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{{Short description|Governing body of association football in France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{National football association
| Logo                     = French Football Federation logo.svg
| Badge size               = 200
| Short name = FFF, 3F, Triple F
| Founded                  = {{start date and age|1919|04|07|df=y}}
| FIFA affiliation         = {{plainlist|
*1904 (USFSA)
*1907 (CFI)
*1919 }}
| Region                   = [[UEFA]]
| Region affiliation       = 1954
| President                = [[Philippe Diallo]] 
| Website                  = {{URL|https://fff.fr}} {{in lang|fr}}
}}
The '''French Football Federation''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''FFF''' and '''3F'''; or '''Triple F''';<ref>[https://landes.fff.fr/simple/noel-le-graet-reconduit-a-la-tete-de-la-3f/ Noel Le Graet reconduit à la tête de la 3F.]</ref><ref>[https://www.sports.fr/football/equipe-de-france/on-ne-manque-de-respect-a-legende-mbappe-reprend-graet-de-volee-681262.html « On ne manque pas de respect à la légende », Mbappé reprend Le Graët de volée]</ref> {{langx|fr|Fédération Française de Football}}, {{IPA|fr|fedeʁɑsjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz də futbol|pron}}) is the governing body of [[association football|football]] in [[France]].<ref>It also includes the [[Overseas departments and territories of France|overseas departments]] ([[Guadeloupe]], [[French Guiana]], [[Martinique]], [[Mayotte]] and [[Réunion]]), and the [[Overseas departments and territories of France|overseas collectivities]] ([[New Caledonia]], [[French Polynesia]], [[Wallis and Futuna]], [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] and [[Saint Barthélemy]]-[[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]])</ref> It was formed in 1919 and is based in the [[Capital city|capital]], [[Paris]]. The FFF is a founding member of [[FIFA]] and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in France, both professional and amateur. The French Football Federation is a founding member of [[UEFA]] and joined FIFA in 1907 after replacing the [[Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques|USFSA]], who were founding members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fff.fr/actualites/182227-de-nouveaux-logos-pour-la-fff?themePath=la-fff/federation-en-action/|title=De nouveaux logos pour la FFF|date=2018-07-25|website=fff.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730143136/https://www.fff.fr/actualites/182227-de-nouveaux-logos-pour-la-fff?themePath=la-fff%2Ffederation-en-action%2F|archive-date=2018-07-30|access-date=2018-07-30|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
=== Background ===
{{main|Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques}}
Before the FFF was established, football, [[rugby union]] and others sports in France were regulated by the {{lang|fr|[[Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques]]}} (USFSA). Founded in November 1890, the USFSA was initially headquartered in Paris but its membership soon expanded to include sports clubs from throughout France.<ref name="Beijing 2008">''The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC- Athens to Beijing, 1894–2008'': David Miller (2008)</ref><ref name="www.rsssf.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/franchamp.html |title=rsssf.org |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=28 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="AAFLA">{{cite web |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1992/ore301/ORE301p.pdf |format=PDF|title=This Great Symbol |access-date=18 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528014548/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1992/ore301/ORE301p.pdf |archive-date=28 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1894, the USFSA also organised the first recognised [[1894 USFSA Football Championship|French football championship]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/AssociationWeeks/Association=43/newsid=154563.html |title=UEFA |access-date=2019-08-25 |archive-date=2020-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111053732/https://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/AssociationWeeks/Association=43/newsid=154563.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first competition featured just four Paris teams and was organised on a knockout basis.<ref>''Football in France, a statistical record 1894–2003'': Alex Graham (2004)</ref>

In [[Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]], the USFSA sent players from [[Paris]]ian [[Club Français]] to represent [[France at the 1900 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1900f.html Games of the II. Olympiad – Football Tournament] by Søren Elbech and Karel Stokkermans on the [[RSSSF]]</ref><ref>''The Complete Results & Line-ups of the Olympic Football Tournaments 1900–2004'': Colin Jose (2004)</ref> On 1 May 1904 the USFSA also selected the first official [[France national football team]]. The USFSA would be dissolved in 1919 after some disagreements with [[FIFA]].

