France at the UEFA European Championship

The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "Euro 2008" or whichever year is appropriate. Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.

France is one of the most successful nations at the UEFA European Football Championship having won two titles in 1984 and 2000. The team is just below Spain and Germany who have won three titles each. France hosted the inaugural competition in 1960 and have appeared in eight UEFA European Championship tournament, tied for fourth-best. The team won their first title on home soil in 1984 and were led by Ballon d'Or winner Michel Platini. In 2000, the team, led by FIFA World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane, won its second title in Belgium and the Netherlands. The team's worst result in the competition was a first-round elimination in 1992 and 2008.^[1]

UEFA European Championship record

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-Finals	4th	5	2	3	0	5	2
2000	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	13	7
2004	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	5
2008	Group Stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	6
2012	Quarter-Finals	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

Year	Manager	Captain	Winning Goal Scorer
1984	Michel Hidalgo	Michel Platini	Michel Platini, Bruno Bellone
2000	Roger Lemerre	Didier Deschamps	Sylvain Wiltord, David Trezeguet

List of matches

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Scorers
1960	Semi-final	Yugoslavia	4–5	L	Paris	Vincent, Heutte (2), Wisnieski
1960	Third place match	Czechoslovakia	0–2	L	Marseille	& —
1984	Group stage	Denmark	1–0	W	Paris	Platini
		Belgium	5–0	W	Nantes	Platini (3), Giresse, Fernández
		Yugoslavia	3–2	W	Saint-Étienne	Platini (3)
	Semi-final	Portugal	3–2 (aet)	W	Marseille	Domergue (2), Platini
	Final	Spain	2–0	W	Paris	Platini, Bellone
1992	Group stage	Sweden	1–1	D	Solna	Papin
		England	0–0	D	Malmö	& —
		Denmark	1–2	L	Malmö	Papin
1996	Group stage	Romania	1–0	W	Newcastle	Dugarry
		Spain	1–1	D	Leeds	Djorkaeff
		Bulgaria	3–1	W	Newcastle	Blanc, Penev (o.g.), Loko
	Quarter-final	Netherlands	0–0 (5–4 p)	D	Liverpool	& —
	Semi-final	Czech Republic	0–0 (5–6 p)	D	Manchester	& —
2000	Group stage	Denmark	3–0	W	Bruges	Blanc, Henry, Wiltord
		Czech Republic	2–1	W	Bruges	Henry, Djorkaeff
		Netherlands	2–3	L	Amsterdam	Dugarry, Trezeguet
	Quarter-final	Spain	2–1	W	Bruges	Zidane, Djorkaeff
	Semi-final	Portugal	2–1 (aet)	W	Brussels	Henry, Zidane
	Final	Italy	2–1 (aet)	W	Rotterdam	Wiltord, Trezeguet
2004	Group stage	England	2–1	W	Lisbon	Zidane (2)
		Croatia	2–2	D	Leiria	Tudor (o.g.), Trezeguet
		Switzerland	3–1	W	Coimbra	Zidane, Henry (2)
	Quarter-final	Greece	0–1	L	Lisbon	& —
2008	Group stage	Romania	0–0	D	Zürich	& —
		Netherlands	1–4	L	Bern	Henry
		Italy	0–2	L	Zürich	& —
2012	Group stage	England	1–1	D	Donetsk	Nasri
		Ukraine	2–0	W	Donetsk	Ménez, Cabaye
		Sweden	0–2	L	Kiev	& —
	Quarter-final	Spain	0–2	L	Donetsk	& —
2016	Group stage	Romania	2–1	W	Saint-Denis	Giroud, Payet
		Albania	2–0	W	Marseille	Griezmann, Payet
		Switzerland	0–0	D	Lille	& —
	Round of 16	Republic of Ireland	2–1	W	Lyon	Griezmann (2)
	Quarter-final	Iceland	5–2	W	Saint-Denis	Giroud (2), Pogba, Payet, Griezmann
	Semi-final	Germany	2–0	W	Marseille	Griezmann (2)
	Final	Portugal	0–1 (aet)	L	Saint-Denis

1960 European Nations' Cup

France squad – 1960 European Nations' Cup Fourth Place

GK Lamia GK Taillandier DF Chorda DF Herbin DF Jonquet (c) DF Rodzik DF Siatka DF Wendling MF Ferrier MF Marcel MF Muller FW Douis FW Heutte FW Sauvage FW Stievenard FW Vincent FW Wisnieski Coach: Batteux

Euro 1984

France squad – UEFA Euro 1984 winners (1st title)

1 Bats 2 Amoros 3 Domergue 4 Bossis 5 Battiston 6 Fernández 7 Ferreri 8 Bravo 9 Genghini 10 Platini (c) 11 Bellone 12 Giresse 13 Six 14 Tigana 15 Le Roux 16 Rocheteau 17 Lacombe 18 Tusseau 19 Bergeroo 20 Rust Coach: Hidalgo

