France women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see France national football team.

The France women's national football team (French: Équipe de France féminine de football, sometimes shortened as Féminin A) represents France in international women's football. The team is directed by the French Football Federation (FFF). France 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.

France

Nickname(s)	Les Bleues (The Blues)
Association	Fédération Française de Football (FFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Laurent Bonadei
Captain	Wendie Renard
Most caps	Sandrine Soubeyrand (198)
Top scorer	Eugénie Le Sommer (93)
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	10 8 (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest	2 (June 2024)
Lowest	10 (September 2009; August 2024)
First international
France 4–0 Netherlands  (Hazebrouck, France; 17 April 1971)
Biggest win
France 14–0 Algeria  (Cesson-Sévigné, France; 14 May 1998)  France 14–0 Bulgaria  (Le Mans, France; 28 November 2013)
Biggest defeat
Germany 7–0 France  (Bad Kreuznach, Germany; 2 September 1992)[2]
World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 2003)
Best result	Fourth place (2011)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 2012)
Best result	Fourth place (2012)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 1997)
Best result	Semi-finals (2022)
Nations League Finals
Appearances	1 (first in 2024)
Best result	Runners-up (2024)

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 one of the most consistent teams 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 team captured the 2012 Cyprus Cup and the fourth place at Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

Hervé Renard has been team manager since March 2023.^[3] The current captain of the national team is defender Wendie Renard.^[4]

History

Early history

Main article: Women's football in France

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 with Jocelyne Ratignier and Marie-Claire Caron-Harant scoring.^[5] 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 France national team. 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[6]

Corinne Diacre Era

Corinne Diacre was appointed manager of France's women's national team in August 2017.^[7] She has led the France national team to success as champions in the SheBelieves Cup in 2017 and runner-ups in 2018. Her time in charge was marked by considerable controversy with a number of veteran players, ultimately leading the France Football Federation to sack Diacre ahead of the 2023 Women's World Cup on 9 March 2023 due to her poor relations with players. "It appears that the dysfunctions observed seem, in this context, irreversible," the federation said in a statement.^[8]

Current Manager

Hervé Renard was appointed on 30 March 2023 to be the new manager of France's women's national team with a contract through the Olympic Games in August 2024.^[9]

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 has entered one of the most successful eras in the country's women's football history. In the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 held in Sweden, France stood top of the group, beating Spain, England and Russia to earn its ticket to the quarter-finals. However, Bergeroo's side lost to Denmark in a penalty shootout, thus failing to advance to the semi-finals.

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

In the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Canada, France was listed to Pot 1, and was a favorite to become champions. France was named to Group F, alongside England, Mexico and Colombia. In the opening match against England, a goal from Eugénie Le Sommer gave France a 1–0 victory. However, France was shocked by Colombia in a 2–0 loss, making Colombia only the second Latin American team to win a Women's World Cup match. Therefore, France's third and final group stage match against Mexico was a must-win. France went on to beat Mexico 5–0 to qualify to the knockout round as top of the group.

In the knockout round, France eased past South Korea in a 3–0 win in Montreal to remain at the same location awaiting the quarter-final match against Germany. In the quarter-final match against Germany, despite dominating the majority of the match, France were unable to capitalize on their chances, which ultimately cost them the game. France were finally able to score in the 64th minute through Louisa Nécib, but failed to keep the lead as Célia Šašić scored on an 83rd-minute penalty kick. The score was 1–1 after 120 minutes, resulting in the match to be decided in a penalty shootout, where France's 5th penalty taken by Claire Lavogez was denied by Nadine Angerer, in which France were eliminated from the tournament losing 4–5 on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Euro 2017

France won all matches at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 3. The home matches had sizable crowds, with 7,761 spectators attending the Romania match at the MMArena in Le Mans, 15,028 spectators at the Ukraine match at the Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, 24,835 spectators at the Greece match at Roazhon Park in Rennes, and 7,521 spectators at the Albania at Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris. The team scored a win and two draws at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Group C, and was defeated by England in quarter-finals.

