France women's national football team

The France women's national football team (French: Équipe de France féminine de football, sometimes shortened as Féminin A) represents France in international women's football. The team is directed by the French Football Federation (FFF). France competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, the Summer Olympics, and the Algarve Cup.

France

Nickname(s)	Les Bleues (The Blues)
Association	French Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Corinne Diacre
Captain	Wendie Renard
Most caps	Sandrine Soubeyrand (198)
Top scorer	Eugénie Le Sommer (86)
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	5 (9 December 2022)^[1]
Highest	3 (December 2014 – June 2017, June 2018, March 2022)
Lowest	10 (September 2009)
First international
France 4–0 Netherlands  (Hazebrouck, France; 17 April 1971)
Biggest win
France 14–0 Algeria  (Cesson-Sévigné, France; 14 May 1998)  France 14–0 Bulgaria  (Le Mans, France; 28 November 2013)
Biggest defeat
Germany 7–0 France  (Bad Kreuznach, Germany; 2 September 1992)^[2]
World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 2003)
Best result	Fourth place (2011)
European Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 1997)
Best result	Semi-finals (2022)

The France women's national team initially struggled on the international stage failing to qualify for three of the first FIFA Women's World Cups and the six straight UEFA European Championships before reaching the quarter-finals in the 1997 edition of the competition. However, since the beginning of the new millennium, France have become one of the most consistent teams in Europe, having qualified for their first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2003 and reaching the quarter-finals in two of the three European Championships held since 2000. In 2011, France recorded a fourth-place finish at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup; its best finish overall at the competition. In the following year, the team captured the 2012 Cyprus Cup and the fourth place at Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

Corinne Diacre has been the manager of the national team since 30 August 2017. The current captain of the national team is defender Wendie Renard.^[3]

History

Early history

In 1919, a women's football championship was established in France by the Fédération des Sociétés Féminines Sportives de France (FSFSF). On 29 April 1920, a team led by French women's football pioneer Alice Milliat traveled to England and played its first international match against English team Dick, Kerr's Ladies. The match, held in Preston, attracted more than 25,000 spectators. France won the match 2–0 and ended its tour with two wins, one draw, and one defeat. The following year, a return match in France at the Stade Pershing in Vincennes, a suburb of Paris, took place in front of over 12,000 spectators. The match ended in a 1–1 draw. In May 1921, France returned to England for friendlies. The team won its first match 5–1, then suffered three consecutive defeats. In October 1921, the English team returned to France contesting matches in Paris and Le Havre with both matches ending in stalemates. Despite women's football in England being prohibited by The Football Association in December 1921, France continued to go there on tour for matches. A victory for the French in Plymouth was followed by 0–0 draws in Exeter and Falmouth. By 1932, the female game had been called to an end and the women's league formed in 1919 by the FSFSF was discontinued. The last match by the FSFSF international team was another scoreless draw against Belgium on 3 April 1932.

Throughout the late 1960s in France, particularly in Reims, local players worked hard to promote awareness and the acceptance of women's football. A year before getting officially sanctioned, France took part in a makeshift European Cup against England, Denmark, and Italy. The tournament was won by the Italians. The Federal Council of the French Football Federation officially reinstated women's football in 1970 and France played its first official international match on 17 April 1971 against the Netherlands in Hazebrouck with Jocelyne Ratignier and Marie-Claire Caron-Harant scoring.^[4] That same year, France took part in the unofficial 1971 Women's World Cup, held in Mexico. The ladies continued the pirate games, which just made it into the margins of FIFA's records, until FIFA began overseeing the competition in 1991. Since 1982, UEFA has governed the European games.

Reinstatement

In 1975, the women's football league was officially reinstated, this time with backing from the French Football Federation, the governing body of football in France. Stade Reims was the best team in the country throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, thus constituted much of the French national squad. For the non-official World Cup in 1978 in Taiwan, the team included the entire Reims squad. The team shared the title with Finland, who never actually played the final. Due to receiving minimal support from the French Football Federation, who ultimately looked at women's football as not being highly regarded, France struggled in international competition failing to advance past the first round of qualification in both the 1984 and 1987 UEFA Women's Championship. Francis Coché, who managed the team during these failures, was later replaced by Aimé Mignot. Mignot helped the team finally get past the first round, however, in the quarterfinals, they lost to Italy, which meant they wouldn't appear at the 1989 UEFA Women's Championship. Despite the initial positives, Mignot failed to continue his success with France failing to qualify for both the 1991 and 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and losing in the first round of qualification in three straight UEFA Women's Championships. After almost a decade in charge, Mignot was replaced by former women's international Élisabeth Loisel.

