The France national football team represents France in men’s world football and is governed by the French Football Federation, also known as FFF. The crew’s colors are blue, white and purple, and their livery is similar to that of Galois. France is colloquially known as Les Bleus.
stadium/stadium: Stade de France
Captain: Hugo Lloris
manager: Didier Deschamps
League: World Cup
Nickname: Blues (Blues)
Present: 4 people (October 6, 2022)
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Olivier Giroud 9
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Antoine Griezmann 7
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Hugo Lloris
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Under captain Didier Deschamps and Zinedine Zidane, Le Bleu won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. They also won the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003. Three years later, France reached the final. 2006 FIFA World Cup, lost 5-3 to Italy in penalty shootout. Ten years later, the group reached the final of the UEFA European Championship, but lost 1–0 to Portugal in extra time. Two years later, France won the 2018 FIFA World Cup by beating Croatia 4-2 in the final match on 15 July 2018, finishing second in the competition. Finally, the French national team became the first European team to dominate all possible seniors. FIFA and continental confederation competitions after winning the UEFA Nations League in October 2021. France will compete with Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Italy, England, Croatia and Germany.
history
The French national football team was reborn as a team created with the creation of FIFA on May 21, 1904, and played its first official match against Belgium in Brussels on May 1, 1904, but it ended in a 3-3 draw. The following year, on February 12, 1905, France played their first home match against Switzerland. The match took place at the Parc des Princes stadium in front of 500 fans. France won 1-0, with Gaston Kipress scoring the best goal. France is struggling to establish its identity due to disagreements between FIFA and the United States Federation for Sports (USFSA). On May 9, 1908, the USFSA’s rival, the French Interfederal Committee (CFI), decided that FIFA, rather than the USFSA, could now be responsible for clubs’ performance at the upcoming Olympic Games. In 1919, the CFI was converted into the French Football Federation (FFF). In 1921, the USFSA finally merged with the FFF.
In July 1930, France participated in the first FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay. France beat Mexico 4-1 in the first World Cup match held at Pocitos Stadium in Montevideo. Lucien Laurent is now not only France’s most productive goalkeeper in the World Cup, but also the first “healthy” player to score in World Cup history. Conversely, France became the first team to not score a single goal in a game after losing 1-0 to Argentina. Another loss against Chile eliminated the team at organizational level. The following year, the first round of black participants was selected from all over the country. Raoul Dije, disguised as a native Senegalese, scored his first goal on February 15 against Czechoslovakia with a score of 2: 1. Later, Dianye played with the team in the 1938 World Cup alongside Larbi Benbarek, who became one of the first North African launch players to play for the national team. At the 1934 World Cup, France lost in the deciding match, losing 3-2 to Austria. When the film crew returned to Paris, more than 4,000 supporters welcomed them as heroes. France hosted the 1938 World Cup and advanced to the quarterfinals, but lost 3-1 to defending champion Italy.
Home Stadium
During the early years of France, the team’s national stadium alternated between the Parc Prince Stadium in Paris and the Yves du Manoir Olympic Stadium in Colombes. France also hosted matches at the Stade Pershing, Stade de Paris and Stade Buffalo stadiums but received minimal scores. Over the years, France began placing the outfit in venues other than Paris, including the Marcel Sapin Stadium in Nantes, the Velodrome in Marseille, the Stade de Gerland in Lyon and the Stade de la Mainau in Strasbourg.
The protection of the Parc des Princes in 1972 gave the stadium its greatest potential in Paris, and France moved there permanently. Despite this, the group played some enjoyable matches and minor qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championships in various venues. The French national team has twice played its home matches against foreign teams: in 2005 against Costa Rica in Fort-de-France (Martinique) and against China in Saint-Pierre (Réunion) in 2010. Both lawsuits were amicable.
In 1998, ahead of the 1998 World Cup, the Stade de France opened as France’s national stadium. This stadium, located in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, has 81,338 seats. The French national team’s first match played at this stadium was against Spain on January 28, 1998. France won 1-0, with Zinedine Zidane scoring the only goal. Since then, France has used the stadium for almost every important home match, including most recently the 1998 World Cup.
The national team trains at the INF Clairefontaine Academy in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines prior to matches, whether home or away. Clairefontaine is a National Soccer Center and one of 12 elite academies during the US Soccer Championship. Opened in 1988 by former FFF president Fernand Sastre in 1976, the center attracted media attention when it was used as a base camp for the 1998 World Cup winning team.
Nickname
Media and fans often refer to France as Les Bleus (Blue), a nickname associated with all French teams playing around the world due to the blue t-shirts worn by all teams. This team is also called Les Tricolores or L’Equipe Tricolore (The Tricolor Team) because the team uses the all-Russian hues of blue, white, and red in the United States. In the 1980s, France was nicknamed the ‘Brazilian of Europe’ due to its admiration for ‘Square Magic’ (‘Magic Square’), founded by Michel Platini. Under coach Michel Hidalgo, the French national team has displayed an inspiring, stylish and technically proficient attacking style that bears a striking resemblance to that of the South American national team. France’s defense is rated as one of the best in the world in terms of aggression and technical ability, despite its focus on attack.