=== Formation and evolution ===
The ''Fédération Française de Football'' was formed on 7 April 1919 following the transformation of the ''[[Comité Français Interfédéral]]'' (CFI) into the ''Fédération Française de Football Association'' (FFFA). The CFI were seen as a rival organization to the {{Lang|fr|[[Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques]]|italic=no}} (USFSA) due to the organization's constantly disagreeing with each other, mainly due to the latter's opposition to [[professionalism]] in sport. Following [[History of the France national football team#Early years|the debacle at the 1908 Summer Olympics]], in which France sent two teams, one controlled by the USFSA and another by FIFA, the CFI ruled that FIFA would now be responsible for the club's appearances in forthcoming [[Olympic Games]] and not the USFSA. Being a founding member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC), the USFSA disagreed with the ruling and, despite having three years to reach an agreement, the CFI and the USFSA failed to, which led to France not sending a football team to the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]. The USFSA later developed friction with FIFA and the IOC, which led to disorganization and in 1913, became semi-affiliated with the CFI.

On 7 April 1919 the CFI transformed themselves into the ''Fédération Française de Football'' with [[Jules Rimet]] being installed as the federation's first president. Its legal status is placed under the French [[:fr:Association loi de 1901|''Association loi de 1901'']] jurisdiction ([[Voluntary association]]). The FFF has been affiliated to FIFA since 1907, when the CFI succeeded the USFSA as France's representative. Two years later after the CFI's transformation, the USFSA officially merged with the federation.
===Modern day===

On 28 June 2010, the federation's current president, [[Jean-Pierre Escalettes]], announced his resignation from his position effective 23 July.<ref>{{cite news |title=Escalettes démissionne! |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2010/20100628_160814_escalettes-demissionne.html |work=[[France Football]] |date=28 June 2010 |access-date=28 June 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629220949/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2010/20100628_160814_escalettes-demissionne.html |archive-date=29 June 2010 }}</ref> On 23 July, Fernand Duchaussoy was installed as the federation's interim president and, on 18 December, the title was removed making him the federation's 11th president in its history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fernand Duchaussoy élu |url=http://www.fff.fr/presentationfff/actualite/535959.shtml |work=French Football Federation |date=18 December 2010 |access-date=19 December 2010}}</ref> On 18 June 2011, following as election, Nöel Le Graët was named as the federation's 12th president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nöel Le Graët élu Président |url=http://www.fff.fr/presentationfff/actualite/538055.shtml |work=French Football Federation |date=18 June 2011 |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-date=21 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621063837/http://www.fff.fr/presentationfff/actualite/538055.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The FFF announced to file a complaint with FIFA over racist and discriminatory remarks made by Argentina players in post-match chants after their [[Copa América]] win. The incident involved [[Enzo Fernández]], who posted a video where players appeared to sing about French players of African heritage. [[Wesley Fofana (footballer)|Wesley Fofana]] condemned the video as "uninhibited racism." [[Philippe Diallo]] condemned the remarks and planned to contact Argentina's football federation and [[FIFA]]. [[Gianni Infantino]] had previously committed to a zero tolerance approach to racism.<ref>{{cite news|title=French federation files complaint after ‘racist and discriminatory remarks’ by Argentina players |date=16 July 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/article/argentina-song-french-complaint-copa-america-ef250939aa10f60f3a821d54f54e0d83 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717222545/https://apnews.com/article/argentina-song-french-complaint-copa-america-ef250939aa10f60f3a821d54f54e0d83 |archive-date=17 July 2024 |access-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>

== Activities ==
The French Football Federation describes itself in these four roles:

* To organize, develop, and monitor the teachings and practices of [[Association football|football]] in all its forms on the mainland and in the [[Overseas departments and territories of France|overseas regions and territories]].
* To create and maintain a link between its individual members, affiliated clubs, and their respective districts and regional leagues of the Ligue du Football Amateur (LFA) and the [[Ligue de Football Professionnel]] (LFP).
* To defend the moral and material interests of [[French football]].
* To maintain all appropriate relations with foreign associations affiliated with FIFA, as well as their sporting organizations and national governments.

