France national football team results (1980–1999)

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This is a list of the France national football team results from 1980 to 1999.

1980s

1980

27 February International friendly France  5–1  Greece Paris, France
Bathenay 7' (pen.)
Platini 37', 62'
Christophe 63'
Stopyra 66'
Match Report Mavros 32' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 29,992
Referee: José Luis Garcia Carrión (Spain)
26 March International friendly France  0–0  Netherlands Paris, France
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,477
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italian)
23 May International friendly Soviet Union  1–0  France Moscow, Soviet Union
Cherenkov 85' Match Report Stadium: Lenin Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Sándor Kúti (Hungary)
11 October 1982 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying
Group 2
Cyprus  0–7  France Limassol, Cyprus
Match Report Lacombe 4'
Platini 14', 23'
Larios 40' (pen.), 76' (pen.)
Six 82'
Zimako 87'
Stadium: Tsirion Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
19 November International friendly West Germany  4–1  France Hanover, West Germany
Kaltz 6' (pen.)
Briegel 37'
Hrubesch 62'
Allofs 89'
Match Report Larios 39' (pen.) Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

1981

18 February International friendly Spain  1–0  France Madrid, Spain
Juanito 86' (pen.) Match Report Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Carol Juria (Romania)
25 March 1982 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying
Group 2
Netherlands  1–0  France Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dropsy 47' (o.g.) Match Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
29 April 1982 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying
Group 2
France  3–2  Belgium Paris, France
Soler 14', 31'
Six 26'
Match Report Vandenbergh 5'
Ceulemans 52'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,954
Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
15 May International friendly France  1–3  Brazil Paris, France
Six 81' Match Report Zico 21'
Reinaldo 27'
Sócrates 52'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,749
Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy)
18 November 1982 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying
Group 2
France  2–0  Netherlands Paris, France
Platini 52'
Six 82'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,884
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
5 December 1982 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying
Group 2
France  4–0  Cyprus Paris, France
Rocheteau 25'
Lacombe 29', 82'
Genghini 86'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,437
Referee: Edwin Borg (Malta)

1982

23 February International friendly France  2–0  Italy Paris, France
Platini 19'
Bravo 84'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,541
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
24 March International friendly France  4–0  Northern Ireland Paris, France
Zénier 31'
Couriol 45'
Larios 57' (pen.)
Genghini 80'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Roger Verhaeghe (Belgium)
28 April International friendly France  0–1  Peru Paris, France
Match Report Oblitas 82' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 46,429
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
14 May International friendly France  0–0  Bulgaria Paris, France
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)
2 June International friendly France  0–1  Wales Toulouse, France
Match Report Rush 55' Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 26,671
Referee: Viria Oliva (Portugal)
16 June 1982 FIFA World Cup
First round
England  3–1  France Bilbao, Spain
Robson 1', 67'
Mariner 83'
Match Report Soler 24' Stadium: San Mamés Stadium
Attendance: 44,172
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
4 July 1982 FIFA World Cup
Second round
France  4–1  Northern Ireland Madrid, Spain
Giresse 33', 80'
Rocheteau 46', 68'
Match Report Armstrong 75' Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
31 August International friendly France  0–4  Poland Paris, France
Match Report Jałocha 28'
Kupcewicz 61', 62'
Buncol 68' (pen.)
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
6 October International friendly France  1–0  Hungary Paris, France
Roussey 65' Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 15,777
Referee: Roger Verhaeghe (Belgium)
10 November International friendly Netherlands  1–2  France Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tahamata 8' Match Report Battiston 12'
Platini 81'
Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 9,693
Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium)

1983

16 February International friendly Portugal  0–3  France Guimarães, Portugal
Match Report Stopyra 7', 70'
Ferreri 8'
Stadium: Estádio Municipal
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger (Switzerland)
23 March International friendly France  1–1  Soviet Union Paris, France
Fernández 42' Match Report Cherenkov 28' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,908
Referee: George Courtney (England)
23 April International friendly France  4–0  Yugoslavia Paris, France
Le Roux 22'
Rocheteau 32', 47'
Touré 74'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,881
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
31 May International friendly Belgium  1–1  France Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Voordeckers 12' Match Report Six 11' Stadium: Stade Municipale
Attendance: 5,880
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)
7 September International friendly Denmark  3–1  France Copenhagen, Denmark
Laudrup 20', 75'
Brylle 59'
Match Report Platini 26' Stadium: Idrætsparken
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Volker Roth (East Germany)
5 October International friendly France  1–1  Spain Paris, France
Rocheteau 60' Match Report Señor 83' (pen.) Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,628
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)

