France national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Bleus (The Blues) |
|---|---|
| Association | Fédération Française de Football (FFF) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Didier Deschamps |
| Captain | Hugo Lloris |
| Most caps | Lilian Thuram (142) |
| Top scorer | Thierry Henry (51) |
| Home stadium | Stade de France |
| FIFA code | FRA |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 3  (23 December 2021)[1] |
| Highest | 1 (May 2001 – May 2002, August – September 2018) |
| Lowest | 26 (September 2010) |
| 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 | Champions (1998, 2018) |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1960) |
| Best result | Champions (1984, 2000) |
| Confederations Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2001) |
| Best result | Champions (2001, 2003) |
The France national football team is the national football team of France. They won the FIFA World Cup 2 times (1998, 2018), the UEFA European Football Championship twice (1984, 2000) and the FIFA Confederations Cup twice (2001, 2003). The teams current coach is Didier Deschamps, who took over from Laurent Blanc.
Most appearances[change | change source]
- As of 17 November 2021
Highlighted names show that the player is still active.
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilian Thuram | 1994–2008 | 142 | 2 |
| 2 | Hugo Lloris | 2008–present | 136 | 0 |
| 3 | Thierry Henry | 1997–2010 | 123 | 51 |
| 4 | Marcel Desailly | 1993–2004 | 116 | 3 |
| 5 | Olivier Giroud | 2011–present | 110 | 46 |
| 6 | Zinedine Zidane | 1994–2006 | 108 | 31 |
| 7 | Patrick Vieira | 1997–2009 | 107 | 6 |
| 8 | Didier Deschamps | 1989–2000 | 103 | 4 |
| 9 | Antoine Griezmann | 2014–present | 102 | 42 |
| 10 | Laurent Blanc | 1989–2000 | 97 | 16 |
| Bixente Lizarazu | 1992–2004 | 97 | 2 |
Top scorers[change | change source]
- As of 17 November 2021
Highlighted names show that the player is still active.
| # | Player | Career | Goals | Caps | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thierry Henry | 1997–2010 | 51 | 123 | 0.41 |
| 2 | Olivier Giroud | 2011–present | 46 | 110 | 0.42 |
| 3 | Antoine Griezmann | 2014–present | 42 | 102 | 0.41 |
| 4 | Michel Platini | 1976–1987 | 41 | 72 | 0.57 |
| 5 | Karim Benzema | 2007–present | 36 | 94 | 0.38 |
| 6 | David Trezeguet | 1998–2008 | 34 | 71 | 0.48 |
| 7 | Zinedine Zidane | 1994–2006 | 31 | 108 | 0.29 |
| 8 | Just Fontaine | 1953–1960 | 30 | 21 | 1.43 |
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Papin | 1986–1995 | 30 | 54 | 0.56 |
| 10 | Youri Djorkaeff | 1993–2002 | 28 | 82 | 0.34 |
Honours[change | change source]
France celebrating their victory of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- This is a list of honours for the senior France national team
- Winners: 2020–21
| Competition |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIFA World Cup | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| UEFA European Championship | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| FIFA Confederations Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| UEFA Nations League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Olympic football tournament | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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