France women's national football team

France

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Les Bleues (The Blues)
Association	French Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Philippe Bergeroo
Captain	Wendie Renard
Most caps	Sandrine Soubeyrand (198)
Top scorer	Marinette Pichon (81)
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	3 (10 July 2015)
Highest	3 (December 2014)
Lowest	10 (September 2009)
First international
France 2–0 England (Manchester, England; October 1920)
Biggest win
France 14–0 Algeria (Cesson-Sévigné, France; 14 May 1998) France 14–0 Bulgaria (Le Mans, France; 28 November 2013)
Biggest defeat
United States 8–0 France (Indianapolis, United States; 29 April 1996)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2003)
Best result	4th (2011)
European Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 1997)
Best result	Quarterfinals (2009)

The French women's national football team (Template:Lang-fr) represents France in international women's football. The team is directed by the French Football Federation (FFF) and competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup.

The France women's national team initially struggled on the international stage failing to qualify for three of the first FIFA Women's World Cups and the six straight UEFA European Championships before reaching the quarter-finals in the 1997 edition of the competition. However, since the beginning of the new millennium, France have become a mid-tier national team and one of the most consistent in Europe having qualified for their first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2003 and reaching the quarter-finals in two of the three European Championships held since 2000. In 2011, France recorded a fourth-place finish at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup; its best finish overall at the competition. In the following year, the club captured the 2012 Cyprus Cup.

The current manager of the national team is Philippe Bergeroo. He replaced Bruno Bini on September 11, 2013. The current captain of the national team is 25-year-old centre back Wendie Renard.

History

Early history

In 1919, a women's football championship was established in France by the Fédération des Sociétés Féminines Sportives de France (FSFSF). On 29 April 1920, a team led by French women's football pioneer Alice Milliat traveled to England and played its first international match against English team Dick, Kerr's Ladies. The match, held in Preston, attracted more than 25,000 spectators. France won the match 2–0 and ended its tour with two wins, one draw, and one defeat. The following year, a return match in France at the Stade Pershing in Vincennes, a suburb of Paris, took place in front of over 12,000 spectators. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. In May 1921, France returned to England for friendlies. The team won its first match 5–1, then suffered three consecutive defeats. In October 1921, the English team returned to France contesting matches in Paris and Le Havre with both matches ending in stalemates. Despite women's football in England being prohibited by The Football Association in December 1921, France continued to go there on tour for matches. A victory for the French in Plymouth was followed by 0–0 draws in Exeter and Falmouth. By 1932, the female game had been called to an end and the women's league formed in 1919 by the FSFSF was discontinued. The last match by the FSFSF international team was another scoreless draw against Belgium on 3 April 1932.

Throughout the late 1960s in France, particularly in Reims, local players worked hard to promote awareness and the acceptance of women's football. A year before getting officially sanctioned, France took part in a makeshift European Cup against England, Denmark, and Italy. The tournament was won by the Italians. The Federal Council of the French Football Federation officially reinstated women's football in 1970 and France played its first official international match on 17 April 1971 against the Netherlands in Hazebrouck. That same year, France took part in the unofficial 1971 Women's World Cup, held in Mexico. The ladies continued the pirate games, which just made it into the margins of FIFA's records, until FIFA began overseeing the competition in 1991. Since 1982, UEFA has governed the European games.

Reinstatement

In 1975, the women's football league was officially reinstated, this time with backing from the French Football Federation, the governing body of football in France. Stade Reims was the best team in the country throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, thus constituted much of the French national squad. For the non-official World Cup in 1978 in Taiwan, the team included the entire Reims squad. The team shared the title with Finland, who never actually played the final. Due to receiving minimal support from the French Football Federation, who ultimately looked at women's football as not being highly regarded, France struggled in international competition failing to advance past the first round of qualification in both the 1984 and 1987 UEFA Women's Championship. Francis Coché, who managed the team during these failures, was later replaced by Aimé Mignot. Mignot helped the team finally get past the first round, however, in the quarterfinals, they lost to Italy, which meant they wouldn't appear at the 1989 UEFA Women's Championship. Despite the initial positives, Mignot failed to continue his success with France failing to qualify for both the 1991 and 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and losing in the first round of qualification in three straight UEFA Women's Championships. After almost a decade in charge, Mignot was replaced by former women's international Élisabeth Loisel.