1984

29 February International friendly France  2–0  England Paris, France
Platini 58', 71' Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Netherlands)
28 March International friendly France  1–0  Austria Marseille, France
Rocheteau 83' Match Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Viria Oliva (Portugal)
18 April International friendly France  1–0  West Germany Strasbourg, France
Genghini 79' Match Report Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 39,978
Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy)
1 June International friendly France  2–0  Scotland Marseille, France
Giresse 14'
Lacombe 29'
Match Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 24,641
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
12 June UEFA Euro 1984
First round
France  1–0  Denmark Paris, France
Platini 78'
Amoros Red card 87'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,570
Referee: Volker Roth (East Germany)
16 June UEFA Euro 1984
First round
France  5–0  Belgium Nantes, France
Platini 4', 74' (pen.), 89'
Giresse 31'
Fernández 44'
Match Report Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 51,359
Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)
19 June UEFA Euro 1984
First round
France  3–2  Yugoslavia Saint-Étienne, France
Platini 59', 61', 76' Match Report Šestić 31'
Stojković 80' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 45,789
Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
23 June UEFA Euro 1984
Semi-finals
France  3–2 a.e.t.  Portugal Marseille, France
Domergue 25', 115'
Platini 119'
Match Report Jordão 74', 98' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,848
Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)
27 June UEFA Euro 1984
Final
France  2–0  Spain Paris, France
Platini 57'
Bellone 90'
Le Roux Yellow card 85' Red card
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,368
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Bulgaria)

1985

21 August International friendly France  2–0  Uruguay Paris, France
Rocheteau 5'
Touré 56'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 20,405
Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)
11 September 1986 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 4
East Germany  2–0  France Leipzig, East Germany
Ernst 53'
Kreer 81'
Match Report Stadium: Zentralstadion
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy)
30 October 1986 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 4
France  6–0  Luxembourg Paris, France
Rocheteau 4', 29', 48'
Touré 24'
Giresse 36'
Fernández 47' (pen.)
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 28,597
Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)
16 November 1986 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 4
France  2–0  Yugoslavia Paris, France
Platini 3', 71'
Le Roux Yellow card 84' Red card
Match Report Radanović Yellow card 82' Red card Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 45,670
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

1986

26 February International friendly France  0–0  Northern Ireland Paris, France
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 28,909
Referee: Alphonse Constantin (Belgium)
26 March International friendly France  2–0  Argentina Paris, France
Ferreri 15'
Vercruysse 80'
Match Report Borghi Yellow card 59' Red card Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,045
Referee: Franz Gächter (Switzerland)
1 June 1986 FIFA World Cup
Group C
Canada  0–1  France León, Mexico
Match Report Papin 79' Stadium: Estadio León
Attendance: 35,748
Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)
9 June 1986 FIFA World Cup
Group C
France  3–0  Hungary León, Mexico
Stopyra 30'
Tigana 63'
Rocheteau 84'
Match Report Stadium: Estadio León
Attendance: 31,420
Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)
28 June 1986 FIFA World Cup
Third place match
Belgium  2–4 a.e.t.  France Puebla, Mexico
Ceulemans 11'
Claesen 73'
Match Report Ferreri 27'
Papin 43'
Genghini 104'
Amoros 111' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: George Courtney (England)
10 September UEFA Euro 1988
Qualifying Group 3
Iceland  0–0  France Reykjavík, Iceland
Match Report Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 13,758
Referee: Alan Ferguson (Scotland)
11 October UEFA Euro 1988
Qualifying Group 3
France  0–2  Soviet Union Paris, France
Match Report Belanov 67'
Rats 73'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,496
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

