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Nickname
Les Bleus (The Blues)
Association
French Football Federation
Current coach
Raymond Domenech, 2004-
Most capped player
Marcel Desailly: 116
Highest goalscorer
Michel Platini: 41
First International
Belgium 3 - 3 France (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May, 1904)
Largest win
France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan (Paris, France; 6 September, 1995)
Largest defeat
Denmark 17 - 1 France (London, England; 19 October, 1908)
World Cup
Finals appearances: 11 (First: 1930) Best result: Winners 1998
European Championships
Finals appearances: 6 (First: 1960) Best result: Winners 1984, 2000

The French national football team have won the FIFA World Cup once in 1998, when France was the host of the event, beating Brazil 3-0. France also won the following European Championship, winning 2-1 in the final against Italy. However, their performance in the 2002 World Cup was dismal, not winning a single game, nor scoring a goal. However, France is generally considered to be one of the stronger sides in international football today.

World Cup record

• 1930 - Round 1
• 1934 - Round 1
• 1938 - Round 2
• 1950 - Did not qualify
• 1954 - Round 1
• 1958 - Third place
• 1962 - Did not qualify
• 1966 - Round 1
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Round 1
• 1982 - Fourth place
• 1986 - Third place
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Winners
• 2002 - Round 1

European Championship record

• 1960 - Fourth place
• 1964 - Did not qualify
• 1968 - Did not qualify
• 1972 - Did not qualify
• 1976 - Did not qualify
• 1980 - Did not qualify
• 1984 - Winners
• 1988 - Did not qualify
• 1992 - Round 1
• 1996 - Semifinals
• 2000 - Winners
• 2004 - Quarterfinals

Famous Players

• Michel Platini
• Zinédine Zidane
• Marcel Desailly
• Laurent Blanc
• Raymond Kopa
• Just Fontaine
• Didier Deschamps
• Eric Cantona
• Christian Karembeu
• Fabien Barthez
• Thierry Henry
• Bixente Lizarazu
• Patrick Vieira
• Robert Pires
• Lilian Thuram
• David Trezeguet
• Sylvain Wiltord

External links

• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fran-recintlp.html)
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1960- (http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fran-coach-triv.html)