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France (2026)

Matches: 15; 15 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 11-1-3; 11 W · 1 D · 3 L
Goals: 32; 16 against
Goal difference: +16

General Information

Fédération Française de Football

Founded: 1919
FIFA entry: 1904
Average height in 2026: 1.84 m
Average age in 2026: 26.3 years
Confederation: United European Football Association (UEFA)
Continent: Europe
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

Coaches in 2026

Didier Deschamps(Coach)

Date of birth: 15 October 1968
Place of birth: Bayonne, France
Height: 1.74 m
Matches: 11 (7 official · 4 friendlies)

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Guy Stéphan(Coach)

Date of birth: 17 October 1956
Place of birth: Ploumilliau, France
Matches: 1 (1 official · 0 friendlies)

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Zinedine Zidane(Coach)

Date of birth: 23 June 1972
Place of birth: Marseille, France
Height: 1.85 m
Matches: 3 (3 official · 0 friendlies)

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Players of France in 2026

35 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers2
Mike Maignan	3 July 1995	Goalkeeper	AC Milan	14	0	0
Brice Samba	25 April 1994	Goalkeeper	Stade Rennais	1	0	0
Defenders13
Dayot Upamecano	27 October 1998	Centre Back	Bayern München	12	1	0
Jules Koundé	12 November 1998	Centre Back	FC Barcelona	10	1	0
William Saliba	24 March 2001	Centre Back	Arsenal FC	7	0	0
Lucas Digne	20 July 1993	Left Back	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	0
Theo Hernandez	6 October 1997	Left Back	Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ	6	2	0
Maxence Lacroix	6 April 2000	Centre Back	Chelsea FC	5	5	0
Pierre Kalulu	5 June 2000	Centre Back	Juventus Torino	3	1	0
Ibrahima Konaté	25 May 1999	Centre Back	Real Madrid	3	1	0
Malo Gusto	19 May 2003	Right Back	Chelsea FC	2	6	0
Jérémy Jacquet	13 July 2005	Centre Back	Liverpool FC	2	0	0
Adrien Truffert	20 November 2001	Left Back	AFC Bournemouth	2	0	0
Lucas Hernández	14 February 1996	Centre Back	Paris Saint-Germain	1	1	0
Leny Yoro	13 November 2005	Centre Back	Manchester United	0	0	0
Midfielders10
Adrien Rabiot	3 April 1995	Centre Midfielder	AC Milan	12	0	0
Aurélien Tchouaméni	27 January 2000	Defensive Midfielder	Real Madrid	7	0	0
Rayan Cherki	17 August 2003	Attacking Midfielder	Manchester City	5	8	1
Manu Koné	17 May 2001	Centre Midfielder	AS Roma	5	4	0
Maghnes Akliouche	25 February 2002	Right Midfielder	Paris Saint-Germain	2	4	0
Warren Zaïre-Emery	8 March 2006	Centre Midfielder	Paris Saint-Germain	2	2	0
Lucas da Cunha	9 June 2001	Centre Midfielder	Como 1907	2	0	0
Eduardo Camavinga	10 November 2002	Defensive Midfielder	Real Madrid	1	3	0
N'Golo Kanté	29 March 1991	Centre Midfielder	Fenerbahçe SK	1	3	0
Andy Diouf	17 May 2003	Centre Midfielder	Inter Milano	1	0	0
Forwards10
Michael Olise	12 December 2001	Right Winger	Bayern München	13	2	5
Kylian Mbappé	20 December 1998	Centre Forward	Real Madrid	12	1	12
Ousmane Dembélé	15 May 1997	Left Winger	Paris Saint-Germain	11	2	6
Désiré Doué	3 June 2005	Left Winger	Paris Saint-Germain	8	6	3
Bradley Barcola	2 September 2002	Left Winger	Liverpool FC	5	8	3
Marcus Thuram	6 August 1997	Left Winger	Inter Milano	2	2	1
Hugo Ekitiké	20 June 2002	Centre Forward	Liverpool FC	1	1	1
Estéban Lepaul	18 April 2000	Centre Forward	Stade Rennais	1	1	0
Jean-Philippe Mateta	28 June 1997	Centre Forward	Crystal Palace FC	0	4	0
Randal Kolo Muani	5 December 1998	Centre Forward	Juventus Torino	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of France in 2026

