France at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of France's results at the FIFA World Cup. France was one of the four European teams that participated at the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and have appeared in 14 FIFA World Cups, tied for the fifth most of any country.[1] The national team is one of eight national teams to have won at least one FIFA World Cup title.[2]

The France team won its first and only World Cup title in 1998.[3][4] The tournament was played on home soil and France defeated Brazil 3–0 in the final match.[5][6]

In 2006, France finished as runners-up losing 5–3 on penalties to Italy. The team has also finished in third place on two occasions in 1958 and 1986 and in fourth place once in 1982. The team's worst result in the competition was a first-round elimination in 2002 and 2010.

In 2002, the team suffered an unexpected loss to Senegal and departed the tournament without scoring a goal, while in 2010, France suffered defeats to Mexico and South Africa and earned a point from a draw with Uruguay.[7][8]

FIFA World Cup record

Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930Group Stage7th310243
Italy 1934First Round9th100123
France 1938Quarter Final6th210144
Brazil 1950Qualified, but withdrew
Switzerland 1954Group Stage11th210133
Sweden 1958Third Place3rd64022315
Chile 1962Did not qualify
England 1966Group Stage13th301225
Mexico 1970Did not qualify
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978Group Stage12th310255
Spain 1982Fourth Place4th73221612
Mexico 1986Third Place3rd7421126
Italy 1990Did not qualify
United States 1994
France 1998Champions1st7610152
South Korea Japan 2002Group Stage28th301203
Germany 2006Runners-up2nd743093
South Africa 2010Group Stage29th301214
Brazil 2014Quarter Final7th5311103
Total14/201 Title5928121910671
Year Manager Captain Winning Goal Scorer
1998 Aimé Jacquet Didier Deschamps Zinedine Zidane, Emmanuel Petit

France at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

Head coach: Aimé Jacquet

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Bernard Lama (1963-04-07)7 April 1963 (aged 35) 37 France Paris Saint Germain
2 2DF Vincent Candela (1973-10-24)24 October 1973 (aged 24) 10 Italy Roma
3 2DF Bixente Lizarazu (1969-12-09)9 December 1969 (aged 28) 32 Germany Bayern Munich
4 3MF Patrick Vieira (1976-06-23)23 June 1976 (aged 21) 7 England Arsenal
5 2DF Laurent Blanc (1965-11-19)19 November 1965 (aged 32) 68 France Marseille
6 4FW Youri Djorkaeff (1968-03-09)9 March 1968 (aged 30) 37 Italy Internazionale
7 3MF Didier Deschamps (c) (1968-10-15)15 October 1968 (aged 29) 69 Italy Juventus
8 2DF Marcel Desailly (1968-09-07)7 September 1968 (aged 29) 41 Italy Milan
9 4FW Stéphane Guivarc'h (1970-09-06)6 September 1970 (aged 27) 6 France Auxerre
10 3MF Zinedine Zidane (1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 25) 33 Italy Juventus
11 3MF Robert Pirès (1973-10-29)29 October 1973 (aged 24) 13 France Metz
12 4FW Thierry Henry (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 20) 3 France AS Monaco
13 3MF Bernard Diomède (1974-01-23)23 January 1974 (aged 24) 6 France Auxerre
14 3MF Alain Boghossian (1970-10-27)27 October 1970 (aged 27) 6 Italy Sampdoria
15 2DF Lilian Thuram (1972-01-01)1 January 1972 (aged 26) 32 Italy Parma
16 1GK Fabien Barthez (1971-06-28)28 June 1971 (aged 26) 12 France AS Monaco
17 3MF Emmanuel Petit (1970-09-22)22 September 1970 (aged 27) 17 England Arsenal
18 2DF Frank Lebœuf (1968-01-22)22 January 1968 (aged 30) 13 England Chelsea
19 3MF Christian Karembeu (1970-12-03)3 December 1970 (aged 27) 31 Spain Real Madrid
20 4FW David Trezeguet (1977-10-15)15 October 1977 (aged 20) 4 France AS Monaco
21 4FW Christophe Dugarry (1972-03-24)24 March 1972 (aged 26) 23 France Marseille
22 1GK Lionel Charbonnier (1966-10-25)25 October 1966 (aged 31) 1 France Auxerre