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

In March 2015, France was selected to host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup of the tournament. Having automatically qualified as hosts, France was considered a favorite to win the tournament, along with the United States. The team opened with three victories against Norway, Nigeria, and South Korea, winning its group with a total of 9 points.^[10] In the round of 16, France defeated Brazil by a score of 2–1, but lost to the United States in the quarterfinal with the same score of 2–1. This Women's World Cup was particularly notable, as it was used as a platform by many women's teams to campaign for equal pay between men and women.^[11]

Team image

Nicknames

The France women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Les Bleues (The Blues)".

Media coverage

FIFA Women's World Cup

Television channel	Period
Direct 8	2011
W9	2015
TF1	2019

UEFA Women's Euro

Television channel	Period
Direct 8	2009, 2013
France Télévisions	2017
TF1	2022

Friendly and Qualifiers

Television channel	Period
Direct 8, C8, CStar	2009–2018
W9	2019–2023

Overall competitive record

Overall 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 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.
	Direct qualification	0–0 3–2	Italy		Bussaglia, Thiney, Bompastor
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
2017 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	6–0 6–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–0	Albania  Greece  Romania  Ukraine	1 / 5	Houara 2, Le Sommer 4, Le Bihan 3, Hamraoui 2, Delie Le Sommer 2, Bilbault, Le Bihan Le Sommer 2, Delie, Bussaglia Majri 2, Delie, Bussaglia, Hamraoui, Abily + 1 o.g.
2016 Summer Olympics 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	4–0 0–1 3–0	Colombia United States New Zealand	2 / 4	Le Sommer, Abily, Majri + 1 o.g. Le Sommer, Cadamuro 2
	Quarterfinals	0–1	Canada
2017 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–0 1–1 1–1	Iceland Austria Switzerland	2 / 4	Le Sommer Henry Abily
	Quarterfinals	0–1	England
2019 World Cup 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	4–0 2–1 1–0	South Korea Norway Nigeria	1 / 4	Le Sommer, Renard 2, Henry Gauvin, Le Sommer Renard
	Round of 16	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brazil		Gauvin, Henry
	Quarterfinals	1–2	United States		Renard
2022 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	3–0 12–0 6–0 2–0 7–0 11–0 0–0 3–0	Kazakhstan  Serbia  North Macedonia  Austria	1 / 5	Gauvin, Le Sommer, Katoto 3, De Almeida, Diani 2, Dali, Périsset, Cascarino, Laurent, Morroni, Baltimore, Matéo Majri 4, Geyoro, Katoto, Asseyi + 1 o.g. Le Sommer 6, Katoto, De Almeida 3, Torrent, Asseyi 2, Gauvin, Diani, Geyoro 2, Cascarino Renard, Katoto 2
2022 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0

Results and fixtures

Further information: 2023–24 in French football and 2024–25 in French football

• The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^[12][13]

  Win   Draw   Loss

2023

France  v  Austria

1 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	France	3–0	Austria	Rennes
	Henry 5' Le Sommer 57' Katoto 84'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

Portugal  v  France

5 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Portugal	0–1	France	Leiria
		Report	Geyoro 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)

2024

France  v  Germany

23 February 2023–24 UEFA Nations League SF	France	2–1	Germany	Décines-Charpieu
21:00	Diani 41' Karchaoui 45+4' (pen.)	Report	Gwinn 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Spain  v  France

28 February 2023–24 UEFA Nations League F	Spain	2–0	France	Seville, Spain
	Bonmatí 32' Caldenty 53'	Report		Stadium: Estadio de La Cartuja Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

France  v  Republic of Ireland

5 April Euro 2025 qualifying	France	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Metz
	Katoto 6'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

Sweden  v  France

9 April Euro 2025 qualifying	Sweden	0–1	France	Gothenburg, Sweden
		Report	Renard 80'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

England  v  France

31 May Euro 2025 qualifying	England	1–2	France	Newcastle, England
	Mead 30'	Report	De Almeida 41' Katoto 68'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 42,561 Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)

France  v  England

4 June Euro 2025 qualifying	France	1–2	England	Saint-Étienne
	Diani 72' (pen.)	Report	Stanway 21' Russo 34'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 10,194 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

