Statistics and records of the French national football team

• First international game:   Belgium - France   (3-3), May 1, 1904 in Brussels ^[1] .
• Biggest win:   France - Azerbaijan   : 10-0 (September 6, 1995 in Auxerre).
• Biggest away win:   Cyprus - France   : 0-7 (October 11, 1980 in Limassol).
• The biggest defeat:   Denmark - France   : 17-1 (October 22, 1908 in London).
• Largest home defeat:   France - England Amateur Team   : 0-15 (November 1, 1906 in Paris).

• The longest winning streak: 14 matches , since March 29, 2003 (   France 6-0 Malta   ) to February 18, 2004 (   Belgium 0-2 France   )
• The longest win-win streak: 30 matches (from February 16, 1994 to October 9, 1996)
• The longest run without goals: 11 matches (from June 29, 2003 to June 6, 2004—1040 minutes)
• The longest series of defeats: 12 matches (from March 23, 1908 to March 23, 1911)
• The longest unbeaten run: 15 matches (from March 23, 1908 to April 30, 1911)

• First game at Park de Prens :   France - Switzerland   (1-0), February 12, 1905
• First game at the Olympic Stadium Yves du Manoir :   France - Belgium   (1-2), April 12, 1908
• First game at the Stade de France :   France - Spain   (1-0), January 28, 1998
• Attendance record in home matches: 80,051 spectators - at the Stade de France stadium at the match   Ukraine - France   (2-0), June 2, 2007
• Attendance record in guest matches: 125,631 spectators - at the Hampden Park stadium at the match   Scotland - France   (2-0), April 27, 1949
• Largest television audience: 22.2 million viewers - during the semifinal match of the 2006 World Cup   Portugal - France   (0-1)

• The best in terms of the number of games for the national team:

• Most games played as captain: 51 , Didier Deschamps from 1994 to 2000
• Player with the most matches in a row: 44 , Patrick Vieira from 1999 to 2002
• Goalkeepers with the most games: Hugo Lloris - 88 matches ahead of Fabien Barthez (87 matches), Joel Bath (50 games) and Bernard Llama (44 games).
• Oldest player: Larbi Benbarek, 40 years old and 5 months old, during his last national team match on October 16, 1954 against   Germany .
• Youngest player: Rene Girard, 17 years and 11 months, May 8, 1932 in the match against   Scotland .
• Most matches as a coach: 79 matches (41 wins, 24 draws, 14 losses) - Raymond Domenech , from July 12, 2004 to June 22, 2010.

• Top scorers:

• France's first goal: Louis Mesnier, during the match against   Belgium (3-3, May 1, 1904).
• France's 100th goal: Eduard Crewe, during a match against   Belgium (4-3, April 11, 1926).
• France's 500th goal: Marjan Wisnieschi, during the match against   Yugoslavia (July 4-5, July 6, 1960).
• France's 1000th goal: Emmanuel Petit , during the match against   Brazil in the finals of the 1998 World Cup (3-0, July 12, 1998).
• Players who scored five goals in one match: 2 , Tade Sizowski (in 1956, in the match against   Belgium) and Eugene Mas (in 1913, in the match against   Luxembourg).
• Players who scored four goals in one match: 3 , Just Fontaine (in 1958 in the match against   Germany ), Jean Nicolas (in 1934 in the match against   Luxembourg ) and Jean Sesemb (in 1932 in the match against   Bulgaria ).
• The player who scored the hat-trick (3 goals in a row) in the shortest time: Charlie Loubet scored three goals in 11 minutes (42, 47 'and 53' minutes) in the match   Luxembourg (3-1), December 23, 1967.
• Fastest goals: 34 seconds - Frank Soze in the match against   Albania (5-0), March 30, 1991; 35 seconds - Emil Venant in the match against   Belgium during the 1938 World Cup and 36 seconds - Louis Saa in the match against   Faroe Islands October 11, 2006.

At World Championships

• The first match:   France - Mexico   (4-1) July 13, 1930, in Montevideo .
• The player with the most games: 17 matches - Fabienne Barthez (1998, 2002 and 2006) and Thierry Henry (1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010).
• The greatest number of participations in the final stages: 4 - Thierry Henry in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010.
• Top scorers in world championships: 13 goals - Just Just Fontaine ; 6 goals - Thierry Henry ; 5 goals - Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane .
• The maximum number of goals scored in the final stages: 23 , at the 1958 World Cup.
• The smallest number of goals scored in the final stages: 0 , at the 2002 World Cup.
• Most goals scored in one game: 7 - in a match against   Paraguay (7-3) in 1958.
• Most goals conceded in one game: 5 - in a match against   Brazil (2-5) in 1958.
• Top scorer in a single final stage of the World Cup: 13 goals - Just Just Fontaine in 1958.
• Top scorer in one match: 4 goals - Just Just Fontaine , in the match   France - Germany   (6-3) in 1958.

As of October 11, 2011, after the match Bosnia and Herzegovina - France