 France
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| Nickname(s) | Les Bleus (The Blues) Les Tricolores (The Tri-colors) |
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| Association | Fédération Française de Football (FFF) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Didier Deschamps
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| Asst coach | Guy Stéphan
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| Captain | Hugo Lloris |
| Most caps | Lilian Thuram (142) |
| Top scorer | Thierry Henry (51) |
| Ground | Stade de France |
| FIFA code | FRA |
| FIFA ranking | 2  (19 December 2019)
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| Highest FIFA ranking | 1 (May 2001 – May 2002, August – September 2018) |
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 26 (September 2010) |
| Elo ranking | 3 (17 November 2019)
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| Highest Elo ranking | 1 (most recently 11 October 2018) |
| Lowest Elo ranking | 40 (March – July 1930) |
| First international |  Belgium 3–3 France  (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904) |
| Biggest win | France 10–0 Azerbaijan  (Auxerre, France; 6 September 1995) |
| Biggest defeat |  Denmark 17–1 France (London, England; 22 October 1908) |
| World Cup appearances | 15 (First in 1930) |
| Best result | Winners, 1998, 2018 |
| European Championship appearances | 10 (First in 1960) |
| Best result | Winners, 1984 and 2000 |
 
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The France national football team is the national association football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation (FFF), the governing body for football in France. The team's colours are blue, white and red, and the coq gaulois its symbol. France are colloquially known as Les Bleus:(The Blues). France play home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, and the manager is Didier Deschamps. The French side are the reigning World Cup holders, having won the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 15 July 2018.
They have won two FIFA World Cups, two UEFA European Championships, an Olympic tournament, and two FIFA Confederations Cups. France experienced much of its success in four major eras: in the 1950s, 1980s, late 1990s/early 2000s, and late 2010s respectively, which resulted in numerous major honours.
History
- Main article: History of the France national football team
2018 FIFA World Cup
- Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup
In 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying, France topped their group with 23 points; winning 7 wins, drawing 2 and losing once, although their two draws were against considerably weaker nations, drawing 0–0 with Belarus in their opening match and against Luxembourg, failing to secure a win against the latter since 1914, nearly 103 years. Their only defeat of the qualifying phase was against Sweden; losing 2–1 in the last few minutes following an error from goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. France secured qualification to the World Cup finals with a 2–1 win over Belarus.
France were drawn in Group C along with Australia, Denmark, and Peru. France started the World Cup with a win in the match against Australia. They eventually won the group with a single-goal win against Peru and a goalless draw in the last match against Denmark.
In the knockout stage, France would face Group D runners-up Argentina. The match was ended in a 4–3 victory for France on two goals scored by Kylian Mbappé, who also won a penalty in the opening minutes. In the quarter-finals, France defeated Uruguay 2–0. The team advanced to a semi-final match against Belgium in St. Petersburg, which ended in a 1–0 win for the French with a corner kick headed into the goal by defender Samuel Umtiti. On 15 July, France beat Croatia in the final with result 4–2 to win the World Cup for the second time.
Competitive records
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup finals record | Qualifications record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
 1930 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Squad | — | |||||||
 1934 | Round of 16 | 9th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1934 | |
| 1938 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | 1938 | ||||||
 1950 | Originally did not qualify, then invited, later withdrew | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1950 | |||||||||
 1954 | Group stage | 11th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Squad | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1954 | |
 1958 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 15 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1958 | |
 1962 | Did not qualify | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1962 | |||||||||
 1966 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1966 | |
 1970 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1970 | |||||||||
 1974
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1974 | ||||||||||
 1978 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1978 | |
 1982 | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 1982 | |
| 1986 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1986 | |
| 1990 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1990 | |||||||||
 1994
| 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1994 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | 1998 | ||||||
  2002 | Group stage | 28th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Squad | Qualified as defending champions | 2002 | ||||||
 2006 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | Squad | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2006 | |
 2010 | Group stage | 29th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Squad | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2010 | |
| 2014 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | Squad | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2014 | |
 2018 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | Squad | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2018 | |
 2022 | To be determined | To be determined | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 15/21 | 2 Titles | 65 | 33 | 13* | 19 | 120 | 77 | N/A | 111 | 65 | 23 | 23 | 216 | 88 | Total | |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.
