France national under-19 football team

France

Nickname(s)	Les Bleuets (The Little Blues) Les Tricolores (The Tri-colours)
Association	French Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Francis Smerecki
Captain	Raphaël Calvet
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours

The France national under-19 football team (2013).

The France national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the annual UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. They were the 2010 champions of the competition having won on home soil. The under-19 team also contests the qualification matches needed to play in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, though the competition is classified as an under-20 tournament.

France have won the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship twice in 2005 and 2010. In 2005, striker Abdoulaye Baldé was awarded the Golden Player award.^[1] However, of the twenty-one players that played on the 2005 championship-winning team, only three of them have played in the senior team of France; goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and midfielders Abou Diaby and Yoann Gourcuff. Two players, Djamel Abdoun and Moussa Sow, have played for other national teams for which they were eligible. In 2010, the team was crowned champions on home soil after defeating Spain 2–1 in the final in Caen. Gaël Kakuta was named the tournament's Golden Player.^[2]

The 2012–13 international under-19 campaign will begin in August 2012 and will end following the conclusion of the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. The current under-19 team is coached by Francis Smerecki, a former football player, notably with Le Mans and Limoges. Prior to coaching for the French Football Federation, he had domestic coaching tenures at USL Dunkerque, En Avant de Guingamp, and AS Nancy. In the 2010–11 season, Smericki coached the under-19 team to victory at the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and led the under-20 team to a fourth place finish at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The current captain of the team is Auxerre defender Raphaël Calvet.

Players

Current squad

• The following players have been called to participate in a friendly match against Germany to be played on 14 November.^[3]

Caps and goals are as current as the squad's previous match against Portugal on 16 October 2012. Some of these players play for their club's reserve team.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Julien Fabri (1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 0 0 Marseille 1GK Paul Nardi (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 0 0 Nancy 2DF Damien Dussaut (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 0 0 Valenciennes 2DF Jordan Ikoko (captain) (1994-02-03) 3 February 1994 3 0 Paris Saint-Germain 2DF Mory Koné (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 1 0 Le Mans 2DF Benjamin Mendy (1994-07-17) 17 July 1994 3 0 Olympique de Marseille 2DF Lucas Rougeaux (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 4 2 Nice 2DF Corentin Tolisso (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 0 0 Lyon 3MF Larry Azouni (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 3 0 Marseille 3MF Nabil Bentaleb (1994-11-24) 24 November 1994 0 0 Tottenham Hotspur 3MF Bryan Constant (1994-03-27) 27 March 1994 2 0 Nice 3MF Adrien Hunou (1994-01-19) 19 January 1994 3 0 Rennes 3MF Adrien Rabiot (1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 3 1 Paris Saint-Germain 3MF Morgan Sanson (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 1 0 Le Mans 4FW Yassine Benzia (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 4 2 Lyon 4FW Romain Davigny (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 0 0 Sochaux 4FW Lenny Nangis (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 3 0 Caen 4FW Hadi Sacko (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 4 2 Bordeaux