With Loisel in charge, the FFF, along with then France national football team manager Aimé Jacquet, moved the women's national team to Clairefontaine, which had quickly become a high-level training facility for male football players. As a result of the move, younger women were afforded the same benefits from the facilities offered by Clairefontaine as the men. The success of female training led to the formation of the Centre National de Formation et d'Entraînement de Clairefontaine, which is now referred to as the female section of the Clairefontaine academy. Under the tutelage of Loisel, the first results appeared encouraging. They reached their first-ever Women's World Cup qualifying for the 2003 edition after defeating England over two legs in a play-off game in London and again at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. The match in Saint-Étienne attracted more than 23,000 spectators and was broadcast by the popular French broadcasting company Canal Plus. Loisel's squad later qualified for the 2005 European Championship, where they were knocked out in the group stage. She was eventually sacked after failing to qualify for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Team under Bruno Bini

Loisel was replaced by former football player and now coach Bruno Bini. Bini had been in charge of several France female international youth sides before accepting the role and was tasked with the job of qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2009. Due to the success of the Clairefontaine project and the surprising emergence of the French women's first division, Division 1 Féminine, Bini inherited a team full of emerging, young, and influential talent, which included the likes of Camille Abily, Sonia Bompastor, Louisa Necib, Élise Bussaglia, Laura Georges, and Corine Franco. Bini was also provided with leadership from captain Sandrine Soubeyrand. Early results under Bini were extremely positive with France finishing first in their Euro qualifying group only conceded two goals. France also performed well in friendly tournaments, such as the Nordic Cup and Cyprus Cup. At UEFA Women's Euro 2009, France were inserted into the group of death, which consisted of themselves, world powerhouse Germany, no. 7 ranked Norway, and an underrated Iceland. France finished the group with 4 points, alongside Norway, with Germany leading the group. As a result of the competition's rules, all three nations qualified for the quarterfinals. In the knockout rounds, France suffered defeat to the Netherlands losing 5–4 on penalties after no goals were scored in regular time and extra time.^[5]

Current Manager

Corinne Diacre is the current manager of France's women's national team and was appointed in August 2017.^[6] She has led the French national team to success as champions in the SheBelieves Cup in 2017 and runner-ups in 2018.

2011 Women's World Cup

 

The French team at the 2011 Women's World Cup prior to the 2–4 first round loss to Germany on 5 July 2011.

Bini's next task was to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup after the disappointment of four years earlier. In the team's qualifying group, France finished the campaign scoring 50 goals and conceded none over the course of ten matches (all wins). On 16 September 2010, France qualified for the World Cup following the team's 3–2 aggregate victory over Italy.

At the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, France qualified to the knockout stage by finishing in second place in its group after wins over Nigeria and Canada, and a loss to the host team. The team went on to beat England on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals, but lost to the United States in the semi-finals. France finished the competition in fourth place and earned qualification to the Olympic football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London; it was the nation's first appearance in the competition. Striker Marie-Laure Delie was the only multiple goal scorer for France in the tournament, while defenders Sonia Bompastor and Laura Georges as well as midfielder Louisa Necib were selected to the All-Star Team.

Golden era

France has entered one of the most successful eras in the country's women's football history. In the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 held in Sweden, France stood top of the group, beating Spain, England and Russia to earn its ticket to the quarter-finals. However, Bergeroo's side lost to Denmark in a penalty shootout, thus failing to advance to the semi-finals.

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

In the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Canada, France was listed to Pot 1, and was a favorite to become champions. France was named to Group F, alongside England, Mexico and Colombia. In the opening match against England, a goal from Eugénie Le Sommer gave France a 1–0 victory. However, France was shocked by Colombia in a 2–0 loss, making Colombia only the second Latin American team to win a Women's World Cup match. Therefore, France's third and final group stage match against Mexico was a must-win. France went on to beat Mexico 5–0 to qualify to the knockout round as top of the group.

