Soccer World Cup 1938 / France

This article covers the French national team at the 1938 World Cup .

qualification

At this World Cup, the host (like the defending champion) was automatically set for the finals for the first time, so France did not have to play any qualifying matches.

Contingent

The selection was made by the Sélectionneur , Gaston Barreau , who was entrusted with this task by the Fédération Française de Football . There was no national coach in France for a long time; however, Barreau was a coach for this finals with the ex-national goalkeeper Maurice Cottenet. The following 22 players were nominated (shirt numbers were not yet in use):

Surname	Club at the beginning of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
Julien Darui	Olympique Lillois	02/16/1916	0	0	0
Laurent Di Lorto	FC Sochaux	01/01/1909	2	0	0
René Llense	FC Sète	07/14/1913	0	0	0
defender
Abdelkader Ben Bouali	Olympique Marseille	10/25/1912	0	0	0
Héctor Cazenave	FC Sochaux	04/13/1914	2	0	0
Étienne Mattler	FC Sochaux	December 25, 1905	2	0	0
Jules Vandooren	Olympique Lillois	12/30/1908	0	0	0
runner
Jean Bastien	Olympique Marseille	06/21/1915	2	0	0
François Bourbotte	SC Fives	02/24/1913	0	0	0
Michel Brusseaux	FC Sète	03/19/1913	0	0	0
Raoul Diagne	Racing Paris	11/10/1910	2	0	0
Lucien Jasseron	Le Havre AC	December 29, 1913	0	0	0
Ignace (Kowalczyk)	FC Metz	December 27, 1913	0	0	0
"Gusti" Jordan	Racing Paris	02/21/1909	2	0	0
striker
Alfred Aston	Red Star Paris	May 16, 1912	2	0	0
Roger Courtois	FC Sochaux	05/30/1912	0	0	0
Edmond Delfour	Racing Paris	11/01/1907	2	0	0
Oscar Heisserer	Racing Strasbourg	07/18/1914	2	1	0
Jean Nicolas	FC Rouen	06/09/1913	2	2	0
César Povolny	Le Havre AC	07/19/1914	0	0	0
Émile Veinante	Racing Paris	06/12/1907	2	1	0
Mario Zatelli	Olympique Marseille	December 21, 1912	0	0	0
Trainer
Maurice Cottenet		02/11/1895

French team games

Round of 16

France - Belgium 3: 1 (2: 1)

On June 5th at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in front of 50,450 spectators; SR: Wüthrich (Switzerland):
1: 0 Veinante (1st), 2: 0 Nicolas (11th), 2: 1 Isemborghs (19th) - 3: 1 Nicolas (69th)

Quarter finals

France - Italy 1: 3 (1: 1)

On June 12th at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in front of 58,450 spectators; SR: Baert (Belgium):
0: 1 Colaussi (7th), 1: 1 Heisserer (8th) - 1: 2 Piola (52nd), 1: 3 Piola (72nd)

literature

• Denis Chaumier: Les Bleus. Tous les joueurs de l'équipe de France de 1904 à nos jours. Larousse, o. O. 2004 ISBN 2-03-505420-6
• Gérard Ejnès / L'Équipe: La belle histoire. L'équipe de France de football. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2004 ISBN 2-951-96053-0
• Robert Franta: Football World Cup 1938 France. AGON, Kassel 1995, 2002² ISBN 3-89784-018-9

Web links

Commons : Soccer World Cup 1938 / France  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• FFF website (French)
• FIFA World Cup