The football team of France (in French: Equipe de France) is the nation of France in international football. Is sent by the French Football Federation (French: French Football Federation), the governing body of football in France and competes as a member of UEFA, which includes the countries of Europe. The traditional colors of the national team are blue, white and red, the colors of the national flag of France, known as the tricolor flag and the rooster is the symbol of the team. France is colloquially known as Les Bleus (The Blues), which is the name associated with all national teams in the country, because each team has blue shirt.
France plays its first official match in 1904, and now mainly plays its home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris. The national team won the World Cup, two UEFA European Championships in football, an Olympic tournament, and two Confederations Cup. After the victory of the Confederations Cup France 2001, they became, with Argentina, the only team to win national titles, the three most important men organized by FIFA. France has a strong rivalry with neighboring Italy and has also historically had a major rivalry with Belgium, England and Germany.
The national team has been very successful in three "golden generation" in the years 1950, 1980 and 1990, which resulted in numerous awards. France was one of four European teams that participated in the first World Cup in 1930 and, despite being eliminated in the qualifying six times, is one of the three teams entered in each round of the Cup World. [3] In 1958, The team, led by Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine, finished third in the FIFA World Cup. In 1984, France, led by the Golden Ball, Michel Platini, won the 1984 UEFA Cup. Under the direction of Didier Deschamps and three-time FIFA Player of the Year, Zinedine Zidane, France became one of eight teams to win the 1998 World Cup when it hosted the tournament. Two years later, the team went to victory at Euro 2000 and became the first team in the classification of the World Cup for the first time.
France has since added a few titles Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003, and an appearance in the final of the FIFA 2006 World Cup, lost 5-3 on penalties to Italy.
After the disastrous campaign team in 2010 FIFA World Cup, has triggered a major restructuring within the federation of the resignation of President Jean-Pierre Escalettes, and the appointment of former international Laurent Blanc as a manager. After falling to 27 in FIFA world rankings in September 2010, its lowest ranking ever, France is currently ranked 12th.
History
Main article: History of France Football National Team
The national soccer team of France was founded in 1904 at the time of the founding of FIFA, May 21, 1904 and played his first official match on May 1, 1904 international against Belgium in Brussels, which ended in a tie game 3 - 3.
The following year, February 12, 1905, challenged the France their first home game against Switzerland. The match was played at Parc des Princes in front of 500 fans. France won the match 1-0 with the only goal from Gaston Cypres. Because of differences between FIFA and the Union of French Society of Athletic Sports (USFSA), the Sports Union countries, France struggled to establish an identity, May 9, 1908, the French Interfederal Committee (CFI ), a rival of the USFSA, confirmed that FIFA would now be responsible for the appearance of the club during the upcoming Olympic Games and not the USFSA. In 1919, turned right into the French Football Federation. In 1921, finally merged with the USFSA French Football Federation.
Raymond Kopa was essential for the French team in 1950.
In July 1930, France appeared in the inaugural World Cup held in Uruguay. Their first ever meeting of the World Cup, France won 4-1 in Mexico at Estadio Pocitos Montevideo. Lucien Laurent came to be a game that was not only France's first World Cup goal, but the first goal in World Cup history. France subsequently lost 1-0 to fellow opponents block in Argentina and Chile as a result the arc team in the group stage. The following year saw the first choice of black players of the national team. Raoul Diagne, who was the Senegalese descent, earned his first cap 15 February 2 to 1 defeat of Czechoslovakia. Diagne then played with the team in 1938 FIFA World Cup along with Benbarek Larbi, who was one of the first players of North African origin playing for the national team. 1934 FIFA World Cup in France suffered from the opening round of elimination, losing 3-2 in Austria.
The team returned to Paris, have been hailed as heroes is a collection of over 4,000 supporters. France hosted the FIFA World Cup 1938 and reached the quarter-finals losing 3-1 to defending Champions Italy.
The year 1950 saw France, introduced its first generation of gold consists of players like Just Fontaine, Raymond Kopa, Jean Vincent, Robert Jonquet, Maryan Wisnieski, Thaddeus and Penvern Cisowski Armand. The FIFA World Cup 1958, France reached the semi-final loss to Brazil. In the match for third place, West Germany defeated France 6-2 record with four goals of Fontaine, which has its goal in the competition meters to 13, a record for the World Cup. The record still stands today. France hosted the first edition of the Euro in 1960 and for the second consecutive tournament, reached the semifinals. In Round, France against Yugoslavia and were surprised 5-4 despite being 4-2 in the 75th minute course. In the match for third place, France was defeated by 2-0 to the Czechs.
