2005 | 98 | 28 |
| 5 | Laurent Blanc | 1989-2000 | 97 | 16 |
| Bixente Lizarazu | 1992-2004 | 97 | 2 | |
| 7 | Patrick Vieira* | 1997-2005 | 83 | 4 |
| 8 | Manuel Amoros | 1982-1992 | 82 | 1 |
| Youri Djorkaeff | 1993-2002 | 82 | 28 | |
| 10 | Robert Pires | 1996-2004 | 79 | 14 |
Members of the 1998 World Cup-winning team are in bold. * denotes a player still playing or available for selection.
| # | Player | Career | Goals (Caps) |
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| 1 | Michel Platini | 1976-87 | 41 (72) |
| 2 | Thierry Henry* | 1997-2005 | 31 (75) |
| David Trezeguet* | 1998-2005 | 31 (60) | |
| 4 | Just Fontaine | 1953-60 | 30 (21) |
| Jean-Pierre Papin | 1986-95 | 30 (54) | |
| 6 | Youri Djorkaeff | 1993-2002 | 28 (82) |
| Zinedine Zidane* | 1994-2005 | 28 (98) | |
| 8 | Sylvain Wiltord* | 1999-2005 | 24 (76) |
| 9 | Jean Vincent | 1953-61 | 22 (46) |
| 10 | Jean Nicolas | 1933-38 | 21 (25) |
Members of the 1998 World Cup-winning team are in bold. * denotes a player still playing or available for selection.
Before 1955, players were selected by committee.
Albert Batteux (1955-1962)
Henri Guérin (1962-1966)
José Arribas and Jean Snella (1966)
Just Fontaine (1967)
Louis Dugauguez (1967-1968)
Georges Boulogne (1969-1973)
Stefan Kovacs (1973-1975)
Michel Hidalgo (1976-1984)
Henri Michel (1984-1988)
Michel Platini (1988-1992)
Gérard Houllier (1992-1993)
Aimé Jacquet (1993-1998)
Roger Lemerre (1998-2002)
Jacques Santini (2002-2004)
Raymond Domenech (2004-)
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