France women's national football team

France

Nickname(s)	Les Bleues (The Blues)
Association	French Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Olivier Echouafni
Captain	Wendie Renard
Most caps	Sandrine Soubeyrand (198)
Top scorer	Marinette Pichon (81)
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	3 (26 August 2016)[1]
Highest	3 (December 2014–)
Lowest	10 (September 2009)
First international
France 2–0 England  (Manchester, England; October 1920)
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	3 (first in 2003)
Best result	4th (2011)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1997)
Best result	Quarterfinals (2009, 2013)

The French 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) and 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.

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 a mid-tier national team and one of the most consistent 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 club captured the 2012 Cyprus Cup.

The current manager of the national team is Olivier Echouafni. He replaced Philippe Bergeroo on September 9, 2016.^[3] The current captain of the national team is 26-year-old centre back Wendie Renard.^[4]

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. 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]

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 started to develop one of their most successful era in their women's football history. In UEFA Women's Euro 2013 held in Sweden, France stood top of the group, beating both Spain, England and Russia to gain first place and earned ticket to quarter-final. However, Bergeroo's side lost to Denmark at penalty shootout, missing the chance to gain the semi-final ticket.

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

In 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 64' 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', 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.

Competitive record

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

World Cup

Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991	Did Not Qualify
1995
1999
2003	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	2	3
2007	Did Not Qualify
2011	Fourth Place	4th	6	2	1	3	10	10
2015	Quarterfinals	5th	5	3	1	1	10	3
Total	3/7	0 Titles	14	6	3	5	22	16

Olympic Games

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
Total	2/6	0 Titles	10	5	0	5	18	10

European Championship

Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
No Host 1984	Did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Group stage	6th	3	1	1	1	4	5
2001	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	5	7
2005	Group stage	6th	3	1	1	1	4	5
2009	Quarter-final	8th	4	1	2	1	5	7
2013	Quarter-final	5th	4	3	1	0	8	2
2017	Qualified
Total	6/12	0 Titles	17	7	4	6	26	26

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Team

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Spain on 26 November 2016.

Head coach: Olivier Echouafni

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Laëtitia Philippe	30 April 1991	4	0	Montpellier HSC
2	DF	Griedge Mbock Bathy	13 July 1995	25	0	Olympique Lyonnais
3	DF	Wendie Renard	20 July 1990	84	18	Olympique Lyonnais
4	DF	Laura Georges	20 August 1984	173	6	Paris Saint-Germain
5	DF	Aissatou Tounkara	16 March 1995	1	0	FCF Juvisy
6	MF	Camille Catala	6 May 1991	25	2	FCF Juvisy
7	MF	Sandie Toletti	13 July 1995	8	0	Montpellier HSC
8	DF	Jessica Houara	29 September 1987	55	3	Olympique Lyonnais
9	FW	Eugénie Le Sommer	18 May 1989	130	57	Olympique Lyonnais
10	MF	Camille Abily	5 December 1984	171	33	Olympique Lyonnais
11	FW	Claire Lavogez	18 June 1994	27	3	Olympique Lyonnais
12	DF	Eve Perisset	24 December 1994	1	0	Paris Saint-Germain
13	MF	Kadidiatou Diani	1 April 1995	21	2	FCF Juvisy
14	FW	Clarisse Le Bihan	14 December 1994	12	4	Montpellier HSC
15	MF	Élise Bussaglia	24 September 1985	166	28	VfL Wolfsburg
16	GK	Sarah Bouhaddi	17 October 1986	115	0	Olympique Lyonnais
17	FW	Gaëtane Thiney	28 October 1985	1301	55	FCF Juvisy
18	FW	Marie-Laure Delie	29 January 1988	109	64	Paris Saint-Germain
19	DF	Laura Agard	26 July 1989	0	0	Montpellier HSC
20	DF	Annaïg Butel	15 February 1992	9	0	FCF Juvisy
21	GK	Méline Gérard	30 May 1990	9	0	Olympique Lyonnais
22	DF	Amel Majri	25 January 1993	27	4	Olympique Lyonnais
23	MF	Kheira Hamraoui	13 January 1990	36	3	Olympique Lyonnais

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Karima Benameur	13 April 1989	2	0	FCF Juvisy	v.  Ukraine, 11 April 2016
DF	Laure Boulleau	22 October 1986	65	0	Paris Saint-Germain	v.  Albania, 20 September 2016
DF	Kelly Gadea	22 October 1986	5	0	Olympique de Marseille	v.  Norway, 26 January 2016
DF	Aurélie Kaci	19 December 1991	7	0	Olympique Lyonnais	v.  Ukraine, 11 April 2016
DF	Sakina Karchaoui	26 January 1996	7	0	Montpellier HSC	v.  England, 21 October 2016
DF	Perle Morroni	15 October 1997	0	0	Paris Saint-Germain	v.  Greece, 3 June 2016
DF	Julie Soyer	30 June 1985	10	0	FCF Juvisy	v.  Albania, 20 September 2016
DF	Marion Torrent	17 April 1992	0	0	Montpellier HSC	v.  Greece, 3 June 2016
MF	Viviane Asseyi	20 November 1993	13	0	Olympique de Marseille	v.  England, 9 March 2016
MF	Louisa Cadamuro	23 January 1987	145	36	retired	v.  Canada, 12 August 2016
MF	Delphine Cascarino	5 February 1997	2	0	Olympique Lyonnais	v.  England, 21 October 2016
MF	Kenza Dali	31 July 1991	19	2	Olympique Lyonnais	v.  Ukraine, 11 April 2016
MF	Amandine Henry	28 September 1989	56	6	Portland Thorns	v.  Albania, 20 September 2016
MF	Mylaine Tarrieu	3 January 1995	0	0	Olympique Lyonnais	v.  Greece, 3 June 2016
FW	Marie-Charlotte Léger	13 January 1996	6	0	Montpellier HSC	v.  Greece, 3 June 2016
FW	Élodie Thomis	13 August 1986	134	32	Olympique Lyonnais	v.  Canada, 12 August 2016

