France national under-19 football team

France
Nickname(s)	Les Bleuets (The Little Blues) ; Les Tricolores (The Tri-colours)
Association	French Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ludovic Batelli
FIFA code	FRA
First colours	Second colours

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.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Paul Bernardoni	(1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 (age 27)	14	0	Bordeaux
16	1GK	Quentin Braat	(1997-07-06) 6 July 1997 (age 27)	7	0	Nantes

2	2DF	Enock Kwateng	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27)	16	0	Nantes
3	2DF	Olivier Boscagli	(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 27)	16	1	Nice
4	2DF	Jérôme Onguéné	(1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 26)	16	2	Sochaux
5	2DF	Issa Diop	(1997-01-09) 9 January 1997 (age 27)	20	3	Toulouse
6	2DF	Jérémy Gelin	(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27)	11	1	Rennes
13	2DF	Clément Michelin	(1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 27)	10	0	Toulouse
15	2DF	Faitout Maouassa	(1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Nancy

8	3MF	Lucas Tousart	(1997-04-29) 29 April 1997 (age 27)	21	1	Lyon
12	3MF	Ludovic Blas	(1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 (age 26)	11	6	Guingamp
14	3MF	Amine Harit	(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 27)	12	0	Nantes
17	3MF	Denis Will Poha	(1997-05-28) 28 May 1997 (age 27)	19	0	Rennes
18	3MF	Jeando Fuchs	(1997-10-11) 11 October 1997 (age 27)	9	0	Sochaux

7	4FW	Jean-Kévin Augustin	(1997-06-16) 16 June 1997 (age 27)	13	12	Paris Saint-Germain
9	4FW	Florian Ayé	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 27)	15	3	Auxerre
10	4FW	Marcus Thuram	(1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 27)	15	3	Sochaux
11	4FW	Kylian Mbappe	(1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 (age 25)	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
GK	Bingourou Kamara	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 28)	2	0	Tours

DF	Mouctar Diakhaby	(1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 27)	7	0	Lyon
DF	Angelo Fulgini	(1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 28)	11	0	Valenciennes

MF	Ismaël Bennacer	(1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 27)	7	1	Arsenal
MF	Alexis Blin	(1996-09-16) 16 September 1996 (age 28)	12	1	Toulouse
MF	Olivier Kemen	(1996-07-20) 20 July 1996 (age 28)	10	1	Lyon
MF	Axel Prohouly	(1997-06-30) 30 June 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Queens Park Rangers

FW	Maxwel Cornet	(1996-09-27) 27 September 1996 (age 28)	14	8	Lyon
FW	Neal Maupay	(1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 28)	10	5	Nice

Previous squads

UEFA U-19 European Championships squads

Results

Friendly

4 September 2014	Serbia	2 – 0	France	City Stadium, Subotica
17:00 CET	Saponjic 28, 57'

5 September 2014	France	1 – 2	Ukraine	FK Stadium, Senta
17:00 CET	Dembélé 69'		Besyedin 11' Arendaruk 35'

8 September 2014	Belgium	0 – 7	France	City Stadium, Subotica
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	North Macedonia	FFM Training Center, Skopje
15:00 CET	Maupay 19' Dembélé 41'	Report	Sulejmanov 71'	Referee: Arnold Hunter (NIR)

10 October 2014	Liechtenstein	0 – 6	France	Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
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
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
19:30	Coman 61', 90'	Report		Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

28 March 2015	Denmark	0–2	France	Stade du Hazé, Flers
17:00		Report	Guirassy 42', 65'	Referee: Nikolas Dabanović (Montenegro)

31 March 2015	France	2–1	England	Stade Louis Villemer, Saint-Lô
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
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
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
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
14:30	Blas 53'	Report		Referee: Robert Madley (England)

26 March 2016	France	4–0	Denmark	Jagodina City Stadium, Jagodina
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
14:30		Report	Mbappe 41'	Referee: Robert Madley (England)

Coaching staff

As of 25 July 2016

Position	Name	Nationality
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
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

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship (8):

1949, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016

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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)

External links

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[1] "2005: Abdoulaye Balde". Union of European Football Associations. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2010.

[2] "2010: Gaël Kakuta". Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.

[3] "Euro U19 : Christopher Nkunku absent de la liste des Bleuets" (in French). L'équipe. Retrieved 7 July 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)

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