France national football team results (unofficial matches)
This is a list of the France national football team's unofficial results from their inception to the present day that are not accorded the status of official internationals, not being recognized by FIFA. Player appearances and goals in these matches are also not counted to their totals.
| France national football team results |
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Exhibition (unofficial) matches
1900s
| 20 September 1900 Summer Olympics | USFSA XI | 0 – 4 | Upton Park FC | Vincennes, France |
| Report (1) Report (2) |
Nicholas Turner Zealley |
Stadium: Vélodrome de Vincennes |
| 23 September 1900 Summer Olympics | USFSA XI | 6 – 2 | Université de Bruxelles | Vincennes, France |
| Peltier ? |
Report | Spanoghe van Heuckelum |
Stadium: Vélodrome de Vincennes Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jack Wood (Great Britain) |
| 13 March 1904 Friendly | France (USFSA) | 1 – 6 | Southampton FC | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes |
| 14 March 1904 Friendly | France (FSAPF) | 0 – 11 | Southampton FC | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes |
| 16 April 1904 Friendly | France | 4 – 11 | Corinthian FC | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes |
| 24 April 1904 Friendly | France | 6 – 3 | Foreigners from France | Joinville-le-Pont, France |
| 25 May 1905 Friendly | France | 1 – 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | Paris, France |
1910s
| 20 February 1912 Friendly | France | 7 – 0 | | Colombes, France |
| Report | Stadium: Stade de Colombes Referee: |
| 1 December 1912 Friendly | Catalonia | 1 – 0 | | Barcelona, Spain |
| De la Riva |
Report | Stadium: Camp de la Indústria Referee: Hodge (England) |
| 25 May 1913 Friendly | Spain (RUECF) | 1 – 1 | | Hondarribia, Spain |
| 16:30 | Arzuaga |
Report | Lepage |
Stadium: Estadio de Amute Attendance: 5,000 Referee: José Ángel Berraondo (Spain) |
1915
Probably because of the war period (World War I), the results of matches between 1915 and 1918 are not shown in official overviews. The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, however, listed three France–Belgium matches in this period together with the matches between 1905 and 1914, without noting a difference in status.[1] Also in this period, they faced Italy twice as a France-Belgium representative team.[2]
| 1 January 1915 Friendly | Italy | 6 – 2 | France-Belgium representative team | Milan, Italy |
| Fresia Cevenini I Cevenini III |
[2] | Vialmonteli van Hege |
Stadium: San Siro Referee: Umberto Meazza (Italy) |
| 3 January 1915 Friendly | Italy | 2 – 3 | France-Belgium representative team | Turin, Italy |
| De Vecchi Santamaria |
[2] | Vialmonteli van Hege |
Stadium: Piazza d'armi Referee: Edoardo Pasteur (Italy) |
| ?? March 1916 Friendly | France | 1 – 4 | | Paris, France |
| ? |
[1] | Wertz ? |
Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Scamoni (Italy) |
| 22 April 1918 Friendly | France | 2 – 5 | | Paris, France |
| ? |
[4] | ? |
Stadium: Stade Bauer Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Haworth (England) | |
| Note: Albert I, King of the Belgians handed out a cup trophy for the winners.[4] | ||||
1919 Inter-Allied Games
In the summer of 1919, France participated in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris, on the occasion of the celebration of the Allied victory in World War I. Nine players from this side played for the main team and five participated in the 1920 Summer Games in the following year. They comfortably beat Romania and Greece, before beating Italy 2–0 in the final group match to secure a place in the final, where they were beaten 2–3 by Czechoslovakia.[5]
| 25 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | France | 4 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Nicolas Gastiger Rénier |
Report | Stadium: Stade Pershing Referee: J. Mauro (Italy) |
| 26 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | France | 11 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Nicolas Rénier Dubly Darjeu Petit |
Report | Stadium: Stade Pershing |
| 28 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | France | 2 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Gamblin Nicolas |
Report | Stadium: Stade Pershing |
| 28 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games Final | France | 2 – 3 | | Paris, France |
| Deydier Rénier |
Report | Vanik Janda |
Stadium: Stade Pershing Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
1920s
| 26 June 1921 Friendly | Slovenia | 0 – 5 | | Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Report | Nicolas Dubly Boyer Rouchez |
Referee: Kerber (AUT) |
| 16 March 1925 Friendly | France | 2 – 7 | Club Athletico Paulistano | Montrouge, France |
| Stadium: Stade Buffalo |
| 19 March 1925 Friendly | France | 0 – 0 | Nacional Montevideo | Montrouge, France |
| Stadium: Stade Buffalo |
| 4 June 1925 Friendly | France | 0 – 6 | Nacional Montevideo | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Stade Bergeyre |
1930s
| 10 July 1930 Friendly | Romania | 2 – 4 | | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Report | ||||
| Note: Match held as a warm-up for the upcoming 1930 World Cup. | ||||
| ?? July 1930 Friendly | Nacional Montevideo | 2 – 3 | | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central |
| 1 August 1930 Friendly | Brazil | 3 – 2 | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 11 April 1937 Friendly | France | 2 – 5 | Charlton Athletic | Paris, France |
1970s
| 18 January 1971 Friendly | Coritiba FC | 2 – 1 | France | Curitiba, Brazil |
| Stadium: Estádio Belford Duarte |
| 21 January 1971 Friendly | SC Internacional | 1 – 3 | France | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio |
| 24 January 1971 Friendly | Club Universitario de Deportes | 0 – 0 | France | Lima, Peru |
| 23 April 1974 Friendly | France | 1 – 0 | Ajax Amsterdam | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,000 |
| 20 August 1974 Friendly | France | 0 – 0 | FC Köln | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 25,667 |
| 19 August 1975 Friendly | France | 3 – 1 | Real Madrid | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,000 |
| 24 August 1976 Friendly | France | 5 – 0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,000 |
| 3 July 1977 Friendly | Atlético Mineiro | 3 – 1 | France | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| Stadium: Mineirão |
| 24 August 1977 Friendly | France | 4 – 2 | Hamburger SV | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,830 |
| 12 August 1978 Friendly | France | 1 – 0 | RSC Anderlecht | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes |
| 21 August 1979 Friendly | France | 4 – 1 | FC Bayern Munich | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,000 |
1980s
| 3 September 1980 Friendly | France | 1 – 0 | Juventus FC | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,000 |
| 18 August 1981 Friendly | France | 1 – 3 | VfB Stuttgart | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,000 |
| 29 May 1982 Friendly | FC Andorra | 1 – 2 | | Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
| 6 June 1982 Friendly | France | 2 – 0 | FC Andorra | Font-Romeu, France |
| 11 June 1982 Friendly | Real Sociedad | 1 – 3 | | San Sebastián, Spain |
| Kortabarria |
Report | Rocheteau Platini Lacombe |
Stadium: Atotxa Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Joaquín Urio (Spain) |
| 24 August 1983 Friendly | France | 1 – 0 | Peñarol Montevideo | Toulouse, France |
| Stadium: Stadium Attendance: 10,438 |
| 26 May 1984 Friendly | FC Andorra | 0 – 9 | | Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
| 29 May 1984 Friendly | France | 5 – 1 | FC Andorra | Font-Romeu, France |
| 5 September 1984 Friendly | France | 0 – 1 | FC Inter Milan | Paris, France |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 16,351 |
| 21 May 1986 Friendly | Guatemala | 1 – 8 | | Tlaxcala, Mexico |
| Stadium: Estadio Tlahuicole Attendance: 3,000 |
| 24 May 1986 Friendly | Mexico U20 | 1 – 1 | | Tlaxcala, Mexico |
| Stadium: Estadio Tlahuicole Attendance: 5,000 |
| 28 May 1986 Friendly | Club Universidad Nacional | 2 – 0 | | Tlaxcala, Mexico |
| Stadium: Estadio Tlahuicole Attendance: 9,000 |
| 14 February 1989 Friendly | Arsenal FC | 2 – 0 | | London, England |
| Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 21,735 |
1990s
| 19 January 1993 Friendly | Sporting CP | 0 – 2 | | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 10,000 |
| 30 May 1999 Friendly | France | 2 – 2 | Papin XI | Marseille, France |
| Stadium: Stade Velodrome | ||||
| Note: Jean-Pierre Papin testimonial | ||||
2000s
| 16 August 2000 Friendly | France | 5 – 1 | FIFA World XI | Marseille, France |
| Trezeguet Pires Anelka |
Report | R. Baggio |
Stadium: Stade Velodrome Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Mohammed Guezzaz (Morocco) | |
| Note: Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages. Even though the opponent wasn't an official team, the match is considered as official by the FFF. | ||||
References
- "Frankrijk–België". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 21 March 1916. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "List of Italy unofficial matches". italia1910.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "Frankrijk–België (0–1)". Twentsch dagblad Tubantia (in Dutch). 21 December 1914. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "Frankrijk–België". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1 May 1918. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- "Interallied Games 1919". RSSSF. 23 September 2021. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
