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EspañolFRANCE NATIONAL UNDER-21 FOOTBALL TEAM
The 'France national under-21 football team' is the national under-21 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.
Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the French Under-21 team was formed. The team has a good record - it has finished first, second, third and fourth in the competition on one occasion each. The team failed to qualify for the finals on seven occasions, but will take part in the forthcoming 2006 tournament finals, which will take place in Portugal in May and June.
Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start ot a two year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, France's record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown. France did not enter a team in the first two U-23 competitions, but reached the quarter finals in the third.
| Contents |
| UEFA U-23 Championship Record |
| UEFA U-21 Championship Record |
| Current and recent players |
| Participants in the 2007 Toulon Youth Festival |
| See also |
| Sources/External links |
UEFA U-23 Championship Record
★ '1972:' Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in qualification group.
★ '1974:' Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
★ '1976:' Losing quarter-finalists.
UEFA U-21 Championship Record
★ '1978:' Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
★ '1980:' Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
★ '1982:' Losing quarter-finalists.
★ '1984:' Losing quarter-finalists.
★ '1986:' Losing quarter-finalists.
★ '1988: Winners.'
★ '1990:' Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
★ '1992:' Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
★ '1994:' Losing semi-finalists. Finished fourth.
★ '1996:' Losing semi-finalists. Finished third.
★ '1998:' Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
★ '2000:' Did not qualify. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off.
★ '2002:' Runners-up.
★ '2004:' Did not qualify. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off.
★ '2006:' Losing semi-finalists.
★ '2007:' Did not qualify. Lost qualification play-off.
Current and recent players
Players born in 1986 or later are eligible for the 2007-09 UEFA European U-21 Championship, 1988 or later are eligible for the 2009-11 UEFA European U-21 Championship and so on. The Under-19 team will be the most obvious source of the next crop of Under-21s.
Those players in ''italics'' have caps for the senior team. Details of exactly which players have been selected for the March 2007 fixture against Denmark and Norway are available here.
''See also: 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads.''
Participants in the 2007 Toulon Youth Festival
''Les espoirs'' participated in the annual Toulon Youth Festival, held during May and June of 2007. The following players were selected in the squad[1]; most of the regular players were selected instead for the UEFA U-21 Championship qualifying match against Romania on 1 June 2007.
'Goalkeepers'
★ Benoît Costil (SM Caen), 0 caps / 0 goals
★
★ Geoffrey Jourdren (Montpellier HSC), 1 cap / 0 goals
'Defenders'
★ Mohamed Chakouri (Montpellier HSC), 1 cap / 0 goals
★ Romain Danze (Stade Rennais FC), 0 caps / 0 goals
★ Maxime Josse (Stade Brest 29), 2 caps / 0 goals
★ Cyriaque Louvion (Le Mans Union Club 72), 0 caps / 0 goals
★ Thomas Mangani (Stade Brest 29), 0 caps / 0 goals
★ Yassine Moutaouakil (LB Châteauroux), 1 cap / 0 goals
★ Sandy Paillot (Olympique Lyonnais), 0 caps / 0 goals
'Midfielders'
★ Alexandre Bonnet (Toulouse FC), 1 cap / 1 goal
★ Ricardo Faty (A.S. Roma), 0 caps / 0 goals
★ Jonathan Lacourt (Troyes AC), 0 caps / 0 goals
★ Youssouf Mulumbu (Paris Saint-Germain FC), 0 caps / 0 goals
★ Alexandre Raineau (SM Caen), 0 caps / 0 goals
'Forwards'
★ Abdoulrazak Boukari (RC Lens), 2 caps / 1 goal
★ Franck Dja Djedje (Grenoble Foot 38), 1 cap / 1 goal
★ Alharbi El Jadeyaoui (LB Châteauroux), 0 caps / 0 goals
★ Elliot Grandin (SM Caen), 0 caps / 0 goals
★ Ali-Azouz Mathlouthi (RC Strasbourg), 0 caps / 0 goals
★ Loïc Remy (Olympique Lyonnais), 0 caps / 0 goals
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See also
★ France national football team
★ European Under-21 Football Championship
Sources/External links
★ UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
★ The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
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