In the knockout round, France eased past South Korea in a 3–0 win in Montreal to remain at the same location awaiting the quarter-final match against Germany. In the quarter-final match against Germany, despite dominating the majority of the match, France were unable to capitalize on their chances, which ultimately cost them the game. France were finally able to score in the 64th minute through Louisa Nécib, but failed to keep the lead as Célia Šašić scored on an 83rd-minute penalty kick. The score was 1–1 after 120 minutes, resulting in the match to be decided in a penalty shootout, where France's 5th penalty taken by Claire Lavogez was denied by Nadine Angerer, in which France were eliminated from the tournament losing 4–5 on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Euro 2017

France won all matches at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 3. The home matches had sizable crowds, with 7,761 spectators attending the Romania match at the MMArena in Le Mans, 15,028 spectators at the Ukraine match at the Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, 24,835 spectators at the Greece match at Roazhon Park in Rennes, and 7,521 spectators at the Albania at Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris. The team scored a win and two draws at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Group C, and was defeated by England in quarter-finals.

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

In March 2015, France was selected to host the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup of the tournament. Having automatically qualified as hosts, France was considered a favorite to win the tournament, along with the United States. The team opened with three victories against Norway, Nigeria, and South Korea, winning its group with a total of 9 points.^[7] In the round of 16, France defeated Brazil by a score of 2–1, but lost to the United States in the quarterfinal with the same score of 2–1. This Women's World Cup was particularly notable, as it was used as a platform by many women's teams to campaign for equal pay between men and women.^[8]

Team image

Nicknames

The France women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Les Bleues (The Blues)".

