2010–11 in French football

On 1 April 2010, the LFP announced that the league had reached a broadcasting agreement with Italian channel Sportitalia. The channel will broadcast Ligue 1 games for the next two seasons beginning with the 2010–11 season. Sportitalia will show one or two live matches a week and will also air a weekly highlights show.[1] A similar deal was reached a week later with Hong Kong telecommunications company PCCW who will broadcast Ligue 1 matches in the country for the next two seasons.[2] On 7 May, the president of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Frédéric Thiriez, announced that the organization had reached a two-year deal with Eurosport to broadcast Ligue 2 matches. The deal is worth €10 million a year and guarantees the channel broadcasting rights to the annual Monday night Ligue 2 match.[3]

On 2 April, the LFP announced that, for the second consecutive season, the Trophée des champions will be held on international soil. The match will be played in Tunis, Tunisia, at the Stade 7 Novembre and will be contested by the winner of Ligue 1, Olympique de Marseille and the winner of the Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain. The match will be played on either Tuesday, 27 July, or Friday, 30 July. Like last year, the idea will be to promote French football abroad, but this time more specifically in Africa and the Arab world.[4]

On 7 May 2010, the president of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Frédéric Thiriez, confirmed that the organization was interested in creating its own television channel for the broadcasting Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches. Thiriez referred to the channel as "an investment for the future" and that the channel will not come to fruition until the conclusion of the organization's television deals with pay channels Canal+, Orange and SFR, which expires in 2012.[3]

On 17 May 2010, the Ligue de Football Professionnel announced that, for the first time in French football history, two clubs, Lorient and Nancy, will switch the surface of their football pitch from grass to artificial turf. This type of surface is common in North America and Eastern Europe, but is considered rare in Western Europe. Both clubs attributed the switch to weather and ecological problems with severe cold fronts affecting their region every winter. The switch would, in turn, reduce energy costs and also avoid cancellations of matches due to a frozen pitch. Also, in Lorient's case, a constant proliferation of earthworms onto their pitch over the past two seasons have led to a rapid deterioration of the ground, which has forced the club to spend as much as €2 million to replace it. Both clubs will have pre-season tours of Russia, Austria, and Norway to become better acclimated with the surface.[5]

On 16 May 2010, Laurent Blanc confirmed his departure from Bordeaux after three seasons in charge of the French outfit. After resigning from his position, Blanc contacted the French Football Federation (FFF) to inquire about the France national team job, which will be vacated by Raymond Domenech following the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Later that day, FFF president Jean-Pierre Escalettes confirmed that Blanc was a candidate for the position. On 18 May 2010, with Blanc's appointment to the position becoming more probable, Bordeaux chairman Jean-Louis Triaud demanded compensation from the FFF. On 20 May 2010, the club reached an agreement with the Federation for €1.5 million. Blanc will not be named the coach of the team until the end of the World Cup.[6][7]

After earning promotion to Ligue 2 for the 2010–11 season, Evian were rumored to be pursuing a move to play their home matches at the Stade de la Praille in Geneva, Switzerland, after it was determined that their current facility, the Stade Joseph-Moynat, did not meet the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP)'s standards. Thonon-les-Bains, the commune where the club situates itself, is a few kilometers from the Swiss border and is only 34.6 kilometres (21.5 mi), a 45-minute car drive, from the city of Geneva. It was reported that the club's president, Patrick Trotignon, had been in the process of advocating for the move since the beginning of the 2009–10 Championnat National season just in case the club had achieved promotion to the second division. The vice-president of Swiss club Servette FC, who occupy the stadium, questioned the move, citing possible schedule conflicts as well as the health of the pitch if both clubs were to use the stadium on a weekly basis.[8] His claims, however, were refuted by Benoît Genecand, who serves as president of Fondation du Stade de Genève (FSG), which owns and operates the facility. The club responded immediately to Genecand's comments via a press release posted on the club's official website.[9]

Evian petitioned to the State Council of Geneva and obtained approval from the LFP for the move in early May. On 20 May 2010, Evian received a favorable ruling from the FFF with the Federal Council voting in favor of the move. According to the FFF, the move now had to be agreed upon by a UEFA executive committee, which is composed of 17 officials.[10][11] On 8 June, UEFA officially denied Evian's request to play at the Stade de la Praille, meaning the club will likely play its home matches at the Parc des Sports in nearby Annecy.[12]

