France National Football Team represents France in the international association football team. This France football team was established as the national football team in the 1950s. The France national team is nicknamed Les Bleus in the Flag of France.
The football team association’s name is France Football Federation short name is “The Blues” and it’s Confederation UEFA (Europe) in France. The France team qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the nations of the World. Then, they got the World Cup qualifier in 1998.
France Football team info details
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Football team nickname: Les Bleus
Confederation Name: France Football Federation (FFF)
Sub-confederation name: UEFA (Europe)
Association of this team: France Football Association of this team
Head of the coach: Didier Deschamps
Team captain: Hugo Loris
Top Scorer of this team: Thierry Henry
FIFA code: FRA
Present rankings of FIFA: 5 number positions
The highest ranking of FIFA: 1 (May 2001-2002)
The lowest ranking of FIFA: 27 (September 2010)
FIFA World Cup honors: Winner in 2002, Runner-up: in 2006, and Third place 2 times: 1958, 1986.
Olympic Football Tournament: Gold Medal: 1984, Silver Medal: 1900
France National football team players
France’s football team squad has more experience and some important players who play in different Football clubs. Here, anyone can follow France’s football team players and other personal details.
The following players were called up for the FIFA World Cup 2018. National Football Team of France player names and their Date of Birth Club names are given below
Players name and positions | Playing club names | Date of Birth |
---|---|---|
Alphonse Areola - GK | Paris Saint-Germain | 27 February 1993 |
Steve Mandanda- GK | Marseille | 28 March 1985 |
Hugo Lioris- GK | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 December 1986 |
Samuel Umtiti - DF | Darcelona | 14 November 1993 |
Adil Rami - DF | Marseille | 27 December 1985 |
Raphael Varane - DF | Real Madrid | 25 April 1993 |
Kimpembe Presnel - DF | Paris Saint-Germain | 13 August 1995 |
Lucas Hernandez - DF | Atletico Madrid | 14 February 1996 |
Benjamin Pavard - DF | VfB Stuttgart | 28 March 1996 |
Benjamin Mendy - DF | Manchester City | 17 July 1994 |
Dijibril Sidibe - DF | Monaco | 29 July 1992 |
Steven Nzonzi - MF | Sevilla | 15 December 1988 |
Corentin Tolisso- MF | Bayern Munich | 3 August 1994 |
Thomas Lemar- MF | Monaco | 12 November 1995 |
N' Golo Kante - MF | Chelsea | 29 March 1991 |
Paul Pogba- MF | Manchester United | 15 March 1993 |
Blaise Matuidi - MF | Juventus | 9 April 1987 |
Florian Thauvin - FW | Marseille | 28 January 1993 |
Ousmane Dembele - FW | Barcelona | 15 May 1997 |
Nabil Fekir - FW | Lyon | 18 July 1993 |
Kylian Mbappe - FW | Paris Saint-Germain | 20 December 1998 |
Antoine Griezmann- FW | Atletico Madrid | 21 March 1991 |
Olivier Giroud - FW | Chelsea | 30 September 1986 |
Mathieu Debuchy - DF | Saint-Etienne | 28 July 1985 |
FIFA World Cup 2022 France Squad
France won the World Cup 2018 against Croatia’s team. After the team was already selected to play in Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 they proclaimed their 26-man player squad. Now, let’s see France’s FIFA 2022 squad details
Goalkeeper of the squad
Hugo Lloris, Tottenham
Alphonse Areola, West Ham
Steve Mandanda, Rennes
Defender
Benjamin Pavard, Bayern Munich
Jules Kounde, Barcelona
Raphael Varane, Manchester United
Theo Hernandez, AC Milan
Lucas Hernandez, Bayern Munich
Benoit Badiashile, Monaco
Ferland Mendy, Real Madrid
Dayot Upamecano, Bayern Munich
Ibrahima Konate, Liverpool
William Saliba, Arsenal
Midfielder of the France squad
Eduardo Camavinga, Real Madrid
Youssouf Fofana, Monaco
Matteo Guendouzi, Marseille
Aurelien Tchouameni, Real Madrid
Adrien Rabiot, Juventus
Jordan Veretout, Marseille
Forward or Striker
Ousmane Dembele, Barcelona
Olivier Giroud, AC Milan
Antoine Griezmann, Atletico Madrid
Karim Benzema, Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappe, PSG
Randal Kolo Muani, Eintracht Frankfurt
Kingsley Coman, Bayern Munich
Read also: FIFA World Cup winners list from 1930 to 2022
The France football team won the semi-final against the Morocco team in the World Cup 2022 and reached the final on 14th December 2022.
France National Team Crest Organization and Supporters
The France team continued to perform under prospect and were eliminated in the group match in the 2010 World Cup. At the insistence of Blanc, the FFF stopped all 23 players in the World Cup squad for the France team-friendly match against Norway on 23 July 2010.
All sports were off for COVID-19, but from July 2020 started all club and national sports.
Automatically, France’s team qualified as hosts for Euro Cup 2016, Hatem Ben Arfa and Benzema were not in the squad of France.
Afterward, France potted in Group A of the UEFA zone of the World Cup 2018 qualifiers along with the Netherlands and Sweden teams.
Besides, France won the two matches against Luxembourg and Sweden before being beaten by the Swedes in the return leg at Solna. France’s team went out of the qualifying undefeated their qualified for the 15th FIFA World Cup 2018.
The France team is nicknamed Les Bleus, which is the nickname associated with all of France’s international sporting teams due to the blue shirts. The team’s national colors were Blue, white, and Red in 1980.
The France team was honored one-time winner of the FIFA World Cup in 1998. Besides, they won the Olympic football tournament, a Gold Medal, once time, and a Silver Medal once time.
France was among the four European teams that took part in the first-ever World Cup in 1930 and has made appearances in sixteen FIFA World Cups as of 2022.
Final Note
Also, France has achieved UEFA European championship two times winners in both 1984, and 2000. Thanks for listening and if you feel any information on the team is a mistake or false comment to us.
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