en France national football team results (2020%E2%80%93present)

This article provides details of international football games played by the France national football team from 2020 to present.^[1]^[2]^[3] The team reached the UEFA Nations League Finals for the first time. Later, they finished as top of Group F often described as Group of death in Euro 2020.^[4] Les Bleus won their World Cup group and defeated Poland, heavyweights England and underdogs Morocco to advance to the final for the second consecutive tournament.^[5] However, after a 3–3 tie and a penalty shootout loss to Argentina, they were unable to successfully defend their championship title.^[6]

Results

Key
	Win
	Draw
	Defeat

2020

8 June 2020 Friendly	France	Cancelled	Croatia	Nice, France
21:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Allianz Riviera

5 September 2020 Nations League	Sweden	0–1	France	Solna, Sweden
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Mbappé 41'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

8 September 2020 Nations League	France	4–2	Croatia	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 UTC+2	Griezmann 43' Livaković 45+1' (o.g.) Upamecano 65' Giroud 77' (pen.)	Report	Lovren 17' Brekalo 55'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

7 October 2020 Friendly	France	7–1	Ukraine	Saint-Denis, France
21:10 UTC+2	Camavinga 9' Giroud 24', 34' Mykolenko 39' (o.g.) Tolisso 65' Mbappé 82' Griezmann 89'	Report	Tsyhankov 53'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 27 March 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.^[9]

11 October 2020 Nations League	France	0–0	Portugal	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 1,000^[10] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

14 October 2020 Nations League	Croatia	1–2	France	Zagreb, Croatia
20:45 UTC+2	Vlašić 65'	Report	Griezmann 8' Mbappé 79'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 6,266^[11] Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

11 November 2020 Friendly	France	0–2	Finland	Saint-Denis, France
21:10 UTC+1		Report	Forss 28' Valakari 31'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 31 March 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.^[12]

14 November 2020 Nations League	Portugal	0–1	France	Lisbon, Portugal
19:45 UTC±0		Report	Kanté 54'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

17 November 2020 Nations League	France	4–2	Sweden	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 UTC+1	Giroud 16', 59' Pavard 36' Coman 90+5'	Report	Claesson 5' Quaison 88'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

2021

24 March 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	France	1–1	Ukraine	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 UTC+1	Griezmann 19'	Report	Kimpembe 57' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

28 March 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Kazakhstan	0–2	France	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
19:00 UTC+6		Report	Dembélé 19' Malyi 44' (o.g.)	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

31 March 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	France	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Griezmann 60'	Stadium: Stadion Grbavica Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

2 June 2021 Friendly	France	3–0	Wales	Nice, France
21:05 UTC+2	Mbappé 35' Griezmann 48' Dembélé 79'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

8 June 2021 Friendly	France	3–0	Bulgaria	Saint-Denis, France
21:10 UTC+2	Griezmann 29' Giroud 83', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

15 June 2021 Euro 2020 Group F	France	1–0	Germany	Munich, Germany
21:00 UTC+2	Hummels 20' (o.g.)	Report	Kimmich 7'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

19 June 2021 Euro 2020 Group F	Hungary	1–1	France	Budapest, Hungary
15:00 UTC+2	Fiola 45+2' Botka 52'	Report	Pavard 10' Griezmann 66'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 55,998 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

23 June 2021 Euro 2020 Group F	Portugal	2–2	France	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 UTC+2	Ronaldo 31' (pen.), 60' (pen.)	Report	Benzema 45+2' (pen.), 47'	Stadium: Puskás Aréna Attendance: 54,886 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

28 June 2021 Euro 2020 R16	France	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Switzerland	Bucharest, Romania
22:00 UTC+3	Benzema 57', 59' Pogba 75'	Report	Seferovic 15', 81' Gavranović 90'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 22,642 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
	Penalties
	Pogba Giroud Thuram Kimpembe Mbappé		Gavranović Schär Akanji Vargas Mehmedi

1 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	France	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Strasbourg, France
20:45 UTC+2	Griezmann 40'	Report	Džeko 36'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 21,754 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

4 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Ukraine	1–1	France	Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45 UTC+3	Shaparenko 44'	Report	Martial 51'	Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

7 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	France	2–0	Finland	Lyon, France
20:45 UTC+2	Griezmann 25', 53'	Report		Stadium: Groupama Stadium Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

7 October 2021 Nations League SF	Belgium	2–3	France	Turin, Italy
20:45 UTC+2	Carrasco 37' Lukaku 40'	Report	Benzema 62' Mbappé 69' (pen.) T. Hernandez 90'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 12,409 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

10 October 2021 Nations League Final	Spain	1–2	France	Milan, Italy
20:45 UTC+2	Oyarzabal 64'	Report	Benzema 66' Mbappé 80'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 31,511 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

13 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	France	8–0	Kazakhstan	Paris, France
20:45 UTC+1	Mbappé 6', 12', 32', 87' Benzema 55', 59' Rabiot 75' Griezmann 84' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,551 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

16 November 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Finland	0–2	France	Helsinki, Finland
21:45 UTC+2		Report	Benzema 66' Mbappé 76'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

2022

25 March 2022 Friendly	France	2–1	Ivory Coast	Marseille, France
21:15 UTC+1	Giroud 22' Tchouaméni 90+3'	Report	Pépé 19'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Portugal)

29 March 2022 Friendly	France	5–0	South Africa	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
21:15 UTC+2	Mbappé 23', 76' (pen.) Giroud 34' Ben Yedder 81' Guendouzi 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

3 June 2022 Nations League	France	1–2	Denmark	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 UTC+2	Benzema 51'	Report	Cornelius 68', 89'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 75,833 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

6 June 2022 Nations League	Croatia	1–1	France	Split, Croatia
20:45 UTC+2	Kramarić 83' (pen.)	Report	Rabiot 52'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

10 June 2022 Nations League	Austria	1–1	France	Vienna, Austria
20:45 UTC+2	Weimann 37'	Report	Mbappé 83'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 44,800 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

13 June 2022 Nations League	France	0–1	Croatia	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Modrić 5' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 77,410 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

22 September 2022 Nations League	France	2–0	Austria	Saint-Denis, France
20:45 UTC+2	Mbappé 56' Giroud 65'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 70,188 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

25 September 2022 Nations League	Denmark	2–0	France	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45 UTC+2	Dolberg 33' Olsen 39'	Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

22 November 2022 2022 World Cup Group D	France	4–1	Australia	Al Wakrah, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	Rabiot 27' Giroud 32', 71' Mbappé 68'	Report	Goodwin 9'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

26 November 2022 2022 World Cup Group D	France	2–1	Denmark	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3	Mbappé 61', 86'	Report	A. Christensen 68'	Stadium: Stadium 974 Attendance: 42,860 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

30 November 2022 2022 World Cup Group D	Tunisia	1–0	France	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Khazri 58'	Report		Stadium: Education City Stadium Attendance: 43,627 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

4 December 2022 2022 World Cup R16	France	3–1	Poland	Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Giroud 44' Mbappé 74', 90+1'	Report	Lewandowski 90+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 40,989 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

10 December 2022 2022 World Cup QF	England	1–2	France	Al Khor, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	Kane 54' (pen.)	Report	Tchouaméni 17' Giroud 78'	Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium Attendance: 68,895 Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

14 December 2022 2022 World Cup SF	France	2–0	Morocco	Al Khor, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	T. Hernandez 5' Kolo Muani 79'	Report		Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium Attendance: 68,294 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

18 December 2022 2022 World Cup F	Argentina	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	France	Lusail, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Messi 23' (pen.), 109' Di María 36'	Report	Mbappé 80' (pen.), 81', 118' (pen.)	Stadium: Lusail Iconic Stadium Attendance: 88,966 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
	Penalties
	Messi Dybala Paredes Montiel		Mbappé Coman Tchouaméni Kolo Muani
Note: Argentina won on penalty kicks 4–2

2023

24 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	France	4–0	Netherlands	Saint-Denis, France
20:45	Griezmann 2' Upamecano 8' Mbappé 21', 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 77,328 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

27 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Republic of Ireland	0–1	France	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
20:45		Report	Pavard 50'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 50,219 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

16 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Gibraltar	0–3	France	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:45		Report	Giroud 3' Mbappé 45+3' (pen.) Mouelhi 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Yevhenii Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

19 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	France	1–0	Greece	Saint-Denis, France
20:45	Mbappé 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 76,500 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

7 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	France	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Paris, France
20:45	Tchouaméni 19' Thuram 48'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,995 Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) Friendly	Germany	2–1	France	Dortmund, Germany
21:00	Müller 4' Sané 87'	Report	Griezmann 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Netherlands	1–2	France	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Hartman 83'	Report	Mbappé 7', 53'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 51,310 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

17 October 2023 (2023-10-17) Friendly	France	4–1	Scotland	Lille, France
21:00	Pavard 16', 24' Mbappé 41' (pen.) Coman 70'	Report	Gilmour 11'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

18 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	France	14–0	Gibraltar	Nice, France
20:45	Santos 3' (o.g.) Thuram 4' Zaïre-Emery 16' Mbappé 30' (pen.), 74', 82' Clauss 34' Coman 36', 65' Fofana 37' Rabiot 63' Dembélé 73' Giroud 89', 90+1'	Report	Santos 18'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: John Brooks (England)

21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Greece	2–2	France	Athens, Greece
21:45	Bakasetas 56' Ioannidis 61'	Report	Kolo Muani 42' Fofana 74'	Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium Attendance: 24,820 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

2024

23 March 2024 Friendly	France	0–2	Germany	Lyon, France
21:05 UTC+1			Wirtz 1' Havertz 49'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 59,100 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

26 March 2024 Friendly	France	3–2	Chile	Marseille, France
21:00 UTC+1	Fofana 18' Kolo Muani 25' Giroud 72'	Report	Núñez 6' Osorio 82'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

5 June 2024 Friendly	France	3–0	Luxembourg	Metz, France
21:00 UTC+2	Kolo Muani 43' Clauss 70' Mbappé 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

9 June 2024 Friendly	France	0–0	Canada	Bordeaux, France
21:15 UTC+2				Stadium: Malmut Atlantique

17 June 2024 Euro 2024 Group D	Austria	0–1	France	Düsseldorf, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Wöber 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 46,425 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

21 June 2024 Euro 2024 Group D	Netherlands	0–0	France	Leipzig, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 38,531 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

25 June 2024 Euro 2024 Group D	France	1–1	Poland	Dortmund, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbappé 56' (pen.)	Report	Lewandowski 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 59,728 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

1 July 2024 Euro 2024 Round of 16	France	1–0	Belgium	Düsseldorf, Germany
18:00 CET	Vertonghen 85' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 46,810 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

5 July 2024 Euro 2024 Quarter-final	Portugal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	France	Hamburg, Germany
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 47,789 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Penalties
	Ronaldo Silva Félix Mendes		Dembélé Fofana Koundé Barcola Hernandez

9 July 2024 Euro 2024 Semi-final	Spain	2–1	France	Munich, Germany
21:00 UTC+2	Yamal 21' Olmo 25'	Report	Kolo Muani 8'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 62,042 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

6 September 2024 2024–25 Nations League	France	1–3	Italy	Paris, France
20:45	Barcola 1'	Report	Dimarco 30' Frattesi 51' Raspadori 74'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,956 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

9 September 2024 2024–25 Nations League	France	2–0	Belgium	Décines-Charpieu, France
20:45	Kolo Muani 29' Dembélé 57'	Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 42,358 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

10 October 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Israel	1–4	France	Budapest, Hungary^{[note 3]}
20:45	Gandelman 24'	Report	Camavinga 6' Nkunku 28' Guendouzi 87' Barcola 89'	Stadium: Bozsik Aréna Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro

14 October 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Belgium	1–2	France	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Tielemans 23' Openda 45+3'	Report	Muani 35' (pen.), 62' Tchouaméni 24' 76'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

14 November 2024 2024–25 Nations League	France	0–0	Israel	Saint-Denis, France
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 16,611 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

17 November 2024 2024–25 Nations League	Italy	1–3	France	Milan, Italy
20:45	Cambiaso 35'	Report	Rabiot 2', 65' Vicario 33' (o.g.)	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[7]^[8]
^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[13]

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^ "France are in 'group of death' at Euros, says Ben Yedder". Reuters. 12 June 2021.
^ "France beat Morocco 2-0 to set up World Cup final against Argentina: Result reaction and analysis". 14 December 2022.
^ Messi-led Argentina defeats France on penalties to cap thrilling men's World Cup final CBC Sports. Retrieved 8 March 2023
^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "France-Ukraine : les Bleus entament leur marathon automnal contre une équipe décimée". Le Monde.fr. 7 October 2020 – via Le Monde.
^ "France and Portugal play out stalemate". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[September_behind_closed_doors-9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[7]^[8]

[Behind_closed_doors-14] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[16] Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[13]

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[6] Messi-led Argentina defeats France on penalties to cap thrilling men's World Cup final CBC Sports. Retrieved 8 March 2023

[7] "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[8] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[10] "France-Ukraine : les Bleus entament leur marathon automnal contre une équipe décimée". Le Monde.fr. 7 October 2020 – via Le Monde.

[11] "France and Portugal play out stalemate". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

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France national football team results (2020–present)