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'''ALAS''' (Fundacion América Latina en Acción Solidaria) is a movement dedicated to the children in [[Latin America]]. The [[non-profit]] organisation is founded by Latin America's most influential artists, intellectuals and business leaders, and strives to launch a new social movement that will generate a collective commitment to comprehensive Early Childhood Development programs for the children in Latin America.
{{Infobox National football team
| Name = France
| Badge = Le nouveau logo FFF.png|
| FIFA Trigramme = FRA
| Nickname = ''Les Bleus'' (The Blues)
''Les Tricolores'' (The Tricolours)
| Association = [[French Football Federation|''Fédération Française<br>de Football'']]
| Confederation = [[UEFA]] ([[Europe]])
| Coach = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raymond Domenech]]
| Captain = [[Thierry Henry]]
| Most caps = [[Lilian Thuram]] (142)
| Top scorer = [[Thierry Henry]] (46)
| Home Stadium = [[Stade de France]]
| FIFA Rank = 11
| FIFA max = 1
| FIFA max date = May 2001-May 2002
| FIFA min = 25
| FIFA min date = April 1998
| Elo Rank = 9
| Elo max = 1
| Elo max date = December 1984-April 1985<br/>August 1985<br/>February-June 1986<br/>July 1998-March 1999<br/>June 2000-May 2002<br/>September 2003-August 2004<br/>August 2006-October 2006<br/>February 2007<br/>June 2007-July 2007
| Elo min = 44
| Elo min date = May 1928<br/>February 1930
| Honours = [[Image:Football European Cup.svg|30px|1984 UEFA European Football Championship]][[Image:Football World Cup (new).svg|25px|1998 FIFA World Cup]][[Image:Football European Cup.svg|30px|2000 UEFA European Football Championship]]
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| First game = {{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] 3 - 3 France {{Flagicon|France}}<br/>([[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]; 1 May 1904)
| Largest win = {{Flagicon|France}} France 10 - 0 [[Azerbaijan national football team|Azerbaijan]] {{Flagicon|Azerbaijan}}<br/>([[Auxerre]], [[France]]; 6 September 1995)
| Largest loss = {{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] 17 - 1 France {{Flagicon|France}}<br/>([[London]], [[England]]; 22 October 1908)
| World cup apps = 12
| World cup first = 1930
| World cup best = Winners, [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]
| Regional name = [[European Football Championship|European Championship]]
| Regional cup apps = 7
| Regional cup first = [[1960 European Football Championship|1960]]
| Regional cup best = Winners, [[1984 European Football Championship|1984]] and [[2000 European Football Championship|2000]]
| Confederations cup apps = 2
| Confederations cup first = 2001
| Confederations cup best = Winners, [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]] and [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]
}}
{{MedalTop|right}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}
The '''French national football team''' represents the nation of [[France]] in international [[football (soccer)|football]]. It is fielded by the [[French Football Federation]] and competes as a member of [[UEFA]].


One of the well-known faces and founder of ALAS is the Colombian singer and [[UNICEF]] ambassador [[Shakira]]. Other known artists are [[Alejandro Sanz]], [[Miguel Bosé]] and [[Juanes]], among others. Honorary President is [[Nobel prize]] winner [[Gabriel García Márquez]]. Shakira's fiancé [[Antonio de la Rúa]] is one of the Vice Presidents.
France was one of the four European teams that participated at the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|inaugural World Cup in 1930]]. In the 1980s, led by [[midfielder]] and [[captain (football)|captain]] [[Michel Platini]], the team reached semi-finals at both the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, and won the [[1984 European Football Championship|1984 European Championship]].


Latin America has 54 million children age 5 and under and no less than 32 million of them are currently living in poverty. A catalyst for change, ALAS will work to improve the children's lives by creating a social movement that delivers effective health, education and nutritional programs during their most influential years of development through comprehensive Early Childhood Development.
France then reached an even higher status in international football by being especially successful at the end of the 1990s and in the 2000s; they won the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] as the host nation in [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], and the [[European Football Championship]] [[2000 European Football Championship|two years later]], while also placing second at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] tournament. Midfielder [[Zinédine Zidane]] was particularly instrumental in achieving those honours.


== External links==
France and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] are the only national teams which have won the three most important men's titles organized by [[FIFA]]: the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and the Olympic Tournament.


*[http://www.alasthemovement.org/default_en.asp Website ALAS Foundation]
==History==
*[http://www.fundacionpiesdescalzos.com/index_en.php ALAS founder Shakira's Pies Descalzos Foundation]
===Early years===
{{Expand|section|date=March 2008}}
France's first ever game was a 3-3 draw against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] in 1904.


[[nl:ALAS stichting]]
They played in all three of the pre-World War II World Cups. [[Lucien Laurent]] scored the first ever World cup goal in [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], in a 4-1 win over [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. They reached the quarterfinals in [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]] when they hosted the World Cup.
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France came third in the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]], defeating Germany 6-3 for the bronze. France was beaten by Brazil in semi-finals, after central defender [[Robert Jonquet]]'s injury and [[Pelé]] hat-trick. Striker [[Just Fontaine]] scored a record 13 goals in the tournament, doing so in just six matches. The team used mainly players and former players from [[Stade de Reims]], such as [[Raymond Kopa]], [[Robert Jonquet]],[[Roger Marche]] or [[Just Fontaine]], who was at the time one of the best teams in European football.

