France national football team

World Cup 2006 Teams and Players

France

Nickname

Les Bleus (The Blues)

Association

French Football Federation
(FÃ©dÃ©ration FranÃ§aise
de Football)

Coach

Raymond Domenech, 2004-

Most caps

Marcel Desailly (116)

Top scorer

Michel Platini (41)





Home colours





Away colours

First international
Belgium 3 - 3 France
(Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904)

Largest win
France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan
(Paris, France; 6 September 1995)

Worst defeat
Denmark 17 - 1 France
(London, England; 19 October 1908)

World Cup

Appearances

12 (First in 1930)

Best result

Winners, 1998

European Championship

Appearances

6 (First in 1960)

Best result

Winners, 1984 and 2000

The France national football team is a European football team among the top sides in international football today.

France came third in the 1958 World Cup. The generation of Michel Platini and others came fourth in 1982, and third in 1986. In between, they won the European Championship in 1984.

France's most successful years were the late 1990s, the generation of Zidane and others. This team played in the semifinals of Euro 96, two years later hosted and won the 1998 World Cup, and two years later won Euro 2000.

Ranked as favourites, this team's performance in the 2002 World Cup was dismal, not winning a single game, nor scoring a goal. Despite this they were still among the favourites to win Euro 2004, but were beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual surprise winners Greece.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 European Championship record 3 Famous past players 4 2006 World Cup Squad 4.1 Starting Line-Up and Formation 5 Player records 5.1 Most capped French players 5.2 Top France goalscorers 6 Coaches 7 External links

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