France  v  Uzbekistan

5 July Friendly

France

5–0

Uzbekistan

France  v  Sweden

12 July Euro 2025 qualifying	France	2–1	Sweden	Dijon
		Report		Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)

Republic of Ireland  v  France

16 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Republic of Ireland	3–1	France	Cork, Ireland
	O'Sullivan 66' Russell 76' Geyoro (o.g.) 90'	Report	Becho 79'	Stadium: Páirc Uí Chaoimh Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)

France  v  Colombia

25 July Olympics GS	France	3–2	Colombia	Décines-Charpieu
21:00	Katoto 6', 42' Dali 18'	Report	Katoto 6', 42' Dali 18'	Stadium: Stade de Lyon Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

France  v  Canada

28 July Olympics GS	France	1–2	Canada	Saint-Étienne
21:00	Katoto 42'	Report	Fleming 58' Gilles 90+12'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

New Zealand  v  France

31 July Olympics GS	New Zealand	1–2	France	Décines-Charpieu
21:00	Taylor 43'	Report	Katoto 22', 49'	Stadium: Stade de Lyon Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

France  v  Brazil

3 August Olympics QF	France	0–1	Brazil	Nantes
21:00		Report	Gabi Portilho 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

France  v  Jamaica

25 October Friendly	France	3–0	Jamaica	Montbéliard
21:10	Mateo 22 Renard 39 Batimore 48			Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal Referee: Lizzy van der Helm (Netherlands)

Switzerland  v  France

29 October Friendly	Switzerland	2–1	France	Geneva
21:00	Bachmann 25. Gago 34		Luyet 54	Stadium: Stade de Genève Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

France  v  Nigeria

30 November Friendly	France	v	Nigeria	Angers
				Stadium: Raymond Kopa Stadium

France  v  Spain

3 December Friendly	France	v	Spain	Nice
				Stadium: Stade de Nice

2025

France  v  Norway

21 February 2025–26 Nations League

France

v

Norway

France  v  Iceland

26 February 2025–26 Nations League

France

v

Iceland

Switzerland  v  France

4 April 2025–26 Nations League

Switzerland

v

France

Norway  v  France

8 April 2025–26 Nations League

Norway

v

France

France  v  Switzerland

30 May 2025–26 Nations League

France

v

Switzerland

Iceland  v  France

3 June 2025–26 Nations League

Iceland

v

France

Coaching staff

Current personnel

As of 23 August 2024.^[14]

Position	Name
Head coach	Laurent Bonadei

Managerial history

See also: Category:France women's national football team managers

• Pierre Geoffroy (1971–1978)
• Francis-Pierre Coché (1978–1987)
• Aimé Mignot (1987–1997)
• Élisabeth Loisel (1997–2007)
• Bruno Bini (2007–2013)
• Philippe Bergeroo (2013–2016)
• Olivier Echouafni (2016–2017)
• Corinne Diacre (2017–2023)
• Hervé Renard (2023–2024)
• Laurent Bonadei (2024–present)

Players

Current squad

The following 30 players are called up for the friendly matches against Nigeria and Spain on 30 November and 3 December 2024.^[15]

