| Federation
founded: 1919 |
| FIFA
member since: 1904 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
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| 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
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| 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
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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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1930
No qualifying rounds held. Teams
were invited to take part and FRANCE
chose to participate.
1934
(WCQ Group 8)
13.Apr 34 Luxembourg 1-6 FRANCE
(FRANCE v Germany not played.)
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Germany 1 1 0 0 9- 1 2
2.FRANCE 1 1 0 0 6- 1 2
3.Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 2-15 0
FRANCE qualified for Italy 1934.
1938
FRANCE qualified automatically
as host nation.
1950
(WCQ GROUP 3)
09.Oct 49 Yugoslavia 1-1 FRANCE
30.Oct 49 FRANCE 1-1 Yugoslavia
Play-off [in Florence (ITA)]
11.Dec 49 Yugoslavia 3-2 FRANCE
[aet]
FRANCE failed to qualify for Brazil 1950.
1954
(WCQ GROUP 4)
20.Sep 53 Luxembourg 1-6 FRANCE
04.Oct 53 Rep. of Ireland 3-5 FRANCE
25.Nov 53 FRANCE 1-0 Rep. of Ireland
27.Dec 53 FRANCE 8-0 Luxembourg
P W D L Gls Pts
1.FRANCE 4 4 0 0 20- 4 8
2.Rep. of Ireland 4 2 0 2 8- 6 4
3.Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 1-19 0
FRANCE qualified for Switzerland 1954.
1958
(UEFA Group 2)
11.Nov 56 FRANCE 6-3 Belgium
02.Jun 57 FRANCE 8-0 Iceland
01.Sep 57 Iceland 1-5 FRANCE
27.Oct 57 Belgium 0-0 FRANCE
P W D L Gls Pts
1.FRANCE 4 3 1 0 19- 4 7
2.Belgium 4 2 1 1 16-11 5
3.Iceland 4 0 0 4 6-26 0
FRANCE qualified for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 2)
25.Sep 60 Finland 1-2 FRANCE
11.Dec 60 FRANCE 3-0 Bulgaria
28.Sep 61 FRANCE 5-1 Finland
12.Nov 61 Bulgaria 1-0 FRANCE
P W D L Gls Pts
1.FRANCE 4 3 0 1 10- 3 6
Bulgaria 4 3 0 1 6- 4 6
3.Finland 4 0 0 4 3-12 0
Play-off [in Milan (ITA)]
16.Dec 61 Bulgaria 1-0 FRANCE
FRANCE failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 3)
04.Oct 64 Luxembourg 0-2 FRANCE
11.Nov 64 FRANCE 1-0 Norway
18.Apr 65 Yugoslavia 1-0 FRANCE
15.Sep 65 Norway 0-1 FRANCE
09.Oct 65 FRANCE 1-0 Yugoslavia
06.Nov 65 FRANCE 4-1 Luxembourg
P W D L Gls Pts
1.FRANCE 6 5 0 1 9- 2 10
2.Norway 6 3 1 2 10- 5 7
3.Yugoslavia 6 3 1 2 10- 8 7
4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 6-20 0
FRANCE qualified for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 5)
06.Nov 68 FRANCE 0-1 Norway
10.Sep 69 Norway 1-3 FRANCE
15.Oct 69 Sweden 2-0 FRANCE
01.Nov 69 FRANCE 3-0 Sweden
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 4 3 0 1 12- 5 6
2.FRANCE 4 2 0 2 6- 4 4
3.Norway 4 1 0 3 4-13 2
FRANCE failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 9)
13.Oct 72 FRANCE 1-0 Soviet Union
15.Nov 72 Rep. of Ireland 2-1 FRANCE
19.May 73 FRANCE 1-1 Rep. of Ireland
26.May 73 Soviet Union 2-0 FRANCE
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 4 3 0 1 5- 2 6
2.Rep. of Ireland 4 1 1 2 4- 5 3
3.FRANCE 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3
FRANCE failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 5)
09.Oct 76 Bulgaria 2-2 FRANCE