On 20 August 2010, the LFP confirmed that the Coupe de la Ligue would utilized the five-referee system that is currently being used in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The announcement makes the Coupe de la Ligue the first national cup competition in Europe to adopt the system and was approved by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) on 21 July. The system officially began on 24 August with the start of the second round matches and will be in place until the final in April 2011.[13]

On 15 June 2010, following a study of each club's administrative and financial accounts in the Championnat National, the DNCG ruled that both Bastia and Gueugnon would be relegated to the Championnat de France amateur, while Amiens, Guingamp and Strasbourg were having their accounts subjected to further deliberation in order to determine whether each club could retain its professional status.[14][15] Both Bastia and Gueugnon had the option to appeal the decision. On 25 June 2010, the Corsican Assembly and the General Council of Haute-Corse approved grants of €800,000 and €150,000 to be given to Bastia in order for the club to meet the DNCG's financial requirements, which will allow the club to remain in the Championnat National.[16] On 6 July, however, the DNCG remained firm on its stance relegating the club to the fourth division after questioning the legitimacy of the grants. Bastia president Julien Lolli remained confident that the club would play in the Championnat National and formerly made an appeal to the CNOSF, the National Sporting Committee of France, the same day.[17] On 2 July, the DNCG announced that Gueugnon would remain in National after the club successfully appealed to the organization.[18] On 16 July, the CNOSF ruled against the DNCG and announced that Bastia should play in the Championnat National.[19] The club's place in the league was confirmed upon the release of the league table.

On 2 July, local media in Alsace reported that Strasbourg were on the verge of being relegated to the Championnat de France amateur by the DNCG due to financial issues.[20] The club responded by announcing its willingness to appeal if the news reported was confirmed. With the club's accounts still being reviewed, Strasbourg's financial issues were slightly alleviated after the sale of striker Magaye Gueye to English club Everton for €1.4 million.[21] Strasbourg later transferred captain Guillaume Lacour and Algerian international Yacine Bezzaz to Evian and Troyes, respectively, for nominal fees. On 16 July, the report was confirmed when the DNCG officially relegated Strasbourg to the CFA. Strasbourg will appeal the decision next week.[22]

On 15 June 2010, following a study of each club's administrative and financial accounts in the Championnat de France amateur, the DNCG ruled that Besançon RC, Hyères FC, CS Louhans-Cuiseaux, FC Montceau Bourgogne, EDS Montluçon, Olympique Noisy-le-Sec, and RCF Paris would be relegated to the Championnat de France amateur 2. The organization also ruled that newly promoted club Calais RUFC would be excluded from ascending up to the fourth division, while SO Cassis Carnoux, which had been relegated from the Championnat National, would also be excluded from the league. The second place club in Calais' group, CMS Oissel, who was set to replace Calais was also denied promotion to the Championnat de France amateur. All clubs had the option to appeal the decision.[15]

On 7 July, Besançon, Hyères, and Oissel's appeals were heard by the DNCG Appeals Committee and, following deliberation and explanations from each club, the committee ruled in favor of Besançon, but upheld the appeals of Hyères and Oissel. The following day, the appeals committee granted both Louhans-Cuiseaux and Noisy-le-Sec appeals to stay in the fourth division.[23][24][25] The committee, however, upheld the rulings of Calais, Montceau Bourgogne, Montluçon, and Racing Paris.[26]

On 5 March 2011, the FFF confirmed through an official statement on its website that referees who were scheduled to officiate the 5–6 March matches would be barred from officiating them after it was revealed that the referees, who are all members of the Syndicat des Arbitres de Football Elite (SAFE), the referee's union, would purposely delay the start time of matches in response the overall "profound disrespect for referees from everyone involved in football". On its official website, the FFF regretted SAFE's decision and also accused the group of attempted blackmail.[27] The referees were replaced by their counterparts in the Championnat National, the third level of French football, for the week.[28]

On 30 March 2011, the national under-17 team of France recorded a 9–0 win over Belarus in the Elite Round qualification for the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. The result is the biggest victory ever in Elite Round qualification history.[29] The goals were scored by Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Abdallah Yaisien, who scored four; Caen striker Lenny Nangis, who scored a hat trick; Sébastien Haller of Auxerre, who converted a stoppage time penalty; and Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte, who scored a first-half goal.[30] The victory progressed the team to the final tournament.

