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.

  Win    Draw    Loss

1900s

v Southampton FC
14 March 1904 Friendly France (FSAPF) 0 – 11 Southampton FC Paris, France
Stadium: Parc des Princes
v Foreigners from France
24 April 1904 Friendly France 6 – 3 Foreigners from France Joinville-le-Pont, France
v London League XI
5 March 1905 Friendly France XI 1 – 3 London League XI Paris, France
Report
v Townley Park FC
27 December 1908 Friendly Select Nord France 4 – 3 Townley Park FC Lille, France
Report

1910s

v Old Malvernians
7 May 1911 Friendly Select North France 3 – 1 Old Malvernians Lille, France
Report
v England AFA
25 May 1911 UIAFA European Tournament semi-finals Northern France (USFSA) 1 – 2 England AFA Croix, France
17:00?? 85'Report?? Stadium: Roubaix Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
v Bohemia
28 May 1911 UIAFA European Tournament semi-finals France A (USFSA) 1 – 4 Bohemia Croix, France
16:00Chandelier 1–2'ReportBělka 0–1', 1–3'
Košek 0–2'
Medek 1–4'
Stadium: Roubaix Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Gardner (England)
v  Catalonia
20 February 1912 Friendly France  7 – 0  Catalonia Colombes, France
ReportStadium: Stade de Colombes
Referee: Victor Gibson
v  France
1 December 1912 Friendly Catalonia  1 – 0  France Barcelona, Spain
De la Riva ReportStadium: Camp de la Indústria
Referee: Hodge (England)
v France (USFSA)
25 May 1913 Friendly Spain (RUECF) 1 – 1 France (USFSA) Hondarribia, Spain
16:30Arzuaga 85'ReportLepage 75'Stadium: Estadio de Amute
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: José Ángel Berraondo (Spain)
v English Wanderers
1 November 1913 Friendly Select France (USFSA) 1 – 4 English Wanderers Paris, France
Report

Wartime matches

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]

v  Belgium
?? December 1914 Friendly France  0 – 1  Belgium Paris, France
[3]
v France-Belgium representative team
1 January 1915 Friendly Italy  6 – 2 France-Belgium representative team Milan, Italy
Fresia 9', 13', 50'
Cevenini I 24'
Cevenini III 84', 87'
[2]Vialmonteli 36'
van Hege 76'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Umberto Meazza (Italy)
v France-Belgium representative team
3 January 1915 Friendly Italy  2 – 3 France-Belgium representative team Turin, Italy
De Vecchi 10'
Santamaria 46'
[2]Vialmonteli 19'
van Hege 53', 80'
Stadium: Piazza d'armi
Referee: Edoardo Pasteur (Italy)
v  Belgium
?? March 1915 Friendly France  0 – 3  Belgium Paris, France
[1]
v  Belgium
?? March 1916 Friendly France  1 – 4  Belgium Paris, France
? ?'[1]Wertz ?', ?', ?'
? ?'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Scamoni (Italy)
v  Belgium
22 April 1918 Friendly France  2 – 5  Belgium 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]

v  Romania
25 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage France  4 – 0  Romania Paris, France
Nicolas
Gastiger
Rénier
ReportStadium: Stade Pershing
Referee: J. Mauro (Italy)
v  Greece
26 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage France  11 – 0  Greece Paris, France
Nicolas
Rénier
Dubly
Darjeu
Petit
ReportStadium: Stade Pershing
v  Italy
28 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage France  2 – 0  Italy Paris, France
Gamblin ?' (pen.)
Nicolas ?'
ReportStadium: Stade Pershing
v  Czechoslovakia
28 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games Final France  2 – 3  Czechoslovakia Paris, France
Deydier 12'
Rénier 28'
ReportVanik 31'
Janda 84', 90'
Stadium: Stade Pershing
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: McKenzie

1920s

v South West France
6 February 1921 Friendly Catalonia  5–1 South West France Barcelona, Catalonia
Alcántara
Domènech
Mallorquí
ReportBourbon Stadium: Camp Muntaner
v South West France
9 February 1921 Friendly Catalonia  3–1 South West France Barcelona, Catalonia
Sancho
Blanco
ReportBourbon Stadium: Camp Muntaner
v  France
26 June 1921 Friendly Slovenia 0 – 5  France Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
ReportNicolas 24', 47'
Dubly 44'
Boyer 78'
Rouchez 87'
Referee: Kerber (AUT)
v  France
11 June 1922 Friendly Norway  7 – 0  France Oslo, Norway
ReportStadium: Gressbanen
v Clapton Orient
29 April 1924 Friendly Select France 1 – 1 Clapton Orient Paris, France
Report
v West Ham United
22 May 1924 Friendly France XI 2 – 1 West Ham United Paris, France
Report
v University of Kent
2 May 1926 Friendly Select North France 3 – 2 University of Kent Tourcoing, France
Report