Media coverage

FIFA Women's World Cup

Television channel	Period
Direct 8	2011
W9	2015
TF1	2019

UEFA Women's Euro

Television channel	Period
Direct 8	2009, 2013
France Télévision	2017
TF1	2022

Friendly and Qualifiers

Television channel	Period
Direct 8, C8, CStar	2009–2018
W9	2019–2023

Overall competitive record

Overall record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Top scorer
1984 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0	Italy   Portugal   Switzerland	2 / 4	Musset Musset, Wolf Musset
1987 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	0–1 3–5 1–3 3–1 0–4 0–1	Netherlands   Belgium   Sweden	2 / 4	Constantin, Musset, Romagnoli ? 0
1988 Mundialito 0	1st Stage 0	1–1 1–1	England   Italy B	2 / 3	Musset Bernard
	Semifinals	0–3	Italy
	Third place	0–1	United States
1989 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	2–0 0–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–0	Belgium   Bulgaria   Spain   Czechoslovakia	1 / 5	Musset, Puentes Baracat, Breton, Mismacq, Musset, Puentes Musset 2, Loisel Loisel, Romagnoli
	Quarterfinals	1–2 0–2	Italy		Musset
1991 European Championship qualification 0	1st Stage 0	3–1 2–0 0–2 1–4	Poland   Sweden	2 / 3	Mismacq 2, Le Boulch, Jézéquel, Musset Jézéquel
1993 European Championship qualification 0	1st Stage 0	1–4 0–4 1–1 5–1	Denmark   Finland	2 / 3	Jézéquel Fusier 2, Bernauer, Cassauba, Locatelli, Petit
1995 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	0–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0	Italy   Portugal   Scotland	2 / 4	Sykora Sykora 2, Gout, Richoux Béghé, Guitti, Hillion, Pichon
1997 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	3–3 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1	Iceland   Russia   Netherlands	2 / 4	Pichon 4, Sykora + 1 o.g. 0 Gout, Olive, Pichon
	Repechage	2–0 3–0	Finland		Pichon 2, Diacre, Roujas, Woock
/   1997 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–1 3–1 0–3	Spain   Russia   Sweden	3 / 4	Roujas Roujas 3 0
1999 World Cup qualification 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0	2–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–3	Switzerland   Finland   Italy	3 / 4	Lattaf 2, Lagrevol, Roujas + 1 o.g. Lagrevol, Pichon Pichon, Soubeyrand
2001 European Championship qualification 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0	2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1	Sweden   Netherlands   Spain	1 / 4	Jézéquel 2, Herbert, Zenoni Diacre 2, Lattaf Béghé 2, Diacre
2001 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	0–3 3–4 2–0	Norway   Denmark   Italy	4 / 4	0 Béghé, Blouet, Pichon Jézéquel, Pichon
2003 World Cup qualification 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0	0–3 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1	Norway   Ukraine   Czech Republic	2 / 4	Pichon Pichon 3, Soubeyrand Pichon 3, Béghé, Blouin, Soubeyrand
	Repechage	1–0 1–0	England		Diacre, Pichon
2003 World Cup 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	0–2 1–0 1–1	Norway   South Korea   Brazil	3 / 4	0 Pichon Pichon
2005 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0 0	4–0 6–0 2–0 3–0 7–1 5–1 3–0 2–5	Hungary   Iceland   Poland   Russia	1 / 5	Pichon 5, Lattaf 2, Béghé, Bompastor, Tonazzi Lattaf 2, Tonazzi 2, Béghé Pichon 6, Diacre, Diguelman, Herbert, Lattaf, Tonazzi, Woock Lattaf 2, Pichon 2, Tonazzi
2005 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	3–1 1–1 0–3	Italy   Norway   Germany	3 / 4	Pichon 2, Lattaf Béghé 0
2007 World Cup qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage (Class A) 0 0 0	0–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 0–0 1–1	Netherlands   Austria   Hungary   England	2 / 5	Soubeyrand 2 Bussaglia 2, Soubeyrand 2, Pichon Pichon 2, Soubeyrand 2, Bompastor, Lattaf, Tonazzi Diguelman
2009 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	6–0 5–0 6–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 8–0 2–0	Greece   Slovenia   Iceland   Serbia	1 / 5	Abily 3, Soubeyrand 2, Lattaf, Nécib, Franco, Herbert, Thomis Bussaglia 2, Lattaf 2, Abily, Thiney, Thomis + 1 o.g. Herbert, Soubeyrand Brétigny 3, Thomis 2, Abily, Bussaglia, Nécib, Thiney, Traïkia
