World Cup Appearances: 12 (1st appearance in 1930)
Best World Cup result: Winners, 1998
World Cup Record:
2002 - Round 1
1998 - Champions
1994 - Did not qualify
1990 - Did not qualify
1986 - Third place
1982 - Fourth place
1978 - Round 1
1974 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1966 - Round 1
1962 - Did not qualify
1958 - Third place
1954 - Round 1
1950 - Did not qualify
1938 - Quarterfinals
1934 - Round 1
1930 - Round 1

European Championship Appearances: 6 (1st appearance in 1960)
Best European Championship result: Winners, 1984 and 2000
European Championship Record:
2004 - Quarterfinals
2000 - Champions
1996 - Semifinals
1992 - Round 1
1988 - Did not qualify
1984 - Champions
1980 - Did not qualify
1976 - Did not qualify
1972 - Did not qualify
1968 - Did not qualify
1964 - Did not qualify
1960 - Fourth place

Olympic medal record:

First International:
Belgium 3 - 3 France (May 01, 1904 in Brussels, Belgium)

World Cup Squad Lists / Detailed Records

2006 FIFA World Cup Germany
(held from June 09 to July 09, 2006)

In Group stage the the France is in Group G with Switzerland, South Korea and Togo.

Preliminary Matches Date Teams Score 12-Oct-05 FRA:CYP 4:0 08-Oct-05 SUI:FRA 1:1 07-Sep-05 IRL:FRA 0:1 03-Sep-05 FRA:FAR 3:0 30-Mar-05 ISR:FRA 1:1 26-Mar-05 FRA:SUI 0:0 13-Oct-04 CYP:FRA 0:2 09-Oct-04 FRA:IRL 0:0 08-Sep-04 FAR:FRA 0:2 04-Sep-04 FRA:ISR 0:0        Preliminaries Statistics Team GP GS GA GD YC RC France 10 14 2 +12 - - Glossary GP: Game Played, GS: Goals, GA: Goals Against, GD: Goal Difference, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards

2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan
(held from May 31 to June 30)

manager: Roger Lemerre
squad list:
1 GK Ulrich Ramé | 2 DF Vincent Candela | 3 DF Bixente Lizarazu | 4 MF Patrick Vieira | 5 DF Philippe Christanval | 6 MF Youri Djorkaeff | 7 MF Claude Makélélé | 8 DF Marcel Desailly | 9 FW Djibril Cissé | 10 MF Zinedine Zidane | 11 FW Sylvain Wiltord | 12 FW Thierry Henry | 13 DF Mikaël Silvestre | 14 MF Alain Boghossian | 15 DF Lilian Thuram | 16 GK Fabien Barthez | 17 MF Emmanuel Petit | 18 DF Frank Leboeuf | 19 DF Willy Sagnol | 20 FW David Trézéguet | 21 FW Christophe Dugarry | 22 MF Johan Micoud | 23 GK Grégory Coupet

1998 Football World Cup
(held in France from June 10 to July 12)

manager: Aimé Jacquet
squad list:
1 GK Bernard Lama | 2 DF Vincent Candela | 3 DF Bixente Lizarazu | 4 MF Patrick Vieira | 5 DF Laurent Blanc | 6 FW Youri Djorkaeff | 7 MF Didier Deschamps | 8 DF Marcel Desailly | 9 FW Stéphane Guivarc'h | 10 MF Zinedine Zidane | 11 MF Robert Pirès | 12 FW Thierry Henry | 13 MF Bernard Diomède | 14 MF Alain Boghossian | 15 DF Lilian Thuram | 16 GK Fabien Barthez | 17 MF Emmanuel Petit | 18 DF Frank Leboeuf | 19 MF Christian Karembeu | 20 FW David Trézéguet | 21 FW Christophe Dugarry | 22 GK Lionel Charbonnier

1994 FIFA World Cup
(held in the USA from June 17 to July 17)

did not participate

1990 Football World Cup
(held in Italy from June 08 to July 8, 1990)

did not participate

1986 Football World Cup
(held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29)

manager: Henri Michel
squad list:
1 GK Joël Bats | 2 DF Manuel Amoros | 3 DF William Ayache | 4 DF Patrick Battiston | 5 DF Michel Bibard | 6 DF Maxime Bossis | 7 DF Yvon Le Roux | 8 MF Thierry Tusseau | 9 MF Luis Fernandez | 10 MF Michel Platini | 11 MF Jean-Marc Ferreri | 12 MF Alain Giresse | 13 MF Bernard Genghini | 14 MF Jean Tigana | 15 MF Philippe Vercruysse | 16 FW Bruno Bellone | 17 FW Jean-Pierre Papin | 18 FW Dominique Rocheteau | 19 FW Yannick Stopyra | 20 FW Daniel Xuereb | 21 GK Philippe Bergeroo | 22 GK Albert Rust