The FFF sanctions all competitive football matches in France, either directly, beginning with the {{Lang|fr|[[Championnat National]]|italic=no}} on down, or indirectly through the [[Ligue de Football Professionnel]], who manage [[Ligue 1]] and [[Ligue 2]], the first and second divisions of France, respectively, as well as the [[Coupe de la Ligue]]. The LFP, however, still operate under the authority of the federation. The federation is also responsible for appointing the management of the [[France national football team|men's]], [[France women's national football team|women's]] and [[France national youth football team|youth]] national football teams. In 2010, the FFF had 2,107,924 licenses, with over 1,800,000 registered players and 18,000 registered clubs.<ref>[http://www.fff.fr/common/ressources/217361.pdf Licenses of the French Football Federation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118003700/http://www.fff.fr/common/ressources/217361.pdf |date=18 November 2006 }}</ref> The federation unveiled its new crest (above right) in 2007.

The French Football Federation runs numerous competitions, the most famous of which is the annual [[Coupe de France]]. The Coupe de France is managed under the authority of the Federal Commission of the Coupe de France, which is directly attached to the Federal Council of the FFF. The federation also organizes the championships of the [[semi-professional]] and [[amateur]] leagues, such as the {{Lang|fr|[[Championnat National]]|italic=no}}, the [[Championnat de France amateur]] and [[Championnat de France amateur 2]], and the regional and departmental leagues, as well as the latter's cup competitions.

The federation also governs youth leagues, such as the {{Lang|fr|[[Championnat National]]|italic=no}} of the [[Championnat National U-19|under-19s]] and [[Championnat National U-17|under-17s]]. The FFF also oversee the organization of the [[Coupe Gambardella]] and the [[Coupe Nationale]] for the under-15 and under-13 club teams. The federation organizes all three divisions of women's football in France and oversee the [[Challenge de France]], the women's premier cup competition.

== Regional associations ==
The FFF is divided into 20 regional associations, corresponding to the 18 [[regions of France]] (13 mainland and 5 overseas), plus two [[Overseas collectivity|overseas collectivities]] ([[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]] and [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]).<ref name="FFF Competitions">{{cite web | title=Fédération Française de Football | website=Fédération Française de Football | url=https://www.fff.fr/competition | language=fr | access-date=May 20, 2023}}</ref><ref name="FFF Amateur Minutes">{{cite web | title=Bureau Executif de la Ligue du Football Amateur Proces-Verbal | trans-title=Amateur Football League Executive Board Minutes | website=media.fff.fr | date=December 5, 2021 | url=https://media.fff.fr/uploads/document/7229aef34a0d826fd420692bb6eccc83.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705103359/https://media.fff.fr/uploads/document/7229aef34a0d826fd420692bb6eccc83.pdf | archive-date=July 5, 2022 | url-status=dead | access-date=May 20, 2023}}</ref> Another overseas collectivity, [[Saint Barthélemy]], has its own [[Comité Territorial de Football de Saint-Barthélemy|territorial committee]] but is recognized as a district of the Guadeloupe regional association.<ref name="LIGUE GUADELOUPEENNE DE FOOTBALL">{{cite web | title=Documents – LIGUE GUADELOUPEENNE DE FOOTBALL (Statuts) | website=LIGUE GUADELOUPEENNE DE FOOTBALL – Pasyonéman Tan Nou ! | url=https://liguefoot-guadeloupe.fff.fr/documents/?cid=22&sid=9&scid=-1&sscid=-1&pid=0 | language=fr | access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref> [[Tahitian Football Federation|French Polynesia]] and [[New Caledonian Football Federation|New Caledonia]] are members of [[FIFA]] in their own right and do not have regional bodies within the FFF.<ref name="New Caledonia">{{cite web | title=Fédération Calédonienne de Football | website=Oceania Football Confederation | date=July 20, 2022 | url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/new-caledonia/ | access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref><ref name="French Polynesia">{{cite web | title=Fédération Tahitienne de Football | website=Oceania Football Confederation | date=March 12, 2023 | url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/tahiti/ | access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref> [[Wallis and Futuna]] is the only inhabited territory of France to not have organized football at any level.

Regional associations are responsible for organizing all competitions below Level 5 in the [[French football league system|French league system]].<ref name="FFF Competitions"/> The number of regional associations was reduced by nine after the 2016 [[Regions of France#Reform and mergers of regions|redrawing of regions]] in France.<ref name="Bleu 2016">{{cite web | last=Bleu | title=CARTES : découvrez les 13 nouvelles Ligues régionales décidées par la FFF | trans-title=MAPS: discover the 13 new regional leagues decided by the FFF | website=France Bleu | date=February 9, 2016 | url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/foot-cartes-decouvrez-les-13-nouvelles-ligues-regionales-decidees-par-la-fff-1454690383 | language=fr | access-date=May 20, 2023}}</ref>

=== Mainland France===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Region
! Association<ref name="FFF Competitions"/>
|-
| {{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}}
| Ligue Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes de football
|-
| {{flag|Bourgogne-Franche-Comté}}
| Ligue de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté de football
|-
| {{flag|Brittany}}
| Ligue de Bretagne de football
|-
| {{flag|Centre-Val de Loire}}
| Ligue du Centre-Val de Loire de football
|-
| {{flag|Corsica}}
| [[Ligue Corse de football]]
|-
| {{flag|Grand Est}}
| Ligue du Grand Est de football
|-
| {{flag|Hauts-de-France}}
| Ligue de Football des Hauts-de-France
|-
| {{flag|Île-de-France}}
| Ligue de Paris Île-de-France de football
|-
| {{flag|Normandy}}
| Ligue de football de Normandie
|-
| {{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}}
| Ligue de football Nouvelle-Aquitaine
|-
| {{flag|Occitanie}}
| Ligue de football d'Occitanie
|-
| {{flag|Pays de la Loire}}
| Ligue de football des Pays de la Loire
|-
| {{flag|Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur}}
| Ligue de la Méditerranée de football
|}

=== Overseas France===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Region/Collectivity
! Association<ref name="FFF Competitions"/><ref name="FFF Amateur Minutes"/>
|-
| {{flag|French Guiana|local}}
| [[Ligue de football de la Guyane]]
|-
| {{flag|Guadeloupe|local}} and {{flag|Saint Barthélemy|local}}
| [[Ligue guadeloupéenne de football]]
|-
| {{flag|Martinique|local}}
| [[Ligue de football de la Martinique]]
|-
| {{flag|Mayotte|local}}
| [[Ligue mahoraise de football]]
|-
| {{flag|Reunion|local}}
| [[Ligue réunionnaise de football]]
|-
| {{flag|Saint Martin|local}}
| [[Ligue de football de Saint-Martin]]
|-
| {{flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|local}}
| [[Ligue de football de Saint Pierre et Miquelon]]
|}

==Executive committee==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Member!!Role!!Notes
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Philippe Diallo]]
|style="text-align: left;"|[[President (corporate title)|President]]
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Brigitte Henriques]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Deputy Vice-President
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Laura Georges]]
|style="text-align: left;"|[[General secretary]]
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Philippe Diallo
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Treasurer]]
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Jean-Michel Aulas]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Member
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Éric Borghini
|style="text-align: left;"|Member
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Albert Gemmrich]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Member
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Hélène Schrub
|style="text-align: left;"|Member
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Marc Keller
|style="text-align: left;"|Member
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Philippe Lafrique
|style="text-align: left;"|Member
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Pascal Parent
|style="text-align: left;"|Member
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Jamel Sandjak
|style="text-align: left;"|Member
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Marc Debarbat
|style="text-align: left;"|President of the Amateur Football League
|style="text-align: left;"|
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Vincent Labrune
|style="text-align: left;"|President of the [[Ligue de Football Professionnel|Professional Football League]] 
|style="text-align: left;"|
|}