On 28 April 2011, French investigative website Mediapart released a story which claimed that the FFF had been attempting to secretly put in place a race-quota system in order to limit the number of black and Arab players in its national academies. Quoting a senior figure in the FFF, the organisation was said to have wanted to set a cap of 30% on the number of players of non-white origin by limiting places in the academies in the 12–13 age bracket.[31] The FFF responded by releasing a public statement on its website denying the report stating "none of its elected bodies has been validated, or even contemplated a policy of quotas for the recruitment of its training centers".[32] The FFF also announced that it has authorized a full investigation into the matter and, as a result, suspended National Technical Director François Blaquart pending the outcome of the investigation.[33]

On 29 April, national team manager Laurent Blanc, who, in the report, was claimed to have agreed with the decision to implement the quotas, held a personal press conference at the l'Hôtel Le Régent in Bordeaux, in which he also denied the report declaring that he had "not heard of such a project".[34] On the following day, after Mediapart announced that it had a taped audio recording of the November 2010 meeting, Blanc released a statement on the FFF's website in which he apologized for possible offending comments he made during the meeting, while also declaring he was misquoted and denying he was racist, stating, "I do not withdraw the remarks I made yesterday. I admit that some terms used during a meeting on a sensitive subject can be ambiguous, out of context, and, if in my case, I've hurt some feelings, I apologize. But being suspected of racism or xenophobia, which I am against all forms of discrimination, I do not support it."[35]

Former national team player Lilian Thuram said of the allegations, "Initially I thought this was a joke. I'm so stunned I don't know what to say," while Patrick Vieira declared that the comments Blanc allegedly made at the meeting made were "serious and scandalous". The French government also gave opinions on the matter. President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted as being "viscerally opposed to any form of quota", while adding "setting quotas would be the end of the Republic". National Sports Minister Chantal Jouanno echoed the President's sentiments, while also demanding that the FFF "shed light" on a report.[36] Blanc was defended by several former players, most notably his 1998 World Cup-winning teammates Christophe Dugarry, Bixente Lizarazu, Didier Deschamps, Zinedine Zidane, Marcel Desailly and Emmanuel Petit, current players such as current national team captain Alou Diarra, and external sources, which included Pathé Diba, the president of L'Association Soutien aux Handicapés Africains (English: Association to Support the Disabled in Africa).[37][38][39][40][41] On 9 May, Blanc gave testimony at a hearing set up by the FFF to investigate the quota matter. The results of the inquiry will be revealed on 10 May.

Friendly

Norway  v  France

11 August 2010	Norway	2 – 1	France	Oslo
21:15 CET	Huseklepp  51', 71'	Report	Ben Arfa  48'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification

France  v  Belarus

3 September 2010	France	0 – 1	Belarus	Paris
21:00 CET		Report	Kislyak  85'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 76,395 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  France

7 September 2010	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0 – 2	France	Sarajevo
21:00 CET		Report	Benzema  72' Malouda  78'	Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

France  v  Romania

9 October 2010	France	2 – 0	Romania	Saint-Denis
21:00 CET	Rémy  83' Gourcuff  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

France  v  Luxembourg

12 October 2010	France	2 – 0	Luxembourg	Metz
21:00 CET	Benzema  22' Gourcuff  76'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

Friendly

England  v France

17 November 2010	England	1 – 2	France	London
21:00 CET	Crouch  82'	Report	Benzema  16' Valbuena  55'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

France  v  Brazil

9 February 2011	France	1 – 0	Brazil	Saint-Denis
21:00 CET	Benzema  54'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification

Luxembourg  v  France

25 March 2011	Luxembourg	0 – 2	France	Luxembourg City
21:00 CET		Report	Mexès  28' Gourcuff  72'	Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)

Friendly

France  v  Croatia

29 March 2011	France	0 – 0	Croatia	Saint-Denis
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification

Belarus  v  France

3 June 2011	Belarus	1 – 1	France	Minsk
20:45 CEST	Abidal  20' (o.g.)	Report	Malouda  22'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Friendly

Ukraine  v  France

6 June 2011	Ukraine	1 – 4	France	Donetsk
21:00 CEST	Tymoshchuk  53'	Report	Gameiro  58' Martin  87', 90+2' Kaboul  89'	Stadium: Donbass Arena Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Poland  v  France

9 June 2011	Poland	0 – 1	France	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
21:00 CEST		Report	N'Zogbia  13'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Last updated: 15 June 2011
Source: French Football Federation

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Iceland  v  France

Group Stage 21 August 2010	Iceland	0 – 1	France	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
18:00 CET		Report	Thiney  59'	Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

France  v  Serbia

Group Stage 25 August 2010	France	7 – 0	Serbia	Stade de l'Aube, Troyes
20:45 CET	Thomis  5' Thiney  32', 63', 88' Bussaglia  45' Delie  60' Abily  79'	Report		Referee: TBD