With Loisel in charge, the FFF, along with then France national football team manager Aimé Jacquet, moved the women's national team to Clairefontaine, which had quickly become a high-level training facility for male football players. As a result of the move, younger women were afforded the same benefits from the facilities offered by Clairefontaine as the men. The success of female training led to the formation of the Centre National de Formation et d'Entraînement de Clairefontaine, which is now referred to as the female section of the Clairefontaine academy. Under the tutelage of Loisel, the first results appeared encouraging. They reached their first-ever Women's World Cup qualifying for the 2003 edition after defeating England over two legs in a play-off game in London and again at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. The match in Saint-Étienne attracted more than 23,000 spectators and was broadcast by the popular French broadcasting company Canal Plus. Loisel's squad later qualified for the 2005 European Championship, where they were knocked out in the group stage. She was eventually sacked after failing to qualify for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team under Bruno Bini

Loisel was replaced by former football player and now coach Bruno Bini. Bini had been in charge of several France female international youth sides before accepting the role and was tasked with the job of qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2009. Due to the success of the Clairefontaine project and the surprising emergence of the French women's first division, Division 1 Féminine, Bini inherited a team full of emerging, young, and influential talent, which included the likes of Camille Abily, Sonia Bompastor, Louisa Necib, Élise Bussaglia, Laura Georges, and Corine Franco. Bini was also provided with leadership from captain Sandrine Soubeyrand. Early results under Bini were extremely positive with France finishing first in their Euro qualifying group only conceded two goals. France also performed well in friendly tournaments, such as the Nordic Cup and Cyprus Cup. At UEFA Women's Euro 2009, France were inserted into the group of death, which consisted of themselves, world powerhouse Germany, no. 7 ranked Norway, and an underrated Iceland. France finished the group with 4 points, alongside Norway, with Germany leading the group. As a result of the competition's rules, all three nations qualified for the quarterfinals. In the knockout rounds, France suffered defeat to the Netherlands losing 5–4 on penalties after no goals were scored in regular time and extra time.

2011 Women's World Cup

The French team at the 2011 Women's World Cup prior to the 2–4 first round loss to Germany on 5 July 2011.

Bini's next task was to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup after the disappointment of four years earlier. In the team's qualifying group, France finished the campaign scoring 50 goals and conceded none over the course of ten matches (all wins). On 16 September 2010, France qualified for the World Cup following the team's 3–2 aggregate victory over Italy.

At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, France qualified to the knockout stage by finishing in second place in its group after wins over Nigeria and Canada, and a loss to the host team. The team went on to beat England on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals, but lost to the United States in the semi-finals. France finished the competition in fourth place and earned qualification to the Olympic football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London; it was the nation's first appearance in the competition. Striker Marie-Laure Delie was the only multiple goal scorer for France in the tournament, while defenders Sonia Bompastor and Laura Georges as well as midfielder Louisa Necib were selected to the All-Star Team.

Golden era

France started to develop one of their most successful era in their women's football history. In UEFA Women's Euro 2013 held in Sweden, France stood top of the group, beating both Spain, England and Russia to gain first place and earned ticket to quarter-final. However, Bergeroo's girls lost to Denmark at penalty shootout, missing the chance to gain the semi-final ticket.

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

In 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Canada, France was listed to Pot 1, which made France become the champion's candidate. France was in group F, alongside England, Mexico and Colombia. In the opening match against arch-rival England, a goal from Eugénie Le Sommer gave France a 1-0 victory. However, France was shocked by a 0-2 lost to Colombia, making Colombia became the second Latin American team to win in Women's World Cup. Therefore, France must win over Mexico if they wanna qualify. France thrashed Mexico 5-0 to qualify as top of the group.