Caps and goals are correct as of 29 October 2024, after the match against Switzerland.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Pauline Peyraud-Magnin	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 32)	57	0	Juventus
	1GK	Constance Picaud	(1998-07-05) 5 July 1998 (age 26)	11	0	Fleury
	1GK	Justine Lerond	(2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Montpellier
	1GK	Marie-Morgane Sieber	(2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Guingamp
	2DF	Wendie Renard (captain)	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 34)	165	39	Lyon
	2DF	Griedge Mbock Bathy	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 29)	85	8	Paris Saint-Germain
	2DF	Sakina Karchaoui	(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 28)	79	2	Paris Saint-Germain
	2DF	Élisa De Almeida	(1998-01-11) 11 January 1998 (age 26)	37	4	Paris Saint-Germain
	2DF	Selma Bacha	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 24)	36	2	Lyon
	2DF	Maëlle Lakrar	(2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 24)	22	3	Real Madrid
	2DF	Estelle Cascarino	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)	17	1	Juventus
	2DF	Thiniba Samoura	(2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Paris Saint-Germain
	2DF	Lou Bogaert	(2004-06-25) 25 June 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Paris FC
	2DF	Jade Le Guilly	(2002-06-18) 18 June 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Paris Saint-Germain
	2DF	Alice Sombath	(2003-10-16) 16 October 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Lyon
	3MF	Grace Geyoro	(1997-07-02) 2 July 1997 (age 27)	89	17	Paris Saint-Germain
	3MF	Kenza Dali	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 33)	74	13	Aston Villa
	3MF	Amel Majri	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 31)	74	11	Lyon
	3MF	Sandie Toletti	(1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 (age 29)	60	3	Real Madrid
	3MF	Oriane Jean-François	(2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 (age 23)	7	0	Chelsea
	3MF	Margaux Le Mouël	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Paris FC
	4FW	Eugénie Le Sommer	(1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 35)	196	93	Lyon
	4FW	Kadidiatou Diani	(1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 29)	108	28	Lyon
	4FW	Delphine Cascarino	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)	70	14	San Diego Wave
	4FW	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	(1998-11-01) 1 November 1998 (age 26)	45	35	Paris Saint-Germain
	4FW	Sandy Baltimore	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 24)	35	4	Chelsea
	4FW	Clara Matéo	(1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 26)	30	5	Paris FC
	4FW	Melvine Malard	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 24)	22	6	Manchester United
	4FW	Vicki Bècho	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 21)	18	2	Lyon
	4FW	Naomie Feller	(2001-11-06) 6 November 2001 (age 23)	6	1	Real Madrid

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad in last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Solène Durand	(1994-11-20) 20 November 1994 (age 30)	4	0	Sassuolo	2024 Summer Olympics
GK	Marie Petiteau	(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Montpellier	v.  Portugal, 5 December 2023
DF	Maelys Mpomé	(2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Chelsea	v.  Switzerland, 29 October 2024
DF	Ève Périsset	(1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 29)	61	4	Chelsea	2024 Summer Olympics
DF	Hillary Diaz	(2004-06-24) 24 June 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Inter Milan	v.  Portugal, 5 December 2023
MF	Amandine Henry	(1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 35)	109	14	Toluca	2024 Summer Olympics RET
MF	Léa Le Garrec	(1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 31)	15	2	Al Qadsiah	2024 Summer Olympics
MF	Inès Benyahia	(2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Lyon	2024 Summer Olympics PRE
FW	Julie Dufour	(2001-01-29) 29 January 2001 (age 23)	8	0	Paris FC	v.  Switzerland, 29 October 2024
FW	Kelly Gago	(1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25)	2	1	Nantes	v.  Switzerland, 29 October 2024
FW	Cindy Caputo	(1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Saint-Étienne	v.  Switzerland, 29 October 2024
FW	Louna Ribadeira	(2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Paris FC	2024 Summer Olympics PRE
FW	Viviane Asseyi	(1993-11-20) 20 November 1993 (age 31)	66	14	West Ham United	v.  Portugal, 5 December 2023
INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue RET = Retired from the national team

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup squads 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

UEFA European Championships squads 2009 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 UEFA Women's Euro

Summer Olympics squads 2012 Summer Olympics 2016 Summer Olympics

Records

Main article: List of France women's international footballers

See also: Category:France women's international footballers

As of 31 July 2024, after the match against New Zealand.^[16]

Players in bold are still active with France.

Most caps # Name Career Caps Goals 1 Sandrine Soubeyrand 1997–2013 198 17 2 Eugénie Le Sommer 2009–present 194 93 3 Élise Bussaglia 2003–2019 192 30 4 Laura Georges 2001–2018 188 7 5 Camille Abily 2001–2017 183 37 6 Gaëtane Thiney 2007–2019 163 58 7 Wendie Renard 2011–present 162 38 8 Sonia Bompastor 2000–2012 156 19 9 Sarah Bouhaddi 2004–2020 149 0 10 Louisa Nécib 2005–2016 145 36

Most goals # Player Career Goals Caps Average 1 Eugénie Le Sommer 2009–present 93 194 0.48 2 Marinette Pichon 1994–2008 81 112 0.72 3 Marie-Laure Delie 2009–2017 65 123 0.53 4 Gaëtane Thiney 2007–2019 58 163 0.36 5 Wendie Renard 2011–present 38 162 0.23 6 Camille Abily 2001–2017 37 183 0.2 7 Louisa Nécib 2005–2016 36 145 0.25 8 Marie-Antoinette Katoto 2018–present 35 44 0.8 9 Élodie Thomis 2005–2017 32 141 0.23 10 Hoda Lattaf 1997–2007 31 111 0.28