===Platini era===
During the captaincy of [[Michel Platini]] France's World Cup performance markedly improved, finishing fourth in [[Football World Cup 1982|Spain '82]], and third in [[Football World Cup 1986|Mexico '86]]. In both tournaments, they lost in the semi-finals to [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]. The 1982 semi-final is unfortunately remembered by many for West German keeper [[Harald Schumacher]]'s elbowing of France's [[Patrick Battiston]] in the face as the latter made a shot on goal. Despite severely injuring Battiston, Schumacher was not penalized. This was the turning point of the match: after leading 3-1, ''les bleus'' were eliminated in the penalty-kicks, after [[FC Nantes]]' defender [[Maxime Bossis]] saw his shot stopped by Schumacher.<ref name="WaPo">
{{cite news
|title = The unluckiest team
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date = 29 March 2002
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/history/newsid_1617000/1617552.stm |accessdate=2008-07-12
}}
</ref> France were also knocked out in the semi-final 1986, again by West Germany. However, with Platini as skipper, France, as host nation, won [[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro '84]], as well as capturing Olympic gold in [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles]] the same year.

===Zidane era===
France's most successful years were the late 1990s, the generation of [[Zinédine Zidane]] . This team started off well by reaching the semi-finals of [[1996 European Football Championship|Euro 96]]. After Euro 96, coach [[Aimé Jacquet]] adopted a very defensive strategy and made fans anxious because his team never seemed to develop a definitive offensive tactic. The press began to attack the team manager, calling his methods "[[wiktionary:Paleolithic|Paleolithic]]" and claiming that the team had no hope for the upcoming [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] which would be hosted in their home country. In June 1997 at the [[Tournoi de France]], cries of "Resign!" could be heard from the stadium as the French team came in under [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], England and [[Italy national football team|Italy]]. The media's distrust of Jacquet reached fever pitch in May 1998 when, instead of a list of 22 players meant to play in the World Cup, Jacquet gave a list of 28 players, causing the sports daily ''[[L'Équipe]]'' to write an editoral arguing that Jacquet was not the right man to lead the French team to victory.

====Euro 2000====
Jacquet stepped down after France's World Cup triumph and was succeeded by assistant Roger Lemerre who guided them through [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2000]]. Zidane cemented his ''[[FIFA World Player of the Year]]'' form, scoring a direct free kick in the quarter-final against Spain and a [[golden goal]] penalty in the semi-final against Portugal.

In the finals, France defeated [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 2-1 in a come from behind victory. David Trézéguet scored the golden goal in extra time after an equalizing goal from Wiltord in the 5th minute of stoppage time. This gave them the distinction of being the first national team to hold both the World Cup and Euro titles since [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] did so in 1974, and it was also the first time that a reigning World Cup winner went on to capture the Euro[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2000/euro2000/index.html]. France held the top position in the [[FIFA World Rankings]] system from 2001-2002.

====2002 World Cup and Euro 2004====
France failed to maintain that pace in subsequent tournaments. They suffered a stunning goaless first round elimination in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], possibly due in part to an injury to key playmaker Zidane. One of the greatest shocks in World Cup history condemned France to a 0-1 defeat to debutante [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] in the opening game of the tournament. After France finished bottom of the group - only securing one point, conceding three goals and without scoring any - Lemerre was dismissed.

A full strength team started out strongly in [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2004]], with Zidane scoring a free kick and a penalty to overcome a 0-1 deficit and defeat England in the group stage, but they were upset in the quarter-finals by the eventual winners, Greece. [[Jacques Santini]] resigned as coach and [[Raymond Domenech]] was picked as his replacement.

===2006 World Cup===
France struggled in the qualifiers for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], managing only 0-0 draws with Israel, Ireland, and Switzerland. This prompted Domenech to persuade "golden generation" members [[Claude Makélélé]], [[Lilian Thuram]] and [[Zinédine Zidane]] out of international retirement to help the national team qualify. This was France's first successful World Cup qualification since 1986 (France received automatic berths in 1998 and 2002, as hosts and defending champions, respectively).

The team was greeted with modest expectations as it entered the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] tournament, with many arguing that despite the return of the three stars, its squad was too old to be competitive. They had a slow start in the group stage and were in danger of being eliminated after managing only 0-0 and 1-1 draws against Switzerland and South Korea, respectively. Though Zidane was forced to sit out because of accumulated bookings, France found their form and won their final group match, beating Togo 2-0 to advance to the knockout round. There, Zidane would score or assist in every game of the playoffs and his team upset heavily favoured [[Spain national football team|Spain]] 3-1 in a come-from-behind victory to advance to the quarter-finals.

France eliminated defending champions [[Brazil National Football Team|Brazil]] 1-0 to advance into the cup semi-finals. Despite the score, France had thoroughly outplayed Brazil in the match, only facing one shot on goal, while Zidane created numerous scoring chances with his dribbles past Brazilian defenders and his free-kick to [[Thierry Henry]] resulting in the winning goal. The game made France the first team to have shut out the five-time champions in consecutive matches; [[Fabien Barthez]] was the keeper in both matches. ''Les Bleus'' now have a 2-1-1 all-time record against Brazil in World Cup finals play, having shut the ''Seleção'' out in the last three meetings (the 1986 match was decided 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw).

France emerged from the semi-finals winning 1-0 over [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]. Henry was tripped inside the box and a penalty was awarded, which Zidane scored and it stood as the winning goal, as defender [[Lilian Thuram]] neutralized offensive threats from Portuguese stars [[Pauleta]] and [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]. At home, when news came of France's victory, there were mass celebrations at the [[Eiffel Tower]] and [[Arc de Triomphe]].

France took on [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in the final, but the teams were level at 1-1 at the end of normal time. With extra-time failing to produce a victor, penalty kicks were required to settle the match. Italy won the shoot-out 5-3 to be crowned 2006 World Champions. The tournament's [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Ball|Golden Ball Winner]] [[Zinédine Zidane]] (playing his last professional match) scored the opening goal of the final (becoming only the fourth player to score in two World Cup final games), but his accomplishments in the finals were marred by his sending off (becoming only the fourth player to be sent off in a world cup final) for violent conduct when he [[Zinedine_Zidane#Confrontation_with_Marco_Materazzi|headbutted Marco Materazzi]] with only ten minutes until extra-time.