In knockout round, France easily beat South Korea 3-0 in Montreal so they could remain in Montreal waiting for the quarter-final match against Germany. In the quarter-final match against Germany, France shocked Germany by a goal lead from Louisa Nécib. But France failed to defend the result as Célia Šašić scored in a penalty kick at 83'. The result was 1-1 after 120', making the match to be decided at penalty shootout again. France's Claire Lavogez penalty was denied by Nadine Angerer, resulting as France once again missed semi-final because of losing 4-5 at penalty shootout.

Competitive record

For single-match results of the women's national team, see French football single-season articles.

World Cup

Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991	Did Not Qualify
1995
1999
2003	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	2	3
2007	Did Not Qualify
2011	Fourth Place	4th	6	2	1	3	10	10
2015	Quarterfinals	5th	5	3	1	1	10	3
Total	3/7	0 Titles	14	6	3	5	22	16

Olympic Games

Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012	Fourth place	4	5	3	0	3	11	8
2016	Qualified
Total	2/6	0 Titles	5	3	0	2	11	7

European Championship

Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
No Host 1984	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Group stage	6	3	1	1	1	4	5
2001	Group stage	6	3	1	0	2	5	7
2005	Group stage	6	3	1	1	1	4	5
2009	Quarter-final	8	4	1	2	1	5	7
2013	Quarter-final	5	4	3	1	0	8	2
Total	5/11	0 Titles	17	7	4	6	26	26

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

See also: List of France women's international footballers

Current squad

Head coach Philippe Bergeroo named 23 players to the 2015 Women's World Cup Roster April 23, 2015.

Caps and goals as of 27 June 2015, after the team's match against Germany.

Head coach: Philippe Bergeroo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Céline Deville	(1982-01-24) 24 January 1982	65	0	FCF Juvisy
2	2DF	Wendie Renard (c)	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990	71	16	Olympique Lyon
3	2DF	Laure Boulleau	(1986-10-22) 22 October 1986	61	0	Paris Saint-Germain
4	2DF	Laura Georges	(1984-08-20) 20 August 1984	164	6	Paris Saint-Germain
5	2DF	Sabrina Delannoy	(1986-05-18) 18 May 1986	26	1	Paris Saint-Germain
6	3MF	Amandine Henry	(1989-09-28) 28 September 1989	45	4	Olympique Lyon
7	3MF	Kenza Dali	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991	14	2	Paris Saint-Germain
8	2DF	Jessica Houara	(1987-09-29) 29 September 1987	38	1	Paris Saint-Germain
9	4FW	Eugénie Le Sommer	(1989-05-18) 18 May 1989	110	47	Olympique Lyon
10	3MF	Camille Abily	(1984-12-05) 5 December 1984	151	29	Olympique Lyon
11	3MF	Claire Lavogez	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994	13	1	Olympique Lyon
12	3MF	Élodie Thomis	(1986-08-13) 13 August 1986	121	32	Olympique Lyon
13	4FW	Kadidiatou Diani	(1995-04-01) 1 April 1995	7	1	FCF Juvisy
14	3MF	Louisa Nécib	(1987-01-23) 23 January 1987	130	33	Olympique Lyon
15	3MF	Élise Bussaglia	(1985-09-24) 24 September 1985	147	26	Olympique Lyon
16	1GK	Sarah Bouhaddi	(1986-10-17) 17 October 1986	99	0	Olympique Lyon
17	4FW	Gaëtane Thiney	(1985-10-28) 28 October 1985	127	55	FCF Juvisy
18	4FW	Marie-Laure Delie	(1988-01-29) 29 January 1988	90	61	Paris Saint-Germain
19	2DF	Griedge Mbock Bathy	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995	9	0	Olympique Lyon
20	2DF	Anaïg Butel	(1992-02-15) 15 February 1992	8	0	FCF Juvisy
21	1GK	Méline Gérard	(1990-05-30) 30 May 1990	1	0	Olympique Lyon
22	2DF	Amel Majri	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993	9	1	Olympique Lyon
23	3MF	Kheira Hamraoui	(1990-01-13) 13 January 1990	18	0	Paris Saint-Germain

