France national football team all-time record

The list shown below shows the France national football team all-time international record against opposing nations. The stats are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, FIFA Confederations Cup, and Summer Olympics matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.[nb 1]

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA. The team played its first official match on 1 May 1904 against Belgium. France and Belgium have since contested 70 official matches against each other, the most all-time between each team. Aside from Belgium, France have contested matches against over 80 other national teams. Of the 80 teams, France have not lost to 39 of them having earned a perfect winning percentage against 26 of the teams. France have also not beaten five teams; the Ireland national team from 1882–1950, Nigeria, Senegal, Peru and Belarus. France have contested four teams, except Belarus, only once.

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All-time records

As of 15 November 2011

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against  % Won
 Albania 4 4 0 0 11 1 100.0%
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 4 1 100.0%
 Andorra 3 3 0 0 7 0 100.0%
 Argentina 11 2 3 6 7 12 18.0%
 Armenia 3 3 0 0 7 2 100.0%
 Australia 3 1 1 1 2 2 50.0%
 Austria 23 12 2 9 39 40 52.1%
 Azerbaijan 2 2 0 0 12 0 100.0%
 Belarus 2 0 1 1 1 2 0.0%
 Belgium 71 24 18 29 124 156 33.0%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 2 0 6 3 50.0%
 Brazil 15 6 4 5 20 21 35.7%
 Bulgaria 20 8 4 8 33 25 40.0%
  CAF XI 1 1 0 0 2 0 100.0%
 Cameroon 2 1 1 0 2 1 50.0%
 Canada 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.0%
 Chile 5 2 1 2 11 5 40.0%
 China PR 2 1 0 1 3 2 50.0%
 Colombia 3 3 0 0 5 2 100.0%
  CONCACAF XI 1 1 0 0 5 0 100.0%
 Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 5 3 100.0%
 Côte d'Ivoire 1 1 0 0 3 0 100.0%
 Croatia 5 3 2 0 9 3 60.0%
 Cyprus 8 7 1 0 27 2 87.5%
 Czechoslovakia 20 7 4 9 29 34 35.0%
 Czech Republic 4 1 2 1 4 5 25.0%
 Denmark 12 6 1 5 16 27 50.0%
 East Germany 7 2 2 3 8 7 28.6%
 Ecuador 1 1 0 0 2 0 100.0%
 Egypt 1 1 0 0 5 0 100.0%
 England 30 9 5 16 39 69 30.0%
England Amateurs 8 1 0 7 4 61 12.5%
 Faroe Islands 6 6 0 0 22 0 100.0%
 FIFA XI 1 1 0 0 5 1 100.0%
 Finland 6 6 0 0 14 3 100.0%
 Georgia 2 2 0 0 4 0 100.0%
 Germany 8 4 2 2 10 10 50.0%
 Greece 8 6 1 1 23 7 75.0%
 Hungary 22 8 2 12 31 47 36.4%
 Iceland 10 7 3 0 27 6 70.0%
 Iran 1 1 0 0 2 1 100.0%
 Ireland 1 1 0 0 4 0 100.0%
 Ireland Amateurs 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.0%
 Israel 9 4 4 1 15 6 44.4%
 Italy 36 8 10 18 48 79 22.2%
 Japan 5 4 1 0 14 4 80.0%
 Kuwait 2 2 0 0 5 1 100.0%
 Latvia 1 1 0 0 7 0 100.0%
 Lithuania 4 4 0 0 5 0 100.0%
 Luxembourg 16 15 0 1 66 11 93.7%
 Malta 2 2 0 0 10 0 100.0%
 Mexico 7 5 1 1 15 6 71.4%
 Morocco 5 3 2 0 12 6 60.0%
 Netherlands 22 8 4 10 35 51 36.3%
 New Zealand 1 1 0 0 5 0 100.0%
 Nigeria 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.0%
 Northern Ireland 8 5 3 0 18 4 62.5%
 Norway 14 6 4 4 18 15 42.9%
 Paraguay 3 2 1 0 8 3 66.6%
 Peru 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.0%
 Poland 16 8 5 3 27 16 50.0%
 Portugal 22 16 1 5 46 27 72.7%
 Republic of Ireland 15 6 5 4 18 14 40.0%
 Romania 15 7 5 3 19 15 46.0%
 Russia 5 2 1 2 8 7 40.0%
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 4 0 100.0%
 Scotland 15 7 0 8 20 15 46.7%
 Senegal 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.0%
 Serbia 2 1 1 0 3 2 50.0%
 Slovakia 4 2 1 1 6 2 50.0%
 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 10 2 100.0%
 South Africa 4 2 1 1 6 3 50.0%
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 9 3 66.7%
 Soviet Union 12 2 6 4 13 18 16.7%
 Spain 30 11 6 13 35 57 36.7%
 Sweden 17 8 5 4 25 16 47.0%
 Switzerland 36 15 9 12 62 58 41.6%
 Togo 1 1 0 0 2 0 100.0%
 Tunisia 4 2 2 0 7 3 50.0%
 Turkey 4 4 0 0 12 2 100.0%
 United States 3 3 0 0 10 0 100.0%
 Ukraine 6 3 3 0 9 3 50.0%
 Uruguay 6 1 3 2 4 7 16.6%
 Wales 4 2 1 1 9 4 50.0%
 West Germany 15 6 4 5 28 29 40.0%
 Yugoslavia 26 9 7 10 41 39 34.6%

Competitive tournaments

For single-match results of the national team, see French football single-season articles.

FIFA World Cup record

Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
1930 Group Stage 7th 3 1 0 2 4 3
1934 First Round 9th 1 0 0 1 2 3
1938 Quarter-Final 6th 2 1 0 1 4 4
1950 Did not qualify
1954 Group Stage 11th 2 1 0 1 3 3
1958 Third Place 3rd 6 4 0 2 23 15
1962 Did not qualify
1966 Group Stage 13th 3 0 1 2 2 5
1970 Did not qualify
1974
1978 Group Stage 12th 3 1 0 2 5 5
1982 Fourth Place 4th 7 3 2 2 16 12
1986 Third Place 3rd 7 4 2 1 12 6
1990 Did not qualify
1994
1998 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 15 2
2002 Group Stage 28 3 0 1 2 0 3
2006 Runners-Up 2nd 7 4 3 0 9 3
2010 Group Stage 29 3 0 1 2 1 4
2014
Total 13/19 1 Title 54 25 11 18 96 68

UEFA European Championship record

Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
1960 Fourth Place 4th 2 0 0 2 4 7
1964 Did not qualify
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 14 4
1988 Did not qualify
1992 Group Stage 6th 3 0 2 1 2 3
1996 Semi-Final 4th 5 2 3 0 5 2
2000 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 13 7
2004 Quarter-Final 5th 4 2 1 1 7 5
2008 Group Stage 15th 3 0 1 2 1 6
2012 Qualified
2016 Qualified
Total 8/14 2 Titles 28 14 7 7 46 34

FIFA Confederations Cup record

Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
1992 Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999 Withdrew
2001 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 12 2
2003 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 12 3
2005 Did not qualify
2009
2013
Total 2/7 2 Titles 10 9 0 1 24 5

Notes

  1. ^ A non-senior, young France team played at 1984 Summer Olympics, which they won. Since 1992 Summer Olympics, only under-23 teams are allowed to compete in the tournament. Thus, France's Summer Olympics matches, since the 1984 Games, will not be counted on this list.

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