1987

29 April UEFA Euro 1988
Qualifying Group 3
France  2–0  Iceland Paris, France
Micciche 37'
Stopyra 65'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 27,732
Referee: Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland)
16 June UEFA Euro 1988
Qualifying Group 3
Norway  2–0  France Oslo, Norway
Mordt 71'
Andersen 80'
Match Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 7,678
Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany)
9 September UEFA Euro 1988
Qualifying Group 3
Soviet Union  1–1  France Moscow, Soviet Union
Mikhailichenko 77' Match Report Touré 13' Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium
Attendance: 86,048
Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (Greece)
14 October UEFA Euro 1988
Qualifying Group 3
France  1–1  Norway Paris, France
Fargeon 63' Match Report Sundby 79' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 11,308
Referee: Joaquín Ramos (Spain)

1988

27 January International friendly Israel  1–1  France Ramat Gan, Israel
Avraham Cohen 69' Match Report Stopyra 60' Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Allan Gunn (England)
2 February International friendly France  2–1   Switzerland Toulouse, France
Passi 7'
Fargeon 9'
Match Report Sutter 19' Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 10,348
Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)
5 February International friendly France  2–1  Morocco Monaco
Lamriss 9' (o.g.)
Stopyra 49'
Match Report Lamriss 34' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
23 March International friendly France  2–1  Spain Bordeaux, France
Passi 8'
Fernández 26'
Match Report Calderé 6' Stadium: Parc Lescure
Attendance: 14,441
Referee: Neil Midgley (England)
27 April International friendly Northern Ireland  0–0  France Belfast, Northern Ireland
Match Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales)
24 August International friendly France  1–1  Czechoslovakia Paris, France
Paille 52' Match Report Daněk 82' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ildefonso Urízar (Spain)
28 September 1990 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 5
France  1–0  Norway Paris, France
Papin 84' (pen.) Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Günther Habermann (East Germany)
22 October 1990 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 5
Cyprus  1–1  France Nicosia, Cyprus
Pittas 78' (pen.) Match Report Xuereb 44' Stadium: Makario Stadium
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

1989

8 March 1990 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 5
Scotland  2–0  France Glasgow, Scotland
Johnston 28', 52' Match Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 65,204
Referee: Jiří Stiegler (Czechoslovakia)
16 August International friendly Sweden  2–4  France Malmö, Sweden
Thern 5'
Lindqvist 63'
Match Report Cantona 57', 87'
Papin 61', 83'
Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 16,619
Referee: Zvi Sharir (Israel)
5 September 1990 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 5
Norway  1–1  France Oslo, Norway
Bratseth 84' Match Report Papin 40' (pen.) Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 8,564
Referee: Todor Kolev (Bulgaria)

1990s

1990

21 January International friendly Kuwait  0–1  France Kuwait City, Kuwait
Match Report Blanc 74' Stadium: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ghazi al-Kendi (Kuwait)
24 January International friendly East Germany  0–3  France Kuwait City, Kuwait
Match Report Cantona 1', 24'
Deschamps 73'
Stadium: Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mohammad Shuaib (Kuwait)
28 February International friendly France  2–1  West Germany Montpellier, France
Papin 43'
Cantona 82'
Match Report Möller 37' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Joaquín Ramos (Spain)
28 March International friendly Hungary  1–3  France Budapest, Hungary
Pintér 38' (pen.) Match Report Cantona 27', 67'
Sauzée 70'
Stadium: Népstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Tadeusz Diakonowicz (Poland)
15 August International friendly France  0–0  Poland Paris, France
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 15,919
Referee: Neil Midgley (England)
5 September UEFA Euro 1992
Qualifying Group 1
Iceland  1–2  France Budapest, Hungary
Eðvaldsson 85' Match Report Papin 12'
Cantona 76'
Stadium: Népstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: David Syme (Poland)
13 October UEFA Euro 1992
Qualifying Group 1
France  2–1  Czechoslovakia Paris, France
Papin 59', 82' Match Report Skuhravý 88' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 38,249
Referee: George Courtney (England)
17 November UEFA Euro 1992
Qualifying Group 1
Albania  0–1  France Tirana, Albania
Match Report Boli 22' Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

