France

386 entrants predicted France to win the World Cup

388 entrants are supporting France

Top 10 France supporters

Pos	Name	Po
1	Ian Edinburgh	101
2	mobylette rouen	99
2	Hoang Than Anh Tuan Viet Nam	99
4	Ben Southampton	98
4	J McNeill  Borders	98
6	Jeff Mercier Halifax	97
7	Mario  Canada	96
8	Anne Bernat  Comber	94
8	Juan Manuel Dominguez Colombia	94
8	MARCON Philippe FRANCE	94

Group matches

Team profile

• Coach: Raymond Domenech, 2004-
• World Cup appearances: 12
• First World Cup: 1930
• Best performance at World Cup: Winners, 1998

The France national football team is a European football team among the top sides in international football today.

France came third in the 1958 World Cup. The generation of Michel Platini and others came fourth in 1982, and third in 1986. In between, they won the European Championship in 1984. France's most successful years were the late 1990s, the generation of Zidane and others. This team played in the semifinals of Euro 96, two years later hosted and won the 1998 World Cup, and two years later won Euro 2000. Ranked as favourites, this team's performance in the 2002 World Cup was dismal, not winning a single game, nor scoring a goal. Despite this they were still among the favourites to win Euro 2004, but were beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual winners Greece.

World Cup record

• 1930 - Round 1
• 1934 - Round 1
• 1938 - Quarterfinals
• 1950 - Did not qualify
• 1954 - Round 1
• 1958 - Third place
• 1962 - Did not qualify
• 1966 - Round 1
• 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Did not qualify
• 1978 - Round 1
• 1982 - Fourth place
• 1986 - Third place
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Champions
• 2002 - Round 1
• 2006 - Qualified

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