France national football team results (1960–1979)

This is a list of the France national football team results from 1960 to 1979.

  Win    Draw    Loss

1960s

1960

v  France
28 February Friendly Belgium  1 – 0  France Brussels, Belgium
Piters 36'ReportStadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 56,257
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
v  Chile
16 March Friendly France  6 – 0  Chile Paris, France
Kaelbel 10'
Vincent 51'
Grillet 57'
Fontaine 78', 80'
Muller 82'
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,094
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
v  France
27 March 1960 European Nations'
Cup
Quarter-finals
Austria  2 – 4  France Vienna, Austria
Nemec 26'
Probst 64'
ReportMarcel 46'
Rahis 59'
Heutte 77'
Kopa 84' (pen.)
Stadium: Prater Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
v  Yugoslavia
6 July 1960 European Nations'
Cup
Semi-finals
France  4 – 5  Yugoslavia Paris, France
Vincent 12'
Heutte 43', 62'
Wisnieski 52'
ReportGalić 11'
Žanetić 55'
Knez 75'
Jerković 77', 78'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 26,370
Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)
v  France
25 September 1962 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 2
Finland  1 – 2  France Helsinki, Finland
Pahlman 30' (pen.)ReportWisnieski 63'
Ujlaki 83'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 15,572
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)
v  France
28 September Friendly Poland  2 – 2  France Warsaw, Poland
Norkowski 42'
Faber 65'
ReportGuillas 84'
Wisnieski 89'
Stadium: 10th-Anniversary Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Zivota Vlajić (Yugoslavia)
v  France
12 October Friendly Switzerland  6 – 2  France Basle, Switzerland
Weber 20'
Hügi 40', 61', 65', 80', 88'
ReportGoujon 19', 87'Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
v  France
30 October Friendly Sweden  1 – 0  France Solna, Sweden
Bieganski 27' (o.g.)ReportStadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 34,070
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
v  Bulgaria
11 December 1962 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 2
France  3 – 0  Bulgaria Paris, France
Wisnieski 48'
Marcel 58'
Cossou 80'
ReportStadium: Colombes
Attendance: 40,690
Referee: Piero Bonetto (Italy)

1961

v  Belgium
15 March Friendly France  1 – 1  Belgium Paris, France
Piantoni 3'ReportPaeschen 58'Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,072
Referee: Jack Kelly (England)
v  France
2 April Friendly Spain  2 – 0  France Madrid, Spain
Gensana 30'
Gento 53'
ReportStadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)
v  France
18 October Friendly Belgium  3 – 0  France Brussels, Belgium
Hanon 18'
Van Den Berg 60'
Claessen 84'
ReportStadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 11,019
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
v  France
12 November 1962 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 2
Bulgaria  1 – 0  France Sofia, Bulgaria
Iliev 89'ReportStadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Stanislav Fencl (Czechoslovakia)
v  Spain
10 December Friendly France  1 – 1  Spain Paris, France
Heutte 13'ReportRuiz 59'Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 46,496
Referee: Jack Kelly (England)
v  France
16 December 1962 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying play-off
Bulgaria  1 – 0  France Milan, Italy
Yakimov 47' (o.g.)ReportStadium: San Siro
Attendance: 34,740
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

1962

v  Poland
11 April Friendly France  1 – 3  Poland Paris, France
De Bourgoing 24'ReportPol 34'
Lentner 44'
Brychczy 77'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 19,698
Referee: Piero Bonetto (Italy)
v  France
5 May Friendly Italy  2 – 1  France Florence, Italy
Altafini 47', 51'ReportPiumi 28'Stadium: Stadio Comunale
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)
v  France
3 October 1964 European Nations' Cup
Preliminary round
England  1 – 1  France Sheffield, England
Flowers 57' (pen.)ReportGoujon 8'Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 35,380
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)
v  France
24 October Friendly West Germany  2 – 2  France Stuttgart, West Germany
Konietzka 46'
Steinmann 82'
ReportStako 25'
Goujon 32'
Stadium: Neckarstadion
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Friedrich Seipelt (Austria)
v  Hungary
11 November Friendly France  2 – 3  Hungary Paris, France
Di Nallo 18', 75'ReportTichy 12'
Rákosi 36'
Göröcs 80'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 35,136
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal (Spain)