2009 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	3–1 1–5 1–1	Iceland   Germany   Norway	3 / 4	Abily, Bompastor, Nécib Thiney Abily
	Quarterfinals	0–0 (PSO: 4–5)	Netherlands		: 1 Soubeyrand, 2 Abily, 3 Henry, 4 Le Sommer  : 5 Franco, 6 Meilleroux, 7 Herbert
2011 World Cup qualification 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	7–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 12–0 6–0 2–0 7–0 6–0 4–0	Croatia   Iceland   Estonia   Serbia   Northern Ireland	1 / 6	Delie 2, Franco 2, Le Sommer 2, Abily, Soubeyrand, Thiney, Thomis Thiney 2, Thomis Delie 4, Thiney 4, Herbert 2, Thomis 2, Abily, Bussaglia, Franco, Nécib, Le Sommer + 1 o.g. Thiney 4, Abily 2, Bussaglia, Delie, Thomis Bompastor 2, Delie 2, Le Sommer 2, Abily, Franco, Nécib + 1 o.g.
	Direct qualification	0–0 3–2	Italy		Bussaglia, Thiney, Bompastor
2011 World Cup 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–0 4–0 2–4	Nigeria   Canada   Germany	2 / 4	Delie Thiney 2, Abily, Thomis Delie, Georges
	Quarterfinals	1–1 (PSO: 4–3)	England		Bussaglia —  : 2 Bussaglia, 3 Thiney, 4. Bompastor, 5 Le Sommer  : 1 Abily
	Semifinals	1–3	United States		Bompastor
	Third place	1–2	Sweden		Thomis
2012 Summer Olympics 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	2–4 5–0 1–0	United States   North Korea   Colombia	2 / 4	Delie, Thiney Catala, Delie, Georges, Renard, Thomis Thomis
	Quarterfinals	2–1	Sweden		Georges, Renard
	Semifinals	1–2	Japan		Le Sommer
	Bronze match	0–1	Canada
2013 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	5–0 5–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 5–0	Israel   Ireland   Wales   Scotland	1 / 5	Thiney 3, Abily, Bompastor, Delie, Franco, Rubio, Le Sommer + 1 o.g. Le Sommer 3, Delie, Morel, Nécib, Thomis Thomis 3, Thiney 2, Abily, Delie, Le Sommer Delie 2, Le Sommer 2, Nécib, Renard + 1 o.g.
2013 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	3–1 1–0 3–0	Russia   Spain   England	1 / 4	Delie 2, Le Sommer Renard Le Sommer, Necib, Renard
	Quarterfinals	1–1 (PSO: 2–4)	Denmark		Necib —  : 2 Thiney, 3 Le Sommer  : 1 Necib, 4 Delannoy
2015 World Cup qualification 0 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0 0	4–0 7–0 3–1 3–1 10–0 14–0 4–0 4–0 2–0 3–1	Kazakhstan   Austria   Bulgaria   Hungary   Finland	1 / 6	Thiney 4, Delie 3, Abily 2, Delannoy, Thomis Bussaglia, Delie, Henry, Necib, Renard, Thomis Thiney 8, Le Sommer 5, Renard 4, Delie 3, Abily, Bussaglia, Georges, Necib Le Sommer 2, Abily, Delie, Majri, Thiney, Thomis + 1 o.g. Necib 2, Bussaglia, Delie, Thiney
2015 World Cup 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–0 0–2 5–0	England   Colombia   Mexico	1 / 4	Le Sommer Le Sommer 2, Delie, Henry + 1 o.g.
	Round of 16	3–0	South Korea		Delie 2, Thomis
	Quarterfinals	1–1 (PSO: 4–5)	Germany		Necib —  : 1 Thiney, 2 Abily, 3 Necib, 4 Renard  : 5 Lavogez
2017 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	6–0 6–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–0	Albania   Greece   Romania   Ukraine	1 / 5	Houara 2, Le Sommer 4, Le Bihan 3, Hamraoui 2, Delie Le Sommer 2, Bilbault, Le Bihan Le Sommer 2, Delie, Bussaglia Majri 2, Delie, Bussaglia, Hamraoui, Abily + 1 o.g.
2016 Summer Olympics 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	4–0 0–1 3–0	Colombia   United States   New Zealand	2 / 4	Le Sommer, Abily, Majri + 1 o.g. Le Sommer, Cadamuro 2
	Quarterfinals	0–1	Canada
2017 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	1–0 1–1 1–1	Iceland   Austria   Switzerland	2 / 4	Le Sommer Henry Abily
	Quarterfinals	0–1	England
2019 World Cup 0 0	1st Stage 0 0	4–0 2–1 1–0	South Korea   Norway   Nigeria	1 / 4	Le Sommer, Renard 2, Henry Gauvin, Le Sommer Renard
	Round of 16	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brazil		Gauvin, Henry
	Quarterfinals	1–2	United States		Renard
2022 European Championship qualification 0 0 0	1st Stage 0 0 0	3–0 12–0 6–0 2–0 7–0 11–0 0–0 3–0	Kazakhstan   Serbia   North Macedonia   Austria	1 / 5	Gauvin, Le Sommer, Katoto 3, De Almeida, Diani 2, Dali, Périsset, Cascarino, Laurent, Morroni, Baltimore, Matéo Majri 4, Geyoro, Katoto, Asseyi + 1 o.g. Le Sommer 6, Katoto, De Almeida 3, Torrent, Asseyi 2, Gauvin, Diani, Geyoro 2, Cascarino Renard, Katoto 2
2022 European Championship 0 0	1st Stage 0 0