France vs South Africa

12 June 1998
21:00
France  3 – 0  South Africa
Dugarry  36'
Issa  77' (o.g.)
Henry  90+2' 		Report
GK 16Fabien Barthez
RB 15Lilian Thuram
CB 8 Marcel Desailly
CB 5 Laurent Blanc
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
CM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)  53'
CM 17Emmanuel Petit  28'  73'
RW 6 Youri Djorkaeff  84'
AM 10Zinedine Zidane  75'
LW 12Thierry Henry
CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  26'
Substitutions:
FW 21Christophe Dugarry  26'
MF 14Alain Boghossian  73'
FW 20David Trézéguet  84'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet
GK 1 Hans Vonk
DF 3 David Nyathi
DF 4 Willem Jackson  39'
DF 5 Mark Fish
DF 19Lucas Radebe (c)
DF 21Pierre Issa
MF 7 Quinton Fortune
MF 10John Moshoeu
FW 6 Phil Masinga
FW 12Brendan Augustine  56'
FW 17Benni McCarthy  89'
Substitutions:
MF 11Helman Mkhalele  56'
FW 9 Shaun Bartlett  89'
Manager:
Philippe Troussier

Assistant referees:
Arnaldo Pinto (Brazil)
Merere Gonzales (Trinidad and Tobago)
Fourth official:
Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile)

France vs Saudi Arabia

18 June 1998
21:00
France  4 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Henry  37', 78'
Trezeguet  68'
Lizarazu  85' 		Report
GK 16Fabien Barthez
DF 3 Bixente Lizarazu  50'
DF 5 Laurent Blanc  36'
DF 8 Marcel Desailly
DF 15Lilian Thuram
MF 7 Didier Deschamps (c)
MF 10Zinedine Zidane Red card 71'
MF 13Bernard Diomède  58'
MF 14Alain Boghossian
FW 12Thierry Henry  79'
FW 21Christophe Dugarry  30'
Substitutions:
FW 20David Trézéguet  30'
MF 6 Youri Djorkaeff  58'
MF 11Robert Pirès  79'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet
GK 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea
DF 2 Mohammed Al-Jahani  7'  76'
DF 3 Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Red card 19'
DF 4 Abdullah Zubromawi
DF 13Hussein Sulaimani
MF 6 Fuad Amin (c)
MF 7 Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
MF 16Khamis Al-Owairan
MF 20Hamzah Saleh
FW 9 Sami Al-Jaber  82'
FW 10Saeed Al-Owairan  33'
Substitutions:
MF 12Ibrahim Al-Harbi  33'  65'
MF 14Khalid Al-Muwallid  65'
DF 17Ahmed Dokhi  76'
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira

Assistant referees:
Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)
Luis Torres Zuniga (Costa Rica)
Fourth official:
Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)

France vs Denmark

24 June 1998
16:00
France  2 – 1  Denmark
Djorkaeff  12' (pen.)
Petit  56' 		Report M. Laudrup  42' (pen.)
Stade Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 39,100
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
GK 16Fabien Barthez
DF 2 Vincent Candela
DF 8 Marcel Desailly (c)
DF 18Franck Leboeuf
MF 4 Patrick Vieira  62'
MF 6 Youri Djorkaeff
MF 11Robert Pirès  71'
MF 13Bernard Diomède  53'
MF 17Emmanuel Petit  64'
MF 19Christian Karembeu
FW 20David Trézéguet  85'
Substitutions:
MF 14Alain Boghossian  64'
FW 12Thierry Henry  71'
FW 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  85'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet
GK 1 Peter Schmeichel
DF 2 Michael Schjønberg
DF 3 Marc Rieper
DF 4 Jes Høgh
DF 5 Jan Heintze
DF 6 Thomas Helveg
DF 13Jacob Laursen  46'
MF 7 Allan Nielsen
MF 10Michael Laudrup (c)
MF 21Martin Jørgensen  54'
FW 11Brian Laudrup  75'
Substitutions:
DF 12Søren Colding  65'  46'
FW 19Ebbe Sand  54'
MF 15Stig Tøfting  78'  75'
Manager:
Bo Johansson