1963

v  France
9 January Friendly Spain  0 – 0  France Barcelona, Spain
ReportStadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Jozef Casteleyn (Belgium)
v  England
27 February 1964 European Nations' Cup
Preliminary round
France  5 – 2  England Paris, France
Wisnieski 3', 75'
Douis 32'
Cossou 43', 82'
ReportSmith 57'
Tambling 74'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 23,986
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)
v  France
17 April Friendly Netherlands  1 – 0  France Rotterdam, Netherlands
Groot 73'ReportStadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Johannes Malka (West Germany)
v  Brazil
28 April Friendly France  2 – 3  Brazil Paris, France
Wisnieski 70'
Di Nallo 82'
ReportPelé 30', 76' (pen.), 84'Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
v  France
29 September 1964 European Nations' Cup
First round
Bulgaria  1 – 0  France Sofia, Bulgaria
Diev 24'ReportStadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Frauk Talu (Turkey)
v  Bulgaria
26 October 1964 European Nations' Cup
First round
France  3 – 1  Bulgaria Paris, France
Goujon 44', 81'
Herbin 78'
ReportYakimov 75'Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 32,223
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
v   Switzerland
11 November Friendly France  2 – 2   Switzerland Paris, France
Buron 18'
Lech 31'
ReportArtelesa 51' (o.g.)
Bosson 75'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 27,350
Referee: Arthur Holland (England)
v  Belgium
25 December Friendly France  1 – 2  Belgium Paris, France
Masnaghetti 33'ReportVan Himst 26', 37'Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 12,649
Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria)

1964

v  Hungary
25 April 1964 European Nations' Cup
Quarter-finals
France  1 – 3  Hungary Paris, France
Cossou 73'ReportAlbert 15'
Tichy 16', 70'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 35,274
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
v  France
4 October 1966 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 3
Luxembourg  0 – 2  France Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
ReportGuy 19'
Artelesa 80'
Stadium: Stade Municipale
Attendance: 17,536
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
v  Norway
11 November 1966 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 3
France  1 – 0  Norway Paris, France
Rambert 17'ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 33,517
Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)
v  France
2 December Friendly Belgium  3 – 0  France Brussels, Belgium
Van Himst 16'
Vermeyen 76', 87'
ReportStadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 5,927
Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)

1965

v  Austria
24 March Friendly France  1 – 2  Austria Paris, France
Hausser 28'ReportSeitl 15'
Koller 44'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 24,206
Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium)
v  France
18 April 1966 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 3
Yugoslavia  1 – 0  France Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Galić 59'ReportStadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 23,906
Referee: Dimitrios Vlachoyannis (Greece)
v  Argentina
3 June Friendly France  0 – 0  Argentina Paris, France
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 11,931
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
v  France
15 September 1966 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 3
Norway  0 – 1  France Oslo, Norway
ReportCombin 22'Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 31,234
Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland)
v  Yugoslavia
9 October 1966 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 3
France  1 – 0  Yugoslavia Paris, France
Gondet 77'ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,546
Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)
v  Luxembourg
6 November 1966 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 3
France  4 – 1  Luxembourg Marseilles, France
Gondet 8', 27'
Combin 11', 38'
ReportPilot 53'Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 30,080
Referee: Daniel Zariquieguizco (Spain)