Honours

Invitational trophies

• Cyprus Cup: Winner 2012, 2014^[17]
• SheBelieves Cup: Winner 2017
• Tournoi de France: Winner 2020, 2022, 2023

Competitive record

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

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: France at the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify									UEFA Euro 1991
1995										UEFA Euro 1995
1999										6	2	2	2	9	7
2003	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	2	3		10	7	1	2	16	10
2007	Did not qualify									8	5	2	1	15	4
2011	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	10	10		12	11	1	0	53	2
2015	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	1	1	10	3		10	10	0	0	54	4
2019	Quarter-finals	6th	5	4	0	1	10	4		Qualified as host
2023	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	2	0	12	4		10	10	0	0	54	3
2027	To be determined									To be determined
Total	5/9	0 Titles	24	13	5	6	44	24		56	45	6	5	201	29

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty kicks.

Match history

FIFA Women's World Cup Finals history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2003	Group stage	20 September	Norway	L 0–2	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
		24 September	South Korea	W 1–0	RFK Stadium, Washington
		27 September	Brazil	D 1–1
2011	Group stage	26 June	Nigeria	W 1–0	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
		30 June	Canada	W 4–0	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
		5 July	Germany	L 2–4	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
	Quarter-finals	9 July	England	D 1–1 (4–3 (p))	BayArena, Leverkusen
	Semi-finals	13 July	United States	L 1–3	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
	Third place play-off	16 July	Sweden	L 1–2	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
2015	Group stage	9 June	England	W 1–0	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
		13 June	Colombia	L 0–2
		17 June	Mexico	W 5–0	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
	Round of 16	21 June	South Korea	W 3–0	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
	Quarter-finals	26 June	Germany	D 1–1 (4–5 (p))
2019	Group stage	7 June	South Korea	W 4–0	Parc des Princes, Paris
		12 June	Norway	W 2–1	Allianz Riviera, Nice
		17 June	Nigeria	W 1–0	Roazhon Park, Rennes
	Round of 16	23 June	Brazil	W 2–1 (a.e.t.)	Stade Océane, Le Havre
	Quarter-finals	28 June	United States	L 1–2	Parc des Princes, Paris
2023	Group stage	23 July	Jamaica	D 0–0	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
		29 July	Brazil	W 2–1	Lang Park, Brisbane
		2 August	Panama	W 6–3	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
	Round of 16	8 August	Morocco	W 4–0	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
	Quarter-finals	12 August	Australia	D 0–0 (6–7 (p))	Lang Park, Brisbane

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	11	8
2016	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	7	2
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	6	6
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	3/8	0 Titles	14	7	0	7	24	16

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not qualify									6	2	3	1	4	4
1987										6	1	0	5	7	15
1989										10	4	4	2	15	3
1991										4	2	0	2	6	7
1993										4	1	1	2	7	10
1995										6	4	1	1	9	3
1997	Group stage	6th	3	1	1	1	4	5		8	4	3	1	14	6
2001	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	5	7		6	4	2	0	10	5
2005	Group stage	6th	3	1	1	1	4	5		8	7	0	1	32	7
2009	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	5	7		8	7	0	1	31	2
2013	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	8	2		8	8	0	0	32	2
2017	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	3	3		8	8	0	0	27	0
2022	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	1	1	10	5		8	7	1	0	44	0
2025	Qualified									6	4	0	2	8	7
Total	8/14	0 Titles	26	11	8	7	39	34	96	63	15	18	246	71

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
League phase													Finals
Season	LG	GP	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK		Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2023–24	A	2	1st	6	5	1	0	9	1		2nd		2024	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	2	3
2025–26	A	To be determined											2026	To be determined
Total				6	5	1	0	9	1				Total	0 Title	2	1	0	1	2	3

See also

• Sport in France
  • Football in France
    • Women's football in France
• France women's national under-19 football team
• France women's national under-17 football team
• FIFA Women's World Cup
• UEFA Women's Championship

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External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile