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France
Nickname(s)	Les Bleus ("The Blues"); L'Equipe tricolore ("The Tri-color Team")
Association	Fédération Française; de Football
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Raphaël Reynaud
Captain	Abdessamad Mohammed
FIFA code	FRA
FIFA ranking	10
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Belgium 1–3 France ; (Mouscron, Belgium; March 17, 1997)
Biggest win
	France 12–0 San Marino ; (Nice, France; January 23, 2013)
Biggest defeat
	Ukraine 12–0 France ; (Ljubljana, Slovenia; February 20, 2000)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2024)
Best result	TBD (2024)
UEFA Futsal Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2018)
Best result	Group Stage (2018)
AMF World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1991)
Best result	First round (1991) (FIFUSA)

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The France national futsal team represents the French Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in France, in international futsal competitions, such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships.^[2]

Competition history

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Did not enter
1992
1996
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2008	Did not enter
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2021
2024	Qualified
Total	1/10		3	0	0	0	0	0

UEFA Futsal Championship

UEFA Futsal Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1996	Did not enter
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018	Group Stage	10th	2	0	1	1	7	9
2022	Did not qualify
2026	To be determined
Total	1/13		2	0	1	1	7	9

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Norway and Serbia on 2 and 7 March 2023, respectively.^[3]^[4]
Head coach: Raphaël Reynaud

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Joévin Durot	(1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 39)	FT Antwerpen
12	1GK	Louis Marquet	(1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 (age 31)	Étoile Lavalloise
16	1GK	Francis Lokoka	(1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 (age 31)	Nantes Métropole

2	2DF	Sid Belhaj	(1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 32)	Sporting Paris
6	2DF	Kévin Ramirez (captain)	(1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 37)	Mouvaux Lille
20	2DF	Souheil Mouhoudine	(1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 29)	Étoile Lavalloise
22	2DF	Amin Benslama	(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21)	Ribera Navarra

3	4FW	Mamadou Touré	(2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 23)	Barça Atlètic
5	4FW	Youness Ahssen	(1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 30)	UJS Toulouse
7	4FW	Ronny Zakehi	(1989-04-08) 8 April 1989 (age 35)	Mouvaux Lille
8	4FW	Ayoub Saadaoui	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 30)	Sporting Paris
9	4FW	Nelson Lutin	(1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 27)	Meta Catania
10	4FW	Abdessamad Mohammed	(1990-12-10) 10 December 1990 (age 34)	Étoile Lavalloise
14	4FW	Ouassini Guirio	(2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 (age 24)	Nantes Métropole
17	4FW	Steve Bendali	(1994-11-12) 12 November 1994 (age 30)	Nantes Métropole
21	4FW	Boulaye Ba	(1993-08-27) 27 August 1993 (age 31)	Sporting Paris

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Thibaut Garros	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 22)	UJS Toulouse	v. Egypt, 19 December 2022
GK	Maarouf Kerroumi	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 30)	Toulon Élite	v. Brazil, 6 April 2022

DF	Mamadou Touré	(1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 26)	Paris ACASA	v. Egypt, 19 December 2022
DF	Mickaël de Sá Andrade	(1995-08-14) 14 August 1995 (age 29)	UJS Toulouse	v. Egypt, 19 December 2022

FW	Nicolás Menendez	(1996-02-03) 3 February 1996 (age 28)	Béthune Futsal	v. Egypt, 19 December 2022
FW	Youba Soumaré	(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31)	Sporting Paris	v. Egypt, 19 December 2022
FW	Landry N'Gala	(1993-06-08) 8 June 1993 (age 31)	Sporting Paris	v. Moldova, 9 November 2022
FW	Nama Traoré	(2001-04-23) 23 April 2001 (age 23)	Marcouville City	v. Moldova, 9 November 2022
FW	Arthur Tchapthet	(1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 29)	Kremlin-Bicêtre	v. Moldova, 9 November 2022
^COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Retired from international futsal.

Fixtures

Results and schedule

The box below, shows the results of all matches played in the recent past, and the scheduled matches in the near future.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H
Result	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2016. Source: FFF (in French)
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

2015

6 January 2015 Friendly	France	5–2	Finland	Alsace, France
	Teixeira 5' Rabei 7', 17' Otmani 19' Chaulet 39'	Report	Kytola 21' Hosio 37'	Attendance: 2,300

7 January 2015 Friendly	France	5–4	Finland	Sélestat, France
	Teixeira 4' Ramirez 6' Otmani 18' David Le Boette 31' Rabei 34'	Report	Korpela 8' Hosio 12' Autio 18' Antti 40'	Attendance: 3,000

14 January 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	France	5–1	San Marino	Ciorescu, Moldova
	Belhaj 2' Ramirez 13', 20' Rabei 22' Teixeira 35'	Report	Macina 17'	Stadium: FMF Arena

15 January 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Albania	2–5	France	Ciorescu, Moldova
	Brahimi 11' Selmanaj 27'	Report	Aigoun 2' Rabei 5', 12', 22' Belhaj 37'	Stadium: FMF Arena

17 January 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	France	4–2	Moldova	Ciorescu, Moldova
	Otmani 16' Teixeira 16' Belhaj 36' Gasmi 40'	Report	Obadă 29' Hilotii 31'	Stadium: FMF Arena

11 February 2015 Friendly	Croatia	5–1	France	Novigrad, Croatia
	Jelovčić 5', 7' Marinović 15', 24' Đuraš 40'	Report	Ramirez 27'

18 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Czech Republic	5–3	France	Laško, Slovenia
	Seidler 19' Slováček 25' Gasmi 33' (own) Belej 33', 36'	Report	Mohammed 33' Hamdoud 37' Gasmi 38'	Stadium: Tri Lilije Hall

19 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Slovenia	11–2	France	Laško, Slovenia
	Vrhovec 1', 15' Osredkar 6', 10', 22' Fetič 18', 23' Čujec 18' Melink 19' R. Mordej 23' Hozjan 39'	Report	Belhaj 20' Rabei 33'	Stadium: Tri Lilije

21 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	France	3–1	Norway	Laško, Slovenia
	Rabei 17', 28' A. Mohammed 20'	Report	Sortevik 9'	Stadium: Tri Lilije

18 October 2015 Friendly	France	1–4	Belgium	Saran, France
		Report

22 October 2015 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Q	France	8–2	Malta	Kaunas, Lithuania
	Rabei 7' Bensaber 11' Gasmi 13', 22', 35' Ramirez 28' A. Mohammed 30' Aigoun 38'	Report	Stivala 20' Musu 33'	Stadium: Kaunas Sports Hall

23 October 2015 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Q	Albania	0–1	France	Kaunas, Lithuania
		Report	A. Mohammed 2'	Stadium: Kaunas Sports Hall

25 October 2015 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Q	France	6–0	Lithuania	Kaunas, Lithuania
	Hamdoud 6', 21' Belhaj 12' A. Mohammed 20', 20' Aigoun 27'	Report		Stadium: Kaunas Sports Hall

24 November 2015 Friendly	France	1–1	Montenegro	Borgo, France
		Report

25 November 2015 Friendly	France	4–2	Montenegro	Borgo, France
		Report

10 December 2015 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Q	Slovenia	2–2	France	Chomutov, Czech Republic
	Vrhovec 6' Osredkar 20'	Report	Hamdoud 7' Alla 16'	Stadium: Městská sportovní hala Chomutov

11 December 2015 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Q	Czech Republic	3–2	France	Chomutov, Czech Republic
	Záruba 28' Seidler 28' M. Mareš 34'	Report	Aigoun 22' Belhaj 31'	Stadium: Městská sportovní hala Chomutov

13 December 2015 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Q	France	2–4	Kazakhstan	Chomutov, Czech Republic
	Leo 15' (own) Hamdoud 34' (pen.)	Report	Nurgozhin 1', 40' Zhamankulov 16' Douglas Jr. 25'	Stadium: Městská sportovní hala Chomutov

2016

22 March 2016 Friendly	France	3–4	Romania	Toulouse, France
		Report

23 March 2016 Friendly	France	2–0	Romania	Toulouse, France
		Report

References

^ FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking
^ "Football and sports champions will shortly dominate futsal". futsallfeed.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
^ "LES BLEUS AU CHÂTEAU" (in French). FFF. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ "France Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

External links

Official website

[1] FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking

[2] "Football and sports champions will shortly dominate futsal". futsallfeed.com. Retrieved 2020-04-08.

[3] "LES BLEUS AU CHÂTEAU" (in French). FFF. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[4] "France Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

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