== Academies ==
The French Football Force operates 14 ''élite'' academies throughout the country of France, the most famous being the [[INF Clairefontaine]], which was created by former FFF president [[Fernand Sastre]] in 1976. Located 50&nbsp;km southwest of Paris in [[Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines]], INF Clairefontaine is arguably the finest football academy in the world. It has a high reputation of producing some of the most gifted French players including [[Nicolas Anelka]], [[Louis Saha]], [[William Gallas]] and former national team top scorer [[Thierry Henry]].

=== Registration ===
Players selected to an academy must be at least 13 years of age, have [[French nationality law|French nationality]] (rule valid until 2010), and be living and playing within the [[Regions of France|region]] of the academy the player is registering for. Registration for new players at an academy normally begins in October the year before players enroll at the academy when prospective applicants are 12 years of age. Players have until December to register with their club for acceptance into the academy. The first set of trials are carried out by each district within its respective region. Each district selects a set number of players who will travel to the region's academy to attend a tryout, which is usually held over a three-day period. The dates of the tryouts vary depending on the academy. The Clairefontaine academy normally hold its tryouts during the [[Easter]] school holidays, however the academy in [[Châteauroux]] holds its tryouts in June. After the three days, the academy director and officials will convene to select a maximum of 22 players with three or four of the 22 being [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeepers]]. The number of players selected also vary depending on the academy.

=== Training and accommodation ===
Players who are selected to attend an academy stay and train at the facilities from Monday through Friday. Players are given the weekend off to go and visit family and, also, to train and play with their parent clubs. They are given school holidays off, as well. Players are also required to meet educational criteria. For example, players age 13–15 training at Clairefontaine attend the Collège Catherine de Vivonne de Rambouilet in [[Rambouillet]]. After departing Rambouilet, players enroll at the nearby [[high school]] Lycée Louis Bascan de Rambouillet with hopes that they will earn their [[Baccalauréat]]. All costs required to attend an academy are borne by the federation and the Ligue Nationale de Football.<ref>{{cite news |title=Les conditions d'inscription |url=http://www.fff.fr/dtn/actualite/479674.shtml |work=French Football Federation |date=6 November 2010 |access-date=20 November 2010 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104170921/http://www.fff.fr/dtn/actualite/479674.shtml |archive-date=4 November 2010 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Academy!!Location!!Notes
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|CREPS de Aquitaine
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Talence]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Aquitaine]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Centre de Préformation de Football
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Liévin]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Pôle Espoir de Castelmaurou
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Castelmaurou]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in the [[Midi-Pyrénées]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[INF Clairefontaine]]
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Île-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|IFR Châteauroux
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Châteauroux]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Centre (French region)|Centre]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Pôle Espoir de Dijon
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Dijon]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Burgundy (French region)|Burgundy]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Pôle Espoir de la Guadeloupe
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Guadeloupe]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in the [[French Caribbean]]
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Pôle Espoir de Marseille
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Marseille]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in and around [[Méditerranée]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[PEF Ploufragan]]
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Ploufragan]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Brittany]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|CREPS de Reims
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Reims]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Champagne-Ardenne]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|CREPS La Réunion
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Réunion]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Réunion]] and nearby territories.
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[PEF Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire]]
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Pays de la Loire]].
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|Pôle Espoir de Vichy
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Vichy]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Trains players exclusively brought up in [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]].
|}

