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

Presnel Kimpemba

Top scorer

Paul Georges Ntep

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

On 8 June 2015, France named their squad for the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.^[3]

Head coach: Patrick Gonfalone

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Florian Escales	(1996-02-03)3 February 1996 (aged 19)	8	0	Olympique de Marseille
16	1GK	Bingourou Kamara	(1996-10-21)21 October 1996 (aged 18)	2	0	Tours

4	2DF	Mouctar Diakhaby	(1996-12-19)19 December 1996 (aged 18)	7	0	Olympique Lyonnais
5	2DF	Abdou Diallo	(1996-05-04)4 May 1996 (aged 19)	13	1	AS Monaco
2	2DF	Angelo Fulgini	(1996-08-20)20 August 1996 (aged 18)	11	0	Valenciennes
14	2DF	Lucas Hernández	(1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (aged 19)	10	0	Atletico de Madrid
15	2DF	Benjamin Pavard	(1996-03-28)28 March 1996 (aged 19)	2	0	Lille OSC
3	2DF	Nicolas Senzemba	(1996-03-25)25 March 1996 (aged 19)	7	0	Sochaux

13	3MF	Alexis Blin	(1996-09-16)16 September 1996 (aged 18)	12	1	Toulouse
10	3MF	Kingsley Coman	(1996-06-13)13 June 1996 (aged 19)	3	2	Juventus
6	3MF	Olivier Kemen	(1996-07-20)20 July 1996 (aged 18)	10	1	Marseille
8	3MF	Samed Kılıç	(1996-01-28)28 January 1996 (aged 19)	9	1	Auxerre
17	3MF	Lucas Tousart	(1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 18)	4	0	Valenciennes

7	4FW	Maxwel Cornet	(1996-09-27)27 September 1996 (aged 18)	14	8	Olympique Lyonnais
9	4FW	Sehrou Guirassy	(1996-03-12)12 March 1996 (aged 19)	7	5	Stade Lavallois
11	4FW	Neal Maupay	(1996-08-14)14 August 1996 (aged 18)	10	5	OGC Nice
12	4FW	Moussa Dembélé	(1996-07-12) 12 July 1996	6	3	Fulham
18	4FW	Marcus Thuram	(1997-08-06)6 August 1997 (aged 17)	0	0	Sochaux

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	Ulrich Nnomo	(1996-02-28)28 February 1996 (aged 19)	8	3	LB Châteauroux	v. England, 01 April 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

UEFA U-19 European Championships squads

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	Dembélé 69'		Besyedin 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

8 October 2014	France	2 – 1	Macedonia	FFM Training Center, Skopje
15:00 CET	Maupay 19' Dembélé 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' Dembélé 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	Semi-Final	4	3	0	1	6	3
Total	2 titles	34	17	12	5	58	35

*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

- Under-18 era, 1957–2001

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

Finalists (2): 1968

References

↑ "2005: Abdoulaye Balde". Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
↑ "2010: Gaël Kakuta". Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
↑ "Les joueurs convoqués". FFF. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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Under-19 era, 2002–present

Tournaments	Norway 2002 Liechtenstein 2003 Switzerland 2004 Northern Ireland 2005 Poland 2006 Austria 2007 Czech Republic 2008 Ukraine 2009 France 2010 Romania 2011 Estonia 2012 Lithuania 2013 Hungary 2014 Greece 2015 Germany 2016 Georgia 2017 Finland 2018

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Squads	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

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