15 matches

2 Oct 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Stade de FranceHvs.ItalyMatch report: France vs. Italy 1–1Draw
28 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Stade Roi BaudouinAvs.BelgiumMatch report: Belgium vs. France 0–1Win
25 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 1 · Kocaeli StadyumuAvs.TurkeyMatch report: Turkey vs. France 0–1Win
18 Jul 2026World Cup 2026 · Third-place match · Hard Rock StadiumHvs.EnglandMatch report: France vs. England 4–6Defeat
14 Jul 2026World Cup 2026 · Semi-final · AT&T StadiumHvs.SpainMatch report: France vs. Spain 0–2Defeat
9 Jul 2026World Cup 2026 · Quarter-final · Gillette StadiumHvs.MoroccoMatch report: France vs. Morocco 2–0Win
4 Jul 2026World Cup 2026 · Round of 16 · Lincoln Financial FieldAvs.ParaguayMatch report: Paraguay vs. France 0–1Win
30 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 · MetLife StadiumHvs.SwedenMatch report: France vs. Sweden 3–0Win
26 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group I · Gillette StadiumAvs.NorwayMatch report: Norway vs. France 1–4Win
22 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group I · Lincoln Financial FieldHvs.IraqMatch report: France vs. Iraq 3–0Win
16 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group I · MetLife StadiumHvs.SenegalMatch report: France vs. Senegal 3–1Win
8 Jun 2026Friendly · Stade Pierre MauroyHvs.Northern IrelandMatch report: France vs. Northern Ireland 3–1Win
4 Jun 2026Friendly · Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis FonteneauHvs.Ivory CoastMatch report: France vs. Ivory Coast 1–2Defeat
29 Mar 2026Friendly · Northwest StadiumHvs.ColombiaMatch report: France vs. Colombia 3–1Win
26 Mar 2026Friendly · Gillette StadiumAvs.BrazilMatch report: Brazil vs. France 1–2Win

Match Progress for France

11 W · 1 D · 3 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of France

90 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Belgium	42	18	10	14	69
Italy	27	13	4	10	48
Spain	24	9	3	12	27
Netherlands	23	12	4	7	31
Germany	23	12	3	8	34
Luxembourg	19	17	1	1	74
Sweden	19	11	5	3	33
Switzerland	19	9	6	4	36
England	19	8	4	7	28
Iceland	17	12	5	0	46
Ireland	17	10	4	3	24
Yugoslavia	17	4	6	7	24
Bulgaria	16	8	2	6	24
Denmark	16	8	1	7	19
Portugal	14	11	2	1	24
Austria	14	10	2	2	27
Ukraine	14	8	5	1	29
Norway	14	6	4	4	20
Poland	13	6	5	2	20
Brazil	13	6	2	5	15
Croatia	12	7	3	2	22
Finland	11	10	0	1	22
Scotland	11	8	0	3	23
Israel	11	5	5	1	19
Romania	10	5	5	0	13
Hungary	10	5	1	4	16
Uruguay	10	3	4	3	7
Albania	9	7	1	1	20
Cyprus	8	7	1	0	27
Greece	8	5	2	1	20
Czechoslovakia	8	3	2	3	9
England (Amateur)	8	1	0	7	4
Morocco	7	5	2	0	16
Northern Ireland	7	5	2	0	16
Mexico	7	5	1	1	15
Turkey	7	5	1	1	14
Russia	7	4	1	2	15
East Germany	7	2	2	3	8
Argentina	7	2	0	5	10
Soviet Union	7	1	3	3	4
Faroe Islands	6	6	0	0	22
Japan	6	5	0	1	14
Paraguay	6	4	2	0	15
Australia	6	4	1	1	14
Bosnia & Herzegovina	6	3	3	0	8
Belarus	6	3	2	1	10
Andorra	5	5	0	0	14
Armenia	5	5	0	0	14
Serbia	5	3	2	0	8
South Africa	5	3	1	1	11
Chile	5	2	1	2	8
Azerbaijan	4	4	0	0	18
Slovenia	4	4	0	0	15
Lithuania	4	4	0	0	5
Georgia	4	3	1	0	7
Colombia	4	3	0	1	7
Slovakia	4	2	1	1	6
Ivory Coast	4	2	1	1	6
Saarland	4	2	0	2	11
Tunisia	4	1	2	1	5
Czechia	4	1	1	2	4
South Korea	3	2	1	0	9
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	5
Wales	3	2	0	1	5
Gibraltar	2	2	0	0	17
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	10
Malta	2	2	0	0	10
Moldova	2	2	0	0	6
Costa Rica	2	2	0	0	5
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	5
Ecuador	2	1	1	0	2
USA	2	1	1	0	2
Canada	2	1	1	0	1
China	2	1	0	1	3
Senegal	2	1	0	1	3
Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2
Peru	2	1	0	1	1
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	8
Latvia	1	1	0	0	7
Egypt	1	1	0	0	5
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	5
Algeria	1	1	0	0	4
Estonia	1	1	0	0	4
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	4
Honduras	1	1	0	0	3
Iraq	1	1	0	0	3
Serbia & Montenegro	1	1	0	0	3
Bolivia	1	1	0	0	2
Togo	1	1	0	0	2
Northern Ireland (Amateur)	1	0	0	1	1
Total	701	399	137	165	1,311

