France national under-19 football team
Nickname(s) |
Les Bleuets (The Little Blues) Les Tricolores (The Tri-colours) | ||
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Association | French Football Federation | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Ludovic Batelli | ||
FIFA code | FRA | ||
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The France national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the annual UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. They were the 2010 champions of the competition having won on home soil. The under-19 team also contests the qualification matches needed to play in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, though the competition is classified as an under-20 tournament.
France have won the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship twice in 2005 and 2010. In 2005, striker Abdoulaye Baldé was awarded the Golden Player award.[1] However, of the twenty-one players that played on the 2005 championship-winning team, only three of them have played in the senior team of France; goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and midfielders Abou Diaby and Yoann Gourcuff. Two players, Djamel Abdoun and Moussa Sow, have played for other national teams for which they were eligible. In 2010, the team was crowned champions on home soil after defeating Spain 2–1 in the final in Caen. Gaël Kakuta was named the tournament's Golden Player.[2]
The 2012–13 international under-19 campaign will begin in August 2012 and will end following the conclusion of the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. The current under-19 team is coached by Ludovic Batelli, a former football player, notably with Valenciennes and Lorient. Prior to coaching for the French Football Federation, he had domestic coaching tenures at Troyes and Amiens.
Players
Current squad
On 6 July 2016, France named their squad for the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[3]
Head coach: Ludovic Batelli
Caps and goals as of 24 July 2016 after the match against Italy.
# | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Paul Bernardoni | 18 April 1997 | 14 | 0 | Bordeaux |
16 | GK | Quentin Braat | 6 July 1997 | 7 | 0 | Nantes |
2 | DF | Enock Kwateng | 9 April 1997 | 16 | 0 | Nantes |
3 | DF | Olivier Boscagli | 18 November 1997 | 16 | 1 | Nice |
4 | DF | Jérôme Onguéné | 22 December 1997 | 16 | 2 | Sochaux |
5 | DF | Issa Diop | 9 January 1997 | 20 | 3 | Toulouse |
6 | DF | Jérémy Gelin | 24 April 1997 | 11 | 1 | Rennes |
13 | DF | Clément Michelin | 11 May 1997 | 10 | 0 | Toulouse |
15 | DF | Faitout Maouassa | 6 July 1998 | 4 | 0 | Nancy |
8 | MF | Lucas Tousart | 29 April 1997 | 21 | 1 | Lyon |
12 | MF | Ludovic Blas | 31 December 1997 | 11 | 6 | Guingamp |
14 | MF | Amine Harit | 18 June 1997 | 12 | 0 | Nantes |
17 | MF | Denis Will Poha | 28 May 1997 | 19 | 0 | Rennes |
18 | MF | Jeando Fuchs | 11 October 1997 | 9 | 0 | Sochaux |
7 | FW | Jean-Kévin Augustin | 16 June 1997 | 13 | 12 | Paris Saint-Germain |
9 | FW | Florian Ayé | 19 January 1997 | 15 | 3 | Auxerre |
10 | FW | Marcus Thuram | 6 August 1997 | 15 | 3 | Sochaux |
11 | FW | Kylian Mbappe | 20 December 1998 | 8 | 7 | Monaco |
Recent callups
The following players have also been called up to the France under-19 squad and remain eligible:
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Bingourou Kamara | 21 October 1996 | 2 | 0 | Tours | {{{latest}}} |
DF | Mouctar Diakhaby | 19 December 1996 | 7 | 0 | Lyon | {{{latest}}} |
DF | Angelo Fulgini | 20 August 1996 | 11 | 0 | Valenciennes | {{{latest}}} |
MF | Ismaël Bennacer | 1 December 1997 | 7 | 1 | Arsenal | {{{latest}}} |
MF | Alexis Blin | 16 September 1996 | 12 | 1 | Toulouse | {{{latest}}} |
MF | Olivier Kemen | 20 July 1996 | 10 | 1 | Lyon | {{{latest}}} |
MF | Axel Prohouly | 30 June 1997 | 0 | 0 | Queens Park Rangers | {{{latest}}} |
FW | Maxwel Cornet | 27 September 1996 | 14 | 8 | Lyon | {{{latest}}} |
FW | Neal Maupay | 14 August 1996 | 10 | 5 | Nice | {{{latest}}} |
Previous squads
- UEFA U-19 European Championships squads
- 2012 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France
- 2010 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France
- 2009 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France
- 2007 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France
- 2005 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France
- 2003 UEFA U-19 Football Championship squads – France
Results
Friendly
4 September 2014 | Serbia | 2 – 0 | France | City Stadium, Subotica |
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17:00 CET | Saponjic 28, 57' |
5 September 2014 | France | 1 – 2 | Ukraine | FK Stadium, Senta |
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17:00 CET | Dembélé 69' | Besyedin 11' Arendaruk 35' |
8 September 2014 | Belgium | 0 – 7 | France | City Stadium, Subotica |
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17:00 CET | Diallo 9' Cornet 15, 32, 35' Blin 43' Maupay 45, 88' |
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship First Round qualification