===Euro 2008 Qualifiers===
France started its [[2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B|qualifying round]] for [[Euro 2008]] on September 2, 2006 by beating [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] in [[Tbilisi, Georgia|Tbilisi]] 3-0.The goal scorers for this match were Malouda, Louis Saha and [[Malkhaz Asatiani]] (own goal). They then took on world champions [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 3-1 in [[Paris, France|Paris]] on September 6, 2006 with Sidney Govou striking twice along with Henry, but suffered an upset when beaten 1-0 by Scotland on October 7, 2006, their first European Championship qualifying defeat since they lost 3-2 to [[Russia national football team|Russia]] on June 5, 1999. On October 11, 2006, France defeated [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]] by 5-0. All the French strikers that played in the match scored. Goals came from [[Louis Saha]], [[Thierry Henry]], [[Nicolas Anelka]] and 2 goals from the [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] striker [[David Trézéguet]]. France beat [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]] 1-0 on March 24, 2007 with [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] striker Nicolas Anelka rescuing an injury hit French side by shooting a wonderful long range effort.The injuries suffered by France were Louis Saha, Thierry Henry, Franck Ribéry, Patrick Vieira and David Trézéguet. France took on [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] on June 2, 2007 in Paris. Both teams were hit by injuries with France missing Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry while Ukraine missed their world-class striker Andriy Shevchenko. The game ended in a 2-0 victory for France with second-half strikes from Franck Ribéry and Nicolas Anelka, who scored his third goal in three matches. Then on June 6, 2007 France defeated [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] in [[Auxerre]] by 1-0, with [[Samir Nasri]] scoring his first senior international goal. On September 8, 2007, in a much-anticipated rematch, France and Italy played to a 0-0 draw at the [[San Siro]] in Milan. Once again though, on September 12, 2007, France fell to [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and were defeated 1-0 after Landreau was caught off guard with a strike from [[Scotland]]'s [[James McFadden]] adding another loss, but this time at the [[Parc des Princes]] in Paris. On October 12, 2007, their match with the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]], was threatened with postponement after bad weather kept their plane from landing in the [[Faroe Islands]]; they had to spend the night in [[Norway]]. The next day, however, on 13 October 2007, the match went ahead as planned, albeit around 30 minutes after scheduled kick-off time with France taking just 8 minutes to open up a 2-0 lead; the match eventually finished 6-0 with strikes from [[Nicolas Anelka]], [[Thierry Henry]], and 2 goals from [[Karim Benzema]] just before half time. In the second half [[Jérôme Rothen]] and [[Hatem Ben Arfa]] completed the rout. With Italy's victory over Scotland on November 17, 2007, France only just, by 2 points over Scotland, qualified for Euro 2008.

===Euro 2008===

Despite high expectations from followers of Les Bleus, the squad made a stuttering start to the 2008 European Championships, drawing 0-0 to [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in Zurich and then finishing on the receiving end of a 4-1 mauling at the hands of the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in Berne.
For the final group game, Domenech dropped [[Thuram]] and replaced him with [[Abidal]]. This proved to be a bad decision as [[Abidal]] looked out of his depth in the centre of defence and subsequently was sent off for a rash challenge on Luca Toni. France continued to play poorly and when they lost 2-0 to [[Italy national football team|Italy]], they came last of their group and failed to get to the quarterfinals.

France's performance at [[Euro 2008]] effectively marked the end of its golden era stemming back to the team's [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] win on home soil in 1998, which was followed by their triumph at [[Euro 2000]] two years later in [[the Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]]. Only three players from those successful teams were selected in the final squad for [[Euro 2008]] by French coach [[Raymond Domenech]], with only [[Thierry Henry]] and [[Lilian Thuram]] earning game time, though their effectiveness and performances were soundly criticised by French football media. The remaining player and despite initially being named as the squad captain, [[Patrick Vieira]], was unable to take the field in any of France's [[Euro 2008]] matches due to a thigh injury. The team felt the loss of Zidane. The primary reason for France's failure is the average age of the players with many talented, but over-30 members in the squad. The team's early exit from the tournament signalled the international retirements of [[Lilian Thuram]], and [[Claude Makélélé]], with [[Willy Sagnol]] also announcing that he would take time to contemplate his international future.

Despite possessing one of the most talented squads at [[Euro 2008]], France's efforts were comparable to their disastrous [[2002 World Cup]] campaign where they were also eliminated in the first round without winning a game. France bettered their efforts from 2002 by scoring a solitary goal in this tournament compared to their goalless campaign six years prior.

In the aftermath of the tournament, calls have been made for the sacking of [[Raymond Domenech]], with World Cup and [[Euro 2000]] winning captain, [[Didier Deschamps]], being sounded out as a suitable replacement. However, on July 3rd, at a French Football Federation high level meeting in Paris, [[Raymond Domenech|Domenech]] has survived the sack with the French Football Federation announcing that he had kept his job as manager despite France's poor showing at Euro 2008.

===2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification===
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France's campaign for 2010 World Cup qualification got off to a disappointing start with a 1-3 defeat at the hands of [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in Vienna on September 6 2008. Speculation followed regarding the future of [[Raymond Domenech]] as team coach before a goal each from [[Thierry Henry]] and [[Nicolas Anelka]] saw France to a 2-1 home victory over [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]] on September 10.

