France national football team results (1980–1999)
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This is a list of the France national football team results from 1980 to 1999.
1980s[edit]
1980[edit]
| 27 February International friendly | France  | 5–1 |  Greece | Paris, France |
Bathenay  7' (pen.)Platini 37', 62'Christophe 63'Stopyra 66' | Match Report | Mavros 32' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 29,992 Referee: José Luis Garcia Carrión (Spain) |
| 26 March International friendly | France | 0–0 |  Netherlands | Paris, France |
| Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,477 Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italian) |
| 23 May International friendly | Soviet Union  | 1–0 | France | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Cherenkov 85' | Match Report | Stadium: Lenin Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Sándor Kúti (Hungary) |
| 11 October 1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | Cyprus  | 0–7 | France | Limassol, Cyprus |
| Match Report | Lacombe 4' Platini 14', 23'Larios 40' (pen.), 76' (pen.)Six 82'Zimako 87' | Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland) |
| 28 October 1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | France | 2–0 |  Republic of Ireland | Paris, France |
| Platini 11' Zimako 77' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,800 Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain) |
| 19 November International friendly | West Germany  | 4–1 | France | Hanover, West Germany |
| Kaltz 6' (pen.) Briegel 37'Hrubesch 62'Allofs 89' | Match Report | Larios 39' (pen.) | Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway) |
1981[edit]
| 18 February International friendly | Spain  | 1–0 | France | Madrid, Spain |
| Juanito 86' (pen.) | Match Report | Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Carol Juria (Romania) |
| 25 March 1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | Netherlands | 1–0 | France | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Dropsy 47' (o.g.) | Match Report | Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy) |
| 29 April 1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | France | 3–2 |  Belgium | Paris, France |
| Soler 14', 31' Six 26' | Match Report | Vandenbergh 5' Ceulemans 52' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,954 Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain) |
| 15 May International friendly | France | 1–3 |  Brazil | Paris, France |
| Six 81' | Match Report | Zico 21' Reinaldo 27'Sócrates 52' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,749 Referee: Gianfranco Menegali (Italy) |
| 9 September 1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | Belgium | 2–0 | France | Brussels, Belgium |
| Czerniatynski 24' Vandenbergh 83' | Match Report | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 52,525 Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary) |
| 14 October 1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | Republic of Ireland | 3–2 | France | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Mahut 3' (o.g.) Stapleton 23'Robinson 40' | Match Report | Bellone 9' Platini 83' | Stadium: Lansdowne Road Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) |
| 18 November 1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | France | 2–0 | Netherlands | Paris, France |
| Platini 52' Six 82' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,884 Referee: António Garrido (Portugal) |
| 5 December 1982 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | France | 4–0 | Cyprus | Paris, France |
| Rocheteau 25' Lacombe 29', 82'Genghini 86' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,437 Referee: Edwin Borg (Malta) |
1982[edit]
| 23 February International friendly | France | 2–0 |  Italy | Paris, France |
| Platini 19' Bravo 84' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,541 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany) |
| 24 March International friendly | France | 4–0 |  Northern Ireland | Paris, France |
| Zénier 31' Couriol 45'Larios 57' (pen.)Genghini 80' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Roger Verhaeghe (Belgium) |
| 28 April International friendly | France | 0–1 |  Peru | Paris, France |
| Match Report | Oblitas 82' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,429 Referee: André Daina (Switzerland) |
| 14 May International friendly | France | 0–0 |  Bulgaria | Paris, France |
| Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands) |
| 2 June International friendly | France | 0–1 |  Wales | Toulouse, France |
| Match Report | Rush 55' | Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 26,671 Referee: Viria Oliva (Portugal) |
| 16 June 1982 FIFA World Cup First round | England  | 3–1 | France | Bilbao, Spain |
| Robson 1', 67' Mariner 83' | Match Report | Soler 24' | Stadium: San Mamés Stadium Attendance: 44,172 Referee: António Garrido (Portugal) |
| 21 June 1982 FIFA World Cup First round | France | 4–1 |  Kuwait | Valladolid, Spain |
| Genghini 31' Platini 43'Six 48'Bossis 89' | Match Report | Al-Buloushi 75' | Stadium: Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla Attendance: 30,043 Referee: Myroslav Stupar (Soviet Union) |