Assistant referees:
Nimal Wickeramatunge (Belgium)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Second Round France vs Paraguay

28 June 1998
16:30
France  1 – 0
(a.e.t.) 		 Paraguay
Blanc  113' Report
GK 16Fabien Barthez
RB 15Lilian Thuram
CB 5 Laurent Blanc
CB 8 Marcel Desailly
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
CM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)
CM 17Emmanuel Petit  69'
RW 13Bernard Diomède  76'
LW 6 Youri Djorkaeff
CF 20David Trezeguet
CF 12Thierry Henry  64'
Substitutes:
MF 11Robert Pirès  64'
MF 14Alain Boghossian  69'
FW 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  76'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet
GK 1 José Luis Chilavert (c)  19'
RB 2 Francisco Arce  84'
CB 4 Carlos Gamarra
CB 5 Celso Ayala
LB 11Pedro Sarabia
CM 10Roberto Acuña
CM 16Julio César Enciso  32'
CM 13Carlos Humberto Paredes  74'
AM 21Jorge Luis Campos  55'
AM 15Miguel Ángel Benítez  23'
CF 9 José Cardozo  91'
Substitutes:
MF 7 Julio César Yegros  55'
DF 20Denis Caniza  74'
MF 8 Aristides Rojas  91'
Manager:
Paulo César Carpegiani

Assistant referees:
Nimal Wickeramatunge (Sri Lanka)
Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Fourth official:
Esse Baharmast (United States)

Quarter-Final Italy vs France

GK 12Gianluca Pagliuca
RB 2 Giuseppe Bergomi  28'
CB 4 Fabio Cannavaro
CB 5 Alessandro Costacurta  113'
LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c)
CM 11Dino Baggio  52'
CM 14Luigi Di Biagio
RW 17Francesco Moriero
LW 7 Gianluca Pessotto  90'
SS 10Alessandro Del Piero  26'  67'
CF 21Christian Vieri
Substitutes:
MF 9 Demetrio Albertini  52'
FW 18Roberto Baggio  67'
MF 15Angelo Di Livio  90'
Manager:
Cesare Maldini
GK 16Fabien Barthez
RB 15Lilian Thuram
CB 5 Laurent Blanc
CB 8 Marcel Desailly
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)  62'
RM 19Christian Karembeu  65'
LM 17Emanuel Petit
AM 10Zinedine Zidane
SS 6 Youri Djorkaeff
CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  53'  65'
Substitutes:
FW 12Thierry Henry  65'
FW 20David Trezeguet  65'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet

Assistant referees:
Mark Warren (England)
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)
Fourth official:
Said Belqola (Morocco)

Semi-Final France vs Croatia

8 July 1998
21:00
France  2 – 1  Croatia
Thuram  47', 69' Report Šuker  46'
GK 16Fabien Barthez
RB 15Lilian Thuram
CB 5 Laurent Blanc Red card 76'
CB 8 Marcel Desailly
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)
RM 19Christian Karembeu  31'
LM 17Emmanuel Petit
AM 10Zinedine Zidane
SS 6 Youri Djorkaeff  77'
CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  68'
Substitutes:
FW 12Thierry Henry  31'
FW 20David Trezeguet  68'
DF 18Frank Leboeuf  77'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet
GK 1 Drazen Ladic
RB 20Dario Simic  88'
CB 6 Slaven Bilic
CB 4 Igor Stimac
LB 17Robert Jarni
DM 14Zvonimir Soldo
RM 7 Aljosa Asanovic  45'
LM 13Mario Stanic  75'  89'
AM 10Zvonimir Boban (c)  66'
SS 19Goran Vlaovic
CF 9 Davor Šuker
Substitutes:
FW 11Silvio Maric  66'
MF 8 Robert Prosinecki  89'
Manager:
Miroslav Blažević

