FIFA WORLD CUP 2010
Association----------Fédération Française de Football
Nickname(s) Les Bleus ("The Blues")
L'Equipe tricolore ("The Tri-color Team")
Confederation --------UEFA (Europe)
Head coach------------Raymond Domenech
Asst coach -------------Alain Boghossian
Pierre Mankowski
Captain ----------------Patrick Vieira
Thierry Henry (acting)
Most caps -------------Lilian Thuram (142)
Top scorer---------------Thierry Henry (51)
Home stadium-----------Stade de France
FIFA code ---------------FRA
FIFA ranking-------------7
Highest FIFA ranking------1 (May 2001 – May 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking-------25 (April 1998)
Elo ranking---------------------9
FIFA World cup 2010 France national football team
France national team
GOALKEEPERS
* 1 Hugo LLORIS
* 16 Steve MANDANDA
* 23 Cedric CARRASSO
DEFFENDERS
* 2 Bakari SAGNA
* 3 Eric ABIDAL
* 4 Anthony REVEILLERE
* 5 William GALLAS
* 6 Marc PLANUS
* 13 Patrice EVRA
* 17 Sebastien SQUILLACI
* 22 Gael CLICHY
MIDFIELDERS
* 8 Yoann GOURCUFF
* 14 Jeremy TOULALAN
* 15 Florent MALOUDA
* 18 Alou DIARRA
* 19 Abou DIABY
FORWARDS
* 7 Franck RIBERY
* 9 Djibril CISSE
* 10 Sidney GOVOU
* 11 Andre Pierre GIGNAC
* 12 Thierry HENRY
* 20 Mathieu VALBUENA
* 21 Nicolas ANELKA
In 1904 the France national football team was created .The first official international match on 1 May 1904 against Belgium, in Brussels. The Summer Olympics was France's major international competition. on 9 May 1908, the French Interfederal Committee (CFI), a rival organization to the USFSA(Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques ), ruled that FIFA would now be responsible for the club's appearances in forthcoming Olympics Games and not the USFSA. In July 1930, France appeared in the inaugural FIFA World Cup, held in Uruguay In their first-ever World Cup match, France defeated Mexico 4–1 at the Estadio Pocitos in Montevideo. Lucien Laurent became notable in the match as he scored not only France's first World Cup goal, but the first goal in World Cup history.
France hosted the 1938 FIFA World Cup and reached the quarter-finals before losing 1–3 to the defending champions Italy. At the 1958 FIFA World Cup, France reached the semi-finals losing to Brazil . France hosted the inaugural UEFA European Football Championship in 1960. Under Henri Guérin, France failed to qualify for the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1964 European Nations' Cup.
France earned their first major international honour winning UEFA Euro 1984, which they hosted.
At the 1986 FIFA World Cup, France were favorites to win the competition. and for the second consecutive World Cup reached the semi-finals against West Germany in the semi-finals. Again, however, they lost. A 4-2 victory over Belgium gave France third place.
In 1988, the French Football Federation opened the Clairefontaine National Football Institute.
France's campaign for 2010 World Cup qualification got off to a disappointing start with the team suffering disastrous losses and earning uninspired victories. France eventually finished second in the group and earned a spot in the UEFA play-offs against the Republic of Ireland for a place in South Africa. In the first leg, France defeated the Irish 1–0 and in the second leg procured a 1–1 draw, via controversial circumstances, to qualify for the World Cup.
France national stadium
During France's early run of existence, the team's national stadium alternated between the Parc des Princes in Paris and the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes.In 1998, the Stade de France was inaugurated as France's national stadium ahead of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Located in Saint-Denis, a Parisian suburb, the stadium has an all-seater capacity of 81,338. France's first match at the stadium was played on 28 January 1998 against Spain. France won the match 1–0 with Zinedine Zidane scoring the lone goal. Since that match, France has used the stadium for almost every major home game.
Coachs of France
Position Name Nationality
Manager ---------Raymond Domenech ----------French
Assistant manager -------Pierre Mankowski------French
Assistant manager ------Alain Boghossian---------French
Goalkeeper coach---------Bruno Martini---------- French
Assistant goalkeeper coach ----Fabrice Grange--- French
Fitness coach--------Robert Duverne --------------French
Doctor-------------Alain Simon---------------------- French
Kinesiotherapy ---------Michel Brohan -------------French
Kinesiotherapy --------- Joffrey Martin--------------French
Kinesiotherapy -----------Patrick Bordier---------- French
Managing Director -------Jean-Louis Valentin------French
France top goalscorers
Player Career Goals Caps Average
1 Thierry Henry-----1997–present----51-----117-----0.43
2 Michel Platini------1976–1987------41-----72------0.57
3 David Trezeguet---1998–2008------34-----71------0.47
4 Zinedine Zidane----1994–2006------31----108-----0.28
5 Just Fontaine--------1953–1960------30---- 21-----1.42
Jean-Pierre Papin---1986–1995------30---- 54-----0.55
7 Youri Djorkaeff------1993–2002-----28 ----82-----0.34
8 Sylvain Wiltord-------1999–2006-----26 ----92-----0.28
9 Jean Vincent----------1953–1961------22----46------0.47
10 Jean Nicolas----------1933–1938------21----25----- 0.84
Previous squads
# 2008 European Football Championship squads - France
# 2006 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 2004 European Football Championship squads - France
# 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - France
# 2002 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup squads - France
# 2000 European Football Championship squads - France
# 1998 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 1996 European Football Championship squads - France
# 1992 European Football Championship squads - France
# 1986 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 1984 European Football Championship squads - France
# 1982 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 1978 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 1966 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 1960 European Nations' Cup squads - France
# 1958 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 1954 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 1938 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 1934 FIFA World Cup squads - France
# 1930 FIFA World Cup squads - France
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