France at the UEFA European Football Championship

The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "Euro 2008" or whichever year is appropriate. Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations (which qualify automatically) compete in a qualifying process.

France is one of the most successful nations at the UEFA European Football Championship having won two titles in 1984 and 2000. The team is just below Spain and Germany who have won three titles each. France hosted the inaugural competition in 1960 and have appeared in eight UEFA European Championship tournament, tied for fourth-best. The team won their first title on home soil in 1984 and were led by Ballon d'Or winner Michel Platini. In 2000, the team, led by FIFA World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane, won its second title in Belgium and the Netherlands. The team's worst result in the competition was a first-round elimination in 1992 and 2008.

UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Fourth Place	4th	2	0	0	2	4	7
1964	Did Not Qualify
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	14	4
1988	Did not qualify
1992	Group Stage	6th	3	0	2	1	2	3
1996	Semi-Finals	4th	5	2	3	0	5	2
2000	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	13	7
2004	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	5
2008	Group Stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	6
2012	Quarter-Finals	8th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2016	Qualified as hosts
Total	8/14	2 Titles	32	15	8	9	49	39

List of matches

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Scorers
1960	Semi-final	Yugoslavia	4–5	L	Paris	Vincent, Heutte (2), Wisnieski
	Third place match	Czechoslovakia	0–2	L	Marseille	& —
1984	Group stage	Denmark	1–0	W	Paris	Platini
		Belgium	5–0	W	Nantes	Platini (3), Giresse, Fernández
		Yugoslavia	3–2	W	Saint-Étienne	Platini (3)
	Semi-final	Portugal	3–2 (aet)	W	Marseille	Domergue (2), Platini
	Final	Spain	2–0	W	Paris	Platini, Bellone
1992	Group stage	Sweden	1–1	D	Solna	Papin
		England	0–0	D	Malmö	& —
		Denmark	1–2	L	Malmö	Papin
1996	Group stage	Romania	1–0	W	Newcastle	Dugarry
		Spain	1–1	D	Leeds	Djorkaeff
		Bulgaria	3–1	W	Newcastle	Blanc, Penev (o.g.), Loko
	Quarter-final	Netherlands	0–0 (5–4 p)	D	Liverpool	& —
	Semi-final	Czech Republic	0–0 (5–6 p)	D	Manchester	& —
2000	Group stage	Denmark	3–0	W	Bruges	Blanc, Henry, Wiltord
		Czech Republic	2–1	W	Bruges	Henry, Djorkaeff
		Netherlands	2–3	L	Amsterdam	Dugarry, Trezeguet
	Quarter-final	Spain	2–1	W	Bruges	Zidane, Djorkaeff
	Semi-final	Portugal	2–1 (aet)	W	Brussels	Henry, Zidane
	Final	Italy	2–1 (aet)	W	Rotterdam	Wiltord, Trézéguet
2004	Group stage	England	2–1	W	Lisbon	Zidane (2)
		Croatia	2–2	D	Leiria	Tudor (o.g.), Trezeguet
		Switzerland	3–1	W	Coimbra	Zidane, Henry (2)
	Quarter-final	Greece	0–1	L	Lisbon	& —
2008	Group stage	Romania	0–0	D	Zürich	& —
		Netherlands	1–4	L	Bern	Henry
		Italy	0–2	L	Zürich	& —
2012	Group stage	England	1–1	D	Donetsk	Nasri
		Ukraine	2–0	W	Donetsk	Ménez, Cabaye
		Sweden	0–2	L	Kiev	& —
	Quarter-final	Spain	0–2	L	Donetsk	& —

External links

• France at UEFA