France national football team

France

Association	French Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA
Nickname	Les Bleus
Coach	Didier Deschamps
Most caps	Lilian Thuram (142)
Top scorer	Thierry Henry (51)
FIFA ranking	2 (December 2018)
First game	1 May 1904 v. Belgium (3-3)
Largest win	6 September 1995 v. Azerbaijan (10-0)
Largest loss	22 October 1908 v. Denmark (1-17)
World Cup
Appearances	15
First Apps	1930
Best result	Champions (1998, 2018)

France after winning the 2018 World Cup.

The France national football team is the national football team of France. The team has won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1984 and UEFA Euro 2000. The team came as second in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In the 1958 FIFA World Cup and 1986 FIFA World Cup, the team finished in third place. The teams current coach is Didier Deschamps, who took over from Laurent Blanc.

Most appearances

As of 15 July 2018

     Highlighted names show that the player is still active.

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Lilian Thuram	1994–2008	142	2
2	Thierry Henry	1997–2010	123	51
3	Marcel Desailly	1993–2004	116	3
4	Zinedine Zidane	1994–2006	108	31
5	Patrick Vieira	1997–2009	107	6
6	Hugo Lloris	2008–present	104	0
7	Didier Deschamps	1989–2000	103	4
8	Laurent Blanc	1989–2000	97	16
	Bixente Lizarazu	1992–2004	97	2
10	Sylvain Wiltord	1999–2006	92	26

Top scorers

As of 15 July 2018

     Highlighted names show that the player is still active.

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Thierry Henry	1997–2010	51	123	0.41
2	Michel Platini	1976–1987	41	72	0.57
3	David Trezeguet	1998–2008	34	71	0.48
4	Olivier Giroud	2011–present	31	81	0.38
	Zinedine Zidane	1994–2006	31	108	0.29
6	Just Fontaine	1953–1960	30	21	1.43
	Jean-Pierre Papin	1986–1995	30	54	0.56
8	Youri Djorkaeff	1993–2002	28	82	0.34
9	Karim Benzema	2007–present	27	81	0.33
10	Sylvain Wiltord	1999–2006	26	92	0.28