France national football B team
| Association |
French Football Federation (Fédération Française de Football) |
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Raymond Domenech, 2004- |
| Home stadium | Stade de France |
| FIFA code | FRA |
| First international | |
 Denmark 9-0 France B  (White City, United Kingdom, 19 October 1908) |
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| Biggest win | |
France B 7-0 Luxembourg  (Strasbourg, France, 22 May 1952) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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Denmark 9-0 France B (White City, United Kingdom, 19 October 1908) |
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The France national football B team is a national football team representing France that plays matches at a lower level than the France national football team. In France, the team is usually called "France A dash".
The team runs occasionally as a feeder team for France national football team, to give a chance to under-21 or less experienced players to play for the national team without being awarded a full cap. The team may play matches held before World Cups or other tournaments to give second-choice players, injured players or possible choices an opportunity to play a full game to either keep their fitness levels up or to earn their way into the first team.
The second-most-recent match of the team was played against Slovakia B on 21 August 2007, the day before the regular A-team friendly. The team line-up was Sébastien Frey, Jonathan Zebina (Zoumana Camara), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Anthony Réveillère), Sébastien Squillaci, Mikaël Silvestre, Jimmy Briand, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, (Rio Antonio Mavuba), Jérémy Mathieu, Djibril Cissé (Frédéric Piquionne), David Trezeguet; team member Teddy Richert was not used. The match ended at 0-1, with France B losing; Jean-Alain Boumsong played on the second day as a last-minute substitution.
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