Recent callups

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Quentin Beunardeau (1994-02-27) 27 February 1994 4 0 Le Mans v.  Portugal, 16 October 2012 GK Yoan Cardinale (1994-03-27) 27 March 1994 0 0 Nice v.   Switzerland, 8 September 2012 GK Paul Reulet (1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 0 0 Caen Clairefontaine, 15 August 2012 DF Aymeric Laporte (1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 4 1 Athletic Bilbao v.  Portugal, 16 October 2012 DF Grégoire Lherbier (1994-07-17) 17 July 1994 1 0 Lille v.  Portugal, 16 October 2012 DF Souleymane Sangaré (1994-02-03) 3 February 1994 0 0 Nantes v.  Portugal, 16 October 2012 DF Kurt Zouma (1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 1 0 Saint-Étienne v.  Israel, 12 October 2012 DF Korantin Henaff Le Gall (1994-02-11) 11 February 1994 1 0 Lorient v.   Switzerland, 8 September 2012 DF Raphaël Calvet (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 0 0 Auxerre Clairefontaine, 15 August 2012 DF Diacko Fofana (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 0 0 Nice Clairefontaine, 15 August 2012 MF Rafidine Abdullah (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 3 0 Marseille v.  Portugal, 16 October 2012 MF Kévin Rodrigues (1994-03-05) 5 March 1994 1 1 Toulouse v.  Israel, 12 October 2012 MF Souahilo Meïté (1994-03-17) 17 March 1994 1 0 Auxerre v.   Switzerland, 8 September 2012 MF Sylvio Ouassiero (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994 1 0 Auxerre v.   Switzerland, 8 September 2012 MF Julien Leghait (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 0 0 Lens v.   Switzerland, 8 September 2012 MF Opa Nguette (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 3 1 Valenciennes v.  Portugal, 16 October 2012 MF Sébastien Haller (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 2 1 Auxerre v.  Portugal, 16 October 2012 FW Jordan Amavi (1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 0 0 Nice v.   Switzerland, 8 September 2012 FW Christophe Hernández (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 0 0 Nice Clairefontaine, 15 August 2012

Previous squads

Results

Friendly

8 September 2012	Switzerland	0 – 1	France	Stade de la Fontenette, Carouge
18:00 CET			Rodrigues  80'

2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship First Round qualification

11 October 2012	France	2 – 1	Israel	Complexo Desportivo De Anadia, Anadia
16:00 CET	Sacko  27' Laporte  74'	Report	Raiyan  8'	Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

13 October 2012	France	6 – 0	Latvia	Estádio Municipal Dr. Américo Couto, Mealhada
16:00 CET	Rabiot  8' Rougeaux  55' Benzia  63' Nguette  66' Haller  79' Sacko  90+1'	Report		Referee: Pavle Radovanović (Montenegro)

16 October 2012	Portugal	2 – 2	France	Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição, Coimbra
17:00 CET	Lopes  41' Mané  46'	Report	Rougeaux  13' Benzia  53'	Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

Friendly

14 November 2012	Germany	–	France	Rheinstadion, Kehl
14:00 CET

Last updated: 12 November 2012
Source: French Football Federation U-19 Schedule

Coaching staff

As of 4 September 2012

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Francis Smerecki	French
Assistant manager	Thierry Asseloos	French
Goalkeeper coach	Bruno Martini	French
Doctor	Patrick Flamant	French
Kinesiotherapy	Renaud Dumortier	French
Delegation Chief	Jacques Geisselhardt	French

Competitive record

For single-match results of the under-19 national team, see French football single-season articles.

FIFA World Youth Championship record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1977 Round 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 1979 Did not qualify 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 Quarter-final 5 3 1 1 10 8 1999 Did not qualify 2001 Quarter-final 5 2 2 1 11 7 2003 Did not qualify 2005 2007 2009 2011 Fourth Place 7 4 0 3 11 12 2013 Champions 7 4 2 1 15 6 2015 Did not qualify Total 1 title 27 14 6 7 50 36

UEFA European U-19 Championship record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 2002 Did not qualify 2003 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 4 6 2004 Did not qualify 2005 Champions 5 4 1 0 11 5 2006 Did not qualify 2007 Semi-Final 4 1 3 0 6 3 2008 Did not qualify 2009 Semi-Final 4 1 2 1 4 5 2010 Champions 5 4 1 0 14 4 2011 Did not qualify 2012 Semi-Final 4 2 1 1 8 5 2013 Qualified Total 6/11 25 12 10 3 47 28

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Honours

• UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
  • Under-19 era, 2002–present

Champions (2): 2010, 2005

Semi-Finalists (3): 2012, 2009, 2007

• • Under-18 era, 1957–2001

Champions (4): 2000, 1997, 1996, 1983

Finalists (2): 1968

References

External links

• Official site (French)