France national football team all-time record

France contesting a match against Portugal at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

The list shown below shows the France national football team all-time international record against opposing nations. The stats are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, FIFA Confederations Cup, and Summer Olympics matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.[nb 1]

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA. The team played its first official match on 1 May 1904 against Belgium. France and Belgium have since contested 70 official matches against each other, the most all-time between each team. Aside from Belgium, France have contested matches against over 80 other national teams. Of the 80 teams, France have not lost to 39 of them having earned a perfect winning percentage against 26 of the teams. France have also not beaten three teams; the Ireland national team from 1882–1950, Senegal, and Peru. France have contested all three teams only once.

All-time records

Key
Positive balance (more Wins)
Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
Negative balance (more Losses)

After France v Ivory Coast on 20 November2016

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Goal difference % Won
 Albania 7 5 1 1 14 3 +13 71.4%
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.0%
 Andorra 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 100.0%
 Argentina 11 2 3 6 7 12 -5 18.0%
 Armenia 5 5 0 0 14 2 +12 100.0%
 Australia 4 2 1 1 8 2 +6 50.0%
 Austria 23 12 2 9 39 40 -1 52.1%
 Azerbaijan 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 100.0%
 Belarus 5 2 2 1 8 5 +3 40.0%
 Belgium 73 24 19 30 127 160 -33 32.9%
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 50.0%
 Brazil 16 5 4 7 20 27 -7 31.25%
 Bulgaria 21 9 4 8 37 26 +11 42.8%
CAF XI 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.0%
 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 66.7%
 Canada 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.0%
 Chile 5 2 1 2 11 5 +6 40.0%
 China PR 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 50.0%
 Colombia 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 100.0%
CONCACAF XI 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.0%
 Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2 100.0%
 Ivory Coast 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 50.0%
 Croatia 5 3 2 0 9 3 +6 60.0%
 Cyprus 8 7 1 0 27 2 +25 87.5%
 Czechoslovakia 20 7 4 9 29 34 -5 35.0%
 Czech Republic 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 25.0%
 Denmark 14 8 1 5 20 28 -8 57.1%
 East Germany 7 2 2 3 8 7 +1 28.6%
 Ecuador 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 50.0%
 Egypt 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.0%
 England 32 9 6 17 40 72 -32 28.1%
England England Amateurs 8 1 0 7 4 61 -57 12.5%
 Estonia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.0%
 Faroe Islands 6 6 0 0 22 0 +22 100.0%
  FIFA XI 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 100.0%
 Finland 8 8 0 0 18 3 +15 100.0%
 Georgia 4 3 1 0 7 1 +6 75.0%
 Germany 13 7 2 4 17 14 +3 53.8%
 Greece 8 6 1 1 23 7 +16 75.0%
 Honduras 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.0%
 Hungary 22 8 2 12 31 47 -16 36.4%
 Iceland 12 9 3 0 35 10 +25 75.0%
 Iran 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.0%
 Ireland 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.0%
 Ireland Amateurs 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0.0%
 Israel 9 4 4 1 15 6 +9 44.4%
 Italy 38 10 10 18 53 81 -28 26.3%
 Jamaica 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8 100.0%
 Japan 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 66.0%
 Kuwait 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 100.0%
 Latvia 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 100.0%
 Lithuania 4 4 0 0 5 0 +5 100.0%
 Luxembourg 16 15 0 1 66 11 +55 93.7%
 Malta 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 100.0%
 Mexico 7 5 1 1 15 6 +9 71.4%
 Morocco 5 3 2 0 12 6 +6 60.0%
 Netherlands 25 11 4 10 41 53 -12 44.0%
 New Zealand 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.0%
 Nigeria 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 50.0%
 Northern Ireland 8 5 3 0 18 4 +14 62.5%
 Norway 15 7 4 4 22 15 +7 46.7%
 Paraguay 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 50.0%
 Peru 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0.0%
 Poland 16 8 5 3 27 16 +11 50.0%
 Portugal 25 18 1 6 49 29 +20 72.0%
 Republic of Ireland 16 7 5 4 20 15 +5 43.8%
 Romania 16 8 5 3 21 16 +5 50.0%
 Russia 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 50.0%
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.0%
 Scotland 16 8 0 8 23 15 +8 50.0%
 Senegal 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0.0%
 Serbia 5 3 2 0 8 4 +4 60.0%
 Slovakia 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 50.0%
 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 100.0%
 South Africa 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 50.0%
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6 66.7%
 Soviet Union 12 2 6 4 13 18 -5 16.7%
 Spain 34 12 7 15 37 61 -24 35.3%
 Sweden 20 10 5 5 28 19 +9 50.0%
  Switzerland 38 16 10 12 67 60 +7 43.2%
 Togo 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.0%
 Tunisia 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 50.0%
 Turkey 4 4 0 0 12 2 +10 100.0%
 United States 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 100.0%
 Ukraine 9 5 3 1 14 5 +9 55.5%
 Uruguay 8 1 4 3 4 8 -4 12.5%
 Wales 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 50.0%
 West Germany 15 6 4 5 28 29 -1 40.0%
 Yugoslavia 26 9 7 10 41 39 +2 34.6%

Competitive tournaments

For single-match results of the national team, see French football single-season articles.

FIFA World Cup record

Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930Group Stage7th310243
Italy 1934First Round9th100123
France 1938Quarter-Final6th210144
Brazil 1950Did not qualify
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

UEFA European Championship record

Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960Fourth Place4th200247
Spain 1964Did not qualify
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984Champions1st5500144
West Germany 1988Did not qualify
Sweden 1992Group Stage6th302123
England 1996Semi-Final4th523052
Belgium Netherlands 2000Champions1st6501137
Portugal 2004Quarter-Final5th421175
Austria Switzerland 2008Group Stage15th301216
Poland Ukraine 2012Quarter-Final8th411235
France 2016Runners-Up2nd7511135
Total9/152 Titles39209106244

FIFA Confederations Cup record

Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
Saudi Arabia 1992Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Mexico 1999Withdrew
South Korea Japan 2001Champions1st5401122
France 2003Champions1st5500123
Germany 2005Did not qualify
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017
Total2/92 Titles10901245

Notes

  1. A non-senior, young France team played at 1984 Summer Olympics, which they won. Since 1992 Summer Olympics, only under-23 teams are allowed to compete in the tournament. Thus, France's Summer Olympics matches, since the 1984 Games, will not be counted on this list.

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