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Amandine Guerin	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993	0	0	Soyaux	2015 Women's World Cup Reserves
GK	Emmeline Mainguy	(1988-06-12) 12 June 1988	0	0	Guingamp	v. United States, 11 March 2015
GK	Laëtitia Philippe	(1991-04-30) 30 April 1991	3	0	Montpellier	v. Hungary, 20 August 2014
DF	Julie Soyer	(1985-06-30) 30 June 1985	9	0	Juvisy	2015 Women's World Cup Reserves
DF	Marine Dafeur	(1994-10-20) 20 October 1994	2	0	Guingamp	v. United States, 11 March 2015
DF	Marion Makuch	(1992-03-29) 29 March 1992	0	0	Arras	v. Hungary, 7 May 2014
DF	Corine Franco-Petit	(1983-10-05) 5 October 1983	89	11	Olympique Lyon	2014 Cyprus Cup
MF	Viviane Asseyi	(1993-11-20) 20 November 1993	8	0	Montpellier	2015 Women's World Cup Reserves
MF	Sandie Toletti	(1995-07-13) 13 July 1995	4	0	Montpellier	2015 Women's World Cup Reserves
MF	Aurélie Kaci	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989	3	0	Olympique Lyon	2015 Women's World Cup Reserves
MF	Charlotte Bilbault	(1990-06-05) 5 June 1990	1	0	Montpellier	2015 Women's World Cup Reserves
MF	Marina Makanza	(1991-07-01) 1 July 1991	15	0	Montpellier	v. Brazil, 26 November 2014
MF	Inès Jaurena	(1991-05-14) 14 May 1991	0	0	Juvisy	v. United States, 20 June 2014
MF	Camille Catala	(1991-05-06) 6 May 1991	23	2	Juvisy	2014 Cyprus Cup
FW	Clarisse Le Bihan	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994	1	0	Guingamp	2015 Women's World Cup Reserves
FW	Pauline Crammer	(1991-02-14) 14 February 1991	1	0	Anderlecht	v. Finland, 17 September 2014
FW	Laëtitia Tonazzi	(1981-01-31) 31 January 1981	66	15	Montpellier	v. United States, 14 June 2014

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup squads

• 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup – France
• 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup – France

UEFA European Championships squads

• UEFA Women's Euro 2009 – France

Summer Olympics squads

• 2012 Summer Olympics – France

Statistics

Most capped French players

• Still active national team players in bold.

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Sandrine Soubeyrand	1997–2013	198	18
2	Laura Georges	2001–present	164	6
3	Sonia Bompastor	2000–2012	156	18
4	Camille Abily	2001–present	151	29
5	Élise Bussaglia	2003–present	147	26
6	Louisa Nécib	2005–present	130	33
7	Gaëtane Thiney	2007–present	127	55
8	Corinne Diacre	1993–2005	121	14
	Élodie Thomis	2005–present		32
10	Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé	1992–2005	115	15

Last updated: 27 June 2015

Top France goalscorers

• Still active national team players in bold.

