French national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Les Bleus (The Blues) Les Tricolores (The Tri-colors) La Sélection (The Selection) |
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| Association |
Fédération Française de Football (FFF) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Didier Deschamps |
| Captain | Hugo Lloris |
| Most caps | Lilian Thuram (142) |
| Top scorer | Thierry Henry (51) |
| Home stadium | Stade de France |
| FIFA code | FRA |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 6  (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 1 (May 2001 – May 2002) |
| Lowest | 27 (September 2010) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 4  (1 December 2016)
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| Highest | 1 (most recently July 2007) |
| Lowest | 44 (May 1928, February 1930) |
| First international | |
 Belgium 3–3 France  (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May, 1904) |
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| Biggest win | |
France 10–0 Azerbaijan  (Auxerre, France; 6 September, 1995) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Denmark 17–1 France (London, England; 22 October, 1908) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1930) |
| Best result | Champions, 1998 |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1960) |
| Best result | Champions, 1984 and 2000 |
| Confederations Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2001) |
| Best result | Champions, 2001 and 2003 |
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The France national football team (French: Équipe de France de football) represents France in international football. The team's colours are blue, white and red, and the coq gaulois its symbol. France are colloquially known as Les Bleus (The Blues).
France play home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris. They have won one FIFA World Cup, two UEFA European Football Championships, an Olympic tournament, and two FIFA Confederations Cups. France experienced much of its success in three major : in the 1950s, 1980s, and late 1990s/early 2000s respectively, which resulted in numerous major honours. France was one of the four European teams that participated in the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and, although having been eliminated in the qualification stage six times, is one of only three teams that have entered every World Cup cycle.
In 1958, the team, led by Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine, finished in third place at the FIFA World Cup. In 1984, France, led by Ballon d'Or winner Michel Platini, won UEFA Euro 1984.
Under the leadership of Didier Deschamps and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane, France won the FIFA World Cup in 1998. Two years later, the team triumphed at UEFA Euro 2000. France won the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003, and reached the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which it lost 5–3 on penalties to Italy. The team also reached the final of UEFA Euro 2016, where they lost 1–0 to Portugal in extra time.
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