France national under-20 football team
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Les Tricolores (The Tri-colours)
| Nickname(s) | Les Bleuets (The Little Blues) Les Tricolores (The Tri-colours) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | French Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Bernard Diomède | ||
| FIFA code | FRA | ||
| |||
| First international | |||
 Spain 2–1 France  (Radès, Tunisia; 28 June 1977) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Indonesia 0–6  France(Murcia, Spain; 17 November 2022) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Colombia 4–1 France (Bogotá, Colombia; 30 July 2011)  Brazil 3–0 France (Kuching, Malaysia; 17 June, 1997)  United States 3–0 France (Rancagua, Chile; 2 October, 2025) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1977) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2013) | ||
The France national under-20 football team (French: Équipe de France des moins de 20 ans de football) represents France in men's international football at this age level and is controlled by the French Football Federation. Since there is no under-20 UEFA tournament, the team competes for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The under-20 team also participates in the Toulon Tournament, usually replacing the under-21 team, and in the football tournaments of the Mediterranean Games and the Jeux de la Francophonie.
France were the world champions, winning the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The team reached the semifinals for the first time in their history in 2011, and they have also made it to the quarterfinals in two occasions, in 1997 and 2001.
FIFA U-20 World Cup
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1977 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
 1979 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 1981 | ||||||||
 1983 | ||||||||
 1985 | ||||||||
 1987 | ||||||||
 1989 | ||||||||
 1991 | ||||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||
 1995 | ||||||||
 1997 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |
 1999 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2001 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |
 2003 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2005 | ||||||||
 2007 | ||||||||
 2009 | ||||||||
| 2011 | Fourth place | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |
 2013 | Champions | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | |
 2015 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2017 | Round of 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
 2019 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2025 | Fourth place | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |
  2027 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Total | 9/24 | 45 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 86 | 55 | |
Players
Head-to-head record
The following table shows France's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Brazil |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Colombia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 |
 Ecuador |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Gambia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Germany |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Ghana |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 66.67 |
 Honduras |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
 Iran |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
 Italy |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Japan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Mali |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Mexico |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 33.33 |
 Morocco |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
 New Caledonia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
| New Zealand |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Nigeria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Norway |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Panama |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
 Paraguay |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Portugal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Saudi Arabia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
 South Africa |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 100.00 |
| South Korea |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 66.67 |
 Spain |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 |
 Tunisia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Turkey |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| United States |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0.00 |
 Uruguay |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Uzbekistan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
 Vietnam |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Total | 44 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 86 | 54 | +32 | 56.82 |
Honours
- Champions: 2013
- Champions (13): 1977, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2022
- Finalists (14): 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016