1991

20 February UEFA Euro 1992
Qualifying Group 1
France  3–1  Spain Paris, France
Sauzée 14'
Papin 58'
Blanc 77'
Match Report Bakero 10' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,174
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
30 March UEFA Euro 1992
Qualifying Group 1
France  5–0  Albania Paris, France
Sauzée 1', 19'
Papin 34' (pen.), 42'
Nallbani 81' (o.g.)
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 24,181
Referee: Einar Halle (Norway)
14 August International friendly Poland  1–5  France Poznań, Poland
Urban 18' Match Report Sauzée 41'
Papin 45'
Simba 69'
Blanc 70'
Perez 78'
Stadium: Stadion Lecha
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Alexey Spirin (Soviet Union)
20 November UEFA Euro 1992
Qualifying Group 1
France  3–1  Iceland Paris, France
Simba 42'
Cantona 59', 68'
Match Report Sverrisson 71' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 27,381
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

1992

19 February International friendly England  2–0  France London, England
Shearer 45'
Lineker 73'
Match Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 58,723
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
25 March International friendly France  3–3  Belgium Paris, France
Papin 40' (pen.), 85'
Vahirua 45'
Match Report Albert 28'
Scifo 44' (pen.)
Wilmots 47'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Philip Don (England)
27 May International friendly Switzerland  2–1  France Lausanne, Switzerland
Bonvin 28', 72' Match Report Divert 20' Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Alfred Wieser (Austria)
5 June International friendly France  1–1  Netherlands Lens, France
Papin 12' Match Report Roy 18' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)
10 June UEFA Euro 1992
Group 1
Sweden  1–1  France Solna, Sweden
Eriksson 25' Match Report Papin 59' Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 29,860
Referee: Alexey Spirin (CIS)
14 June UEFA Euro 1992
Group 1
England  0–0  France Malmö, Sweden
Match Report Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 26,535
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
17 June UEFA Euro 1992
Group 1
Denmark  2–1  France Malmö, Sweden
Larsen 8'
Elstrup 78'
Match Report Papin 61' Stadium: Malmö Stadion
Attendance: 25,673
Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)
26 August International friendly France  0–2  Brazil Paris, France
Match Report Martini 43' (o.g.)
Luís Henrique 52'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 34,428
Referee: Frans Van Den Wijngaert (Belgium)
14 October 1994 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 6
France  2–0  Austria Paris, France
Papin 3'
Cantona 77'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 39,186
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
14 November 1994 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 6
France  2–1  Finland Paris, France
Papin 18'
Cantona 31'
Match Report Järvinen 55' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 28,630
Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia)

1993

17 February 1994 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 6
Israel  0–4  France Ramat Gan, Israel
Match Report Cantona 27'
Blanc 62', 84'
Roche 89'
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
28 April 1994 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 6
France  2–1  Sweden Paris, France
Cantona 43' (pen.), 82' Match Report Dahlin 14' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 34,134
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
28 July International friendly France  3–1  Russia Caen, France
Sauzée 16'
Cantona 20'
Papin 36'
Match Report Blanc 23' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)
22 August 1994 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 6
Sweden  1–1  France Solna, Sweden
Dahlin 87' Match Report Sauzée 76' Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 30,530
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
8 September 1994 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 6
Finland  0–2  France Tampere, Finland
Match Report Blanc 47'
Papin 55' (pen.)
Stadium: Ratina Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Stephen Lodge (England)
13 October 1994 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 6
France  2–3  Israel Paris, France
Sauzée 29'
Ginola 39'
Match Report Harazi 21'
Berkovic 83'
Atar 90+3'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
17 November 1994 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 6
France  1–2  Bulgaria Paris, France
Cantona 32' Match Report Kostadinov 37', 90' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 48,402
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

1994

16 February International friendly Italy  0–1  France Naples, Italy
Match Report Djorkaeff 45' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 17,241
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
22 March International friendly France  3–1  Chile Lyon, France
Papin 7'
Djorkaeff 36'
Martins 50'
Match Report Zamorano 11' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arceo (Spain)
29 May International friendly Japan  1–4  France Tokyo, Japan
Ogura 79' Match Report Djorkaeff 16'
Papin 19'
Kurosaki 54' (o.g)
Ginola 56'
Stadium: National Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 48,841
Referee: Letchmanasamy Kathirveloo (Malaysia)
17 August International friendly France  2–2  Czech Republic Bordeaux, France
Zidane 85', 87' Match Report Skuhravý 45'
Šmejkal 45'
Stadium: Parc Lescure
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)
7 September UEFA Euro 1996
Qualifying Group 1
Slovakia  0–0  France Bratislava, Slovakia
Match Report Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 14,283
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
16 November UEFA Euro 1996
Qualifying Group 1
Poland  0–0  France Zabrze, Poland
Match Report Stadium: Ernest Pohl Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

1995

18 January International friendly Netherlands  0–1  France Utrecht, Netherlands
Match Report Loko 45' Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)
29 March UEFA Euro 1996
Qualifying Group 1
Israel  0–0  France Ramat Gan, Israel
Match Report Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Jim McCluskey (Scotland)
22 July International friendly Norway  0–0  France Oslo, Norway
Match Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Hugo Luyten (Netherlands)
16 August UEFA Euro 1996
Qualifying Group 1
France  1–1  Poland Paris, France
Djorkaeff 86' Match Report Juskowiak 35'
Łapiński Red card 56'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,496
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
6 September UEFA Euro 1996
Qualifying Group 1
France  10–0  Azerbaijan Auxerre, France
Desailly 13'
Djorkaeff 18', 78'
Guérin 35'
Pedros 49'
Leboeuf 53', 74'
Dugarry 66'
Zidane 72'
Cocard 90'
Match Report Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 13,479
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)
15 November UEFA Euro 1996
Qualifying Group 1
France  2–0  Israel Caen, France
Djorkaeff 69'
Lizarazu 89'
Match Report Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 21,500
Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

1996

24 January International friendly France  3–2  Portugal Paris, France
Djorkaeff 24', 75'
Pedros 77'
Match Report Fernando Couto 22'
Rui Costa 30'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 25,725
Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)
21 February International friendly France  3–1  Greece Nîmes, France
Loko 30', 47' (pen.)
Zidane 49'
Match Report Alexandris 4' Stadium: Stade des Costières
Attendance: 23,454
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)
27 March International friendly Belgium  0–2  France Brussels, Belgium
Match Report Albert 66' (o.g.)
Lamouchi 71'
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
29 May International friendly France  2–0  Finland Strasbourg, France
Loko 15'
Pedros 18'
Match Report Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 27,156
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)
1 June International friendly Germany  0–1  France Stuttgart, Germany
Match Report Blanc 6' Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
Attendance: 53,235
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
10 June UEFA Euro 1996
Group B
France  1–0  Romania Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Dugarry 24' Match Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 26,323
Referee: Hellmut Krug (German)
15 June UEFA Euro 1996
Group B
France  1–1  Spain Leeds, England
Djorkaeff 48' Match Report Caminero 85' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,626
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
18 June UEFA Euro 1996
Group B
Bulgaria  1–3  France Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Stoichkov 69' Match Report Blanc 20'
Penev 66' (o.g.)
Loko 90'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 26,976
Referee: Dermot Gallagher / Paul Durkin (England)
31 August International friendly France  2–0  Mexico Paris, France
Ouédec 49'
Djorkaeff 53'
Leboeuf Red card 87'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 20,491
Referee: Joseph Byrne (Republic of Ireland)
9 October International friendly France  4–0  Turkey Paris, France
Blanc 33'
Pedros 35'
Djorkaeff 51'
Pires 83'
Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 28,614
Referee: Jorge Coroado (Portugal)
9 November International friendly Denmark  1–0  France Copenhagen, Denmark
Pedersen 20' Match Report Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 10,645
Referee: Roy Helge Olsen (Norway)

1997

24 January International friendly Portugal  0–2  France Braga, Portugal
Match Report Deschamps 10'
Ba 62'
Stadium: Estádio Primeiro de Maio
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: José Núñez (Spain)
26 February International friendly France  2–1  Netherlands Paris, France
Pires 75'
Loko 83'
Match Report Bergkamp 3' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 35,331
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
2 April International friendly France  1–0  Sweden Paris, France
Djorkaeff 45' (pen.) Match Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 35,514
Referee: Marnix Sandra (Belgium)
3 June Tournoi de France France  1–1  Brazil Lyon, France
Keller 60' Match Report Roberto Carlos 22' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 28,193
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
7 June Tournoi de France France  0–1  England Montpellier, France
Match Report Shearer 86' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 21,331
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
11 June Tournoi de France France  2–2  Italy Paris, France
Zidane 12'
Djorkaeff 73'
Match Report Casiraghi 60'
Del Piero 90+1' (pen.)
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 23,137
Referee: Antonio Jesús López Nieto (Spain)
11 October International friendly France  2–1  South Africa Lens, France
Guivarc'h 53'
Ba 83'
Match Report Bartlett 40' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 29,672
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