France plays its first official match in 1904, and now mainly plays its home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris. The national team won the World Cup, two UEFA European Championships in football, an Olympic tournament, and two Confederations Cup. After the victory of the Confederations Cup France 2001, they became, with Argentina, the only team to win national titles, the three most important men organized by FIFA. France has a strong rivalry with neighboring Italy and has also historically had a major rivalry with Belgium, England and Germany.
The national team has been very successful in three "golden generation" in the years 1950, 1980 and 1990, which resulted in numerous awards. France was one of four European teams that participated in the first World Cup in 1930 and, despite being eliminated in the qualifying six times, is one of the three teams entered in each round of the Cup World. [3] In 1958, The team, led by Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine, finished third in the FIFA World Cup. In 1984, France, led by the Golden Ball, Michel Platini, won the 1984 UEFA Cup. Under the direction of Didier Deschamps and three-time FIFA Player of the Year, Zinedine Zidane, France became one of eight teams to win the 1998 World Cup when it hosted the tournament. Two years later, the team went to victory at Euro 2000 and became the first team in the classification of the World Cup for the first time.
France has since added a few titles Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003, and an appearance in the final of the FIFA 2006 World Cup, lost 5-3 on penalties to Italy.
After the disastrous campaign team in 2010 FIFA World Cup, has triggered a major restructuring within the federation of the resignation of President Jean-Pierre Escalettes, and the appointment of former international Laurent Blanc as a manager. After falling to 27 in FIFA world rankings in September 2010, its lowest ranking ever, France is currently ranked 12th.
History
Main article: History of France Football National Team
The national soccer team of France was founded in 1904 at the time of the founding of FIFA, May 21, 1904 and played his first official match on May 1, 1904 international against Belgium in Brussels, which ended in a tie game 3 - 3.
The following year, February 12, 1905, challenged the France their first home game against Switzerland. The match was played at Parc des Princes in front of 500 fans. France won the match 1-0 with the only goal from Gaston Cypres. Because of differences between FIFA and the Union of French Society of Athletic Sports (USFSA), the Sports Union countries, France struggled to establish an identity, May 9, 1908, the French Interfederal Committee (CFI ), a rival of the USFSA, confirmed that FIFA would now be responsible for the appearance of the club during the upcoming Olympic Games and not the USFSA. In 1919, turned right into the French Football Federation. In 1921, finally merged with the USFSA French Football Federation.
Raymond Kopa was essential for the French team in 1950.
In July 1930, France appeared in the inaugural World Cup held in Uruguay. Their first ever meeting of the World Cup, France won 4-1 in Mexico at Estadio Pocitos Montevideo. Lucien Laurent came to be a game that was not only France's first World Cup goal, but the first goal in World Cup history. France subsequently lost 1-0 to fellow opponents block in Argentina and Chile as a result the arc team in the group stage. The following year saw the first choice of black players of the national team. Raoul Diagne, who was the Senegalese descent, earned his first cap 15 February 2 to 1 defeat of Czechoslovakia. Diagne then played with the team in 1938 FIFA World Cup along with Benbarek Larbi, who was one of the first players of North African origin playing for the national team. 1934 FIFA World Cup in France suffered from the opening round of elimination, losing 3-2 in Austria.
The team returned to Paris, have been hailed as heroes is a collection of over 4,000 supporters. France hosted the FIFA World Cup 1938 and reached the quarter-finals losing 3-1 to defending Champions Italy.
The year 1950 saw France, introduced its first generation of gold consists of players like Just Fontaine, Raymond Kopa, Jean Vincent, Robert Jonquet, Maryan Wisnieski, Thaddeus and Penvern Cisowski Armand. The FIFA World Cup 1958, France reached the semi-final loss to Brazil. In the match for third place, West Germany defeated France 6-2 record with four goals of Fontaine, which has its goal in the competition meters to 13, a record for the World Cup. The record still stands today. France hosted the first edition of the Euro in 1960 and for the second consecutive tournament, reached the semifinals. In Round, France against Yugoslavia and were surprised 5-4 despite being 4-2 in the 75th minute course. In the match for third place, France was defeated by 2-0 to the Czechs.