Assistant referees:
Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain)
Jorge Diaz Galvez (Chile)
Fourth official:
Epifanio Gonzalez Chavez (Paraguay)

Final

The 1998 final was held on 12 July at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis. France defeated holders Brazil 3–0, with two goals from Zinedine Zidane and a stoppage time strike from Emmanuel Petit. The win gave France their first World Cup title, becoming the sixth national team after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina to win the tournament on their home soil. They also inflicted the heaviest defeat on Brazil since 1930.[9]

The pre-match build up was dominated by the omission of Brazilian striker Ronaldo from the starting lineup only to be reinstated 45 minutes before kick-off.[10] He managed to create the first open chance for Brazil in the 22nd minute, dribbling past defender Thuram before sending a cross out on the left side that goalkeeper Fabien Barthez struggled to hold onto. France however took the lead in the 27th minute after Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos conceded a corner which Zidane scored with a header from the right.[11] Three minutes before half-time, Zidane scored his second goal of the match, similarly another header from a corner, this time from the left side. The tournament hosts went down to ten men in the 68th minute as Marcel Desailly was sent off for a second bookable offence. Brazil reacted to this by making an attacking substitution and although they applied pressure France sealed the win with a third goal: substitute Patrick Vieira set up his club teammate Petit in a counterattack to shoot low past goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel.[12]

French president Jacques Chirac was in attendance to congratulate and commiserate the winners and runners-up respectively after the match.[13] Several days after the victory, winning manager Aimé Jacquet announced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect.[14][15][16]

12 July 1998
21:00
Brazil  0–3  France
Report Zidane  27', 45+1'
Petit  90+3'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
Brazil
France
GK 1 Claudio Taffarel
RB 2 Cafu
CB 3 Aldair
CB 4 Junior Baiano  33'
LB 6 Roberto Carlos
CM 5 César Sampaio  73'
CM 8 Dunga (c)
AM 10Rivaldo
AM 18Leonardo  46'
CF 20Bebeto
CF 9 Ronaldo
Substitutes:
MF 19Denílson  46'
FW 21Edmundo  73'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK 16Fabien Barthez
RB 15Lilian Thuram
CB 8 Marcel Desailly Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 48', 68'
CB 18Frank Leboeuf
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
DM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)  39'
CM 17Emmanuel Petit
CM 19Christian Karembeu  56'  57'
AM 10Zinedine Zidane
AM 6 Youri Djorkaeff  74'
CF 9 Stéphane Guivarc'h  66'
Substitutes:
MF 14Alain Boghossian  57'
FW 21Christophe Dugarry  66'
MF 4 Patrick Vieira  74'
Manager:
Aimé Jacquet
Man of the match
Officials
Match rules
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Three substitutions permitted

References

  1. ↑ "Team Profile: France". ESPN.com. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "France's Day of Soccer Glory Arrives; Upset of Brazil in World Cup". New York Times. 13 July 1998. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "France 1998". BBC Sport. 17 April 2002. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "1998 World Cup: Vive La Revolution!". CBC.ca. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Where are they now? France’s 1998 World Cup Winners". Goal.com. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Host nation routs Brazilians 3-0 in World Cup final". Sports Illustrated. 1 December 1998. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Senegal stun France". British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 May 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  8. ↑ "Dismal France eliminated from World Cup". Cable News Network. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  9. ↑ Paul, Oberjuerge (12 July 1998). "France plays perfect host; hoists World Cup in Paris.". Gannett News Service. Paris: SoccerTimes. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "World commentators decry Brazil, Ronaldo". CNNSI. Associated Press. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "France plays perfect host; hoists World Cup in Paris.". Soccer Times. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "ZZ Top of the World". New Straits Times. 13 July 1998. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Zidane leads France to pinnacle of soccer glory". CNNSI. Associated Press. 12 July 1998. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  14. ↑ Barth, Elie (18 July 1998). "Il devrait succéder à Gérard Houllier comme directeur technique national". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  15. ↑ "Jacquet steps down to move up". New Straits Times. 18 July 1998. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  16. ↑ "The 1998 World Cup Final – on reflection…". Zonal Marking. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2013.

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