1966

v  Italy
19 March Friendly France  0 – 0  Italy Paris, France
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 31,795
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
v  Belgium
20 April Friendly France  0 – 3  Belgium Paris, France
ReportLambert 20'
Stockman 71'
Thio 90'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Daniel Zariquieguizco (Spain)
v  France
5 June Friendly Soviet Union  3 – 3  France Moscow, Soviet Union
Metreveli 26'
Banishevskiy 64'
Chislenko 66'
ReportBlanchet 19'
Gondet 21'
Bonnel 78'
Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium
Attendance: 102,000
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)
v  France
20 July 1966 FIFA World Cup
Group 1
England  2 – 0  France London, England
Hunt 38', 75'ReportStadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 98,270
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
v  France
28 September Friendly Hungary  4 – 2  France Budapest, Hungary
Farkas 13', 57', 83', 89'ReportGondet 26'
Revelli 58'
Stadium: Népstadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dimitrios Vlachoyannis (Greece)
v  Poland
22 October UEFA Euro 1968
Qualifying Group 7
France  2 – 1  Poland Paris, France
Di Nallo 26'
Lech 85'
ReportGrzegorczyk 61'Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 23,524
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
v  France
11 November UEFA Euro 1968
Qualifying Group 7
Belgium  2 – 1  France Brussels, Belgium
Van Himst 51', 54'ReportLech 67'Stadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 43,404
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
v  France
26 November UEFA Euro 1968
Qualifying Group 7
Luxembourg  0 – 3  France Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
ReportHerbet 8'
Revelli 40'
Lech 41'
Stadium: Stade Municipale
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

1967

v  Romania
22 March Friendly France  1 – 2  Romania Paris, France
Dogliani 88'ReportFrățilă 15'
Dridea 75'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 23,679
Referee: Günther Baumgärtel (West Germany)
v  Soviet Union
3 June Friendly France  2 – 4  Soviet Union Paris, France
Gondet 11'
Simon 45'
ReportChislenko 33', 59'
Byshovets 47'
Streltsov 80'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 24,778
Referee: Décio Freitas (Portugal)
v  France
17 September UEFA Euro 1968
Qualifying Group 7
Poland  1 – 4  France Warsaw, Poland
Brychczy 26'ReportHerbin 13'
Di Nallo 33', 85'
Guy 63'
Stadium: 10th-Anniversary Stadium
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
v  France
27 September Friendly West Germany  5 – 1  France West Berlin
Libuda 28'
Siemensmeyer 47', 58'
Müller 74'
Overath 75'
ReportBosquier 83'
Péri  42'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Fabio Monti (Italy)
v  Belgium
28 October UEFA Euro 1968
Qualifying Group 7
France  1 – 1  Belgium Nantes, France
Herbin 84'ReportClaessen 37'Stadium: Stade Marcel Saupin
Attendance: 14,591
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)
v  Luxembourg
23 December UEFA Euro 1968
Qualifying Group 7
France  3 – 1  Luxembourg Paris, France
Loubet 42', 47', 53'ReportKlein 85'Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 7,320
Referee: Aníbal Oliveira (Portugal)

1968

v  Yugoslavia
6 April UEFA Euro 1968
Quarter-finals
France  1 – 1  Yugoslavia Marseilles, France
Di Nallo 78'ReportMusemić 66'Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 35,423
Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)
v  France
24 April UEFA Euro 1968
Quarter-finals
Yugoslavia  5 – 1  France Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Petković 2', 32'
Musemić 13', 79'
Džajić 14'
ReportDi Nallo 33'Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Attendance: 35,423
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
v  West Germany
25 September Friendly France  1 – 1  West Germany Marseilles, France
Bosquier 72'ReportOverath 86'Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 22,355
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
v  Spain
17 October Friendly France  1 – 3  Spain Lyons, France
Blanchet 22'ReportPirri 59'
Ufarte 74'
Aragonés 84'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
v  Norway
6 November 1970 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 5
France  0 – 1  Norway Strasbourg, France
ReportIversen 67'Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 18,319
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

1969

v  Hungary
12 February Friendly France  2 – 2  Hungary Lyons, France
Revelli 43'
Floch 52'
ReportAlbert 17'
Rákosi 65'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 4,248
Referee: Anton Buchelli (Switzerland)
v  France
12 March Friendly England  5 – 0  France London, England
O'Grady 33'
Hurst 48' (pen.), 49', 80' (pen.)
Lee 75'
ReportStadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)
v  Romania
30 April Friendly France  1 – 0  Romania Paris, France
Michel 80'ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 18,218
Referee: Bruno De Marchi (Italy)
v  France
10 September 1970 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 5
Norway  1 – 3  France Oslo, Norway
Dybwad-Olsen 90+2'ReportRevelli 9', 48', 77'Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 22,495
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
v  Sweden
1 November 1970 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 5
France  3 – 0  Sweden Paris, France
Bras 39', 43'
Djorkaeff 41' (pen.)
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 17,916
Referee: David Smith (England)

1970s

1970

v  Bulgaria
8 April Friendly France  1 – 1  Bulgaria Rouen, France
Michel 38'ReportZhekov 28'Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
v  Romania
28 April Friendly France  2 – 0  Romania Reims, France
Loubet 10'
Djorkaeff 40' (pen.)
ReportStadium: Stade Auguste Delaune
Attendance: 10,929
Referee: Dittmar Huber (Switzerland)
v  France
3 May Friendly Switzerland  2 – 1  France Basle, Switzerland
Blättler 28', 72'ReportRevelli 79'Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)
v  Czechoslovakia
5 May Friendly France  3 – 0  Czechoslovakia Nice, France
Gondet 8'
Loubet 13'
Bosquier 42'
ReportStadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 13,418
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
v  France
7 October Friendly Austria  1 – 0  France Vienna, Austria
Kreuz 49'ReportStadium: Prater Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
v  Norway
11 November UEFA Euro 1972
Qualifying Group 2
France  3 – 1  Norway Lyons, France
Floch 30'
Lech 55'
Mézy 63'
ReportNilsen 79'Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 10,357
Referee: António Ribeiro (Portugal)
v  France
15 November Friendly Belgium  1 – 2  France Brussels, Belgium
Van Moer 73'ReportMolitor 50', 77'
Lemerre  79'
Stadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 19,937
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

1971

v  France
8 January Friendly Argentina  3 – 4  France Buenos Aires, Argentina
Brindisi 55'
Nicolau 73'
Laraignée 90' (pen.)
ReportLoubet 3'
Djorkaeff 50' (pen.)
Lech 64'
Revelli 89'
Novi  81'
Stadium: La Bombonera
Attendance: 4,500
v  France
13 January Friendly Argentina  2 – 0  France Mar del Plata, Argentina
Laraignée 4' (pen.)
Madurga 75'
ReportStadium: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina)
v  France
17 March Friendly Spain  2 – 2  France Valencia, Spain
Pirri 61', 62'ReportRevelli 14', 54'Stadium: Estadio Luís Casanova
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
v  France
24 April UEFA Euro 1972
Qualifying Group 2
Hungary  1 – 1  France Budapest, Hungary
Kocsis 70' (pen.)ReportRevelli 64'Stadium: Népstadion
Attendance: 45,867
Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)
v  France
8 September UEFA Euro 1972
Qualifying Group 2
Norway  1 – 3  France Oslo, Norway
Dybwad-Olsen 80'ReportVergnes 33'
Loubet 34'
Blanchet 49'
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
Attendance: 16,544
Referee: John Paterson (Scotland)
v  Hungary
9 October UEFA Euro 1972
Qualifying Group 2
France  0 – 2  Hungary Paris, France
ReportBene 35'
Novi 43' (o.g.)
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 21,756
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viú (Spain)
v  Bulgaria
10 November UEFA Euro 1972
Qualifying Group 2
France  2 – 1  Bulgaria Nantes, France
Lech 64'
Loubet 87'
ReportBonev 54' (pen.)Stadium: Stade Marcel Saupin
Attendance: 9,405
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

1972

v  France
8 April Friendly Romania  2 – 0  France Bucharest, Romania
Iordănescu 16'
Dinu 56'
ReportStadium: Stadionul 23 August
Attendance: 30,000
v Africa
14 June Brazil Independence Cup France  2 – 0 Africa Maceió, Brazil
Blanchet 35'
Floch 83'
ReportStadium: Estádio Rei Pelé
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: José Faville Neto (Brazil)
v  France
18 June Brazil Independence Cup Colombia  2 – 3  France Salvador, Brazil
Piñeros 23' (pen.)
Mesa 82'
ReportLoubet 30', 72'
Molitor 33' (pen.)
Stadium: Estádio Fonte Nova
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ángel Pazos (Uruguay)
v  France
25 June Brazil Independence Cup Argentina  0 – 0  France Salvador, Brazil
ReportStadium: Estádio Fonte Nova
Attendance: 6,587
Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)
v  France
2 September Friendly Greece  1 – 3  France Athens, Greece
Sarafis 85'ReportMichel 67'
Revelli 86'
Larqué 90'
Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fulvio Pieroni (Italy)

1973

v  Portugal
3 March Friendly France  1 – 2  Portugal Paris, France
Molitor 36'ReportEusébio 38' (pen.), 87'Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 45,267
Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium)
v  Greece
8 September Friendly France  3 – 1  Greece Paris, France
Jouve 9'
Berdoll 59'
Chiesa 72'
ReportAidiniou 66'Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 30,237
Referee: Paolo Toselli (Italy)
v  France
13 October Friendly West Germany  2 – 1  France Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Müller 55', 59' (pen.)ReportTrésor 82'Stadium: Parkstadion
Attendance: 70,400
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
v  Denmark
21 November Friendly France  3 – 0  Denmark Paris, France
Bereta 57'
Larsen 78' (o.g.)
Revelli 89'
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 14,534
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (West Germany)

1974

v  Romania
23 March Friendly France  1 – 0  Romania Paris, France
Bereta 59'ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 20,224
Referee: John Homewood (England)
v  France
27 April Friendly Czechoslovakia  3 – 3  France Prague, Czechoslovakia
Pivarník 33'
Bičovský 34'
Panenka 86'
ReportChiesa 7'
Lacombe 28', 72'
Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)
v  Argentina
18 May Friendly France  0 – 1  Argentina Paris, France
ReportKempes 22'Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 26,735
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
v  France
7 September Friendly Poland  0 – 2  France Wrocław, Poland
ReportCoste 37'
Jodar 39'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
v  East Germany
16 November UEFA Euro 1976
Qualifying Group 7
France  2 – 2  East Germany Paris, France
Guillou 79'
Gallice 89'
ReportSparwasser 25'
Kreische 57'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 45,381
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

1975

v  Hungary
26 March Friendly France  2 – 0  Hungary Paris, France
Michel 56'
Parizon 63'
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)
v  Portugal
26 April Friendly France  0 – 2  Portugal Paris, France
ReportNené 21'
Marinho 64'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 24,816
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
v  France
25 May UEFA Euro 1976
Qualifying Group 7
Iceland  0 – 0  France Reykjavík, Iceland
ReportStadium: Laugardalsvöllur
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)
v  Iceland
3 September UEFA Euro 1976
Qualifying Group 7
France  3 – 0  Iceland Nantes, France
Guillou 20', 74'
Berdoll 87'
ReportStadium: Stade Marcel Saupin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Albert Victor (Luxembourg)
v  Belgium
15 November UEFA Euro 1976
Qualifying Group 7
France  0 – 0  Belgium Paris, France
Larqué  67'ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 35,547
Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland)

