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{{Short description|National under-20 association football team representing France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox national football team
| Name               = France U-20
| Flag               = Flag of France.svg
| Badge              = 
| FIFA Trigramme     = FRA
| Nickname           = Les Bleuets (The Little Blues) <br /> ''Les Tricolores'' (The Tri-colours)
| Association        = [[French Football Federation]]
| Confederation      = [[UEFA]] (Europe)
| Coach              = [[Bernard Diomède]]
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|Regional name = [[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
|Regional cup apps = 7
|Regional cup first = [[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship|1977]]
|Regional cup best = Champions: [[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2013]]
| First game = {{fbu|20|ESP|1977}} 2–1 {{fbu-rt|20|FRA}}<br/>([[Radès]], [[Tunisia]]; 28 June 1977)
| Largest win = {{fbu|20|France}} 5–0 {{fbu-rt|20|Iraq}}<br/>([[Paris]], [[France]]; 18 June 2011)
| Largest loss = {{fbu|20|Colombia}} 4–1 {{fbu-rt|20|FRA}}<br/>([[Bogota]], [[Colombia]]; 30 July 2011)  <br>   {{fbu|20|BRA}} 3–0 {{fbu-rt|20|FRA}}<br/>([[Kuching]], [[Malaysia]]; 17 June, 1997)
<center>''Records for competitive matches only.''</center>
}}

The '''France national under-20 football team''' ({{Lang-fr|Équipe de France des moins de 20 ans de football}}) represents [[France]] in men's international [[association football|football]] at this age level and is controlled by the [[French Football Federation]]. Since there is no under-20 [[UEFA]] tournament, the team competes for the [[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]. The under-20 team also participates in the [[Toulon Tournament]], usually replacing the under-21 team, and in the football tournaments of the [[Football at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] and the [[Jeux de la Francophonie]].

France were the world champions, winning the [[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]. The team reached the semifinals for the first time in their history in [[2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2011]], and they have also made it to the quarterfinals in two occasions, in [[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship|1997]] and [[2001 FIFA World Youth Championship|2001]].

==Competitive Record==

=== FIFA World Youth Championship/U-20 World Cup Record ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"   
|-
!Year
!Result
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|- 
|{{flagicon|Tunisia|1959}} [[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship|1977]]||Group stage||3||1||1||1||3||3 
|-
|{{flagicon|Japan|1947}} [[1979 FIFA World Youth Championship|1979]]||rowspan=9 colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-   
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[1981 FIFA World Youth Championship|1981]] 
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1983 FIFA World Youth Championship|1983]] 
|-   
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[1985 FIFA World Youth Championship|1985]] 
|-   
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1987 FIFA World Youth Championship|1987]] 
|- 
|{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[1989 FIFA World Youth Championship|1989]] 
|-   
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[1991 FIFA World Youth Championship|1991]] 
|-   
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[1993 FIFA World Youth Championship|1993]] 
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[1995 FIFA World Youth Championship|1995]] 
|-
|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship|1997]]||Quarter-finals||5||3||1||1||10||8   
|-   
|{{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[1999 FIFA World Youth Championship|1999]]||colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[2001 FIFA World Youth Championship|2001]]||Quarter-finals||5||2||2||1||11||7   
|-   
|{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[2003 FIFA World Youth Championship|2003]]||rowspan=4 colspan=8|''Did not qualify'' 
|-  
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[2005 FIFA World Youth Championship|2005]] 
|- 
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[2007 FIFA World Youth Championship|2007]] 
|-   
|{{flagicon|Egypt}} [[2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2009]] 
|- style="background:#9acdff;"
|{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2011]]||'''Fourth place'''||'''7'''||'''4'''||'''0'''||'''3'''||'''11'''||'''12'''
|-
|- style="background:gold;"
|{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2013]]||'''Champions'''||'''7'''||'''4'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''15'''||'''6'''
|- 
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2015]]||rowspan=1 colspan=8|''Did not qualify'' 
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2017]]||Round of 16||4||3||0||1||10||2
|-
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2019]]||Round of 16||4||3||0||1||9||5
|- 
|{{flagicon|IDN}} <s>[[2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2021]]</s>||colspan=8|''Cancelled'' 
|- 
|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2023]]||colspan=8|''Qualified''
|-    
!'''Total'''||'''1 title'''||'''35'''||'''20'''||'''6'''||'''9'''||'''69'''||'''43'''     
|}

