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 | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 2  (7 February 2019)[1] | ||
| Highest | 1 (May 2001 – May 2002, August – September 2018) | ||
| Lowest | 26 (September 2010) | ||
| Elo ranking | |||
| Current | 2  3 (3 March 2019)[2] | ||
| Highest | 1 (most recently 16 August 2018) | ||
| Lowest | 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 | Champions (1998, 2018) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1960) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1984, 2000) | ||
Medal record
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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[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- 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 |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
