France at the UEFA Nations League

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The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first season has begun in September 2018 consisting of four groups in each of the four leagues ranked by UEFA coefficient of each country.

France has been on the highest level of the competition, in League A, since the beginning of this tournament. However France has only been part of the Nations League Finals once, in the 2020–21 season, while in the first season, they finished second of their group behind the Netherlands, but ahead of Germany, who was supposed to be relegated, but after changes on the format, stayed in League A. France won the Nations League on the 2020–21 season after winning Group A3, beating Belgium in the semi-finals and beating Spain in the final, making France the first ever European nation to win the World Cup, the European Championship and the Nations League.

UEFA Nations League record[]

UEFA Nations League record
Season** Division Group Pld W D* L GF GA P/R Rank
Portugal 2018–19 A 1 4 2 1 1 4 4 Same position 6th
Italy 2020–21 A 3 8 7 1 0 17 8 Same position 1st
Total 12 9 2 1 21 11 1 Title
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage. Red border colour indicates the finals stage will be held on home soil

List of matches[]

Year Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers
Europe Portugal 2018–19 Group stage
 Germany 0–0 D Munich
 Netherlands 2–1 W Saint-Denis Mbappé, Giroud
 Germany 2–1 W Saint-Denis Griezmann (2)
 Netherlands 0–2 L Rotterdam
Europe Italy 2020–21 Group stage
 Sweden 1–0 W Solna Mbappé
 Croatia 4–2 W Saint-Denis Griezmann, Livaković (o.g.), Upamecano, Giroud
 Portugal 0–0 D Saint-Denis
 Croatia 2–1 W Zagreb Griezmann, Mbappé
 Portugal 1–0 W Lisbon Kanté
 Sweden 4–2 W Saint-Denis Giroud (2), Pavard, Coman
Semi-final  Belgium 3–2 W Turin Benzema, Mbappé, T. Hernandez
Final  Spain 2–1 W Milan Benzema, Mbappé

2018–19 UEFA Nations League[]

Group stage[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[a]
1  Netherlands 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 7[b] Qualification to Nations League Finals
2  France 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7[b]
3  Germany 4 0 2 2 3 7 −4 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Netherlands +1, France −1.
Germany 0–0 France
Report
Attendance: 67,485[1]
France 2–1 Netherlands
  • Mbappé 14'
  • Giroud 75'
 Report
Attendance: 76,452[1]
France 2–1 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 77,300[1]
Netherlands 2–0 France
 Report
Attendance: 44,366[1]

2020–21 UEFA Nations League[]

Group stage[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation France Portugal Croatia Sweden
1  France 6 5 1 0 12 5 +7 16 Qualification to Nations League Finals — 0–0 4–2 4–2
2  Portugal 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 0–1 — 4–1 3–0
3  Croatia 6 1 0 5 9 16 −7 3[a] 1–2 2–3 — 2–1
4  Sweden (R) 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3[a] Relegation to League B 0–1 0–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Sweden 0–1 France
Report
Attendance: 0
France 4–2 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 0
France 0–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 1,000[2]
Croatia 1–2 France
 Report
Attendance: 7,000[3]
Portugal 0–1 France
Report
France 4–2 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 0[4]

Finals[]

France qualified for its first appearance to the UEFA Nations League Finals in the 2020–21 season, after defeating Portugal on 14 November 2020.[5]

Semi-finals

Belgium 2–3 France
 Report
Attendance: 12,409[6]

Final

Main article: 2021 UEFA Nations League Final
Spain 1–2 France
 Report
Attendance: 31,511[7]

Goalscorers[]

Player Goals 2018–19 2020–21
Kylian Mbappé 5 1 4
Antoine Griezmann 4 2 2
Olivier Giroud 4 1 3
Karim Benzema 2 2
Dayot Upamecano 1 1
N'Golo Kanté 1 1
Benjamin Pavard 1 1
Kingsley Coman 1 1
Theo Hernandez 1 1
Own goals 1 1
Total 21 4 17


Bold players are the players who are still active.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Summary UEFA Nations League A – Group 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. ^ "France vs. Portugal". ESPN. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Croatia vs France, 14 October 2020". eu-football.info. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. ^ "France vs. Sweden". Union of European Football Associations. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Portugal 0–1 France-". UEFA.com. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Full Time Report – Semi-finals – Belgium v France" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Full Time Report – Final – Spain v France" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

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