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Marinette Pichon	1994–2008	81	112	0.72
2	Marie-Laure Delie	2009–present	61	90	0.68
3	Gaëtane Thiney	2007–present	55	127	0.43
4	Eugénie Le Sommer	2009–present	47	110	0.43
5	Louisa Nécib	2005–present	33	130	0.25
6	Élodie Thomis	2005–present	32	121	0.26
7	Hoda Lattaf	1997–2007	30	109	0.28
8	Camille Abily	2001–present	29	151	0.19
9	Élise Bussaglia	2003–present	26	147	0.18
10	Sonia Bompastor	2000–2012	18	156	0.12
	Sandrine Soubeyrand	1997–2013		198	0.10

Last updated: 27 June 2015

2015 Results & Fixtures

Results

Friendly

France v United States

8 February 2015	France	2–0	United States	Stade du Moustoir, Lorient
18:00 CET	Le Sommer 50' Houara 51'	Report		Attendance: 15,663 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

France v Canada

9 April 2015	France	1–0	Canada	Stade Robert-Bobin, Bondoufle
21:00 CET	Le Sommer 34'	Report		Attendance: 11,441 Referee: Silvia Spinelli (Italy)

France v Russia

22 May 2015	France	2–1	Russia	Stade Gaston-Petit, Châteauroux
21:00 CET	Thiney 2', 57'	Report	Terekhova 26'	Attendance: 12,482 Referee: Gyöngyi Gaál (Hungary)

France v Scotland

28 May 2015	France	1–0	Scotland	Stade Marcel-Picot, Tomblaine
21:00 CET	Delie 20'			Attendance: 13,395 Referee: Marte Soro (Norway)

2015 Algarve Cup

Portugal v France

4 March 2015 Group stage	Portugal	0–1	France	Estádio Municipal da Bela Vista, Parchal
17:10 CET		Report	Le Sommer 64'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Maria Carvajal (Chile)

France v Denmark

6 March 2015 Group stage	France	4–1	Denmark	Estádio Algarve, Algarve
15:00 CET	Le Sommer 2' Abily 6' Dali 13' Lavogez 43'	Report	Troelsgaard 76'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Jana Adamkova (Czech Republic)

Japan v France

9 March 2015 Group stage	Japan	1–3	France	Estádio Municipal da Bela Vista, Parchal
14:10 CET	Kawasumi 43'	Report	Thiney 54' (pen.), 84' Le Sommer 71'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

France v United States

11 March 2015 Final	France	0–2	United States	Estádio Algarve, Algarve
17:00 CET			Johnston 7' Press 41'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

France v England

9 June 2015 Group stage	France	1–0	England	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
18:00 CET	Le Sommer 29'	Report		Attendance: 11,686 Referee: Thalia Mitsi (Greece)

France v Colombia

13 June 2015 Group stage	France	0–2	Colombia	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
18:00 CET		Report	Andrade 19' Usme 90+3'	Attendance: 13,138 Referee: Liang Qin (China)

Mexico v France

17 June 2015 Group stage	Mexico	0–5	France	TD Place Stadium, Ottawa
21:00 CET		Report	Delie 1' Ruiz 9' (o.g.) Le Sommer 13', 36' Henry 80'	Attendance: 21,562 Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

France v South Korea

21 June 2015 Round of 16	France	3–0	South Korea	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
21:00 CET	Delie 4', 48' Thomis 8'	Report		Attendance: 15,518 Referee: Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)

Germany v France

26 June 2015 Quarter-final	Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	France	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
21:00 CET	Šašić 84' (pen.)	Report	Nécib 64'	Attendance: 24,859 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)
	Penalties
	Behringer Laudehr Peter Marozsán Šašić		Thiney Abily Nécib Renard Lavogez

Last updated: 26 June 2015
Source: French Football Federation Women's Results
Source: French Football Federation Women's Fixtures