'''Goalscorers during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification'''

Sidney Govou 1 goal<br />
Thierry Henry 1 goal<br />
Nicolas Anelka 1 goal<br />
Franck Ribery 1 goal<br />
Yoann Gouruff 1 goal<br />

===Representing multicultural France===
When it comes to racial equality the French national team is seen as being one of the most progressive footballing teams in the world. They have introduced more and more black players to the team; there is a growing movement to stamp racism out of football. The French have led the way by selecting players based on ability not due to country of origin or race. On the 2006 French national team, 17 of the 23 players were members of racial minorities, including many of the most prominent players. The team featured players from the [[Département d'outre-mer|overseas departments]] and players who are themselves immigrants or the children of immigrants from former [[French colonial empires|French colonial territories]]. [[Zinédine Zidane]] is the child of an immigrant couple from [[Algeria]]; of the current squad [[Karim Benzema]] and [[Samir Nasri]] are of French Algerian origin. [[Vikash Dhorasoo]] — the first French player of Indian origin - played in the 2006 World Cup. Meanwhile, several players are of [[Africa]]n or [[West Indies|West Indian]] origin. [[Patrick Vieira]] immigrated as a child from [[Senegal]], [[Bafétimbi Gomis]] has dual French-Senegalese nationality, and [[Claude Makélélé]] did likewise from the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. [[Lilian Thuram]] is from France's overseas department of [[Guadeloupe]]. [[Thierry Henry]] is the son of parents born in Guadeloupe and [[Martinique]], while [[Louis Saha]], [[Sylvain Wiltord]], and [[Pascal Chimbonda]] all have parents who hail from [[Guadeloupe]]. Finally, [[Florent Malouda]] was born in [[French Guiana]].

The French national football team has long reflected the ethnic diversity of the country. The first black player playing in the national team was [[Raoul Diagne]] in 1931, the son of the first black African elected to the French National Assembly, [[Blaise Diagne]]. In the 1950s, the first French national team reaching international success with a semi-final at the [[World Cup 1958]] already included many sons of immigrants such as [[Raymond Kopa]], [[Roger Piantoni]], [[Maryan Wisnieski]] and Bernard Chiarelli. This tradition continued through the 1980s, when such successful players as [[Michel Platini]], [[Jean Tigana]], [[Luis Fernandez|Luis Fernández]], [[Gérard Janvion]], [[Manuel Amoros]] or [[Eric Cantona]] were all of either foreign-born or [[Overseas departments and territories of France|overseas]]-born ancestries.
Since the 1990s, the team has been widely celebrated as an example of the modern [[Demographics of France|multicultural]] French ideal.<ref name="WaPo">
{{cite news
|title = A Multi-Hued National Team Thrills Racially Uneasy France
|publisher=[[Washington Post]]
|date = 7 July 2006
|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/06/AR2006070601742.html |accessdate=2006-08-17
}}
</ref>

In recent years, critics on the far right of the French political spectrum have taken issue with the proportional underrepresentation of white Frenchmen on the team. [[National Front]] politician [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] protested in 1998 that the ''Black, Blanc, [[Beur]]'' team that won the World Cup did not look sufficiently French. In 2002, led by [[Ghana]]ian-born [[Marcel Desailly]], the French team unanimously publicly appealed to the French voting public to reject the presidential candidacy of Le Pen and instead return President [[Jacques Chirac]] to office in a landslide. In 2006, Le Pen also resumed his criticism, charging that coach Raymond Domenech had selected too many black players.<ref>
{{cite news
|title = The Sword is Mightier than Le Pen
|publisher=[[ESPN]]
|date = 7 July 2006
|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=373084&root=worldcup&cc=5901
|accessdate=2006-08-17
}}
</ref>

In 2005, French philosopher [[Alain Finkielkraut]] caused a controversy by remarking to the Israeli newspaper ''Haaretz'' that despite its earlier slogan, "the French national team is in fact black-black-black," adding "France is made fun of all around Europe because of that." He later excused himself for this comment, which he declared was not meant to be offensive.<ref>
{{cite news
|title = Finkielkraut sur Europe 1
|publisher=[[Le Nouvel Observateur]]
|date = 25 November 2005
|url=http://archquo.nouvelobs.com/cgi/articles?ad=societe/20051125.OBS6590.html&host=http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/
|accessdate=2005-11-25
}}
</ref>

In 2004, a television crew recorded [[Spain national football team|Spanish]] coach [[Luis Aragonés]] motivating Thierry Henry's [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] teammate [[José Antonio Reyes]] by saying ''Demuestra que eres mejor que ese negro de mierda'' ("Show that you're better than that shitty black"). After an investigation, [[UEFA]] fined the [[Spanish Football Federation|RFEF]] and warned that future incidents would be punished more severely. Henry and [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] began a [[Stand Up Speak Up]] campaign against football racism as a result of the incident. Before the start of France's 2006 World Cup second round match against Spain, which France would win 3-1, coach [[Raymond Domenech]] claimed that Spanish fans were making racial taunts<ref>{{Cite web
|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5127374.stm
|title = Spanish fans accused of racism
}}</ref>, this however was not proved.

The Zidane-Materazzi [[Zinédine Zidane#Confrontation with Marco Materazzi|headbutt incident]] in the 2006 World Cup final and its aftermath served as a symbol for the larger issue of Europe's struggle to integrate its non-white immigrant population: even though both players denied it,<ref>
{{cite news
|title = Zidane and Materazzi fined and banned by FIFA
|publisher=[[Reuters]]
|date = 20 July 2006
|url=http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=tsunamiNews&storyID=2006-07-20T132638Z_01_L19626990_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SOCCER-ZIDANE.xml&archived=False
|accessdate=2006-07-20
}}
</ref> international media speculated for days about the presence of a racist element in the exchange,<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,28783-2263995,00.html
|last = Hughes
|first = Matt
|title=Read my lips: the taunt that made Zidane snap
|publisher=The Times
|date=[[2006-07-10]]
|accessdate=2006-07-11
}}
</ref> observing that the Italian team contained no ethnic minorities,<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://torsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Coren_Michael/2006/07/15/1685724.html
|title=Race card trumps head-butt
|publisher=[[Toronto Sun]]
|date=[[2006-07-15]]
|accessdate=2006-08-12
}}

{{cite news
|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1213502,00.html
|title=The Head Butt Furor: A Window on Europe's Identity Crisis
|publisher=[[TIME Magazine]]
|date=[[2006-07-13]]
|accessdate=2006-07-13
}}
It should be noted that Italy, historically an emigrant nation, has a [[Demographics of Italy|small non-white population]], whereas France has become a multiracial country due to substantial non-European immigration, chiefly from its former [[French colonial empire|colonial empire]].
</ref> this observation is true as even Italy right-winger [[Mauro Camoranesi]], who was in the team at the time, is a 3rd generation ethnic Italian from Argentina.

