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 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 1930 Group Stage 7th 3 1 0 2 4 3 1934 First Round 9th 1 0 0 1 2 3 1938 Quarter-Final 6th 2 1 0 1 4 4 1950 Did not qualify 1954 Group Stage 11th 2 1 0 1 3 3 1958 Third Place 3rd 6 4 0 2 23 15 1962 Did not qualify 1966 Group Stage 13th 3 0 1 2 2 5 1970 Did not qualify 1974 1978 Group Stage 12th 3 1 0 2 5 5 1982 Fourth Place 4th 7 3 2 2 16 12 1986 Third Place 3rd 7 4 2 1 12 6 1990 Did not qualify 1994 1998 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 15 2 2002 Group Stage 28th 3 0 1 2 0 3 2006 Runners-Up 2nd 7 4 3 0 9 3 2010 Group Stage 29th 3 0 1 2 1 4 2014 Quarter-Final 7th 5 3 1 1 10 3 Total 14/20 1 Title 59 28 12 19 106 71

UEFA European Championship record Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA 1960 Fourth Place 4th 2 0 0 2 4 7 1964 Did not qualify 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 14 4 1988 Did not qualify 1992 Group Stage 6th 3 0 2 1 2 3 1996 Semi-Final 4th 5 2 3 0 5 2 2000 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 13 7 2004 Quarter-Final 5th 4 2 1 1 7 5 2008 Group Stage 15th 3 0 1 2 1 6 2012 Quarter-Final 8th 4 1 1 2 3 5 2016 Runners-Up 2nd 7 5 1 1 13 5 Total 9/15 2 Titles 39 20 9 10 62 44

FIFA Confederations Cup record Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA 1992 Did not qualify 1995 1997 1999 Withdrew 2001 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 12 2 2003 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 12 3 2005 Did not qualify 2009 2013 2017 Total 2/9 2 Titles 10 9 0 1 24 5

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.

External links

• France all-time competition records