France national football team results (2020–present)

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 GS	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 GS	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 GS	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' 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	Mbappe 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	v	Gibraltar	Nice, France
20:45		Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera

21 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Greece	v	France	Athens, Greece
21:45		Report		Stadium: Agia Sophia Stadium

Head to head records

As of match played 17 October 2023

Head to head records
Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	W%	D%	L%
Argentina	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	100	0
Australia	1	1	0	0	4	1	100	0	0
Austria	2	1	1	0	3	1	50	50	0
Belgium	1	1	0	0	3	2	100	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1	1	0	2	1	50	50	0
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Croatia	4	2	1	1	7	5	50	25	25
Denmark	3	1	0	2	3	5	33.33	0	66.67
England	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
Finland	3	2	0	1	4	2	66.67	0	33.33
Germany	2	1	0	1	2	2	50	0	50
Gibraltar	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Greece	1	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	0
Hungary	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100	0
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	10	0	100	0	0
Morocco	1	1	0	0	2	0	100	0	0
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	6	1	100	0	0
Poland	1	1	0	0	3	1	100	0	0
Portugal	3	1	2	0	3	2	33.33	66.67	0
Republic of Ireland	2	2	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Scotland	1	1	0	0	4	1	100	0	0
Spain	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
South Africa	1	1	0	0	5	0	100	0	0
Sweden	2	2	0	0	5	2	100	0	0
Switzerland	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	100	0
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	100
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	9	3	33.33	66.67	0
Wales	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Totals	47	31	10	6	101	40	65.96	21.28	12.77

Notes

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

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[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.

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[4] "France are in 'group of death' at Euros, says Ben Yedder". Reuters. 12 June 2021.

[5] "France beat Morocco 2-0 to set up World Cup final against Argentina: Result reaction and analysis". 14 December 2022.

[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.

[12] "Croatia vs France, 14 October 2020" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[13] "Equipe de France: les Bleus défieront la Finlande en novembre". RMC SPORT (in French). 2 October 2020.