The national team's overall impact on France's efforts to integrate its minorities and come to terms with its colonial past has been mixed, however. In 2001, France played a friendly match in the [[Stade de France]], site of its 1998 World Cup triumph, against [[Algeria]]. It was France's first meeting with its former colony, with whom it had fought a [[Algerian War|war from 1954-62]], and it proved controversial. France's national anthem, ''[[La Marseillaise]]'', was booed by Algerian supporters before the game, and following a French goal that made the score 4-1 in the second half, spectators ran onto the field of play and caused the game to be suspended. It was never resumed.

== Competitive record ==
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=== [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] record ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||Round 1||7||3||1||0||2||4||3
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy|old}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||Round of 16||9||1||0||0||1||2||3
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||Quarterfinals||6||2||1||0||1||4||4
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||Round 1||11||2||1||0||1||3||3
|-
|- bgcolor=#CD7F32
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||Third place||'''3'''||6||4||0||2||23||15
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||Round 1||13||3||0||1||2||2||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||Round 1||12||3||1||0||2||5||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||Fourth place||'''4'''||7||3||2||2||16||12
|-
|- bgcolor=#CD7F32
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||Third place||'''3'''||7||4||2||1||12||6
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|- bgcolor=gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||7||6||1||0||15||2
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||Round 1||28||3||0||1||2||0||3
|-
|- bgcolor=#C0C0C0
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||Final||'''2'''||7||4||3||0||9||3
|-
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]||Qualification||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|'''Total'''||12/18||'''1 Title'''||51||25||10||16||95||64
|}
{{col-2}}
=== [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Championship]] record ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|France}} [[1960 UEFA European Football Championship|1960]]||Semifinals||'''4'''||2||0||0||2||4||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain|1939}} [[1964 UEFA European Football Championship|1964]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1968 UEFA European Football Championship|1968]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[1972 UEFA European Football Championship|1972]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[1976 UEFA European Football Championship|1976]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1980 UEFA European Football Championship|1980]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|- bgcolor=gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|France}} [[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|1984]]||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||5||5||0||0||14||4
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|1988]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1992 UEFA European Football Championship|1992]]||Round 1||6||3||0||2||1||2||3
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|1996]]||Semifinals||'''4'''||5||2||3||0||5||2
|-
|- bgcolor=gold
|{{flagicon|Belgium}}{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|2000]]||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||6||5||0||1||13||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|2004]]||Quarterfinals||5||4||2||1||1||7||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Austria}}{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[2008 UEFA European Football Championship|2008]]||Round 1||15||3||0||1||2||1||6
|-
||'''Total'''||7/13||'''2 Titles'''||28||14||7||7||46||34
|}

=== [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup]] record ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Year
!Result
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]||''Withdrew''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|- bgcolor=gold
|{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]]||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||5||4||0||1||12||2
|-
|- bgcolor=gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|France}} [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]||'''Champions'''||'''1'''||5||5||0||0||12||3
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup|2009]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|'''Total'''||2/8||'''2 Titles'''||10||9||0||1||24||5
|}
</div>
{{col-end}}

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided by [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]].''
:''**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.''

==Manager Record==
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Nat
!Period
!Matches
!Wins
!Draws
!Losses
|-
| [[Raymond Domenech]]
| align="center" |{{flagicon|France}}
| align="center" |July 2004-Current
| align="center" |'''33'''
| align="center" |'''17'''
| align="center" |'''10'''
| align="center" |'''6*'''
|}

*This record does not include friendlies. Also, the World Cup 2006 penalty shoot out final is considered a loss on this record.

==Current squad==

''Squad for [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]] against [[Romania national football team|Romania]] on October 11, 2008 and friendly against [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] on October 14, 2008.''