Results and fixtures

Further information: 2021–22 in French football and 2022–23 in French football

• The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^[9][10]

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022

France   v   Finland

16 February 2022 Tournoi de France	France	5–0	Finland	Le Havre, France
21:10	Westerlund   12' (o.g.) Malard   16' Renard   34', 89' Geyoro   57'	Report		Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)

France   v   Brazil

19 February 2022 Tournoi de France	France	2–1	Brazil	Caen, France
21:10	Katoto   23', 59'	Report	Marta   19' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 12,050 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

France   v   Netherlands

22 February 2022 Tournoi de France	France	3–1	Netherlands	Caen, France
21:10	Renard   20' (pen.) Katoto   25', 74'		Beerensteyn   50'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 5231 Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

Wales   v   France

8 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup I	Wales	1–2	France	Llanelli
	Ingle   71'	Report	Renard   31' Katoto   57'	Stadium: Parc y Scarlets Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

France   v   Slovenia

12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup I	France	1–0	Slovenia	Le Mans
21:10	Cascarino   47'	Report		Stadium: MMArena Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)

France   v   Cameroon

25 June Friendly	France	4–0	Cameroon	Beauvais, France
21:10	Malard   31' Mbock   38' Sarr   58', 63'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

France   v   Vietnam

1 July Friendly	France	7–0	Vietnam	Orléans, France
21:10	Cascarino   5' Diani   11', 45+1' Toletti   16' Katoto   22' Matéo   33' Tounkara   68'	Report		Stadium: Stade de la Source Attendance: 6,094 Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

France   v   Italy

10 July UEFA Women's Euro 2022	France	5–1	Italy	Rotherham, England
21:00	Geyoro   9', 40', 45' Katoto   12' Cascarino   38'	Report	Piemonte   76'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,541 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

France   v   Belgium

14 July UEFA Women's Euro 2022	France	2–1	Belgium	Rotherham, England
21:00	Diani   6' Mbock Bathy   41'	Report	Cayman   36'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,173 Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Iceland   v   France

18 July UEFA Women's Euro 2022	Iceland	1–1	France	Rotherham, England
21:00	Brynjarsdóttir   90+12' (pen.)	Report	Malard   1'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 7,392 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

France   v   Netherlands

23 July UEFA Euro 2022 Quarter-final	France	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Rotherham, England
21:00	Périsset   102' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,764 Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Germany   v   France

27 July UEFA Euro 2022 Semi-final	Germany	2–1	France	Milton Keynes, England
21:00	Popp   40', 76'	Report	Frohms   44' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium MK Referee: Cheryl Foster (Wales)

Estonia   v   France

2 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup I	Estonia	0–9	France	Tallinn, Estonia
18:00 UTC+3		Report	Cascarino   5' Dali   17' (pen.) Sarr   24', 28', 45', 47' Matéo   59' (pen.), 67' Geyoro   83'	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)

France   v   Greece

6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup I	France	5–1	Greece	Sedan, France
		Report		Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Germany   v   France

7 October Friendly	Germany	2–1	France	Dresden, Germany
20:30 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

Sweden   v   France

11 October Friendly	Sweden	3–0	France	Gothenburg, Sweden
18:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Gamla Ullevi

Norway   v   France

11 November Friendly	Norway	1–2	France	La Nucia, Spain
21:10				Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Camilo Cano

2023

France   v   Jamaica

23 July 2023 2023 FIFA WC	France	v	Jamaica	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium

France   v   Brazil

29 July 2023 2023 FIFA WC	France	v	Brazil	Brisbane, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Lang Park

Play-off Group C winners v   France

2 August 2023 2023 FIFA WC	Play-off Group C winners	v	France	Sydney, Australia
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 10 October 2017.^[11]

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Corinne Diacre	French
Assistant manager	Philippe Joly	French
Goalkeeper coach	Michel Ettorre	French
Fitness Trainer	Anthony Grech-Angelini	French
Medical Doctor	Vincent Detaille	French
Physiotherapist	Armelle O'Brien	French
Physiotherapist	Maxime Gaspar	French
Press Secretary	Jérôme Millagou	French
Logistics manager	Jules Wolgust	French
Delegation Chief	Brigitte Henriques	French

Managerial history

See also: Category:France women's national football team managers

•   Aimé Mignot (1987–1997)
•   Élisabeth Loisel (1997–2007)
•   Bruno Bini (2007–2013)
•   Philippe Bergeroo (2013–2016)
•   Olivier Echouafni (2016–2017)
•   Corinne Diacre (2017–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for a friendly match against Norway on 11 November 2022.^[12]

