France at the UEFA European Championship

The UEFA European 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 European Championship, having won two titles in 1984 and 2000, and finishing as runners-up in 2016. 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 ten tournaments, 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]

Overall record

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Campaign
1960	Fourth place	4th	2	0	0	2	4	7	Squad	4	3	1	0	17	6	1960
1964	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	11	10	1964
1968										8	4	2	2	16	12	1968
1972										6	3	1	2	10	8	1972
1976										6	1	3	2	7	6	1976
1980										6	4	1	1	13	7	1980
1984	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	14	4	Squad	Qualified as hosts						1984
1988	Did not qualify									8	1	4	3	4	7	1988
1992	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	2	3	Squad	8	8	0	0	20	6	1992
1996	Semi-finals	3rd	5	2	3	0	5	2	Squad	10	5	5	0	22	2	1996
2000	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	13	7	Squad	10	6	3	1	17	10	2000
2004	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	5	Squad	8	8	0	0	29	2	2004
2008	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	6	Squad	12	8	2	2	25	5	2008
2012	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	3	5	Squad	10	6	3	1	15	4	2012
2016	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	13	5	Squad	Qualified as hosts						2016
2020	Round of 16	11th	4	1	3	0	7	6	Squad	10	8	1	1	25	6	2020
2024	To be determined									To be determined						2024
Total	2 Titles	10/16	43	21	12	10	69	50	—	112	67	27	18	231	91	Total

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

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

Winning campaigns

Year	Manager	Captain	Final goalscorer(s)
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	France scorer(s)
1960	Semi-finals	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-finals	Portugal	3–2 (a.e.t.)	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-finals	Netherlands	0–0 (5–4 p)	D	Liverpool	—
	Semi-finals	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-finals	Spain	2–1	W	Bruges	Zidane, Djorkaeff
	Semi-finals	Portugal	2–1 (a.e.t.)	W	Brussels	Henry, Zidane
	Final	Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	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-finals	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	Kyiv	—
	Quarter-finals	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-finals	Iceland	5–2	W	Saint-Denis	Giroud (2), Pogba, Payet, Griezmann
	Semi-finals	Germany	2–0	W	Marseille	Griezmann (2)
	Final	Portugal	0–1 (a.e.t.)	L	Saint-Denis	—
2020	Group stage	Germany	1–0	W	Munich	Hummels (o.g.)
		Hungary	1–1	D	Budapest	Griezmann
		Portugal	2–2	D	Budapest	Benzema (2)
	Round of 16	Switzerland	3–3 (4–5 p)	D	Bucharest	Benzema (2), Pogba

1960 European Nations' Cup

Final tournament

Semi-finals

6 July 1960

20:00

France	4–5	Yugoslavia
Vincent 12' Heutte 43', 62' Wisniewski 53'	Report	Galić 11' Žanetić 55' Knez 75' Jerković 78', 79'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 26,370

Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)

Third place play-off

9 July 1960

21:30

Czechoslovakia	2–0	France
Bubník 58' Pavlovič 88'	Report

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 9,438

Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Euro 1984

Group stage

Template:UEFA Euro 1984 group tables

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

23 June 1984

20:00

France	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Domergue 24', 114' Platini 119'	Report	Jordão 74', 98'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 54,848

Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy)

Final

27 June 1984

20:00

France	2–0	Spain
Platini 57' Bellone 90'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 47,368^[2]

Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

Euro 1992

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	France	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	England	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

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

10 June 1992

20:15

Sweden	1–1	France
J. Eriksson 24'	Report ^[3]	Papin 58'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 29,860

Referee: Alexey Spirin (CIS)

14 June 1992

17:15

France	0–0	England
	Report ^[4]

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 26,535

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

17 June 1992

20:15

France	1–2	Denmark
Papin 60'	Report ^[5]	Larsen 8' Elstrup 78'

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 25,763

Referee: Hubert Forstinger (Austria)

Euro 1996

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Spain	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

10 June 1996

19:30

Romania	0–1	France
	Report	Dugarry 25'

St James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 26,323

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

15 June 1996

18:00

France	1–1	Spain
Djorkaeff 48'	Report	Caminero 85'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 35,626

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

18 June 1996

16:30

France	3–1	Bulgaria
Blanc 21' Penev 63' (o.g.) Loko 90'	Report	Stoichkov 69'

St James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance: 26,976

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)^{[note 1]}

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

22 June 1996

18:30

France	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
Zidane Djorkaeff Lizarazu Guérin Blanc	5–4	De Kock De Boer Kluivert Seedorf Blind

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 37,465^[6]

Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Semi-finals

26 June 1996

16:00

France	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Czech Republic
	Report
Penalties
Zidane Djorkaeff Lizarazu Guérin Blanc Pedros	5–6	Kubík Nedvěd Berger Poborský Rada Kadlec

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 43,877^[7]

Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Euro 2000

Group stage

Template:UEFA Euro 2000 group tables

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

25 June 2000

20:45

Spain	1–2	France
Mendieta 38' (pen.)	Report	Zidane 32' Djorkaeff 44'

Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges

Attendance: 26,614

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Semi-finals

28 June 2000

20:45

France	2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Portugal
Henry 51' Zidane 117' (pen.)	Report	Nuno Gomes 19'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

Final

2 July 2000

20:00

France	2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Italy
Wiltord 90+4' Trezeguet 103'	Report	Delvecchio 55'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 48,100^[8]

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Euro 2004

Group stage

Template:UEFA Euro 2004 group tables

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

25 June 2004

19:45

France	0–1	Greece
	Report	Charisteas 65'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 45,390

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Euro 2008

Group stage

Template:UEFA Euro 2008 group tables

Euro 2012

Group stage

Template:UEFA Euro 2012 group tables

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

23 June 2012

21:45 EEST

Spain	2–0	France
Alonso 19', 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Donbass Arena, Donetsk

Attendance: 47,000^[9]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Euro 2016

Group stage

Template:UEFA Euro 2016 group tables

Knockout phase

Round of 16

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^[10]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Quarter-finals

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^[11]

Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Semi-finals

7 July 2016

21:00

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

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 64,078^[12]

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Final

10 July 2016

21:00

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

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 75,868^[13]

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Euro 2020

Group stage

Template:UEFA Euro 2020 group tables

Knockout phase

Round of 16

28 June 2021

21:00 (22:00 UTC+3)

France	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland
Benzema 57', 59' Pogba 75'	Report	Seferovic 15', 81' Gavranović 90'
Penalties
Pogba Giroud Thuram Kimpembe Mbappé	4–5	Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas Mehmedi

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 22,642^[14]

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1960	1984	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Michel Platini	9		9
Antoine Griezmann	7									6	1
Thierry Henry	6					3	2	1
Zinedine Zidane	5					2	3
Karim Benzema	4										4
Youri Djorkaeff	3				1	2
Olivier Giroud	3									3
David Trezeguet	3					2	1
Dimitri Payet	3									3
Laurent Blanc	2				1	1
Jean-Pierre Papin	2			2
Paul Pogba	2									1	1
Jean-François Domergue	2		2
Christophe Dugarry	2				1	1
François Heutte	2	2
Sylvain Wiltord	2					2
Bruno Bellone	1		1
Yohan Cabaye	1								1
Luis Fernandez	1		1
Alain Giresse	1		1
Patrice Loko	1				1
Jérémy Ménez	1								1
Samir Nasri	1								1
Jean Vincent	1	1
Maryan Wisnieski	1	1
Own goals	3				1		1				1
Total	69	4	14	2	5	13	7	1	3	13	7

Notes

^ Gallagher suffered an injury in the 28th minute and was replaced by fourth official Paul Durkin (England).

References

^ "Football in France". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
^ "European Football Championship 1984 FINAL". euro2000.org. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ "History: Sweden 1-1 France | UEFA EURO 1992".
^ "History: France 0-0 England | UEFA EURO 1992".
^ "History: France 1-2 Denmark | UEFA EURO 1992".
^ Turnbull, Simon (24 June 1996). "Fitful France advance". The Independent. Independent Print. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
^ Shaw, Phil (27 June 1996). "France are sent home by Kadlec". The Independent. Independent Print. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
^ "The Final – and the Man of the Match". Euro 2000 Technical Report and Statistics (PDF). UEFA. 2000. p. 107. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^ "Full-time report Spain-France" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
^ "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. 10 July 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Full Time Summary – France v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

External links

France at UEFA

[Gallagher-6] Gallagher suffered an injury in the 28th minute and was replaced by fourth official Paul Durkin (England).

[1] "Football in France". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

[attendance1984final-2] "European Football Championship 1984 FINAL". euro2000.org. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[3] "History: Sweden 1-1 France | UEFA EURO 1992".

[4] "History: France 0-0 England | UEFA EURO 1992".

[5] "History: France 1-2 Denmark | UEFA EURO 1992".

[fra-ned_report-7] Turnbull, Simon (24 June 1996). "Fitful France advance". The Independent. Independent Print. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

[fra-cze_report-8] Shaw, Phil (27 June 1996). "France are sent home by Kadlec". The Independent. Independent Print. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

[man_of_the_match-9] "The Final – and the Man of the Match". Euro 2000 Technical Report and Statistics (PDF). UEFA. 2000. p. 107. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

[esp-fra_report-10] "Full-time report Spain-France" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2012.

[11] "Full Time Summary – France v Republic of Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[12] "Full Time Summary – France v Iceland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[13] "Full Time Summary – Germany v France" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[attendance-14] "Full Time Summary – Portugal v France" (PDF). UEFA. 10 July 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[15] "Full Time Summary – France v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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