UEFA European Football Championship
| UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 1960
| Fourth place | 4th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |
| 1964
| Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1968 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||||||||
 1972 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||||||||
 1976 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1980 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1984
| Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
| 1988
| Did not qualify | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1992
| Group stage | 6th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | |
| 1996
| Semi-finals | 4th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
 2000
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | |
 2004
| Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
 2008
| Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 5 | |
  2012
| Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |
| 2016
| Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
 2020
| Qualified | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2024
| To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 Titles | 9/15 | 39 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 62 | 44 | 110 | 65 | 27 | 18 | 227 | 90 | |
Results and fixtures
2019
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 22 March 2019 | Moldova 
| 1–4 | France
| Chișinău, Moldova | |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Ambros  89'
| Report | Griezmann 24' Varane 27'Giroud 36'Mbappé 87'
| Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 25 March 2019 | France
| 4–0 |  Iceland
| Saint-Denis, France | |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Umtiti 12' Giroud 68'Mbappé 78'Griezmann 84'
| Report | Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 65,000 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
| Friendly 2 June 2019 | France
| 2–0 |  Bolivia
| Nantes, France | |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Lemar 5' Griezmann 43'
| Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 35,228 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 8 June 2019 | Turkey 
| 2–0 | France
| Konya, Turkey | |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Ayhan 30' Ünder 40'
| Report | Stadium: Konya Büyükşehir Stadium Attendance: 36,783 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 11 June 2019 | Andorra 
| 0–4 | France
| Andorra la Vella, Andorra | |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Mbappé 11' Ben Yedder 30'Thauvin 45+1'Zouma 60'
| Stadium: Estadi Nacional Attendance: 3,187 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 7 September 2019 | France
| 4–1 |  Albania
| Saint-Denis, France | |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Coman 8', 68' Giroud 27'Ikoné 85'
| Report | Cikalleshi 90' (pen.)
| Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 77,655 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 10 September 2019 | France
| 3–0 | Andorra
| Saint-Denis, France | |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Coman 18' Lenglet 52'Ben Yedder 90+1'
| Report | Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 55,383 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 11 October 2019 | Iceland
| 0–1 | France
| Reykjavík, Iceland | |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Giroud 66' (pen.)
| Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 9,719 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 14 October 2019 | France
| 1–1 | Turkey
| Saint-Denis, France | |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Giroud 76'
| Report | Ayhan 82'
| Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 72,154 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 14 November 2019 | France
| 2–1 | Moldova
| Saint-Denis, France | |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Varane 35' Giroud 79' (pen.)
| Report | Rață 9'
| Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 64,367 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 17 November 2019 | Albania
| 0–2 | France
| Tirana, Albania | |
| 20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Tolisso 9' Griezmann 30'
| Stadium: Arena Kombëtare Attendance: 19,228 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) |
2020
| Friendly 27 March 2020 | France
| v |  Ukraine
| Saint-Denis, France | |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stade de France |
| Friendly 31 March 2020 | France
| v |  Finland
| Décines-Charpieu, France | |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade de Lyon |
| Friendly 8 June 2020 | France
| v |  Croatia
| Saint-Denis, France | |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Stade de France |
| UEFA Euro 2020 Group F 16 June 2020 | France
| v |  Germany
| Munich, Germany | |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Football Arena Munich |
| UEFA Euro 2020 Group F 20 June 2020 | Winner Play-off Path A/D 
| v | France
| Budapest, Hungary | |
| 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Stadium: Puskás Aréna |
| UEFA Euro 2020 Group F 24 June 2020 | Portugal 
| v | France
| Budapest, Hungary | |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Puskás Aréna |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying games against Moldova and Albania on 14 and 17 November 2019.
Caps and goals as of 17 November 2019 after the match against Albania.
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