France national football team

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

The France national football team is the national football team of France. They won the FIFA World Cup 2 times (1998, 2018), the UEFA European Football Championship twice (1984, 2000) and the FIFA Confederations Cup twice (2001, 2003). The teams current coach is Didier Deschamps, who took over from Laurent Blanc.

France

Nickname(s)	Les Bleus (The Blues)
Association	Fédération Française de Football (FFF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Didier Deschamps
Captain	Hugo Lloris
Most caps	Hugo Lloris (145)
Top scorer	Olivier Giroud (56)
Home stadium	Stade de France
FIFA code	FRA
FIFA ranking
Current	3 1 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest	1 (May 2001 – May 2002, August – September 2018)
Lowest	26 (September 2010)
First international
Belgium 3–3 France  (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904)
Biggest win
France 16–0 Gibraltar  (Nice, France; 18 November 2023)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 17–1 France  (London, England; 22 October 1908)
World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1930)
Best result	Champions (1998, 2018)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1960)
Best result	Champions (1984, 2000)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2001)
Best result	Champions (2001, 2003)

Most appearances

As of 17 November 2021

  Highlighted names show that the player is still active.

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Lilian Thuram	1994–2008	142	2
2	Hugo Lloris	2008–present	136	0
3	Thierry Henry	1997–2010	123	51
4	Marcel Desailly	1993–2004	116	3
5	Olivier Giroud	2011–present	110	46
6	Zinedine Zidane	1994–2006	108	31
7	Patrick Vieira	1997–2009	107	6
8	Didier Deschamps	1989–2000	103	4
9	Antoine Griezmann	2014–present	102	42
10	Laurent Blanc	1989–2000	97	16
	Bixente Lizarazu	1992–2004	97	2

Top scorers

As of 17 November 2021

  Highlighted names show that the player is still active.

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Thierry Henry	1997–2010	51	123	0.41
2	Olivier Giroud	2011–present	46	110	0.42
3	Antoine Griezmann	2014–present	42	102	0.41
4	Michel Platini	1976–1987	41	72	0.57
5	Karim Benzema	2007–present	36	94	0.38
6	David Trezeguet	1998–2008	34	71	0.48
7	Zinedine Zidane	1994–2006	31	108	0.29
8	Just Fontaine	1953–1960	30	21	1.43
9	Jean-Pierre Papin	1986–1995	30	54	0.56
10	Youri Djorkaeff	1993–2002	28	82	0.34

Honours

France celebrating their victory of the 2018 FIFA World Cup

This is a list of honours for the senior France national team

FIFA World Cup

• Champions (2): 1998, 2018
• Runners-up: 2006
• Third place: 1958, 1986
• Fourth place: 1982

UEFA European Championship

• Champions (2): 1984, 2000
• Runners-up: 2016
• Semi-finals: 1996
• Fourth place: 1960

FIFA Confederations Cup

• Champions (2): 2001, 2003

UEFA Nations League

• Winners: 2020–21

Olympic football tournament

• Gold Medal (1): 1984
• Silver Medal: 1900
• Fourth place: 1920
• Semi-finals: 1908

Competition				Total
FIFA World Cup	2	1	2	5
UEFA European Championship	2	1	1	4
FIFA Confederations Cup	2	0	0	2
UEFA Nations League	1	0	0	1
Olympic football tournament	1	1	0	2
Total	8	3	3	14