1930s

v  France
10 July 1930 Friendly Romania  2 – 4  France Montevideo, Uruguay
Report
Note: Match held as a warm-up for the upcoming 1930 World Cup.
v  France
30 July 1930 Friendly Santos FC 6 – 1  France São Paulo, Brazil
Feitiço
Seixas
ReportDelfour Stadium: Estádio Urbano Caldeira
Referee: Eneas Sgarzi
v  France
1 August 1930 Friendly Brazil  3 – 2  France Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Heitor 21', 50'
Friedenreich 40'
ReportDelfour 6', 18'
v Bristol Rovers
26 January 1933 Friendly Select France 3 – 1 Bristol Rovers Paris, France
Report
v Sunderland
22 April 1934 Friendly Select North France 2 – 3 Sunderland Lille, France
Report
v Celtic
27 May 1934 Friendly Select North France 4 – 2 Celtic Lille, France
Report
v Clyde
31 March 1935 Friendly Select North France 1 – 1 Clyde Lille, France
Report
v Sheffield Wednesday
1 December 1935 Friendly Select North France 3 – 2 Sheffield Wednesday Lille, France
Report
v Sunderland
15 December 1936 Friendly Select North France 5 – 1 Sunderland Lille, France
Report
v Charlton Athletic
11 April 1937 Friendly Select France 2 – 5 Charlton Athletic Paris, France
Report
v Isthmian League XI
6 May 1937 Friendly Select France 0 – 2 Isthmian League XI Le Havre, France
Report
v Athenian League XI
30 April 1939 Friendly Select France Amateur 7 – 3 Athenian League XI Amiens, France
Report

1960s

v  Hungary
12 February 1969 Friendly France  2 – 2  Hungary Lyon, France
Report

1970s

v Ajax Amsterdam
23 April 1974 Friendly France 1 – 0 Ajax Amsterdam Paris, France
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 37,000
v FC Köln
20 August 1974 Friendly France 0 – 0 FC Köln Paris, France
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 25,667
v Real Madrid
19 August 1975 Friendly France 3 – 1 Real Madrid Paris, France
Michel 16'
Rocheteau 32', 60'
Report1
Report2
Santillana 51'Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: M. Wurtz (France)
Note: The average age of the starting lineup was 25 years and 8 months
v  Romania
2 February 1977 Friendly France  2 – 0  Romania Bordeaux, France
Report
v Hamburger SV
24 August 1977 Friendly France 4 – 2 Hamburger SV Paris, France
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 45,830
v FC Bayern Munich
21 August 1979 Friendly France 4 – 1 FC Bayern Munich Paris, France
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,000

1980s

v Juventus FC
3 September 1980 Friendly France 1 – 0 Juventus FC Paris, France
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,000
v VfB Stuttgart
18 August 1981 Friendly France 1 – 3 VfB Stuttgart Paris, France
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,000
v  France
11 June 1982 Friendly Real Sociedad 1 – 3  France San Sebastián, Spain
Kortabarria 33' (p)ReportRocheteau 32'
Platini 38'
Lacombe 38'
Stadium: Atotxa
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Joaquín Urio (Spain)
v Peñarol Montevideo
24 August 1983 Friendly France 1 – 0 Peñarol Montevideo Toulouse, France
Stadium: Stadium
Attendance: 10,438
v FC Inter Milan
5 September 1984 Friendly France 0 – 1 FC Inter Milan Paris, France
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 16,351
v  France
21 May 1986 Friendly Guatemala  1 – 8  France Tlaxcala, Mexico
Stadium: Estadio Tlahuicole
Attendance: 3,000
v  France
24 May 1986 Friendly Mexico U20 1 – 1  France Tlaxcala, Mexico
Stadium: Estadio Tlahuicole
Attendance: 5,000
v  France
14 February 1989 Friendly Arsenal FC 2 – 0  France London, England
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 21,735

1990s

v  France
19 January 1993 Friendly Sporting CP 0 – 2  France Lisbon, Portugal
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade
Attendance: 10,000
v Papin XI
30 May 1999 Friendly France 2 – 2 Papin XI Marseille, France
Stadium: Stade Velodrome
Note: Jean-Pierre Papin testimonial

2000s

v FIFA World XI
16 August 2000 Friendly France 5 – 1 FIFA World XI Marseille, France
Trezeguet 11', 27', 46'
Pires 56'
Anelka 78'
ReportR. Baggio 79' (pen.)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 official by the FFF.

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