| Federation
founded: 1919 |
| FIFA
member since: 1904 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - First
round exit |
| 1934 - First
round exit |
| 1938 - Second
round exit |
| 1950 - Did not qualify |
| 1954 - First
round exit |
| 1958 - 3rd
place |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - First
round exit |
| 1970 - Did not qualify |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - First
round exit |
| 1982 - 4th
place |
| 1986 - 3rd
place |
| 1990 - Did not qualify |
| 1994 - Did not qualify |
| 1998 - CHAMPIONS |
| 2002 - First round exit |
| 2006 - Beaten finalist |
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STATISTICS
|
| Played |
51
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| Won |
25
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| Drawn |
10
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| Lost |
16
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| Goals for |
95
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| Goals against |
64
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| Points |
85
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France
are 6th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
7-3 vs Paraguay
in 1958.
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Biggest
defeat:
2-5 vs Brazil
in 1958.
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Overall
topscorer:
Juste Fontaine,
13 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Fabien Barthez,
17 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
1938 and 1998
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YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1930 1R Mexico W 4-1
1R Argentina L 0-1
1R Chile L 0-1
1934 1R Austria [aet] L 2-3
1938 1R Belgium W 3-1
QF Italy L 1-3
1954 1R Yugoslavia L 0-1
1R Mexico W 3-2
1958 1R Paraguay W 7-3
1R Yugoslavia L 2-3
1R Scotland W 2-1
QF Northern Ireland W 4-0
SF Brazil L 2-5
3/4 West Germany W 6-3
1966 1R Mexico D 1-1
1R Uruguay L 1-2
1R England L 0-2
1978 1R Italy L 1-2
1R Argentina L 1-2
1R Hungary W 3-1
1982 1R England L 1-3
1R Kuwait W 4-1
1R Czechoslovakia D 1-1
2Ph Austria W 1-0
2Ph Northern Ireland W 4-1
SF West Germany [4-5 ap] D 3-3
3/4 Poland L 2-3
1986 1R Canada W 1-0
1R Soviet Union D 1-1
1R Hungary W 3-0
2R Italy W 2-0
QF Brazil [4-3 ap] D 1-1
SF West Germany L 0-2
3/4 Belgium [aet] W 4-2
1998 1R South Africa W 3-0
1R Saudi Arabia W 4-0
1R Denmark W 2-1
2R Paraguay [gg] W 1-0
QF Italy [4-3 ap] D 0-0
SF Croatia W 2-1
F Brazil W 3-0
2002 1R Senegal L 0-1
1R Uruguay D 0-0
1R Denmark L 0-2
2006 1R Switzerland D 0-0
1R South Korea D 1-1
1R Togo W 2-0
2R Spain W 3-1
QF Brazil W 1-0
SF Portugal W 1-0
F Italy [3-5 ap] D 1-1
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