Overall competition record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Top scorer
1984 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0	Italy Portugal Switzerland	2 / 4	Musset Musset, Wolf Musset
1987 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	0–1 3–5 1–3 3–1 0–4 0–1	Netherlands Belgium Sweden	2 / 4	Constantin, Musset, Romagnoli ? 0
1988 Mundialito 0	1st Stage 0	1–1 1–1	England Italy B	2 / 3	Musset Bernard
	Semifinals	0–3	Italy
	Third place	0–1	United States
1989 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	2–0 0–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–0	Belgium Bulgaria Spain Czechoslovakia	1 / 5	Musset, Puentes Baracat, Breton, Mismacq, Musset, Puentes Musset 2, Loisel Loisel, Romagnoli
	Quarterfinals	1–2 0–2	Italy		Musset
1991 European Championship qualification 0	1st Stage 0	3–1 2–0 0–2 1–4	Poland Sweden	2 / 3	Mismacq 2, Le Boulch, Jézéquel, Musset Jézéquel
1993 European Championship qualification 0	1st Stage 0	1–4 0–4 1–1 5–1	Denmark Finland	2 / 3	Jézéquel Fusier 2, Bernauer, Cassauba, Locatelli, Petit
1995 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	0–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0	Italy Portugal Scotland	2 / 4	Sykora Sykora 2, Gout, Richoux Béghé, Guitti, Hillion, Pichon
1997 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	3–3 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1	Iceland Russia Netherlands	2 / 4	Pichon 4, Sykora + 1 o.g. 0 Gout, Olive, Pichon
	Repechage	2–0 3–0	Finland		Pichon 2, Diacre, Roujas, Woock
1997 European Championship 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–1 3–1 0–3	Spain Russia Sweden	3 / 4	Roujas Roujas 3 0
1999 World Cup qualification 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0	2–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–3	Switzerland Finland Italy	3 / 4	Lattaf 2, Lagrevol, Roujas + 1 o.g. Lagrevol, Pichon Pichon, Soubeyrand
2001 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0	2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1	Sweden Netherlands Spain	1 / 4	Jézéquel 2, Herbert, Zenoni Diacre 2, Lattaf Béghé 2, Diacre
2001 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	0–3 3–4 2–0	Norway Denmark Italy	4 / 4	0 Béghé, Blouet, Pichon Jézéquel, Pichon
2003 World Cup qualification 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0	0–3 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1	Norway Ukraine Czech Republic	2 / 4	Pichon Pichon 3, Soubeyrand Pichon 3, Béghé, Blouin, Soubeyrand
	Repechage	1–0 1–0	England		Diacre, Pichon
2003 World Cup 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	0–2 1–0 1–1	Norway South Korea Brazil	3 / 4	0 Pichon Pichon
2005 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0 0	4–0 6–0 2–0 3–0 7–1 5–1 3–0 2–5	Hungary Iceland Poland Russia	1 / 5	Pichon 5, Lattaf 2, Béghé, Bompastor, Tonazzi Lattaf 2, Tonazzi 2, Béghé Pichon 6, Diacre, Diguelman, Herbert, Lattaf, Tonazzi, Woock Lattaf 2, Pichon 2, Tonazzi
2005 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	3–1 1–1 0–3	Italy Norway Germany	3 / 4	Pichon 2, Lattaf Béghé 0
2007 World Cup qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0 0	0–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 0–0 1–1	Netherlands Austria Hungary England	2 / 5	Soubeyrand 2 Bussaglia 2, Soubeyrand 2, Pichon Pichon 2, Soubeyrand 2, Bompastor, Lattaf, Tonazzi Diguelman
2009 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	6–0 5–0 6–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 8–0 2–0	Greece Slovenia Iceland Serbia	1 / 5	Abily 3, Soubeyrand 2, Lattaf, Nécib, Franco, Herbert, Thomis Bussaglia 2, Lattaf 2, Abily, Thiney, Thomis + 1 o.g. Herbert, Soubeyrand Brétigny 3, Thomis 2, Abily, Bussaglia, Nécib, Thiney, Traïkia