Caps and goals are correct as of 11 November 2022, after the match against Norway.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mylène Chavas	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Bordeaux
16	1GK	Justine Lerond	(2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Bordeaux
21	1GK	Pauline Peyraud-Magnin	(1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 30)	36	0	Juventus
3	2DF	Wendie Renard (captain)	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 32)	139	33	Lyon
4	2DF	Marion Torrent	(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 30)	51	1	Montpellier
5	2DF	Julie Thibaud	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Bordeaux
7	2DF	Sakina Karchaoui	(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 26)	54	0	Paris Saint-Germain
17	2DF	Élisa de Almeida	(1998-01-11) 11 January 1998 (age 24)	16	3	Paris Saint-Germain
22	2DF	Ève Périsset	(1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 28)	44	4	Chelsea
23	2DF	Hawa Cissoko	(1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 25)	7	0	West Ham United
2	3MF	Ella Palis	(1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 23)	16	0	Bordeaux
6	3MF	Sandie Toletti	(1995-07-13) 13 July 1995 (age 27)	36	2	Real Madrid
8	3MF	Grace Geyoro	(1997-07-02) 2 July 1997 (age 25)	59	13	Paris Saint-Germain
15	3MF	Kenza Dali	(1991-07-31) 31 July 1991 (age 31)	49	10	Aston Villa
9	4FW	Lindsey Thomas	(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 27)	3	0	AC Milan
10	4FW	Clara Matéo	(1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 25)	19	4	Paris FC
11	4FW	Kadidiatou Diani	(1995-04-01) 1 April 1995 (age 27)	80	22	Paris Saint-Germain
12	4FW	Melvine Malard	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 22)	21	6	Lyon
13	4FW	Maëlle Garbino	(1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Bordeaux
14	4FW	Mathilde Bourdieu	(1999-04-15) 15 April 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Paris FC
18	4FW	Viviane Asseyi	(1993-11-20) 20 November 1993 (age 29)	58	14	West Ham United
19	4FW	Kessya Bussy	(2001-06-19) 19 June 2001 (age 21)	5	0	Reims
20	4FW	Delphine Cascarino	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 25)	51	12	Lyon

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad in last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Solène Durand	(1994-11-20) 20 November 1994 (age 28)	2	0	Guingamp	v.   Slovenia, 12 April 2022
DF	Aïssatou Tounkara	(1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 27)	39	3	Manchester United	v.   Sweden, 11 October 2022
DF	Selma Bacha	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 22)	13	1	Lyon	v.   Sweden, 11 October 2022
DF	Griedge Mbock Bathy	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 27)	71	8	Lyon	v.   Greece, 6 September 2022
DF	Grace Kazadi	(2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 21)	2	0	Guingamp	v.   Greece, 6 September 2022
DF	Perle Morroni	(1997-10-15) 15 October 1997 (age 25)	11	2	Lyon	v.   Slovenia, 12 April 2022
MF	Charlotte Bilbault	(1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 32)	54	1	Montpellier	v.   Sweden, 11 October 2022
MF	Laurina Fazer	(2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Paris Saint-Germain	v.   Sweden, 11 October 2022
MF	Kheira Hamraoui	(1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 32)	39	3	Paris Saint-Germain	2022 Tournoi de France
FW	Ouleymata Sarr	(1995-10-08) 8 October 1995 (age 27)	26	9	Paris FC	v.   Sweden, 11 October 2022
FW	Faustine Robert	(1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 28)	2	0	Montpellier	v.   Sweden, 11 October 2022
FW	Sandy Baltimore	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 22)	19	3	Paris Saint-Germain	v.   Greece, 6 September 2022
FW	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	(1998-11-01) 1 November 1998 (age 24)	32	26	Paris Saint-Germain	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
^INJ Injured ^COV Withdrew from squad due to COVID-19

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup squads 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup – France 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup – France 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup – France 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup – France

UEFA European Championships squads UEFA Women's Euro 2009 – France UEFA Women's Euro 2013 – France UEFA Women's Euro 2017 – France

Summer Olympics squads 2012 Summer Olympics – France 2016 Summer Olympics – France

Records

Main article: List of France women's international footballers

See also: Category:France women's international footballers

As of 11 October 2022, after the match against France.^[13]

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most caps # Name Career Caps Goals 1 Sandrine Soubeyrand 1997–2013 198 17 2 Élise Bussaglia 2003–2019 192 30 3 Laura Georges 2001–2018 188 7 4 Camille Abily 2001–2017 183 37 5 Eugénie Le Sommer 2009–present 175 86 6 Gaëtane Thiney 2007–present 163 58 7 Sonia Bompastor 2000–2012 156 19 8 Sarah Bouhaddi 2004–present 149 0 9 Louisa Nécib 2005–2016 145 36 10 Élodie Thomis 2005–2017 141 32

