Football World Cup 1978 / France

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This article is about the French national football team at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina .

qualification

France was able to qualify for a World Cup tournament for the first time since the 1966 World Cup. However, the qualification was bumpy and was only decided on the last day of the game. Before the last game, Bulgaria led the table of European group 5, which would have been enough to draw against France. However, France won the game 3-1 and was able to book the trip to Argentina.

rank country Gates Points
1 FranceFrance France 7: 4 5: 3
2 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 5: 6 4: 4
3 IrelandIreland Ireland 2: 4 3: 5
Bulgaria - France 2: 2 (1: 2)
France - Ireland 2: 0 (0: 0)
Ireland - France 1: 0 (1: 0)
France - Bulgaria 3: 1 (1: 0)

France's seven qualifying goals were scored by Michel Platini (3 goals) and Bernard Lacombe, Dominique Bathenay, Dominique Rocheteau and Christian Dalger (one each).

Squad

Number / name society Date of birth Games Gates red yellow
goalkeeper
1 Dominique Baratelli OGC Nice December 16, 1947 1 - - -
21st Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes FC Nantes 05/13/1952 2 - - -
22nd Dominique Dropsy Racing Strasbourg December 09, 1951 1 - - -
Defender
2 Patrick Battiston FC Metz 03/12/1957 1 - - -
3 Maxime Bossis FC Nantes 06/25/1955 2 - - -
5 François Bracci Olympique Marseille 10/31/1951 1 - - -
4th Gérard Janvion AS Saint-Etienne 08/21/1953 2 - - -
6th Christian Lopez AS Saint-Etienne 03/15/1953 2 1 - -
7th Patrice Rio FC Nantes 08/15/1948 1 - - -
8th Marius Trésor Olympique Marseille January 15, 1950 3 - - -
midfield player
9 Dominique Bathenay Paris Saint-Germain 02/13/1954 2 - - -
10 Jean-Marc Guillou OGC Nice December 20, 1945 1 - - -
11 Henri Michel FC Nantes 10/28/1947 2 - - 1
12 Claude Papi SEC Bastia 04/16/1949 1 - - -
13 Jean Petit AS Monaco 09/25/1949 1 - - -
15th Michel Platini AS Nancy 06/21/1955 3 1 - 1
striker
14th Marc Berdoll Olympique Marseille 04/06/1953 2 1 - -
16 Christian Dalger AS Monaco December 18, 1949 1 - - -
17th Bernard Lacombe Olympique Lyon 08/15/1952 2 1 - -
18th Dominique Rocheteau AS Saint-Etienne 01/14/1955 2 1 - -
20th Olivier Rouyer AS Nancy December 01, 1955 2 - - -
19th Didier Six RC Lens 08/21/1954 3 - - 1
Trainer
  Michel Hidalgo March 22, 1933

French games at the 1978 World Cup

  • France 1-2 Italy - Goals: 1-0 Lacombe (1st min.), 1-1 Rossi (29th min.), 1-2 Zaccarelli (52nd min.)
  • France 1-2 Argentina - Goals: 0-1 Passarella (45th min.), 1-1 Platini (60th min.), 1-2 Luque (72nd min.)
  • France 3-1 Hungary - goals: 1-0 Lopez (22nd min.), 2-0 Berdoll (37th min.), 2-1 Zombori (41st min.). 3: 1 Rocheteau (42nd min.)

France was able to convince in the first two games, but lost both times unlucky, so that after the second game it was already clear that France would not survive the preliminary round. The game against Hungary only had cosmetic value and coach Hidalgo mainly used players who had not yet played in this tournament.