2009 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	3–1 1–5 1–1	Iceland Germany Norway	3 / 4	Abily, Bompastor, Nécib Thiney Abily
	Quarterfinals	0–0 (PSO: 4–5)	Netherlands		: 1 Soubeyrand, 2 Abily, 3 Henry, 4 Le Sommer : 5 Franco, 6 Meilleroux, 7 Herbert
2011 World Cup qualification 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	7–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 12–0 6–0 2–0 7–0 6–0 4–0	Croatia Iceland Estonia Serbia Northern Ireland	1 / 6	Delie 2, Franco 2, Le Sommer 2, Abily, Soubeyrand, Thiney, Thomis Thiney 2, Thomis Delie 4, Thiney 4, Herbert 2, Thomis 2, Abily, Bussaglia, Franco, Nécib, Le Sommer + 1 o.g. Thiney 4, Abily 2, Bussaglia, Delie, Thomis Bompastor 2, Delie 2, Le Sommer 2, Abily, Franco, Nécib + 1 o.g.
2011 World Cup 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–0 4–0 2–4	Nigeria Canada Germany	2 / 4	Delie Thiney 2, Abily, Thomis Delie, Georges
	Quarterfinals	1–1 (PSO: 4–3)	England		Bussaglia — : 2 Bussaglia, 3 Thiney, 4. Bompastor, 5 Le Sommer : 1 Abily
	Semifinals	1–3	United States		Bompastor
	Third place	1–2	Sweden		Thomis
2012 Summer Olympics 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	2–4 5–0 1–0	United States North Korea Colombia	2 / 4	Delie, Thiney Catala, Delie, Georges, Renard, Thomis Thomis
	Quarterfinals	2–1	Sweden		Georges, Renard
	Semifinals	1–2	Japan		Le Sommer
	Bronze match	0–1	Canada
2013 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	5–0 5–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 5–0	Israel Ireland Wales Scotland	1 / 5	Thiney 3, Abily, Bompastor, Delie, Franco, Rubio, Le Sommer + 1 o.g. Le Sommer 3, Delie, Morel, Nécib, Thomis Thomis 3, Thiney 2, Abily, Delie, Le Sommer Delie 2, Le Sommer 2, Nécib, Renard + 1 o.g.
2013 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	3–1 1–0 3–0	Russia Spain England	1 / 4	Delie 2, Le Sommer Renard Le Sommer, Necib, Renard
	Quarterfinals	1–1 (PSO: 2-4)	Denmark		Necib — : 2 Thiney, 3 Le Sommer : 1 Necib, 4 Delannoy
2015 World Cup qualification 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	4–0 7–0 3–1 3–1 10–0 14–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 3–1	Kazakhstan Austria Bulgaria Hungary Finland	1 / 6	Thiney 4, Delie 3, Abily 2, Delannoy, Thomis Bussaglia, Delie, Henry, Necib, Renard, Thomis Thiney 8, Le Sommer 5, Renard 4, Delie 3, Abily, Bussaglia, Georges, Necib Le Sommer 2, Abily, Delie, Majri, Thiney, Thomis + 1 o.g. Necib 2, Bussaglia, Delie, Thiney
2015 World Cup 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–0 0–2 5–0	England Colombia Mexico	1 / 4	Le Sommer Le Sommer 2, Delie, Henry + 1 o.g.
	Round of 16	3–0	South Korea		Delie 2, Thomis
	Quarterfinals	1–1 (PSO: 4–5)	Germany		Necib — : 1 Thiney, 2 Abily, 3 Necib, 4 Renard : 5 Lavogez

Coaching staff

As of 24 October 2014.

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Philippe Bergerôo	French
Assistant manager	Thierry Asseloos	French
Préparateur physique	Frédéric Aubert	French
Goalkeeper coach	Sandrine Roux	French
Médecin	Fabrice Bryand	French
Kinésithérapeute-ostéopathe	Joël Barthe	French
Kinésithérapeute-ostéopathe	Marianne Boussely	French
Press Secretary	Stéphane Lanoue	French
Coordinateur Administratif et Logistique	Filipe Pires	French
Delegation Chief	Brigitte Henriques	French
Delegation Chief	Albert Gemmrich	French

Media coverage

France's qualifying matches and friendlies are currently televised by Direct 8.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile