French

The late 1990s until the early 2000s was a golden period of French football national team. At that time, Les Bleus swept successful international title was the 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000 and the 2001 Confederations Cup.

The golden age of France unfortunately does not last long. France looks just slumped in the main round of the four major tournaments that followed. France's worst record occurred in the 2002 World Cup. At that time French champions as fact is just devastated by losing to Senegal, and even failed to qualify from group stage.

World Cup 2006 in Germany was a turning point in France. Although again failed to become champion of the world after Italy was defeated in the finals, at least the French, who was still reinforced Zinedine Zidane has proved to the world that they still deserve respected.

Without strengthened Zidane, Lilian Thuram and Fabian Barthez who has retired, ending the French qualifying Group 7 European zone with two nangkring in position the final standings. However, through the successful World Cup finals in 2010 after defeating the controversial Northern Ireland.

Actually besutan Raymond Domenech's squad is now not much different quality with Zidane era. Senior players Thierry Henry will serve as captain William Gallas is supported by the heart of the defense.

Center field will be commanded by Lassana Diarra with Jeremy Toulalan, Franck Ribery and Malouda Flourent. Meanwhile, front row has a lot of striker options. Among Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka, Karim Benzema and Andre-Pierre Gignac.

Data Team
Nickname: Les Bleus
Konferderasi: UEFA
Captain: Thierry Henry
Most caps: Lilian Thuram (142)
Top Skorer: Thierry Henry (51)
World Cup appearances: 12 times (First in 1930)
FIFA Ranking: 8
Team Achievements
- World Cup Champion Team (1): 1998
- Champions of Europe (1): 2000
- Confederations Cup Winners (2): 1984, 2000

List of Player
No	Pos	Nama Pemain	Umur	Caps	Gol	Asal Klub
1	GK	Hugo Lloris	23	8	0	Lyon
2	GK	Steve Mandanda	24	12	0	Marseille
3	GK	Cedric Carrasso	28	0	0	Bordeaux
4	DF	Phillip Mexes	27	13	0	AS Roma
5	DF	Jean-Alain Boumsong	30	27	1	Lyon
6	DF	Mikael Silvestre	32	40	0	Arsenal
7	DF	Patrice Evra	28	26	0	Manchester United
8	DF	William Gallas	32	32	4	Arsenal
9	DF	Eric Abidal	30	52	0	Barcelona
10	DF	Bacary Sagna	26	16	0	Arsenal
11	MF	Lassana Diarra	24	26	0	Real Madrid
12	MF	Yoann Gourcuff	23	16	1	Bordeaux
13	MF	Florent Malouda	29	50	3	Chelsea
14	MF	Sidney Govou	30	42	10	Lyon
15	MF	Alou Diarra	28	24	0	Bordeaux
16	MF	Samir Nasri	22	15	2	Arsenal
17	MF	Franck Ribery	26	41	7	Bayern Munich
18	MF	Jeremy Toulalan	26	30	0	Lyon
19	FW	Thierry Henry	32	117	51	Barcelona
20	FW	Nicolas Anelka	30	63	14	Chelsea
21	FW	Karim Benzema	22	27	8	Real Madrid
22	FW	Andre-Pierre Gignac	24	10	4	Toulouse
23	FW	Loic Remy	22	1	0	Nice