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 France (FRA)
  • FIFA Trigramme: FRA
  • Country: France
  • Country (official name): France
  • Continent: Europe
  • Capital: Paris
  • Major cities: Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Toulouse, Nice, Strasbourg, Nantes, Bordeaux, Saint Etienne, Montpellier, Le Havre, Rennes, Reims, Toulon, Grenoble, Brest
  • Currency: Euro
  • Official languages: French
  • Motto: Liberty, equality, fraternity.
  Standings
 
Group G MP W D L GF GA Pts
SUI 3 2 1 0 4 0 7
FRA 3 1 2 0 3 1 5
KOR 3 1 1 1 3 4 4
TOG 3 0 0 3 1 6 0
Founded 1919
Affiliated 1804
WC participations 11 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002)
WC honours World champions (1998)
Continental Titles 2 times European champions (1984, 2000)
Facts
  • France are one of only two teams to have taken part in every qualifying competition thus far. They have gone on to play in 11 out of a possible 17 finals. As hosts in 1998, the Equipe Tricolore claimed the trophy with a 3-0 win against Brazil in the final.
     
  • The ultimate success may have been a long time in coming, but France were already a notable force in world football. It was a Frenchman, Jules Rimet, who established the FIFA World Cup, and Lucien Laurent scored the first goals in FIFA World Cup history.
     
  • The French team were devastated in 2002 when as defending champions they fell at the first hurdle, eliminated after a first round in which they neither won a game nor scored a single goal.