| 24 June 1982 FIFA World Cup First round | Czechoslovakia  | 1–1 | France | Valladolid, Spain |
| Panenka 84' (pen.) | Match Report | Six 66' | Stadium: Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy) |
| 28 June 1982 FIFA World Cup Second round | Austria  | 0–1 | France | Madrid, Spain |
| Match Report | Genghini 39' | Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary) |
| 4 July 1982 FIFA World Cup Second round | France | 4–1 | Northern Ireland | Madrid, Spain |
| Giresse 33', 80' Rocheteau 46', 68' | Match Report | Armstrong 75' | Stadium: Vicente Calderón Stadium Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland) |
| 8 July 1982 FIFA World Cup Semi-finals | France | 3–3 (4–5 p) | West Germany | Seville, Spain |
| Platini 27' (pen) Trésor 93'Giresse 99' | Match Report | Littbarski 18' Rummenigge 103'Fischer 108' | Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands) | |
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Giresse  Amoros Rocheteau Six  Platini Bossis | Kaltz Breitner Stielike Littbarski Rummenigge Hrubesch | |||
| 10 July 1982 FIFA World Cup Third place play-off | France | 2–3 |  Poland | Alicante, Spain |
| Girard 14' Couriol 75' | Match Report | Szarmach 42' Majewski 45'Kupcewicz 47' | Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Attendance: 28,000 Referee: António Garrido (Portugal) |
| 31 August International friendly | France | 0–4 | Poland | Paris, France |
| Match Report | Jałocha 28' Kupcewicz 61', 62'Buncol 68' (pen) | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland) |
| 6 October International friendly | France | 1–0 |  Hungary | Paris, France |
| Roussey 65' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 15,777 Referee: Roger Verhaeghe (Belgium) |
| 10 November International friendly | Netherlands | 1–2 | France | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Tahamata 8' | Match Report | Battiston 12' Platini 81' | Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 9,693 Referee: Roger Schoeters (Belgium) |
1983[edit]
| 16 February International friendly | Portugal  | 0–3 | France | Guimarães, Portugal |
| Match Report | Stopyra 7', 70' Ferreri 8' | Stadium: Estádio Municipal Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ulrich Nyffenegger (Switzerland) |
| 23 March International friendly | France | 1–1 | Soviet Union | Paris, France |
| Fernández 42' | Match Report | Cherenkov 28' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,908 Referee: George Courtney (England) |
| 23 April International friendly | France | 4–0 |  Yugoslavia | Paris, France |
| Le Roux 22' Rocheteau 32', 47'Touré 74' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,881 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany) |
| 31 May International friendly | Belgium | 1–1 | France | Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Voordeckers 12' | Match Report | Six 11' | Stadium: Stade Municipale Attendance: 5,880 Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg) |
| 7 September International friendly | Denmark  | 3–1 | France | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Laudrup 20', 75' Brylle 59' | Match Report | Platini 26' | Stadium: Idrætsparken Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Volker Roth (East Germany) |
| 5 October International friendly | France | 1–1 |  Spain | Paris, France |
| Rocheteau 60' | Match Report | Señor 83' (pen) | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,628 Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy) |
| 12 November International friendly | Yugoslavia | 0–0 | France | Zagreb, Yugoslavia |
| Match Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy) |
1984[edit]
| 29 February International friendly | France | 2–0 | England | Paris, France |
| Platini 58', 71' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Netherlands) |
| 28 March International friendly | France | 1–0 | Austria | Marseilles, France |
| Rocheteau 83' | Match Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Viria Oliva (Portugal) |
| 18 April International friendly | France | 1–0 | West Germany | Strasbourg, France |
| Genghini 79' | Match Report | Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 39,978 Referee: Enzo Barbaresco (Italy) |
| 1 June International friendly | France | 2–0 |  Scotland | Marseilles, France |
| Giresse 14' Lacombe 29' | Match Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 24,641 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy) |
| 12 June UEFA Euro 1984 First round | France | 1–0 | Denmark | Paris, France |
| Platini 78' Amoros  87' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,570 Referee: Volker Roth (East Germany) |
| 16 June UEFA Euro 1984 First round | France | 5–0 | Belgium | Nantes, France |
| Platini 4', 74' (pen.), 89' Giresse 31'Fernández 44' | Match Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 51,359 Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland) |
| 19 June UEFA Euro 1984 First round | France | 3–2 | Yugoslavia | Saint-Étienne, France |
| Platini 59', 61', 76' | Match Report | Šestić 31' Stojković 80' (pen.) | Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 45,789 Referee: André Daina (Switzerland) |
| 23 June UEFA Euro 1984 Semi-finals | France | 3–2 a.e.t. | Portugal | Marseilles, France |
