France national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see France women's national football team.

France

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	2 (7 February 2019)
Highest	1 (May 2001 – May 2002, August – September 2018)
Lowest	26 (September 2010)
Elo ranking
Current	2 3 (3 March 2019)
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	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. 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 08 June 2019

  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	Hugo Lloris	2008–present	111	0
5	Zinedine Zidane	1994–2006	108	31
6	Patrick Vieira	1997–2009	107	6
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 08 June 2019

  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	Olivier Giroud	2011–present	35	90	0.39
4	David Trezeguet	1998–2008	34	71	0.48
5	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

Honours

France celebrating their victory of the 2018 FIFA World Cup

This is a list of honours for the senior France national team

FIFA World Cup

• Champions (2): 1998, 2018
• Runners-up: 2006
• Third place: 1958, 1986
• Fourth place: 1982

UEFA European Championship

• Champions (2): 1984, 2000
• Runners-up: 2016
• Fourth place: 1960
• Semi-finals: 1996

FIFA Confederations Cup

• Champions (2): 2001, 2003

Olympic football tournament

• Gold Medal (1): 1984
• Silver Medal: 1900
• Fourth place: 1920
• Semi-finals: 1908

Competition				Total
FIFA World Cup	2	1	2	5
UEFA European Championship	2	1	0	3
FIFA Confederations Cup	2	0	0	2
UEFA Nations League	0	0	0	0
Olympic football tournament	1	1	0	2
Total	7	3	2	12