1982 Football World Cup
(held in Spain from June 13 to July 11)

manager: Michel Hidalgo
squad list:
1 GK Dominique Baratelli | 2 DF Manuel Amoros | 3 DF Patrick Battiston | 4 DF Maxime Bossis | 5 DF Gerard Janvion | 6 DF Christian Lopez | 7 DF Philippe Mahut | 8 DF Marius Trésor | 9 MF Bernard Genghini | 10 MF Michel Platini | 11 MF Rene Girard | 12 MF Alain Giresse | 13 MF Jean-Francois Larios | 14 MF Jean-Amadou Tigana | 15 FW Bruno Bellone | 16 FW Alain Couriol | 17 FW Bernard Lacombe | 18 FW Dominique Rocheteau | 19 FW Didier Six | 20 FW Gerard Soler | 21 GK Jean Castaneda | 22 GK Jean-Luc Ettori

NO INFORMATION BEFORE THE 1982 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP AVAILABLE

European Championship Squad Lists / Detailed Records

2004 UEFA European Football Championship
(held in Portugal from June 12 to July 04)

manager: Jacques Santini
squad list:
1 GK Mickaël Landreau | 2 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong | 3 DF Bixente Lizarazu | 4 MF Patrick Vieira | 5 DF William Gallas | 6 MF Claude Makelele | 7 MF Robert Pires | 8 DF Marcel Desailly | 9 FW Louis Saha | 10 MF Zinedine Zidane | 11 FW Sylvain Wiltord | 12 FW Thierry Henry | 13 DF Mikael Silvestre | 14 MF Jérôme Rothen | 15 DF Lilian Thuram | 16 GK Fabien Barthez | 17 MF Olivier Dacourt | 18 MF Benoît Pedretti | 19 DF Willy Sagnol | 20 FW David Trezeguet | 21 FW Steve Marlet | 22 FW Sidney Govou | 23 GK Grégory Coupet

2000 UEFA European Championship
(co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands from June 10 to July 02)

manager: Roger Lemerre
squad list:
1 GK Bernard Lama | 2 DF Vincent Candela | 3 DF Bixente Lizarazu | 4 MF Patrick Vieira | 5 DF Laurent Blanc | 6 MF Youri Djorkaeff | 7 MF Didier Deschamps | 8 DF Marcel Desailly | 9 FW Nicolas Anelka | 10 MF Zinedine Zidane | 11 MF Robert Pires | 12 FW Thierry Henry | 13 FW Sylvain Wiltord | 14 MF Johan Micoud | 15 DF Lilian Thuram | 16 GK Fabien Barthez | 17 MF Emmanuel Petit | 18 DF Frank Lebœuf | 19 MF Christian Karembeu | 20 FW David Trezeguet | 21 FW Christophe Dugarry | 22 GK Ulrich Ramé

1996 European Football Championship
(held in England from June 08 to June 30)

manager: Aimé Jacquet
squad list:
1 GK Bernard Lama | 2 DF Jocelyn Angloma | 3 DF Eric Di Meco | 4 DF Frank Leboeuf | 5 DF Laurent Blanc | 6 MF Vincent Guérin | 7 MF Didier Deschamps | 8 DF Marcel Desailly | 9 FW Youri Djorkaeff | 10 MF Zinedine Zidane | 11 FW Patrice Loko | 12 DF Bixente Lizarazu | 13 FW Christophe Dugarry | 14 MF Sabri Lamouchi | 15 DF Lilian Thuram | 16 GK Fabien Barthez | 17 FW Mickaël Madar | 18 MF Reynald Pedros | 19 MF Christian Karembeu | 20 DF Alain Roche | 21 MF Corentin Martins | 22 GK Bruno Martini

1992 European Football Championship
(held in Sweden from June 10 to June 26)

manager: Michel Platini
squad list:
1 GK Bruno Martini | 2 DF Manuel Amoros | 3 DF Franck Silvestre | 4 MF Emmanuel Petit | 5 DF Laurent Blanc | 6 MF Bernard Casoni | 7 MF Didier Deschamps | 8 MF Frank Sauzée | 9 FW Jean-Pierre Papin | 10 MF Luis Fernandez | 11 MF Christian Perez | 12 FW Christophe Cocard | 13 DF Basile Boli | 14 MF Jean-Philippe Durand | 15 FW Fabrice Divert | 16 FW Pascal Vahirua | 17 MF Rémi Garde | 18 FW Eric Cantona | 19 GK Gilles Rousset | 20 DF Jocelyn Angloma

NO INFORMATION THE 1992 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP AVAILABLE

Most capped French players:

Top France goalscorers:

UEFA U-21 Championship Appearances: X (1st appearance in XXX)
UEFA U-21 Best result: XXX
UEFA U-21 Championship Record:
2006 - Losing semi-finalists.
2004 - Did not qualify. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off.
2002 - Runners-up
2000 - Did not qualify. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off.
1998 - Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
1996 - Losing semi-finalists. Finished third.
1994 - Losing semi-finalists. Finished fourth.
1992 - Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
1990 - Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
1988 - Winners
1986 - Losing quarter-finalists.
1984 - Losing quarter-finalists.
1982 - Losing quarter-finalists.
1980 - Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
1978 - Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.

First U-21 International:
France 1-1 Belgium (September 03, 1976 in Amiens, France)