Most goals # Player Career Goals Caps Average 1 Eugénie Le Sommer 2009–present 86 175 0.49 2 Marinette Pichon 1994–2008 81 112 0.72 3 Marie-Laure Delie 2009–2017 65 123 0.53 4 Gaëtane Thiney 2007–present 58 163 0.36 5 Camille Abily 2001–2017 37 183 0.2 6 Louisa Nécib 2005–2016 36 145 0.25 7 Wendie Renard 2011–present 33 138 0.24 8 Élodie Thomis 2005–2017 32 141 0.23 9 Hoda Lattaf 1997–2007 31 111 0.28 10 Élise Bussaglia 2003–2019 30 192 0.16

Honours

Invitational trophies

• Cyprus Cup: Winner 2012, 2014^[14]
• SheBelieves Cup: Winner 2017
• Tournoi de France: Winner 2020, 2022

Competitive record

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

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: France at the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify									UEFA Euro 1991
1995										UEFA Euro 1995
1999										6	2	2	2	9	7
2003	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	2	3		10	7	1	2	16	10
2007	Did not qualify									8	5	2	1	15	4
2011	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	10	10		12	11	1	0	53	2
2015	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	1	1	10	3		10	10	0	0	54	3
2019	Quarter-finals	6th	5	4	0	1	10	4		Qualified as host
2023	Qualified									To be determined
Total	4/9	0 Titles	19	10	3	6	32	20		46	35	6	5	147	26

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty kicks.

Match history

FIFA Women's World Cup Finals history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2003	Group stage	20 September	Norway	L 0–2	Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
		24 September	South Korea	W 1–0	RFK Stadium, Washington
		27 September	Brazil	D 1–1
2011	Group stage	26 June	Nigeria	W 1–0	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
		30 June	Canada	W 4–0	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
		5 July	Germany	L 2–4	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
	Quarter-finals	9 July	England	D 1–1 (4–3 pen)	BayArena, Leverkusen
	Semi-finals	13 July	United States	L 1–3	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
	Third place play-off	16 July	Sweden	L 1–2	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
2015	Group stage	9 June	England	W 1–0	Moncton Stadium, Moncton
		13 June	Colombia	L 0–2
		17 June	Mexico	W 5–0	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
	Round of 16	21 June	South Korea	W 3–0	Olympic Stadium, Montreal
	Quarter-finals	26 June	Germany	D 1–1 (4–5 pen)
2019	Group stage	7 June	South Korea	W 4–0	Parc des Princes, Paris
		12 June	Norway	W 2–1	Allianz Riviera, Nice
		17 June	Nigeria	W 1–0	Roazhon Park, Rennes
	Round of 16	23 June	Brazil	W 2–1 (aet)	Stade Océane, Le Havre
	Quarter-finals	28 June	United States	L 1–2	Parc des Princes, Paris

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	11	8
2016	Quarterfinals	6th	4	2	0	2	7	2
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Qualified as host
Total	3/7	0 Titles	10	5	0	5	18	10

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualifying record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1984	Did not qualify									6	2	3	1	4	4
1987										6	1	0	5	7	15
1989										10	4	4	2	15	3
1991										4	2	0	2	6	7
1993										4	1	1	2	7	10
1995										6	4	1	1	9	3
1997	Group stage	6th	3	1	1	1	4	5		8	4	3	1	14	6
2001	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	5	7		6	4	2	0	10	5
2005	Group stage	6th	3	1	1	1	4	5		8	7	0	1	32	7
2009	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	5	7		8	7	0	1	31	2
2013	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	8	2		8	8	0	0	32	2
2017	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	3	3		8	8	0	0	27	0
2022	Semi-finals	3rd	5	3	1	1	10	5		8	7	1	0	44	0
Total	7/13	0 Titles	26	11	8	7	39	34		90	59	15	16	238	64

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

See also

• Sport in France
  • Football in France
    • Women's football in France
• France women's national under-19 football team
• France women's national under-17 football team
• FIFA Women's World Cup
• UEFA Women's Championship

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External links

• Official website