1998

28 January International friendly France  1–0  Spain Saint-Denis, France
Zidane 20' Match Report Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 78,368
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
25 February International friendly France  3–3  Norway Marseille, France
Blanc 23'
Zidane 28'
Desailly 90+2'
Match Report Strandli 13'
Flo 68'
Heggem 89'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 47,124
Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
25 March International friendly Russia  1–0  France Moscow, Russia
Yuran 2' Match Report Stadium: Dynamo Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Igor Yaremchuk (Ukraine)
22 April International friendly Sweden  0–0  France Solna Municipality, Sweden
Match Report Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 14,018
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
27 May King Hassan II
Tournament
Belgium  0–1  France Casablanca, Morocco
Match Report Zidane 63' Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
5 June International friendly Finland  0–1  France Helsinki, Finland
Match Report Trezeguet 84' Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 21,619
Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)
28 June 1998 FIFA World Cup
Second round
France  1–0 a.e.t.  Paraguay Lens, France
Blanc gold-colored soccer ball 114' Match Report Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 38,100
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
8 July 1998 FIFA World Cup
Semi-finals
France  2–1  Croatia Saint-Denis, France
Thuram 47', 70'
Blanc Red card 74'
Match Report Šuker 46' Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
12 July 1998 FIFA World Cup
Final
France  3–0  Brazil Saint-Denis, France
Zidane 27', 45+1'
Petit 90+3'
Desailly 68'
Match Report Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
19 August International friendly Austria  2–2  France Vienna, Austria
Haas 41'
Vastić 76'
Match Report Laslandes 16'
Boghossian 83'
Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
5 September UEFA Euro 2000
Qualifying Group 4
Iceland  1–1  France Reykjavík, Iceland
Daðason 33' Match Report Dugarry 36' Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 10,382
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
10 October UEFA Euro 2000
Qualifying Group 4
Russia  2–3  France Moscow, Russia
Yanovskiy 45+1'
Mostovoi 56'
Match Report Anelka 13'
Pires 29'
Boghossian 81'
Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 20,989
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)
14 October UEFA Euro 2000
Qualifying Group 4
France  2–0  Andorra Saint-Denis, France
Candela 53'
Djorkaeff 59'
Match Report Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 75,428
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

1999

20 January International friendly France  1–0  Morocco Marseille, France
Djorkaeff 48' Match Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,756
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
10 February International friendly England  0–2  France London, England
Match Report Anelka 68', 76' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 74,111
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
27 March UEFA Euro 2000
Qualifying Group 4
France  0–0  Ukraine Saint-Denis, France
Match Report Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 78,519
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
31 March UEFA Euro 2000
Qualifying Group 4
France  2–0  Armenia Saint-Denis, France
Wiltord 2'
Dugarry 45+2'
Match Report Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 78,854
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)
5 June UEFA Euro 2000
Qualifying Group 4
France  2–3  Russia Saint-Denis, France
Petit 48'
Wiltord 53'
Match Report Panov 38', 75'
Karpin 87'
Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 78,796
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
9 June UEFA Euro 2000
Qualifying Group 4
Andorra  0–1  France Barcelona, Spain
A. Lima Red card 87' Match Report Leboeuf 86' (pen.)
Dugarry Red card 25'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: Michael Ross (Northern Ireland)
18 August International friendly Northern Ireland  0–1  France Belfast, Northern Ireland
Match Report Laslandes 67' Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 11,804
Referee: William Young (Scotland)
4 September UEFA Euro 2000
Qualifying Group 4
Ukraine  0–0  France Kyiv, Ukraine
Match Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
8 September UEFA Euro 2000
Qualifying Group 4
Armenia  2–3  France Yerevan, Armenia
Mikaelyan 6'
Shahgeldyan 90+5'
Match Report Djorkaeff 45+1' (pen.)
Zidane 67'
Laslandes 74'
Déhu Red card 90+3'
Stadium: Hrazdan Stadium
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
13 November International friendly France  3–0  Croatia Saint-Denis, France
Pires 46'
Maurice 67'
Vairelles 73'
Match Report Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 74,631
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)