''Caps and goals as of October 12, 2008.''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Number
!Name
!DOB
!Club
!Caps (goals)
!Debut
|-
!colspan=6|Goalkeepers
|-
| align=center| 16 || [[Hugo Lloris]] || December 26, 1986 (age 21)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] ||align=center| 0 (0) ||
|-
| align=center| 1 || [[Steve Mandanda|Steve Mandanda]] || March 28, 1985 (age 23)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique_de_Marseille|Marseille]] ||align=center| 5 (0) || v [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], 27 May 2008
|-
!colspan=6|Defenders
|-
| align=center| 2 || [[Bacary Sagna]] || February 14, 1983 (age 25)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] ||align=center| 6 (0) || v [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]], 22 August 2007
|-
| align=center| 3 || [[Éric Abidal]] || July 11, 1979 (age 29)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] ||align=center| 39 (0) || v [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzogovina]], 18 August 2004
|-
| align=center| 17 || [[Philippe Mexès]] || March 30, 1982 (age 26)|| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] ||align=center| 10 (0) || v [[Malta national football team|Malta]], 16 August 2002
|-
| align=center| 20 || [[William Gallas]] || August 17, 1977 (age 31)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] ||align=center| 68 (2) || v [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]], 12 October 2002
|-
| align=center| 13 || [[Patrice Evra]] || May 15, 1981 (age 27)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] ||align=center| 16 (0) || v [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]], 18 August 2004
|-
| align=center| 22 || [[Gaël Clichy]] || July 26, 1985 (age 23)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] ||align=center| 1 (0) || v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], 10 September 2008
|-
| align=center| 15 || [[Rod Fanni]] || December 6, 1981 (age 26)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Stade Rennais FC|Rennes]] ||align=center| 0 (0) ||
|-
| align=center| 23 || [[Sébastien Squillaci]] || August 11, 1980 (age 28)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Sevilla F.C.|Sevilla]] ||align=center| 13 (0) || v [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzogovina]], 18 August 2004
|-
!colspan=6|Midfielders
|-
| align=center| 4 || [[Patrick Vieira]] || June 23, 1976 (age 32)|| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter]] ||align=center| 105 (6) || v [[Netherlands national football team|Holland]], 26 February 1997
|-
| align=center| 6 || [[Florent Malouda]] || June 13, 1980 (age 28)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] ||align=center| 43 (3) || v [[Poland national football team|Poland]], 17 November 2004
|-
| align=center| 14 || [[Yoann Gourcuff]] || July 11, 1986 (age 22)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]] ||align=center| 4 (1) || v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], August 20, 2008
|-
| align=center| 7 || [[Franck Ribéry]] || April 1, 1983 (age 25)|| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] ||align=center| 31 (5) || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], 27 May 2006
|-
| align=center| 18 || [[Alou Diarra]] || July 15, 1981 (age 27)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]] ||align=center| 16 (0) ||v [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]], 9 October 2004
|-
| align=center| 8 || [[Jérémy Toulalan]] || September 10, 1983 (age 25)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] ||align=center| 20 (0) || v [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]], 11 October 2006
|-
| align=center| 21 || [[Lassana Diarra]] || March 10, 1985 (age 23)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] ||align=center| 16 (0) || v [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]], 24 March 2007
|-
!colspan=6|Strikers
|-
| align=center| 10 || [[Karim Benzema]] || December 19, 1987 (age 20)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] ||align=center| 17 (4) || v [[Austria national football team|Austria]], 28 March 2007
|-
| align=center| 12 || [[Thierry Henry]] || August 17, 1977 (age 31)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] ||align=center| 106 (46) || v [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]], 11 October 1997
|-
| align=center| 39 || [[Nicolas Anelka]] || March 14, 1979 (age 29)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] ||align=center| 53 (12) || v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], 22 April 1998
|-
| align=center| 19 || [[Florent Sinama-Pongolle]] || October 20, 1984 (age 23)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Atlético Madrid]] ||align=center| 0 (0) ||
|-
| align=center| 11 || [[Hatem Ben Arfa]] || March 7, 1987 (age 21)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] ||align=center| 6 (1) || v [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]], 13 October 2007
|-
|}

===Recent call-ups===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!DOB
!Club
!Caps (goals)
!Debut
!Most recent callup
|-
!colspan=6|Goalkeepers
|-
| [[Sébastien Frey]] || March 18, 1980 (age 28)|| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]||align=center| 2 (0) || v [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]], <br><small>21 November 2007</small> || [[UEFA EURO 2008]]
|-
| [[Mickaël Landreau]] || May 14, 1979 (age 29)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Paris_Saint-Germain_FC|PSG]]||align=center| 11 (0) || v [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]], <br><small> 3 June 2001 </small> || v [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], <br><small> 27 May 2008 </small>
|-
| [[Grégory Coupet]] || December 31, 1972 (age 35)||{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Atlético Madrid]] ||align=center| 34 (0) || v [[Australia national football team|Australia]], <br><small>1 June 2001</small> || [[UEFA EURO 2008]]
|-
!colspan=6|Defenders
|-
| [[Jean-Alain Boumsong]] || December 14, 1979 (age 28)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] ||align=center| 25 (1) || v [[Japan national football team|Japan]], <br><small>20 June 2003 </small> || v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], <br><small> 20 August 2008 </small>
|-
| [[François Clerc]] || April 18, 1983 (age 25)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] ||align=center| 13 (0) || v [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]], <br><small> 11 October 2006 </small> || [[UEFA EURO 2008]]
|-
| [[Willy Sagnol]] || March 18, 1977 (age 31)|| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] ||align=center| 58 (0) || v [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], <br><small> 15 November 2000 </small> || [[UEFA EURO 2008]]
|-
| [[Anthony Réveillère]] || November 10, 1979 (age 28)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] ||align=center| 5 (0) || v [[Israel national football team|Israel]], <br><small>11 October 2003 </small> || v [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]], <br><small> 22 August 2007 </small>
|-
| [[Julien Escudé]] || August 17, 1979 (age 29)|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Sevilla_FC|Sevilla]] ||align=center| 7 (0) || v [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]], <br><small> 11 October 2006 </small> || v [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], <br><small> 27 May 2008 </small>
|-
!colspan=6|Midfielders
|-
| [[Samir Nasri]] || June 26, 1987 (age 21)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] ||align=center| 13 (2) || v [[Austria national football team|Austria]], <br><small>28 March 2007</small> || v [[Austria national football team|Austria]], <br><small>6 September 2008</small>
|-
| [[Mathieu Flamini]]|| March 7, 1984 (age 24)|| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] ||align=center| 3 (0) || v [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]], <br><small>16 November 2007 </small>|| v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], <br><small>10 September 2008</small>
|-
| [[Sidney Govou]] || July 27, 1979 (age 29)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]] ||align=center| 37 (10) || v [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]], <br><small>21 August 2002 </small> || v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], <br><small>10 September 2008</small>
|-
| [[Abou Diaby]] || May 11, 1986 (age 22) || {{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] ||align=center| 2 (0) || v [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]], <br><small> 24 March 2007 </small> || v [[Spain national football team|Spain]], <br><small> 6 February 2008 </small>
|-
| [[Jérôme Rothen]]|| March 31, 1978 (age 30)|| {{Flagicon|France}} [[Paris_Saint-Germain_FC|PSG]] ||align=center| 13 (1) || v [[Malta national football team|Malta]], <br><small> 29 March 2003 </small> || v [[Spain national football team|Spain]], <br><small> 6 February 2008 </small>
|-
!colspan=6|Strikers
|-
| [[Jimmy Briand]]|| August 2, 1985 (age 23)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Stade Rennais FC|Rennes]] ||align=center| 1 (0) || N/A || v [[Spain national football team|Spain]], <br><small> 6 February 2008 </small>
|-
| [[Djibril Cissé]]|| August 12, 1981 (age 27)|| {{flagicon|England}} [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] ||align=center| 37 (9) || v [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], <br><small> 18 May 2002</small> || v [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], <br><small> 27 May 2008 </small>
|-
| [[Bafétimbi Gomis]] || August 6, 1985 (age 23)|| {{flagicon|France}} [[AS Saint-Etienne|Saint-Etienne]] ||align=center| 4 (2) || v [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], <br><small> 27 May 2008 </small> || [[UEFA EURO 2008]]
|-
| [[Jérémy Menez]]|| May 7, 1987 (age 21)|| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[AS Roma|Roma]] ||align=center| 0 (0) || N/A ||v [[Spain national football team|Spain]], <br><small> 6 February 2008 </small>
|-
|}

