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| Nickname | Les Bleus (The Blues) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | French Football Federation (FFF) | ||
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| First international | |||
 France Amateurs 2–1Austria Amateurs  (Strasbourg, France; 10 May 1934) | |||
| Last international | |||
 Congo 3–2France Amateurs  (Mohammedia, Morocco; 20 July 1989) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
France Amateurs 14–0Chad  (Abidjan,Ivory Coast; 27 December 1961) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
France Amateurs 0–5West Germany Amateurs  (Mulhouse, France; 11 May 1977) | |||
TheFrance national amateur football team was theamateur representative team forFrance infootball. It was active from 1932 to 1989.[1]
The team was created following the introduction of professional-level football in France in 1932. Although it is not the same team as theFrance Olympic football team, the amateurs participated in the qualification phases for theOlympic Games in 1960 and 1980.
On 15 May 1963, the team played in a match against theEngland amateur team for the occasion of the centenary ofThe Football Association.
During the1967 Mediterranean Games, the final between France andItaly finished in a 0–0 draw. The referees decided to determine a winner via a coin toss, which Italy won. However, the organizational committee overturned this decision and declared both countries as winners.[2] In their next five Mediterranean Games appearances, France finished runners-up three times in1975,1979, and1987.
The team's last ever match was a 3–2 loss againstCongo inMohammedia, Morocco on 22 July 1989.[1]
| Football at the Mediterranean Games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
 1951 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
 1955 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
 1959 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
 1963 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
 1967 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
 1971 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
 1975 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||
 1979 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
 1983 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
 1987 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1991 – present | SeeFrance national under-20 team | ||||||||
| Total | 7/10 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 27 | ||