| Domergue 25', 115' Platini 119' | Match Report | Jordão 74', 98' | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,848 Referee: Paolo Bergamo (Italy) |
| 27 June UEFA Euro 1984 Final | France | 2–0 | Spain | Paris, France |
| Platini 57' Bellone 90'Le Roux  85' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,368 Referee: Vojtech Christov (Bulgaria) |
| 13 October 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | Luxembourg  | 0–4 | France | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Match Report | Battiston 2' Platini 12'Stopyra 24', 32' | Stadium: Stade Municipale Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark) |
| 21 November 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | France | 1–0 | Bulgaria | Paris, France |
| Platini 62' (pen.) | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 42,084 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany) |
| 8 December 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | France | 2–0 |  East Germany | Paris, France |
| Stopyra 32' Anziani 89' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,174 Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy) |
1985[edit]
| 3 April 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | Yugoslavia | 0–0 | France | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia |
| Match Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) |
| 2 May 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | Bulgaria | 2–0 | France | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Dimitrov 11' Sirakov 61' | Match Report | Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland) |
| 21 August International friendly | France | 2–0 |  Uruguay | Paris, France |
| Rocheteau 5' Touré 56' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 20,405 Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina) |
| 11 September 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | East Germany | 2–0 | France | Leipzig, East Germany |
| Ernst 53' Kreer 81' | Match Report | Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Pietro D'Elia (Italy) |
| 30 October 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | France | 6–0 | Luxembourg | Paris, France |
| Rocheteau 4', 29', 48' Touré 24'Giresse 36'Fernández 47' (pen.) | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 28,597 Referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland) |
| 16 November 1986 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | France | 2–0 | Yugoslavia | Paris, France |
| Platini 3', 71' Le Roux 84' | Match Report | Radanović 82' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,670 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) |
1986[edit]
| 26 February International friendly | France | 0–0 | Northern Ireland | Paris, France |
| Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 28,909 Referee: Alphonse Constantin (Belgium) |
| 26 March International friendly | France | 2–0 |  Argentina | Paris, France |
| Ferreri 15' Vercruysse 80' | Match Report | Borghi 59' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,045 Referee: Franz Gächter (Switzerland) |
| 1 June 1986 FIFA World Cup Group C | Canada  | 0–1 | France | León, Mexico |
| Match Report | Papin 79' | Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 35,748 Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile) |
| 5 June 1986 FIFA World Cup Group C | France | 1–1 | Soviet Union | León, Mexico |
| Fernández 62' | Match Report | Rats 54' | Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 36,540 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) |
| 9 June 1986 FIFA World Cup Group C | France | 3–0 | Hungary | León, Mexico |
| Stopyra 30' Tigana 63'Rocheteau 84' | Match Report | Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 31,420 Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal) |
| 17 June 1986 FIFA World Cup Second round | France | 2–0 | Italy | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Platini 15' Stopyra 57' | Match Report | Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Universitario Attendance: 71,449 Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina) |
| 21 June 1986 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finals | Brazil | 1–1 (3–4 p) | France | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Careca 17' | Match Report | Platini 41' | Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 65,677 Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania) | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Sócrates Alemão Zico Branco Júlio César | Stopyra Amoros Bellone Platini Fernández | |||
| 25 June 1986 FIFA World Cup Semi-finals | France | 0–2 | West Germany | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Match Report | Brehme 9' Völler 90' | Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy) |
| 28 June 1986 FIFA World Cup Third place match | Belgium | 2–4 a.e.t. | France | Puebla, Mexico |
| Ceulemans 11' Claesen 73' | Match Report | Ferreri 27' Papin 43'Genghini 104'Amoros 111' (pen.) | Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 21,500 Referee: George Courtney (England) |
| 19 August International friendly | Switzerland  | 2–0 | France | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Hermann 72' Sutter 75' | Match Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany) |