===Coaching staff===
{|
|-
|'''Head Coach'''|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Raymond Domenech]]
|-
|'''Assistant Coach'''|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Alain Boghossian]] <br/> {{flagicon|France}} [[Pierre Mankowski]]
|-
|'''Goalkeeping Coach'''|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Bruno Martini]]
|}

===Previous squads===
*[[2008 European Football Championship squads#France|2008 European Football Championship squads - France]]
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup squads#France|2006 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[2004 European Football Championship squads#France|2004 European Football Championship squads - France]]
*[[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#France|2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - France]]
*[[2002 FIFA World Cup squads#France|2002 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads#France|2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - France]]
*[[2000 European Football Championship squads#France|2000 European Football Championship squads - France]]
*[[1998 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1998 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[1996 European Football Championship squads#France|1996 European Football Championship squads - France]]
*[[1992 European Football Championship squads#France|1992 European Football Championship squads - France]]
*[[1986 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1986 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[1984 European Football Championship squads#France|1984 European Football Championship squads - France]]
*[[1982 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1982 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[1978 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1978 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[1966 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1966 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[1960 European Nations' Cup squads#France|1960 European Nations' Cup squads - France]]
*[[1958 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1958 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[1954 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1954 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[1938 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1938 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[1934 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1934 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]
*[[1930 FIFA World Cup squads#France|1930 FIFA World Cup squads - France]]

==Players==
===Famous past players===
{{Original research|date=April 2008}}

{{Famous players}}
{{seealso|Category:France international footballers|l1=French International Footballers}}
{|
|valign="top"|
*[[Manuel Amoros]]
*[[Jocelyn Angloma]]
*[[Henri Bard]]
*[[Fabien Barthez]]
*[[Joël Bats]]
*[[Patrick Battiston]]
*[[Bruno Bellone]]
*[[Larbi Ben Barek]]
*[[Laurent Blanc]]
*[[Basile Boli]]
*[[Maxime Bossis]]
*[[Eric Cantona]]
*[[Marcel Desailly]]
*[[Didier Deschamps]]
*[[Jean Djorkaeff]]
*[[Youri Djorkaeff]]
|width="50"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
*[[Jean-François Domergue]]
*[[Christophe Dugarry]]
*[[Jean-Luc Ettori]]
*[[Luis Fernández]]
*[[Just Fontaine]]
*[[Bernard Genghini]]
*[[David Ginola]]
*[[Alain Giresse]]
*[[Ludovic Giuly]]
*[[Robert Herbin]]
*[[Robert Jonquet]]
*[[Raymond Kopa]]
*[[Bernard Lama]]
*[[Lucien Laurent]]
*[[Bixente Lizarazu]]
*[[Eugène Maës]]
|width="50"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
*[[Claude Makélélé]]
*[[Jean-Pierre Papin]]
*[[Emmanuel Petit]]
*[[Roger Piantoni]]
*[[Robert Pirès]]
*[[Michel Platini]]
*[[Dominique Rocheteau]]
*[[Didier Six]]
*[[Yannick Stopyra]]
*[[Lilian Thuram]]
*[[Jean Tigana]]
*[[Marius Trésor]]
*[[David Trézéguet]]
*[[Thierry Tusseau]]
*[[Jean Vincent (footballer)|Jean Vincent]]
*[[Zinédine Zidane]]
|}

===Most capped French players===
{{main|List of France international footballers}}

As of October 11, 2008 the ten players with the most caps for France are:

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Career
!Caps
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|[[Lilian Thuram]]
|1994&ndash;2008
|142
|2
|-
|2
|align="left"|[[Marcel Desailly]]
|1993&ndash;2004
|116
|3
|-
|3
|align="left"|[[Zinédine Zidane]]
|1994&ndash;2006
|108
|31
|-
|4
|align="left"|'''[[Thierry Henry]]'''
|1997&ndash;
|106
|46
|-
|5
|align="left"|'''[[Patrick Vieira]]'''
|1997&ndash;
|105
|6
|-
|6
|align="left"|[[Didier Deschamps]]
|1989&ndash;2000
|103
|4
|-
|rowspan="2"|7
|align="left"|[[Laurent Blanc]]
|1989&ndash;2000
|97
|16
|-
|align="left"|[[Bixente Lizarazu]]
|1992&ndash;2004
|97
|2
|-
|9
|align="left"|[[Sylvain Wiltord]]
|1999&ndash;2006
|92
|26
|-
|10
|align="left"|[[Fabien Barthez]]
|1994&ndash;2006
|87
|0
|-
|}

Bold denotes players still playing or available for selection.