==Honours==
===National football team===
{|
|-
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=== [[France national football team|Men]] ===
* '''[[FIFA World Cup]]'''
:* '''Winner (2):''' [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]
:* Runners-up (2): [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]], [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]
:* Third place (2): [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]
:* Fourth place (1): [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
* '''[[UEFA European Football Championship|UEFA European Championship]]'''
:* '''Winner (2): ''' [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]]
:* Runner-up (1): [[UEFA Euro 2016|2016]]
:* Semi-final (2): [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]], [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]]
:* Fourth place (1): [[UEFA Euro 1960|1960]] 
* '''[[UEFA Nations League]]'''
:*  '''Winner (1):''' [[2020–21 UEFA Nations League|2020–21]]
* '''[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]'''
:* Silver Medal (1): 2024
:* '''Gold Medal (1):''' [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]
:* Bronze Medal (1): [[Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]] 
* '''[[Artemio Franchi Trophy]]''' (or '''Intercontinental Cup of Nations''')
:* '''Winners:''' [[1985 Artemio Franchi Cup|1985]]
* '''[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]'''
:* '''Winner (2): ''' [[2001 FIFA Confederations Cup|2001]], [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup|2003]]
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=== [[France women's national football team|Women]] ===
* '''[[FIFA Women's World Cup]]'''
:* Fourth place (1): [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011]]
* '''[[UEFA Women's Championship]]'''
:* Semi-Final (1): [[UEFA Women's Euro 2022|2022]]
* '''[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]'''
:* Fourth place (1): [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
|}

===[[France national youth football team|National youth teams]]===
{|
|-
|valign=top|

====Men====
* '''[[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]''' 
:* '''Winner (1):''' [[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2013]]
:* Fourth place (1): [[2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2011]]
* '''[[FIFA U-17 World Cup]]''' 
:* '''Winner (1):''' [[2001 FIFA World Youth Championship|2001]]
:* Third place (1): [[2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2019]]
* '''[[UEFA U-21 Championship]]'''
:* '''Winner (1):''' [[1988 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1988]]
:* Runner-up (1): [[2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2002]]
:* Third place (1): [[1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1996]]
:* Fourth place (1): [[1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|1994]]
:* Semi-final (2): [[2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2006]], [[2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship|2019]]
* '''[[UEFA European Under-19 Championship|UEFA U-19/18 Championship]]''' (U-19 since 2002)
:* '''Winner (8):''' [[1949 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18|1949]], [[1983 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1983]], [[1996 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1996]], [[1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1997]], [[2000 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|2000]], [[2005 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2005]], [[2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2010]], [[2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2016]]
:* Runner-up (3): [[1950 FIFA Youth Tournament Under-18|1950]], [[1968 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1968]], [[2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2013]]
:* Third place (3): [[1957 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1957]], [[1958 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1958]], [[1981 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1981]]
:* Fourth place (4): [[1967 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1967]], [[1970 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1970]], [[1976 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1976]], [[1979 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1979]]
:*Semi-final (6): [[2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2007]], [[2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2009]], [[2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2012]], [[2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2015]], [[2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2018]], [[2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship|2019]]
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==Esports==
The French Football Federation fields teams for the [[FIFAe World Cup]], having participated in [[FIFA (video game series)|''FIFA'']], [[Rocket League|''Rocket League'']] and ''[[EFootball]]''. On 19 December 2025, France’s ''Rocket League'' team, composed of Alexis ‘zen’ Bernier, Axel ‘Vatira’ Touret, Charles ‘juicy’ Sabiani and coach Victor ‘Ferra’ Francal, won the [[2024 FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League|2025]] edition in [[Riyadh]], having beaten defending champions [[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]] 4-2 in the final. To qualify, the team also emerged victorious in the 2025 European Regional, beating [[German Football Association|Germany]] 4-1 in the final. Previously, they finished as runners-up in [[2024 FIFAe World Cup featuring Rocket League|2024]].

== Sponsors ==
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* [[Nike, Inc.]]
* [[Crédit Agricole]]
* [[Électricité de France]]
* [[Volkswagen]]
* [[Uber Eats]]
* [[KFC]]
* [[Betclic]]
* [[Intermarché]]
* [[Coca-Cola]]
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== See also ==
* {{lang|fr|[[Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques]]}}, FFF predecessor
* [[Gymnastic and Sports Federation of French Patronages]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.fff.fr Official site] {{in lang|fr}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070603161711/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=fra/index.html  France] at FIFA site

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