== Players ==

=== Current squad ===
The following players were seleced for the [[2022 Maurice Revello Tournament]] between 29 May and 12 June 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=La France Au Tournoi Maurice-Revello |url=https://www.fff.fr/article/7465-la-france-au-tournoi-maurice-revello.html |access-date=26 May 2022 |publisher=Fédération Française de Football |date=19 May 2022 |language=French |format=PDF}}</ref>
''Caps and goals correct as of 26 May 2022.''
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Hugo Barbet]]|age={{bda|2001|11|22|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[En Avant Guingamp|Guingamp]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Melvin Zinga]]|age={{bda|2002|3|16|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Angers SCO|Angers]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Thierno Baldé]]|age={{bda|2002|6|10|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Maxime Estève]]|age={{bda|2002|5|26|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Ziyad Larkeche]]|age={{bda|2002|9|19|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]|clubnat=ENG}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Théo Le Bris]]|age={{bda|2002|10|1|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[FC Lorient|Lorient]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Chrislain Matsima]]|age={{bda|2002|5|15|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Tanguy Nianzou]]|age={{bda|2002|6|7|df=y}}|caps=6|goals=1|club=[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Kiliann Sildillia]]|age={{bda|2002|5|16|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[SC Freiburg|Freiburg]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Brandon Soppy]]|age={{bda|2002|2|21|df=y}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Mohamed Achi]]|age={{bda|2002|1|16|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=1|club=[[FC Nantes|Nantes]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Lucien Agoumé]]|age={{bda|2002|2|9|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Stade Brestois 29]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Adil Aouchiche]]|age={{bda|2002|7|15|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=1|club=[[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Pierre Ekwah]]|age={{bda|2002|1|15|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]|clubnat=ENG}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Johann Lepenant]]|age={{bda|2002|10|22|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Amir Richardson]]|age={{bda|2002|1|24|df=y}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Maghnes Akliouche]]|age={{bda|2002|2|25|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Yoann Cathline]]|age={{bda|2002|7|22|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=1|club=[[En Avant Guingamp|Guingamp]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Yanis Cimignani]]|age={{bda|2002|1|22|df=y}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Hugo Ekitike]]|age={{bda|2002|6|20|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Stade de Reims]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Sékou Mara]]|age={{bda|2002|7|30|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=1|club=[[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Nathanaël Mbuku]]|age={{bda|2002|3|16|df=y}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Stade de Reims]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs end}}

===Recent callups===
The following players have also been called up to the France under-20 squad and remain eligible:

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{{nat fs break}}
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{{nat fs end}}

;Notes
*<sup>INJ</sup> Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

=== Previous squads ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
;FIFA U-20 World Cup/Youth Championship squads
*[[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads#.C2.A0France|2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup – France]]
*[[2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup squads#.C2.A0France|2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup – France]]
*[[2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads#.C2.A0France|2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – France]]
*[[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads#.C2.A0France|1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – France]]
*[[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads#.C2.A0France|1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – France]]
{{col-end}}

==Honours==
*'''[[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]'''
:''Champions:'' [[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2013]]

* '''[[Toulon Tournament]]'''
:''Champions (13):'' 1977, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2022
:''Finalists (14):'' 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.fff.fr/selections/20ans/actualite/ Official site]

{{France national football team}}
{{Football in France}}
{{National sports teams of France}}
{{UEFA under-20 teams}}
{{FIFA U-20 World Cup winners}}

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[[Category:European national under-20 association football teams]]
[[Category:Youth football in France]]