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

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

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

Statistics

Most capped French players

• Still active national team players in bold.

#	Name	Career	Caps[6]	Goals
1	Sandrine Soubeyrand	1997–2013	198	18
2	Laura Georges	2001–present	169	6
3	Camille Abily	2001–present	164	31
4	Élise Bussaglia	2003–present	156	28
	Sonia Bompastor	2000–2012		18
6	Louisa Nécib	2005–present	139	34
7	Élodie Thomis	2005–present	129	32
8	Gaëtane Thiney	2007–present	127	55
9	Eugénie Le Sommer	2009–present	122	53
10	Corinne Diacre	1993–2005	121	14

Last updated: 20 June 2016

Top France goalscorers

• Still active national team players in bold.

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Marinette Pichon	1994–2008	81	112	0.72
2	Marie-Laure Delie	2009–present	63	102	0.61
3	Gaëtane Thiney	2007–present	55	127	0.43
4	Eugénie Le Sommer	2009–present	53	122	0.43
5	Louisa Nécib	2005–present	34	139	0.24
6	Élodie Thomis	2005–present	32	129	0.24
7	Camille Abily	2001–present	31	164	0.18
8	Hoda Lattaf	1997–2007	30	109	0.27
9	Élise Bussaglia	2003–present	28	156	0.17
10	Sonia Bompastor	2000–2012	18	156	0.11
	Sandrine Soubeyrand	1997–2013		198	0.09

Last updated: 20 June 2016

Coaching staff

As of 28 November 2015.^[7]

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Philippe Bergeroo	French
Assistant manager	Thierry Asseloos	French
Goalkeeper coach	Albert Rust	French
Medical Doctor	Fabrice Bryand	French
Physiotherapist	Joël Barthe	French
Physiotherapist	Marianne Boussely	French
Press Secretary	Stéphane Lanoue	French
Logistics manager	Filipe Pires	French
Delegation Chief	Brigitte Henriques	French

Results and Fixtures

UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	8	0	0	27	0	+27	24	Final tournament
2	Romania	8	5	1	2	17	8	+9	16	Play-offs
3	Ukraine	8	4	1	3	14	12	+2	13
4	Greece	8	2	0	6	9	19	−10	6
5	Albania	8	0	0	8	3	31	−28	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2015

Friendly

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

France  v  Romania

22 September 2015 Group stage	France	3–0	Romania	MMArena, Le Mans
21:00 CET	Delie  16' Le Sommer  35', 48'	FFF report (French) UEFA report		Attendance: 7,761 Referee: Silvia Spinelli (Italy)

Ukraine  v  France

27 October 2015 Group stage	Ukraine	0–3	France	Arena Lviv, Lviv
21:00 CET		UEFA Report	Delie  42' Bussaglia  59' Majri  68'	Attendance: 732 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Albania  v  France

27 November 2015 Group stage	Albania	0–6	France	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
21:00 CET		UEFA Report	Houara  12', 15' Le Sommer  25', 81' Le Bihan  63', 73'	Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)

Greece  v  France

1 December 2015 Group stage	Greece	0–3	France	Katerini Stadium, Katerini
18:45 CET		Report	Bilbault  12' Le Bihan  72' Le Sommer  75'	Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

Last updated: 28 November 2015^[2][8]

Overall competition 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 3–0 1-0 3–0 1-0 3–0 4-0	Albania  Greece  Romania  Ukraine	1 / 5	Houara 2, Le Sommer 2, Le Bihan 2 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	0 0 0	0 0 0	TBD	0 0 0

Media coverage

France women's matches broadcasting rights from 2014 until 2018 belong to Canal+ Group channels D8 and D17.^[9]

See also

• 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

References

1. "FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
2. "Tous les matchs - FFF". Fff.fr. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
3. "France appoint Olivier Echouafni". 9 September 2016.
5. "Bini: The truth is on the pitch". FIFA.com. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
6. "Toutes les sélectionnées" (in French). Footofeminin. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
7. "Staff - FFF". Fff.fr. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
8. "Calendrier - FFF". Fff.fr. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
9. "TV Rights: Women national team on D8 and D17, the League on Eurosport and France4". Foot d'Elles (in French). Eurosport. 31 January 2014.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile