| France national football team results |
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| Win Draw Loss |
This is a list of the France national football team results from 1940 to 1959.
| 8 MarchFriendly | France | 0 – 2 | Marseille, France | |
| Report | Amadò Kappenberger | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Pedro Escartín (Spain) |
| 8 AprilFriendly | Switzerland | 1 – 0 | Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| Friedländer | Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Georges Capdeville (France) |
| 26 MayFriendly | England | 2 – 2 | London, England | |
| Carter Lawton | Report | Vaast Heisserer | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| 6 DecemberFriendly | Austria | 4 – 1 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Decker Neumer | Report | Bongiorni | Stadium: Prater Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Jean Lutz (Switzerland) |
| 15 DecemberFriendly | Belgium | 2 – 1 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Sermon | Report | Aston | Stadium: Molenbeek Stadium Attendance: 23,576 Referee: Van Welgenes (Netherlands) |
| 7 AprilFriendly | France | 3 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Vaast Heisserer | Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 52,242 Referee: Eugenio Scherz (Switzerland) |
| 14 AprilFriendly | Portugal | 2 – 1 | Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Araújo Peyroteo | Report | Vaast | Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 62,000 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| 23 MarchFriendly | France | 1 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Bihel | Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 57,791 Referee: Cyril Barrick (England) |
| 3 MayFriendly | England | 3 – 0 | London, England | |
| Finney Mannion Carter | Report | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 54,389 Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium) |
| 26 MayFriendly | France | 4 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Alpsteg Baratte Dard | Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 38,215 Referee: Stanley Boardman (England) |
| 1 JuneFriendly | France | 4 – 2 | Paris, France | |
| Vaast Baratte Dard | Report | De Cleyn Coppens | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 35,176 |
| 8 JuneFriendly | Switzerland | 1 – 2 | Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| Fatton | Report | Alpsteg Baratte | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| 4 AprilFriendly | France | 1 – 3 | Paris, France | |
| Baratte | Report | Carapallese Gabetto | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 60,074 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 23 MayFriendly | France | 3 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Bongiorni Flamion Baratte | Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 46,032 Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| 6 JuneFriendly | Belgium | 4 – 2 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Chaves Govard Mermans | Report | Cuissard Benbarek | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 52,873 Referee: Dirk Nijs (Netherlands) |
| 12 JuneFriendly | Czechoslovakia | 0 – 4 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | |
| Report | Batteux Baratte Baillot | Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| 23 AprilFriendly | Netherlands | 4 – 1 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| Timmermans Wilkes | Report | Baratte | Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Laurent Franken (Belgium) |
| 27 AprilFriendly | Scotland | 2 – 0 | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Steel | Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 125,631 Referee: William Ling (England) |
| 22 MayFriendly | France | 1 – 3 | Paris, France | |
| Moreel | Report | Morris Wright | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 61,308 Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| 4 JuneFriendly | France | 4 – 2 | Paris, France | |
| Baillot Grumellon Baratte | Report | Fatton | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 33,474 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| 19 JuneFriendly | France | 1 – 5 | Paris, France | |
| Baratte | Report | Basora Gaínza | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 52,217 Referee: Giacomo Bertolio (Italy) |
| 9 October 1950 FIFA World Cup Qualifying | Yugoslavia | 1 – 1 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | |
| Zl. Čajkovski | Report | Baillot | Stadium: JNA Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| 30 October 1950 FIFA World Cup Qualifying | France | 1 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Baillot | Report | Bobek | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 53,569 Referee: Eugenio Scherz (Switzerland) |
| 13 NovemberFriendly | France | 1 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Baratte | Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 38,946 |
| 11 December 1950 FIFA World Cup Qualifying | France | 2 – 3 a.e.t. | Florence, Italy | |
| Walter Luciano | Report | Mihajlović Že Čajkovski | Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Berta Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Giovanni Galeati (Italy) |
| 27 MayFriendly | France | 0 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Report | Brown | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 35,568 |
| 4 JuneFriendly | Belgium | 4 – 1 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Mermans Mordant | Report | Kargu | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 45,006 Referee: Giuseppe Carpani (Italy) |
| 1 NovemberFriendly | France | 3 – 3 | Paris, France | |
| Doye Baratte Kargu | Report | Lemberechts Mermans | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 48,799 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 10 DecemberFriendly | France | 5 – 2 | Paris, France | |
| Flamion Baratte Doye | Report | van Melis van der Tuyn | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 37,468 Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium) |
| 6 FebruaryFriendly | France | 2 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Strappe Flamion | Report | Tomašević | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 33,552 Referee: Laurent Franken (Belgium) |
| 12 MayFriendly | Northern Ireland | 2 – 2 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| Ferris Simpson | Report | Baratte Bonifaci | Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 16 MayFriendly | Scotland | 1 – 0 | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Reilly | Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 75,394 Referee: Reg Mortimer (England) |
| 3 JuneFriendly | Italy | 4 – 1 | Genoa, Italy | |
| Lorenzi Amadei Cappello | Report | Grumellon | Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Jean Lutz (Switzerland) |
| 3 OctoberFriendly | England | 2 – 2 | London, England | |
| Firoud Medley | Report | Doye Alpsteg | Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 57,603 Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland) |
| 14 OctoberFriendly | Switzerland | 1 – 2 | Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Ballaman | Report | Doye Grumellon | Stadium: Charmilles Stadium Attendance: 33,534 Referee: Reg Leafe (England) |
| 26 MarchFriendly | France | 0 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Report | Westerberg | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 25,779 Referee: Henri Bauwens (Belgium) |
| 20 AprilFriendly | France | 3 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Alpsteg Strappe | Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 35,735 Referee: Alf Bond (England) |
| 22 MayFriendly | Belgium | 1 – 2 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Mermans | Report | Doye Deladerrière | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 55,485 Referee: Paul von Wartburg (Switzerland) |
| 5 OctoberFriendly | France | 3 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Ujlaki Cisowski Strappe | Report | O. Walter | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 56,021 |
| 19 OctoberFriendly | Austria | 1 – 2 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Walzhofer | Report | Baratte Penverne | Stadium: Prater Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 11 NovemberFriendly | France | 3 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Ujlaki Kopa | Report | Tully | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 52,399 Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands) |
| 16 NovemberFriendly | Republic of Ireland | 1 – 1 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Jonquet | Report | Piantoni | Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium) |
| 14 MayFriendly | France | 6 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Gardien Kopa Bonifaci Ujlaki | Report | Allchurch | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 33,020 Referee: José da Costa Vieira (Portugal) |
| 11 JuneFriendly | Sweden | 1 – 0 | Solna, Sweden | |
| Sandell | Report | Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 35,571 Referee: Edvin Pedersen (Norway) |
| 20 September 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | Luxembourg | 1 – 6 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | |
| Kohn | Report | Piantoni Kopa Cicci Glovacki Kargu Flamion | Stadium: Stade Municipale Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland) |
| 4 October 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | Republic of Ireland | 3 – 5 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Walsh O'Farrell | Report | Glovacki Penverne Ujlaki Flamion | Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Laurent Franken (Belgium) |
| 18 OctoberFriendly | Yugoslavia | 3 – 1 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | |
| Veselinović Rajkov Dvornić | Report | Marcel | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria) |
| 11 NovemberFriendly | France | 2 – 4 | Paris, France | |
| Ujlaki | Report | Antenen Fatton | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 45,986 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 25 November 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | France | 1 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Piantoni | Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 32,265 Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium) |
| 17 December 1954 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 4 | France | 8 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Desgranges Vincent Fontaine Foix | Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 20,146 Referee: Roeykens (Belgium) |
| 11 AprilFriendly | France | 1 – 3 | Paris, France | |
| Piantoni | Report | Pandolfini Galli | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 61,382 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 30 MayFriendly | Belgium | 3 – 3 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Mermans Anoul | Report | Vincent Huysmans Kopa | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 54,729 Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia) |
| 16 June 1954 FIFA World Cup Group 1 | France | 0 – 1 | Lausanne, Switzerland | |
| Report | Milutinović | Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
| 19 June 1954 FIFA World Cup Group 1 | France | 3 – 2 | Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Vincent Cárdenas Kopa | Report | Lamadrid Balcázar | Stadium: Charmilles Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain) |
| 16 OctoberFriendly | West Germany | 1 – 3 | Hanover, West Germany | |
| Stürmer | Report | Foix Vincent | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 86,000 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
| 17 MarchFriendly | Spain | 1 – 2 | Madrid, Spain | |
| Gaínza | Report | Kopa Vincent | Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 125,000 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy) |
| 3 AprilFriendly | France | 2 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Oliver Glovacki | Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 34,769 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (Italy) |
| 15 MayFriendly | France | 1 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Kopa | Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 54,696 Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany) |
| 9 OctoberFriendly | Switzerland | 1 – 2 | Basel, Switzerland | |
| Mauron | Report | Kopa Piantoni | Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Roeykens (Belgium) |
| 23 OctoberFriendly | Soviet Union | 2 – 2 | Moscow, Soviet Union | |
| Streltsov Simonyan | Report | Kopa Piantoni | Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 11 NovemberFriendly | France | 1 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Piantoni | Report | Veselinović | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 60,654 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy) |
| 25 DecemberFriendly | Belgium | 2 – 1 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Jadot Van den Bosch | Report | Piantoni | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 56,540 Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands) |
| 15 FebruaryFriendly | Italy | 2 – 0 | Bologna, Italy | |
| Carapellese Gratton | Report | Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia) |
| 25 MarchFriendly | France | 3 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Leblond Vincent Piantoni | Report | Hanappi | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 42,223 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 7 OctoberFriendly | France | 1 – 2 | Paris, France | |
| Cisowski | Report | Machos Kocsis | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 59,457 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
| 21 OctoberFriendly | France | 2 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Tellechéa Vincent | Report | Isayev | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 62,145 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
| 11 November 1958 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | France | 6 – 3 | Paris, France | |
| Cisowski Vincent | Report | Houf Willems | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 46,049 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 24 MarchFriendly | Portugal | 0 – 1 | Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Report | Piantoni | Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Manuel Asensi (Spain) |
| 2 June 1958 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | France | 8 – 0 | Nantes, France | |
| Oliver Vincent Dereuddre Piantoni Brahimi | Report | Stadium: Stade Malakoff Attendance: 15,080 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 1 September 1958 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | Iceland | 1 – 5 | Reykjavík, Iceland | |
| Jónsson | Report | Cisowski Ujlaki Wisnieski | Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland) |
| 6 OctoberFriendly | Hungary | 2 – 0 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Aspiraný | Report | Stadium: Népstadion Attendance: 94,000 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands) |
| 27 October 1958 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Group 2 | Belgium | 0 – 0 | Brussels, Belgium | |
| Report | Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 56,497 Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark) |
| 27 NovemberFriendly | England | 4 – 0 | London, England | |
| Taylor Robson | Report | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 64,349 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union) |
| 13 MarchFriendly | France | 2 – 2 | Paris, France | |
| Fontaine Piantoni | Report | Kubala Suárez | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,983 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 16 AprilFriendly | France | 0 – 0 | Paris, France | |
| Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 36,109 Referee: Pieter Roomer (Netherlands) |
| 8 June 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 2 | France | 7 – 3 | Norrköping, Sweden | |
| Fontaine Piantoni Wisnieski Kopa Vincent | Report | Amarilla Romero | Stadium: Idrottsparken Attendance: 16,518 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal (Spain) |
| 11 June 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 2 | France | 2 – 3 | Arosvallen, Sweden | |
| Fontaine | Report | Petaković Veselinović | Stadium: Västerås Attendance: 12,217 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
| 15 June 1958 FIFA World Cup Group 2 | France | 2 – 1 | Örebro, Sweden | |
| Kopa Fontaine | Report | Baird | Stadium: Eyravallen Attendance: 13,554 Referee: Juan Brozzi (Argentina) |
| 19 June 1958 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finals | France | 4 – 0 | Norrköping, Sweden | |
| Wisnieski Fontaine Piantoni | Report | Stadium: Idrottsparken Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal (Spain) |
| 24 June 1958 FIFA World Cup Semi-finals | Brazil | 5 – 2 | Solna, Sweden | |
| Vavá Didi Pelé | Report | Fontaine Piantoni | Stadium: Råsunda Stadium Attendance: 27,100 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
| 28 June 1958 FIFA World Cup Third place play-off | France | 6 – 3 | Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| Fontaine Kopa Douis | Report | Cieslarczyk Rahn Schäfer | Stadium: Ullevi Attendance: 32,483 Referee: Juan Brozzi (Argentina) |
| 1 October 1960 European Nations' Cup First round | France | 7 – 1 | Paris, France | |
| Kopa Fontaine Cisowski Vincent | Report | Yfantis | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,590 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
| 5 OctoberFriendly | Austria | 1 – 2 | Vienna, Austria | |
| Hof | Report | Deladerrière Fontaine | Stadium: Prater Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
| 26 OctoberFriendly | France | 2 – 2 | Paris, France | |
| Deladerrière Douis | Report | Rahn Seeler | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 50,992 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 9 NovemberFriendly | France | 2 – 2 | Paris, France | |
| Vincent Fontaine | Report | Nicolè | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 58,112 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal (Spain) |
| 3 December 1960 European Nations' Cup First round | Greece | 1 – 1 | Athens, Greece | |
| Marche | Report | Bruey | Stadium: Panathinaikos Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy) |
| 1 MarchFriendly | France | 2 – 2 | Paris, France | |
| Vincent | Report | Lippens Piters | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 42,206 Referee: Jack Kelly (England) |
| 11 OctoberFriendly | Bulgaria | 1 – 0 | Sofia, Bulgaria | |
| Kolev | Report | Fontaine | Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria) |
| 11 NovemberFriendly | France | 5 – 3 | Paris, France | |
| Fontaine Grillet Muller | Report | Matateu Cavém | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 48,111 Referee: Ken Aston (England) |