It is the France National Football Team (French: Equipe de France de football) is the team that represents France in international football for men and is managed through the French Football Federation (Federation française de football) which is also known as FFF. The team's colors include white, blue and red, as well as the coq gaulois is their symbol. France are also known by the nickname Les Bleus (The blues). They are the current world champions, having taken home in the latest World Cup final in 2018.
France is home to their match at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, and their manager is Didier Deschamps. They have achieved 2 FIFA World Cups, two UEFA European Championships, two FIFA Confederations Cups, one CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions , and the UEFA Nations League title. France has enjoyed a lot of success during three different times during the 1980s, in the late 1990s/early 2000s, and in the latter part of 2010 in the late 1990s/early 2000s and the late 2010s. Each resulte in numerous honors. France was one of four European teams who took part in the first World Cup in 1930. Two decades later, in 1958, France's France team was led by Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine placed third in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
The year 1984 saw France win the World Cup under the direction of triple-time Ballon of Or winner Michel Platini, France won UEFA Euro 1984 (its first official title) and a CONMEBOL-UEFA Trophy of Champions (1985) and also reached two World Cup semi-finals (1982 and 1986). But, France only began to become a top team in the late 1990s after the creation of INF Clairefontaine.
Under their captaincy under Didier Deschamps and Zinedine Zidane in the team, Les Bleus won the FIFA World Cup in 1998 and then won the tournament in UEFA Euro 2000. They also were winners of their share of the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003. The following year, France made it all through to the semi-finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where they were defeated 5-3 in penalties against Italy. The following decade France made it to in the semifinals at the UEFA European Championship, where they lost 1-0 against Portugal after extra time. The following year, France won the 2018 FIFA World Cup, its second win in the competition winning against Croatia by 4-2 during the last on July 15th, 2018. Then it was the time that the France squad became the very first European National team win every possible major FIFA and confederation matches following their win in the UEFA Nations League in October 2021.