| 10 September UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying Group 3 | Iceland  | 0–0 | France | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Match Report | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 13,758 Referee: Alan Ferguson (Scotland) |
| 11 October UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying Group 3 | France | 0–2 | Soviet Union | Paris, France |
| Match Report | Belanov 67' Rats 73' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 40,496 Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy) |
| 19 November UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying Group 3 | East Germany | 0–0 | France | Leipzig, East Germany |
| Match Report | Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 54,578 Referee: George Courtney (England) |
1987[edit]
| 29 April UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying Group 3 | France | 2–0 | Iceland | Paris, France |
| Micciche 37' Stopyra 65' | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 27,732 Referee: Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland) |
| 16 June UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying Group 3 | Norway  | 2–0 | France | Oslo, Norway |
| Mordt 71' Andersen 80' | Match Report | Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 7,678 Referee: Werner Föckler (West Germany) |
| 12 August International friendly | West Germany | 2–1 | France | West Berlin |
| Völler 4', 9' | Match Report | Cantona 42' | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark) |
| 9 September UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying Group 3 | Soviet Union | 1–1 | France | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Mikhailichenko 77' | Match Report | Touré 13' | Stadium: Central Lenin Stadium Attendance: 86,048 Referee: Gerassimos Germanakos (Greece) |
| 14 October UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying Group 3 | France | 1–1 | Norway | Paris, France |
| Fargeon 63' | Match Report | Sundby 79' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 11,308 Referee: Joaquín Ramos (Spain) |
| 18 November UEFA Euro 1988 Qualifying Group 3 | France | 0–1 | East Germany | Paris, France |
| Match Report | Ernst 90' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 16,581 Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal) |
1988[edit]
| 27 January International friendly | Israel  | 1–1 | France | Ramat Gan, Israel |
| Avraham Cohen 69' | Match Report | Stopyra 60' | Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Allan Gunn (England) |
| 2 February International friendly | France | 2–1 | Switzerland | Toulouse, France |
| Passi 7' Fargeon 9' | Match Report | Sutter 19' | Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 10,348 Referee: Gérard Biguet (France) |
| 5 February International friendly | France | 2–1 |  Morocco | Monaco |
| Lamriss 9' (o.g.) Stopyra 49' | Match Report | Lamriss 34' | Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France) |
| 23 March International friendly | France | 2–1 | Spain | Bordeaux, France |
| Passi 8' Fernández 26' | Match Report | Calderé 6' | Stadium: Parc Lescure Attendance: 14,441 Referee: Neil Midgley (England) |
| 27 April International friendly | Northern Ireland | 0–0 | France | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Match Report | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Keith Cooper (Wales) |
| 24 August International friendly | France | 1–1 | Czechoslovakia | Paris, France |
| Paille 52' | Match Report | Daněk 82' | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ildefonso Urízar (Spain) |
| 28 September 1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 5 | France | 1–0 | Norway | Paris, France |
| Papin 84' (pen.) | Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Günther Habermann (East Germany) |
| 22 October 1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 5 | Cyprus | 1–1 | France | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Pittas 78' (pen.) | Match Report | Xuereb 44' | Stadium: Makario Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain) |
| 19 November 1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 5 | Yugoslavia | 3–2 | France | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Spasić 11' Sušić 76'Stojković 82' | Match Report | Perez 3' Sauzée 68' | Stadium: JNA Stadium Attendance: 7,489 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) |
1989[edit]
| 7 February International friendly | Republic of Ireland | 0–0 | France | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Match Report | Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 22,000 Referee: John Lloyd (Wales) |
| 8 March 1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 5 | Scotland | 2–0 | France | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Johnston 28', 52' | Match Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 65,204 Referee: Jiří Stiegler (Czechoslovakia) |
| 29 April 1990 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 5 | France | 0–0 | Yugoslavia | Paris, France |
| Match Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 34,287 Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy) |