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for France

Games Total: 206
Goals: 423
Goals Against: 210
Games W/D/L: 122/36/48
Avg. Goals / Match: 2.05
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 1.02

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 33; Kylian Mbappé
Most Matches: 53; Hugo Lloris
Most Yellow Cards: 8; Paul Pogba
Most Red Cards: 2; Zinedine Zidane

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of France

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Lloris, Hugo	Goalkeeper	2008–2022	145	145	0	0	0	3	0	1
2	Thuram, Lilian	Right Back	1994–2008	142	134	8	2	2	8	0	0
3	Giroud, Olivier	Centre Forward	2011–2024	137	89	48	57	14	7	0	0
4	Griezmann, Antoine	Left Winger	2014–2024	137	116	21	44	34	10	0	0
5	Henry, Thierry	Centre Forward	1997–2010	122	105	17	51	10	7	0	1
6	Desailly, Marcel	Centre Back	1993–2004	115	114	1	3	0	8	1	0
7	Mbappé, Kylian	Centre Forward	2017–2026	107	92	15	67	43	11	0	0
8	Zidane, Zinedine	Attacking Midfielder	1994–2006	107	100	7	31	4	12	0	2
9	Vieira, Patrick	Defensive Midfielder	1997–2009	106	86	20	6	5	13	1	0
10	Deschamps, Didier	Defensive Midfielder	1989–2000	102	94	8	4	0	10	0	0
11	Benzema, Karim	Centre Forward	2007–2022	97	73	24	37	20	1	0	0
12	Blanc, Laurent	Centre Back	1989–2000	96	90	6	16	0	6	0	1
13	Lizarazu, Bixente	Left Back	1992–2004	96	81	15	2	2	13	0	0
14	Varane, Raphaël	Centre Back	2013–2022	93	90	3	5	1	3	0	1
15	Wiltord, Sylvain	Right Winger	1999–2006	92	55	37	26	3	0	0	0
16	Pogba, Paul	Centre Midfielder	2013–2022	91	79	12	11	9	14	1	0
17	Barthez, Fabien	Goalkeeper	1994–2006	87	87	0	0	1	5	0	0
18	Matuidi, Blaise	Centre Midfielder	2010–2019	84	72	12	9	10	8	0	0
19	Gallas, William	Centre Back	2002–2010	84	80	4	5	2	4	0	0
20	Amoros, Manuel	Right Back	1982–1992	82	79	3	1	0	6	0	1
21	Djorkaeff, Youri	Attacking Midfielder	1993–2002	81	58	23	28	4	4	0	0
22	Ribéry, Franck	Left Winger	2006–2014	81	68	13	16	22	3	0	0
23	Evra, Patrice	Left Back	2004–2016	81	77	4	0	4	11	0	0
24	Malouda, Florent	Left Midfielder	2004–2012	80	63	17	9	8	4	0	0
25	Pires, Robert	Attacking Midfielder	1996–2004	78	42	36	13	2	3	0	0
26	Bossis, Maxime	Libero	1976–1986	76	75	1	1	0	0	0	0
