The France national team represents France in the international football competitions and is controlled by Fédération Française de Football (FFF). The team is known by the nicknames Les Bleus (The Blues) or Les Tricolores (The Tri-colors).
France has appeared in 14 world cups and is the champion of the 1984 World Cup. The team secured 3rd place in the 1958 World Cup and is also the finalists of the 2006 World Cup. Moreover, France has played 9 European Championships and has won twice (1984 and 2000). They also played the finals of the 2016 Euro cup but were unsuccessful against Portugal. They are also the winner of the Confederations Cup 2001 and 2003.
Lilian Thuram is the highest capped French player with 142 appearances and the highest goal scorer of the team is Thierry Henry with 51 goals scored. They rank 7th in the FIFA ranking and their best ever rank in 1st in May 2001. Their worst rank is 23. Didier Deschamps is the head coach of the team and is captained by Hugo Lloris.
France qualified for the World Cup 2018 as the group A winner of the UEFA qualification.
List of players with most possible chance to be included in the final squad of the France Team for the FIFA World Cup 2018.
Goalkeepers
Hugo Lloris
Alphonse Areola
Defenders
Christophe Jallet
Raphaël Varane
Samuel Umtiti
Lucas Digne
Djibril Sidibé
Adil Rami
Presnel Kimpembe
Laurent Koscielny
Kurt Zouma
Benjamin Mendy
Sébastien Corchia
Bacary Sagna
Patrice Evra
Eliaquim Mangala
Midfielders
Corentin Tolisso
Adrien Rabiot
Moussa Sissoko
Tiémoué Bakayoko
Forwards
Alexandre Lacazette