17.Nov 76 FRANCE 2-0 Rep. of Ireland
30.Mar 77 Rep. of Ireland 1-0 FRANCE
16.Nov 77 FRANCE 3-1 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.FRANCE 4 2 1 1 7- 4 5
2.Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 5- 6 4
3.Rep. of Ireland 4 1 1 2 2- 4 3
FRANCE qualified for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 2)
11.Oct 80 Cyprus 0-7 FRANCE
28.Oct 80 FRANCE 2-0 Rep. of Ireland
25.Mar 81 Netherlands 1-0 FRANCE
29.Apr 81 FRANCE 3-2 Belgium
09.Sep 81 Belgium 2-0 FRANCE
14.Oct 81 Rep. of Ireland 3-2 FRANCE
18.Nov 81 FRANCE 2-0 Netherlands
05.Dec 81 FRANCE 4-0 Cyprus
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Belgium 8 5 1 2 12- 9 11
2.FRANCE 8 5 0 3 20- 8 10
3.Rep. of Ireland 8 4 2 2 17-11 10
4.Netherlands 8 4 1 3 11- 7 9
5.Cyprus 8 0 0 8 4-29 0
FRANCE qualified for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 4)
13.Oct 84 Luxembourg 0-4 FRANCE
21.Nov 84 FRANCE 1-0 Bulgaria
08.Dec 84 FRANCE 2-0 East Germany
03.Apr 85 Yugoslavia 0-0 FRANCE
02.May 85 Bulgaria 2-0 FRANCE
11.Sep 85 East Germany 2-0 FRANCE
30.Oct 85 FRANCE 6-0 Luxembourg
16.Nov 85 FRANCE 2-0 Yugoslavia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.FRANCE 8 5 1 2 15- 4 11
2.Bulgaria 8 5 1 2 13- 5 11
3.East Germany 8 5 0 3 16- 9 10
4.Yugoslavia 8 3 2 3 7- 8 8
5.Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2-27 0
FRANCE qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 5)
28.Sep 88 FRANCE 1-0 Norway
22.Oct 88 Cyprus 1-1 FRANCE
19.Nov 88 Yugoslavia 3-2 FRANCE
08.Mar 89 Scotland 2-0 FRANCE
29.Apr 89 FRANCE 0-0 Yugoslavia
05.Sep 89 Norway 1-1 FRANCE
11.Oct 89 FRANCE 3-0 Scotland
18.Nov 89 FRANCE 2-0 Cyprus
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Yugoslavia 8 6 2 0 16- 6 14
2.Scotland 8 4 2 2 12-12 10
3.FRANCE 8 3 3 2 10- 7 9
4.Norway 8 2 2 4 10- 9 6
5.Cyprus 8 0 1 7 6-20 1
FRANCE failed to qualify for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 6)
09.Sep 92 Bulgaria 2-0 FRANCE
14.Oct 92 FRANCE 2-0 Austria
14.Nov 92 FRANCE 2-1 Finland
17.Feb 93 Israel 0-4 FRANCE
27.Mar 93 Austria 0-1 FRANCE
28.Apr 93 FRANCE 2-1 Sweden
22.Aug 93 Sweden 1-1 FRANCE
08.Sep 93 Finland 0-2 FRANCE
13.Oct 93 FRANCE 2-3 Israel
17.Nov 93 FRANCE 1-2 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 10 6 3 1 19- 8 15
2.Bulgaria 10 6 2 2 19-10 14
3.FRANCE 10 6 1 3 17-10 13
4.Austria 10 3 2 5 15-16 8
5.Finland 10 2 1 7 9-18 5
6.Israel 10 1 3 6 10-27 5
FRANCE failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
FRANCE qualified automatically
as host nation.
2002
FRANCE qualified automatically for
Korea/Japan 2002 as defending champions.
2006
(UEFA Group 4)
04.Sep 04 FRANCE 0-0 Israel
08.Sep 04 Faroe Islands 0-2 FRANCE
09.Oct 04 FRANCE 0-0 Rep. of Ireland
13.Oct 04 Cyprus 0-2 FRANCE
26.Mar 05 FRANCE 0-0 Switzerland
30.Mar 05 Israel 1-1 FRANCE
03.Sep 05 FRANCE 3-0 Faroe Islands
07.Sep 05 Rep. of Ireland 0-1 FRANCE
08.Oct 05 Switzerland 1-1 FRANCE
12.Oct 05 FRANCE 4-0 Cyprus
P W D L Gls Pts
1.FRANCE 10 5 5 0 14- 2 20
2.Switzerland 10 4 6 0 18- 7 18
3.Israel 10 4 6 0 15-10 18
4.Rep. of Ireland 10 4 5 1 12- 5 17
5.Cyprus 10 1 1 8 8-20 4
6.Faroe Islands 10 0 1 9 4-27 1
FRANCE qualified for Germany 2006.
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