27	Platini, Michel	Attacking Midfielder	1976–1987	72	70	2	41	1	3	0	0
28	Sissoko, Moussa	Centre Midfielder	2009–2021	71	34	37	2	5	2	0	0
29	Makélélé, Claude	Defensive Midfielder	1995–2008	71	60	11	0	2	10	1	0
30	Trezeguet, David	Centre Forward	1998–2008	70	41	29	31	4	0	0	1
31	Dembélé, Ousmane	Left Winger	2016–2026	70	42	28	13	8	5	0	0
32	Kanté, N'Golo	Centre Midfielder	2016–2026	69	59	10	2	3	8	0	0
33	Anelka, Nicolas	Centre Forward	1998–2010	68	50	18	13	6	2	0	0
34	Rabiot, Adrien	Centre Midfielder	2016–2026	68	58	10	7	6	11	0	0
35	Abidal, Éric	Centre Back	2004–2013	67	62	5	0	0	5	0	1
36	Trésor, Marius	Centre Back	1971–1983	65	64	1	4	0	0	0	0
37	Sagna, Bacary	Right Back	2007–2016	65	59	6	0	5	4	0	0
38	Digne, Lucas	Left Back	2014–2026	64	44	20	0	10	7	0	0
39	Marche, Roger	Left Back	1947–1959	63	62	1	1	0	0	0	0
40	Petit, Emmanuel	Defensive Midfielder	1990–2003	62	55	7	6	2	3	0	0
41	Coman, Kingsley	Right Winger	2015–2025	61	28	33	8	5	2	0	0
42	Fernandez, Luis	Centre Midfielder	1982–1992	60	51	9	6	0	5	0	0
43	Michel, Henri	Defensive Midfielder	1967–1980	58	57	1	4	0	1	0	0
44	Sagnol, Willy	Right Back	2000–2008	58	44	14	0	5	10	0	1
45	Jonquet, Robert	Centre Back	1948–1960	58	58	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Koundé, Jules	Centre Back	2021–2026	57	49	8	0	0	3	0	0
47	Battiston, Patrick	Right Back	1977–1989	56	51	5	3	0	0	0	0
48	Pavard, Benjamin	Right Back	2017–2024	55	44	11	5	3	9	0	0
49	Papin, Jean-Pierre	Centre Forward	1986–1995	54	48	6	30	0	3	0	0
50	Dugarry, Christophe	Centre Forward	1994–2002	54	39	15	8	0	5	0	1

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of France

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Olise, Michael	Mbappé, Kylian	2025–2026	8	12
2	Griezmann, Antoine	Giroud, Olivier	2017–2023	7	12
3	Dembélé, Ousmane	Mbappé, Kylian	2022–2026	6	9
4	Ribéry, Franck	Benzema, Karim	2007–2013	5	14
5	Mbappé, Kylian	Benzema, Karim	2021	5	14
6	Valbuena, Mathieu	Giroud, Olivier	2013–2014	4	7
7	Mbappé, Kylian	Giroud, Olivier	2017–2022	4	7
8	Mbappé, Kylian	Dembélé, Ousmane	2017–2026	4	31
9	Mbappé, Kylian	Griezmann, Antoine	2018–2023	4	9
10	Griezmann, Antoine	Mbappé, Kylian	2019–2022	4	6

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 432 of 1,257 goals.