===Top France goalscorers===
{{main|List of leading goalscorers for the French national football team}}

As of October 11, 2008 the highest ten goalscorers for France are:

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Career
!Goals (Caps)
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[Thierry Henry]]'''
|1997&ndash;
|46 (106)
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Michel Platini]]
|1976&ndash;1987
|41 (72)
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[David Trézéguet]]
|1998&ndash;2008
|34 (71)
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Zinédine Zidane]]
|1994&ndash;2006
|31 (108)
|-
|rowspan="2"|5
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Just Fontaine]]
|1953&ndash;1960
|30 (21)
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Jean-Pierre Papin]]
|1986&ndash;1995
|30 (54)
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Youri Djorkaeff]]
|1993&ndash;2002
|28 (82)
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Sylvain Wiltord]]
|1999&ndash;2006
|26 (92)
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Jean Vincent (footballer)|Jean Vincent]]
|1953&ndash;1961
|22 (46)
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Jean Nicolas]]
|1933&ndash;1938
|21 (25)
|-
|}

Bold denotes players still playing or available for selection.

==Coaches==
Before 1955, players were selected by committee.
* [[Albert Batteux]] (1955-1962)
* [[Henri Guérin]] (1962-1966)
* [[José Arribas]] and [[Jean Snella]] (1966)
* [[Just Fontaine]] (1967)
* [[Louis Dugauguez]] (1967-1968)
* [[Georges Boulogne]] (1969-1973)
* [[Stefan Kovacs]] (1973-1975)
* [[Michel Hidalgo]] (1976-1984)
* [[Henri Michel]] (1984-1988)
* [[Michel Platini]] (1988-1992)
* [[Gérard Houllier]] (1992-1993)
* [[Aimé Jacquet]] (1993-1998)
* [[Roger Lemerre]] (1998-2002)
* [[Jacques Santini]] (2002-2004)
* [[Raymond Domenech]] (2004-)

[[:Category:France national football team managers]]

==See also==
*[[France women's national football team]]
*[[France national under-21 football team]]
*[[France national youth football team]]
*[[French Guiana national football team]]
*[[Guadeloupe national football team]]
*[[Martinique national football team]]
*[[New Caledonia national football team]]
*[[Réunion national football team]]
*[[Saint-Martin national football team]]
*[[Tahiti national football team]]


==References==
<div class="references-small">
<references/>
</div>

==External links==
*[http://www.fff.fr French National Football Team Official Website] {{fr_icon}}
*[http://selectiona.free.fr French National Football Team Database 1994-Nowadays] {{fr_icon}}
*[http://www.allezlesbleus.free.fr French National Football Team Database] {{fr_icon}}
*[http://archifoot.free.fr./france/ French National Football Team] {{fr_icon}}
*IFFHS Archive:[http://www.iffhs.de/?a857fcf027cda17299a00f90e02ff4ac03fce83405fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda0a3e8e003e0f40391a 1904-1910]
*[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fran-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers]
*[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fran-coach-triv.html RSSSF archive of coaches 1960-]

==Titles==
{{start box}}
{{succession box
| before = [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] {{fb-rt|BRA}}
| title = [[FIFA World Cup|World Champions]]
| years = [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] (First title)
| after = [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]] {{fb-rt|BRA}}
}}
{{succession box
| before = [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]] {{fb-rt|MEX}}
| title = [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup Winners]]
| years = [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]] (First title)<br>[[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]] (Second title)
| after = [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|2005]] {{fb-rt|BRA}}
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| before = [[1980 UEFA European Football Championship|1980]] {{fb-rt|FRG}}
| title = [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Champions]]
| years = [[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|1984]] (First title)
| after = [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|1988]] {{fb-rt|NED}}
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| before = [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|1996]] {{fb-rt|GER}}
| title = [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Champions]]
| years = [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|2000]] (Second title)
| after = [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|2004]] {{fb-rt|GRE}}
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| before = Inaugral Event
| title = [[Artemio Franchi Trophy]]
| years = 1985 (First title)
| after = 1993 {{fb-rt|ARG}}
}}
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| before = 1993 {{fb-rt|HUN}}
| title = [[Kirin Cup|Kirin Cup Champions]]
| years = 1994 (First title)
| after = 1995 {{fb-rt|JPN}}
}}
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| before = [[1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament|1996]] {{fb-rt|CRO}}
| title = King Hassan II Cup Winners
| years = [[1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament|1998]] (First title) <br> [[2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament|2000]] (Second title)
| after = Incumbent
}}
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[[Category:European national football teams]]
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ALAS (Fundacion América Latina en Acción Solidaria) is a movement dedicated to the children in Latin America. The non-profit organisation is founded by Latin America's most influential artists, intellectuals and business leaders, and strives to launch a new social movement that will generate a collective commitment to comprehensive Early Childhood Development programs for the children in Latin America.

One of the well-known faces and founder of ALAS is the Colombian singer and UNICEF ambassador Shakira. Other known artists are Alejandro Sanz, Miguel Bosé and Juanes, among others. Honorary President is Nobel prize winner Gabriel García Márquez. Shakira's fiancé Antonio de la Rúa is one of the Vice Presidents.

Latin America has 54 million children age 5 and under and no less than 32 million of them are currently living in poverty. A catalyst for change, ALAS will work to improve the children's lives by creating a social movement that delivers effective health, education and nutritional programs during their most influential years of development through comprehensive Early Childhood Development.

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