France

Team Snapshot

Country

France

FIFA Code

FRA

Confederation

UEFA

Group

I

Area

France

Coach

Didier Deschamps

Captain

Kylian Mbappé

Founded

1919

Home Venue

—

First international

3–3; (Uccle, Belgium; 1 May 1904)

Biggest win

14–0; (Nice, France; 18 November 2023)

Biggest defeat

17–1; (London, England; 22 October 1908)

Regional competition

European Championship

Regional appearances

11

Best regional result

Champions (1984, 2000)

Team Storyline

The France national football team represents France in men's international football. It is controlled by the French Football Federation, the governing body for football in France. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions. The team's colours and imagery reference two national symbols: the French blue-white-red tricolour and Gallic rooster. The team is colloquially known as Les Bleus. They play home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and train at Centre National du Football in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. Founded in 1904, the team has won two FIFA World Cups, two UEFA European Championships, one CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, two FIFA Confederations Cups and one UEFA Nations League title. France was one of the four European teams that participated in the first World Cup in 1930. Twenty-eight years later, the team led by Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine finished in third place at the 1958 World Cup. France experienced much of its success in three different eras: in the 1980s, the late 1990s to early 2000s, and the late 2010s to early 2020s. In 1984, under the leadership of the three-time Ballon d'Or winner Michel Platini, France won Euro 1984, a CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup (1985), and reached two World Cup semi-finals. During the captaincy of Didier Deschamps, with Zinedine Zidane being the star player, Les Bleus won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. They also won the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003. Three years later, France made it to the final of the 2006 World Cup, losing 5–3 on penalties to Italy. A decade later, the team reached the final of Euro 2016, where they lost 1–0 to Portugal in extra time. Two years after that, France won the 2018 World Cup, its second title in that competition. After winning the 2021 Nations League, they became the first, and so far, the only European national team to have won every senior FIFA and UEFA competition. In 2022, France reached a second consecutive World Cup final, but lost 4–2 on penalties to Argentina. France is also one of only two countries, the other being Brazil, to have won all men's FIFA 11-player competitions at all age levels, having claimed both the FIFA World Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, the now-defunct FIFA Confederations Cup, and Olympic title, as well as the first to complete the collection, after the U-20 national team captured the first U-20 World Cup title in 2013. France has footballing rivalries with Belgium, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. A bitter rivalry with Argentina also developed and intensified in the late 2010s and early 2020s, notably playing each other in two consecutive World Cup knockout stage matches.

Website

http://www.fff.fr

Address

87 Boulevard de Grenelle Paris 75738

Group Opponents

Senegal, Iraq, Norway

Fixtures

• vs Senegal
  Tue June 16 · 15:00 UTC-4 · New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford)
• vs Iraq
  Mon June 22 · 17:00 UTC-4 · Philadelphia
• at Norway
  Fri June 26 · 15:00 UTC-4 · Boston (Foxborough)