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The France national football team (French: Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football. It is controlled by the French Football Federation (FFF; Fédération française de football), the governing body for football in France. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions.
Longest France career Karim Benzema, 15 years, 86 days, 28 March 2007 — 13 June 2022 Shortest France career Franck Jurietti, 5 seconds, 12 October 2005 v. Cyprus Oldest player Larbi Ben Barek, 40 years and 150 days, 6 October 1954 v. West Germany Youngest player Julien Verbrugghe, 16 years and 306 days, 1 November 1906 v. England Amateurs
Marcel Desailly (116 caps, 3 goals) represented France at seven major international tournaments, including four as captain. Patrick Vieira (107 caps, 6 goals) was the fifth player to reach 100 caps for France. Defender Laurent Blanc (97 caps, 16 goals) was declared the fourth best French player of all time by magazine France Football. [25]
The France starting XI for their first group match. Coach: Didier Deschamps. France announced their 25-player final squad on 9 November 2022. [35] [36] The final squad was extended to 26 players on 14 November with the addition of Marcus Thuram. [37] On the same day, Presnel Kimpembe withdrew injured and was replaced by Axel Disasi. [38]
The history of the France national football team dates back to 1904. The national team, also referred to as Les Bleus , represents the nation of France in international football . It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA .
France and Belgium have since contested 75 official matches against each other, the most all-time between each team. Aside from Belgium, France have contested matches against almost 90 other national teams. Of the 90 teams, France have not lost to 40 of them having earned a perfect winning percentage against 26 of the teams.
The Netherlands was the only team to use all of its 23 players during the tournament, making it the fourth team in World Cup history to ever use all of its players in the squad, after France in 1978, and both Greece and Russia in 1994 (although in all these cases 22 players were used since the 23-player squads were not introduced until 2002 ...
France announced their squad on 12 May. [2] Raphaël Varane was initially in the squad but was replaced by Adil Rami after injury. [3] On 28 May, Jérémy Mathieu was replaced by Samuel Umtiti due to an injury. [4] On 31 May, Lassana Diarra was replaced by Morgan Schneiderlin because of an injury. [5] The squad numbers were announced on 30 May. [6]