1976

v  Czechoslovakia
27 March Friendly France  2 – 2  Czechoslovakia Paris, France
Soler 17'
Platini 73'
ReportOndruš 78'
Dobiaš 83'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 9,559
Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)
v  Poland
24 April Friendly France  2 – 0  Poland Lens, France
Pintenat 12'
Revelli 63'
ReportStadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 14,490
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
v  France
22 May Friendly Hungary  1 – 0  France Budapest, Hungary
Fekete 46'ReportStadium: Népstadion
Attendance: 8,726
Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
v  France
1 September Friendly Denmark  1 – 1  France Copenhagen, Denmark
Røntved 53'ReportPlatini 89'Stadium: Idrætsparken
Attendance: 8,726
Referee: Lars-Åke Björck (Sweden)
v  France
9 October 1978 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 5
Bulgaria  2 – 2  France Sofia, Bulgaria
Bonev 55'
Panov 68'
ReportPlatini 37'
Lacombe 40'
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Ian Foote (Scotland)
v  Republic of Ireland
17 November 1978 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 5
France  2 – 0  Republic of Ireland Paris, France
Platini 47'
Bathenay 88'
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,437
Referee: Dusan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

1977

v  West Germany
23 February Friendly France  1 – 0  West Germany Paris, France
Rouyer 52'ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,802
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
v  France
23 April Friendly Switzerland  0 – 4  France Geneva, Switzerland
ReportPlatini 31'
Six 73'
Rocheteau 87'
Rouyer 89'
Stadium: Charmilles Stadium
Attendance: 27,600
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
v  France
26 June Friendly Argentina  0 – 0  France Buenos Aires, Argentina
ReportStadium: La Bombonera
Attendance: 27,600
Referee: Edison Pérez (Peru)
v  France
30 June Friendly Brazil  2 – 2  France Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Edinho 30'
Roberto 51'
ReportSix 52'
Trésor 85'
Stadium: Maracanã Stadium
Attendance: 83,535
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
v  Soviet Union
8 October Friendly France  0 – 0  Soviet Union Paris, France
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,823
Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium)

1978

v  France
8 February Friendly Italy  2 – 2  France Naples, Italy
Graziani 13' (pen.), 22'ReportBathenay 50'
Platini 81'
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 66,158
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
v  Portugal
8 March Friendly France  2 – 0  Portugal Paris, France
Baronchelli 9'
Berdoll 40'
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 42,241
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
v  Brazil
1 April Friendly France  1 – 0  Brazil Paris, France
Platini 86'ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 46,065
Referee: Pat Partridge (England)
v  Iran
11 May Friendly France  2 – 1  Iran Toulouse, France
Gemmrich 14'
Six 70'
ReportRowshan 47'Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
v  Tunisia
19 May Friendly France  2 – 0  Tunisia Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Platini 71'
Dalger 74'
ReportStadium: Stadium Lille Métropole
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
v  France
6 June 1978 FIFA World Cup
Group 1
Argentina  2 – 1  France Buenos Aires, Argentina
Passarella 45' (pen.)
Luque 73'
ReportPlatini 60'Stadium: Estadio Monumental
Attendance: 77,216
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
v  Spain
8 November Friendly France  1 – 0  Spain Paris, France
Specht 41'ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 37,897
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

1979

v  Luxembourg
25 February UEFA Euro 1980
Qualifying Group 5
France  3 – 0  Luxembourg Paris, France
Petit 38'
Emon 60'
Larios 78'
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 46,988
Referee: Ron Bridges (Wales)
v  France
7 May Friendly United States  0 – 6  France East Rutherford, United States
ReportLacombe 8', 14', 37'
Droege 42' (o.g.)
Amisse 61'
Six 73'
Stadium: Giants Stadium
Attendance: 20,591
Referee: Marco Antonio Dorantes Garcia (Mexico)
v  France
5 September UEFA Euro 1980
Qualifying Group 5
Sweden  1 – 3  France Solna, Sweden
Backe 24'ReportLacombe 14'
Platini 54'
Battiston 71'
Stadium: Råsunda Stadium
Attendance: 14,395
Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
v  United States
10 October Friendly France  3 – 0  United States Paris, France
Platini 5'
Wagner 18'
Amisse 23'
Janvion  88'
ReportStadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Hendrik van Ettekoven (Netherlands)