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	Patrick Gonfalone
Captain	Olivier Kemen
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours

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 Patrick Gonfalone, a former football player, notably with Angers, Auxerre and Le Havre. Prior to coaching for the French Football Federation, he had domestic coaching tenures at SC Abbeville, Viry Châtillon. To the 2009-2014 seasons, Gonfalone coached the under-16 and the under-17 French team. The current captain of the team is Newcastle Milfieder Olivier Kemen.

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up to the squad for the 2015 UEFA U-19 Euro qualification matches against Azerbaijan, Denmark and England on 26, 28 and 31 March 2015.^[3]

Caps and goals as of 31 March 2015, after the team's match against England. Please note some of these players play for their club's reserve team.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Florian Escales (1996-02-03) 3 February 1996 7 0 Marseille 16 1GK Bingourou Kamara (1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 1 0 Tours 2 2DF Angelo Fulgini (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 10 0 Valenciennes 3 2DF Nicolas Senzemba (1996-03-25) 25 March 1996 6 0 Sochaux 4 2DF Mouctar Diakhaby (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 6 0 Lyon 5 2DF Abdou Diallo (1996-05-04) 4 May 1996 12 1 Monaco 14 2DF Lucas Hernández (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 9 0 Atlético Madrid 15 2DF Benjamin Pavard (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 1 0 Lille 6 3MF Olivier Kemen (1996-07-20) 20 July 1996 9 1 Newcastle United 7 3MF Maxwel Cornet (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996 14 8 Lyon 8 3MF Samed Kılıç (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 8 1 Auxerre 10 3MF Kingsley Coman (1996-06-13) 13 June 1996 3 2 Juventus 13 3MF Alexis Blin (1996-09-16) 16 September 1996 11 1 Toulouse 17 3MF Lucas Tousart (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 3 0 Valenciennes 18 3MF Lyes Houri (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 6 0 Bastia 9 4FW Ulrich N'Nomo (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 8 3 Châteauroux 11 4FW Neal Maupay (1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 9 4 Nice 12 4FW Sehrou Guirassy (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 6 4 Laval

Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the France under-19 squad and remain eligible:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Dorian Grange (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 4 0 Lyon v.  Germany, 17 November 2014 DF Hervé Mombela (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 3 0 Le Havre v.  Germany, 17 November 2014 DF Moussa Niakhate (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 3 0 Valenciennes v.  Germany, 17 November 2014 DF Lucas Toussaint (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 4 0 Metz v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 13 October 2014 DF Yanis Si Mohammed (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 2 0 Lens v.  Belgium, 8 September 2014 MF Jérémie Boga (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 3 0 Chelsea v.  Germany, 17 November 2014 MF Maxime D'Arpino (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 3 0 Lyon v.  Germany, 17 November 2014 MF Eddy Lecygne (1996-08-06) 6 August 1996 3 0 Stoke City v.  Germany, 17 November 2014 MF Olivier Ntcham (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 5 0 Manchester City v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 13 October 2014 MF Roli Pereira de Sa (1996-12-10) 10 December 1996 2 0 Paris Saint-Germain v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 13 October 2014 MF Anthony Ribelin (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 3 0 Montpellier v.  Belgium, 8 September 2014 MF Christophe Rodrigues Silva (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 2 0 Lens v.  Belgium, 8 September 2014 FW Moussa Dembélé (1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 6 3 Fulham v.  Azerbaijan, 26 March 2015 FW Maxime Do Couto Teixeira (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 3 1 Tours v.  Germany, 17 November 2014 FW Michel Araai (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 3 0 Marseille v.  Germany, 17 November 2014 FW James Edward Lea Siliki (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 3 0 Rennes v.  Germany, 17 November 2014 FW Franck Honorat (1996-08-11) 11 August 1996 3 0 Nice v.  Belgium, 8 September 2014

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cup/Youth Championship squads 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup – France 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – France 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – France 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – France

UEFA U-19 European Championships squads 2012 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France 2010 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France 2009 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France 2007 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France 2005 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France 2003 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France

Results

Friendly

4 September 2014	Serbia	2 – 0	France	City Stadium, Subotica
17:00 CET	Saponjic  28, 57'

5 September 2014	France	1 – 2	Ukraine	FK Stadium, Senta
17:00 CET	Dembele  69'		Besedin  11' Arendaruk  35'

8 September 2014	Belgium	0 – 7	France	City Stadium, Subotica
17:00 CET			Diallo  9' Cornet  15, 32, 35' Blin  43' Maupay  45, 88'

2015 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship First Round qualification

08 October 2014	France	2 – 1	Macedonia	FFM Training Center, Skopje
15:00 CET	Maupay  19' Dembele  41'	Report	Sulejmanov  71'	Referee: Arnold Hunter (NIR)

10 October 2014	Liechtenstein	0 – 6	France	Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
15:00 CET		Report	N'Nomo  35, 56' Kemen  38' Maupay  48' Dembele  73' Goppel (o.g.)	Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)

13 October 2014	France	0 – 0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
15:00 CET		Report		Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Grèce)

2015 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Elite Round qualification

26 March 2015	France	2–0	Azerbaijan	Stade Louis Villemer, Saint-Lô
19:30	Coman  61', 90'	Report		Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

28 March 2015	Denmark	0–2	France	Stade du Hazé, Flers
17:00		Report	Guirassy  42', 65'	Referee: Nikolas Dabanović (Montenegro)

31 March 2015	France	2–1	England	Stade Louis Villemer, Saint-Lô
19:00	Guirassy  31' Cornet  50'	Report	Roberts  80'	Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Coaching staff

As of 26 Aout 2014

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Patrick Gonfalone	French
Assistant manager	Bertrand Delas	French
Goalkeeper coach	Jean Marc Rodolphe	French
Doctor	François Brochet	French
Kinesiotherapy	Guy Puravet	French
Delegation Chief	Thierry Mercier	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 Runner-up 5 2 2 1 5 4 2014 Did not qualify 2015 Qualified Total 7/13 30 14 12 4 52 32

*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

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