Euro 1992

France squad – UEFA Euro 1992

1 Martini 2 Amoros (c) 3 Silvestre 4 Petit 5 Blanc 6 Casoni 7 Deschamps 8 Sauzée 9 Papin 10 Fernández 11 Perez 12 Cocard 13 Boli 14 Durand 15 Divert 16 Vahirua 17 Garde 18 Cantona 19 Rousset 20 Angloma Coach: Platini

Euro 1996

France squad – UEFA Euro 1996 Semi-finalists

1 Lama 2 Angloma 3 Di Meco 4 Leboeuf 5 Blanc 6 Guérin 7 Deschamps (c) 8 Desailly 9 Djorkaeff 10 Zidane 11 Loko 12 Lizarazu 13 Dugarry 14 Lamouchi 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Madar 18 Pedros 19 Karembeu 20 Roche 21 Martins 22 Martini Coach: Jacquet

Euro 2000

France squad – UEFA Euro 2000 Winners (2nd Title)

1 Lama 2 Candela 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Blanc 6 Djorkaeff 7 Deschamps (c) 8 Desailly 9 Anelka 10 Zidane 11 Pirès 12 Henry 13 Wiltord 14 Micoud 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Petit 18 Leboeuf 19 Karembeu 20 Trezeguet 21 Dugarry 22 Ramé Coach: Lemerre

Euro 2004

France squad – UEFA Euro 2004

1 Landreau 2 Boumsong 3 Lizarazu 4 Vieira 5 Gallas 6 Makélélé 7 Pirès 8 Desailly (c) 9 Saha 10 Zidane 11 Wiltord 12 Henry 13 Silvestre 14 Rothen 15 Thuram 16 Barthez 17 Dacourt 18 Pedretti 19 Sagnol 20 Trezeguet 21 Marlet 22 Govou 23 Coupet Coach: Santini

Euro 2008

France squad – UEFA Euro 2008

1 Mandanda 2 Boumsong 3 Abidal 4 Vieira (c) 5 Gallas 6 Makélélé 7 Malouda 8 Anelka 9 Benzema 10 Govou 11 Nasri 12 Henry 13 Evra 14 Clerc 15 Thuram 16 Frey 17 Squillaci 18 Gomis 19 Sagnol 20 Toulalan 21 Diarra 22 Ribéry 23 Coupet Coach: Domenech

Euro 2012

France squad – UEFA Euro 2012

1 Lloris (c) 2 Debuchy 3 Evra 4 Rami 5 Mexès 6 Cabaye 7 Ribéry 8 Valbuena 9 Giroud 10 Benzema 11 Nasri 12 Matuidi 13 Réveillère 14 Ménez 15 Malouda 16 Mandanda 17 M'Vila 18 Diarra 19 Martin 20 Ben Arfa 21 Koscielny 22 Clichy 23 Carrasso Coach: Blanc

Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

France squad – UEFA Euro 2016 Runners-up

1 Lloris (c) 2 Jallet 3 Evra 4 Rami 5 Kanté 6 Cabaye 7 Griezmann 8 Payet 9 Giroud 10 Gignac 11 Martial 12 Schneiderlin 13 Mangala 14 Matuidi 15 Pogba 16 Mandanda 17 Digne 18 Sissoko 19 Sagna 20 Coman 21 Koscielny 22 Umtiti 23 Costil Coach: Deschamps

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout phase
3	Albania	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Romania	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

France v Romania

10 June 2016
21:00

France	2–1	Romania
Giroud 57' Payet 89'	Report	Stancu 65' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 75,113^[2]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

France v Albania

15 June 2016
21:00

France	2–0	Albania
Griezmann 90' Payet 90+6'	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 63,670^[3]
Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Switzerland v France

19 June 2016
21:00

Switzerland	0–0	France
	Report

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Attendance: 45,616^[4]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 knockout phase

Round of 16

France v Republic of Ireland

26 June 2016
15:00

France	2–1	Republic of Ireland
Griezmann 58', 61'	Report	Brady 2' (pen.)

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 56,279^[5]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Quarter-finals

France v Iceland

3 July 2016
21:00

France	5–2	Iceland
Giroud 12', 59' Pogba 20' Payet 43' Griezmann 45'	Report	Sigþórsson 56' B. Bjarnason 84'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 76,833^[6]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Semi-finals

Germany v France

7 July 2016
21:00

Germany	0–2	France
	Report	Griezmann 45+2' (pen.), 72'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 64,078^[7]
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Final

Portugal v France

10 July 2016
21:00

Portugal	1–0 (a.e.t.)	France
Éder 109'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 75,868^[8]
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

References

↑ "Football in France". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
↑ "Full Time Summary – France v Romania" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
↑ "Full Time Summary – France v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
↑ "Full Time Summary – Switzerland v France" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
↑ "Full Time Summary – France v Republic of Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
↑ "Full Time Summary – France v Iceland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
↑ "Full Time Summary – Germany v France" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "Full Time Summary – Portugal v France" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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