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Trophy Dream Team A (4-4-2)

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Fabien Barthez
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France

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Fabien Barthez
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France
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RB
Lilian Thuram
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France

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Lilian Thuram
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France
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CB
Laurent Blanc
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France

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Laurent Blanc
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France
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CB
Marcel Desailly
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France

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Marcel Desailly
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France
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LB
Maxime Bossis
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France

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Maxime Bossis
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France
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DM
Didier Deschamps
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France

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Didier Deschamps
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France
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DM
Jean Tigana
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France

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Jean Tigana
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France
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OM
Michel Platini
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France

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Michel Platini
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France
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Zinédine Zidane
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France

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Zinédine Zidane
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France
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Raymond Kopa
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France

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Raymond Kopa
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France
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Thierry Henry
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France

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Thierry Henry
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France
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Trophy Dream Team B (4-4-2)

GK
Joël Bats
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France

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Joël Bats
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France
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RB
Manuel Amoros
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France

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Manuel Amoros
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France
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CB
Robert Jonquet
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France

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CB
Robert Jonquet
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France
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CB
Marius Trésor
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France

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CB
Marius Trésor
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France
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LB
Bixente Lizarazu
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France

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LB
Bixente Lizarazu
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France
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DM
Patrick Vieira
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France

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Patrick Vieira
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France
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CM
Luis Fernandez
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France

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CM
Luis Fernandez
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France
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OM
Youri Djorkaeff
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France

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Youri Djorkaeff
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France
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Alain Giresse
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France

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Alain Giresse
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France
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Just Fontaine
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France

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Just Fontaine
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France
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Jean-Pierre Papin
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France

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Jean-Pierre Papin
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France
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Trophy Dream Team C (4-4-2)

GK
Hugo Lloris
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France

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Hugo Lloris
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France
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RB
Gérard Janvion
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France

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Gérard Janvion
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France
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CB
Patrick Battiston
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France

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CB
Patrick Battiston
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France
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CB
Basile Boli
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France

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Basile Boli
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France
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LB
Roger Marche
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France

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Roger Marche
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France
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DM
Claude Makélélé
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France

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Claude Makélélé
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France
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DM
N'Golo Kanté
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France

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N'Golo Kanté
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France
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OM
Henri Michel
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France

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Henri Michel
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France
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Antoine Griezmann
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France

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Antoine Griezmann
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France
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Karim Benzema
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France

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Karim Benzema
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France
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Franck Ribéry
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France

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Franck Ribéry
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France
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📄 Summary

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The France national football team (French: Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football. It is controlled by the French Football Federation (FFF; Fédération française de football), the governing body for football in France. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions. The team's colours and imagery reference two national symbols: the French blue-white-red tricolour and Gallic rooster (coq gaulois). The team is colloquially known as Les Bleus (The Blues). They play home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and train at Centre National du Football in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines.

Founded in 1904, the team has won two FIFA World Cups, two UEFA European Championships, one CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions, two FIFA Confederations Cups and one UEFA Nations League title. France was one of the four European teams that participated in the first World Cup in 1930. Twenty-eight years later, the team led by Raymond Kopa and Just Fontaine finished in third place at the 1958 World Cup. France experienced much of its success in three different eras: in the 1980s, the late 1990s to early 2000s, and the late 2010s to early 2020s.

In 1984, under the leadership of the three-time Ballon d'Or winner Michel Platini, France won Euro 1984 (its first official title), a CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup (1985), and reached two World Cup semi-finals (1982 and 1986). During the captaincy of Didier Deschamps, with Zinedine Zidane being the star player, Les Bleus won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. They also won the Confederations Cup in 2001 and 2003. Three years later, France made it to the final of the 2006 World Cup, losing 5–3 on penalties to Italy. A decade later, the team reached the final of Euro 2016, where they lost 1–0 to Portugal in extra time. Two years after that, France won the 2018 World Cup, its second title in that competition. After winning the 2021 Nations League, they became the first, and so far, the only European national team to have won every senior FIFA and UEFA competition. In 2022, France reached a second consecutive World Cup final, but lost 4–2 on penalties to Argentina.

France is also one of only two countries, the other being Brazil, to have won all men's FIFA 11-player competitions at all age levels, having claimed both the FIFA World Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, the now-defunct FIFA Confederations Cup, and Olympic title, as well as the first to complete the collection, after the U-20 national team captured the first U-20 World Cup title in 2013.

France has footballing rivalries with Belgium, England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. A bitter rivalry with Argentina also developed and intensified in the early 2020s.

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