8 October 2014 | France | 2 – 1 | Macedonia | FFM Training Center, Skopje |
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15:00 CET | Maupay 19' Dembélé 41' |
Report | Sulejmanov 71' | Referee: Arnold Hunter (NIR) |
10 October 2014 | Liechtenstein | 0 – 6 | France | Boris Trajkovski, Skopje |
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15:00 CET | Report | N'Nomo 35', 56' Kemen 38' Maupay 48' Dembélé 73' Goppel (o.g.) |
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia) |
13 October 2014 | France | 0 – 0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Boris Trajkovski, Skopje |
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15:00 CET | Report | Referee: Stavros Tritsonis (Grèce) |
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Elite Round qualification
26 March 2015 | France | 2–0 | Azerbaijan | Stade Louis Villemer, Saint-Lô |
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19:30 | Coman 61', 90' | Report | Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro) |
28 March 2015 | Denmark | 0–2 | France | Stade du Hazé, Flers |
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17:00 | Report | Guirassy 42', 65' | Referee: Nikolas Dabanović (Montenegro) |
31 March 2015 | France | 2–1 | England | Stade Louis Villemer, Saint-Lô |
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19:00 | Guirassy 31' Cornet 50' |
Report | Roberts 80' | Referee: Marco Guida (Italy) |
'2016 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship First Round qualification'
7 October 2015 | France | 3 – 1 | Liechtenstein | Stade Municipal, Saint-Paul-lès-Dax |
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15:00 CET | Augustin 1' Lusamba 52' Thuram 67' |
Report | Frick 50' | Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland) |
9 October 2015 | Gibraltar | 0 – 9 | France | Stade André Darrigade, Dax |
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18:30 CET | Report | Augustin 3', 6', 24' Diop 36' Gelin 41' Perraud 46' Boscagli 58' Thuram 59' Lusamba 72' |
Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland) |
12 October 2015 | France | 1 – 1 | Netherlands | Stade de l'Argenté, Mont-de-Marsan |
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15:00 CET | Augustin 19' | Report | Van de Beek 41' | Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria) |
2016 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Elite Round qualification
24 March 2016 | France | 1–0 | Montenegro | Jagodina City Stadium, Jagodina |
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14:30 | Blas 53' | Report | Referee: Robert Madley (England) |
26 March 2016 | France | 4–0 | Denmark | Jagodina City Stadium, Jagodina |
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14:30 | Mbappe 9' Onguéné 13' Diop 53' Thuram 56' |
Report | Referee: Georgios Kominis (Greece) |
29 March 2016 | Serbia | 0–1 | France | Čika Dača Stadium, Kragujevac |
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14:30 | Report | Mbappe 41' | Referee: Robert Madley (England) |
Coaching staff
- As of 25 July 2016
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Manager | Ludovic Batelli | French |
Assistant manager | Olivier Meurillon | French |
Goalkeeper coach | Pascal Rohn | French |
Medical Doctor | Jean-Michel Proville | French |
Physiotherapist | William Mouradian | French |
Delegation Chief | Michel Tronson | French |
Competitive record
- For single-match results of the under-19 national team, see French football single-season articles.
UEFA European U-19 Championship record
Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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2002 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2003 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
2004 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2005 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |
2006 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2007 | Semi-Final | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
2008 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2009 | Semi-Final | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
2010 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |
2011 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2012 | Semi-Final | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |
2013 | Runner-up | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
2014 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2015 | Semi-Final | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
2016 | Champions | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |
Total | 3 titles | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 73 | 39 |
- *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.
Honours
References
- ↑ "2005: Abdoulaye Balde". Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ↑ "2010: Gaël Kakuta". Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ↑ "Euro U19 : Christopher Nkunku absent de la liste des Bleuets" (in French). L'équipe. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
External links
- Official site (French)