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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.
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Standings |
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Group G |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pts |
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SUI |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
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FRA |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
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KOR |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
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TOG |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
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| 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)
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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.
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