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup playoff qualification

France  v  Italy

First Leg 11 September 2010	France	0 – 0	Italy	Stade Léo Lagrange, Besançon
20:45 CET		Report		Attendance: 9,154 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Italy  v  France

Second Leg 16 September 2010	Italy	2 – 3	France	Stadio Pietro Barbetti, Gubbio
15:00 CET	Panico  34' Domenichetti  90+3'	Report	Bussaglia  54' Thiney  58' Bompastor  90+2'	Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Friendly

France  v  Poland

19 November 2010	France	5 – 0	Poland	Stade Jean Bouin, Angers
20:00 CET	Le Sommer  1' Necib  7', 40' Lepailleur  70', 73'	Report		Attendance: 4,000

Cyprus Cup

France  v   Switzerland

Group stage 2 March 2011	France	2 – 0	Switzerland	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:00 CET	Thiney  23' Abily  56'	Report

France  v  Netherlands

Group stage 4 March 2011	France	1 – 2	Netherlands	Ammochostos Stadium, Ammochostos
13:00 CET	Abily  8'	Report	Hoogendijk  6' Melis  74'

New Zealand  v  France

Group stage 7 March 2011	New Zealand	2 – 5	France	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
14:00 CET	Dusang  6' (o.g.) Green  31'	Report	Delie  15', 18', 81' Le Sommer  24' Bussaglia  83'

Scotland  v  France

Third Place Match 9 March 2011	Scotland	0 – 3	France	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
13:00 CET		Report	Delie  30', 73', 85'

Friendly

France  v  Scotland

18 May 2011	France	1 – 1	Scotland	Stade Francis-Le Blé, Brest
19:00 CET	Bussaglia  44' (pen.)	Report	L. Ross  14'	Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)

Belgium  v  France

15 June 2011	Belgium	1 – 2	France	Sportpark de Lenspolder, Nieuwpoort
19:30 CEST		Report	Delie  57', 84'	Referee: Jeen Martens (Belgium)

France  v  Belgium

18 June 2011	France	7 – 0	Belgium	Stade de l'Épopée, Calais
20:45 CEST	Delie  13', 39', 41' Abily  18' Thomis  60' Necib  67' Brétigny  69'	Report		Referee: Mittlebron (France)

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

Nigeria  v  France

Group stage 26 June 2011	Nigeria	0 – 1	France	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
15:00 CET		Report	Delie  56'	Attendance: 25,475 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Canada  v  France

Group stage 30 June 2011	Canada	0 – 4	France	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
18:00 CET		Report	Thiney  24', 60' Abily  66' Thomis  83'	Attendance: 16,591 Referee: Etsuko Fukano (Japan)

France  v  Germany

Group stage 5 July 2011	France	2 – 4	Germany	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
20:45 CET	Delie  56' Georges  72'	Report	Garefrekes  25' Grings  32', 68' (pen.) Okoyino da Mbabi  88'	Attendance: 45,867 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

England  v  France

Quarterfinals 9 July 2011	England	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p)	France	BayArena, Leverkusen
18:00 CET	J. Scott  59'	Report	Bussaglia  87'	Attendance: 26,395 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)
	Penalties
	Smith Carney Stoney Rafferty White		Abily Bussaglia Thiney Bompastor Le Sommer

France  v  United States

Semifinals 13 July 2011	France	1 – 3 (a.e.t.)	United States	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach
18:00 CET	Bompastor  55'	Report	Cheney  9' Wambach  79' Morgan  82'	Attendance: 25,676 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

Sweden  v  France

Third Place Match 16 July 2011	Sweden	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	France	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
17:30 CET	Schelin  29' Hammarström  82'	Report	Thomis  56'	Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

Last updated: 16 July 2011
Source: French Football Federation

2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

France  v  Belgium

Group Stage 11 August 2010	France	0 – 1	Belgium	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
18:15 CET		Report	Mokulu  8'	Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Ukraine  v  France

Group Stage 3 September 2010	Ukraine	2 – 2	France	Obolon Stadium, Kyiv
18:30 CET	Butko  54' Rakytskiy  58' (pen.)	Report	Bakar  62' Rivière  74'	Referee: Milorad Mažic (Serbia)

France  v  Malta

Group Stage 7 September 2010	France	2 – 0	Malta	Stade de la Licorne, Amiens
17:00 CET	Kitambala  58' Yanga-M'Biwa  66'	Report		Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Friendly

France  v  Turkey

8 October 2010	France	2 – 0	Turkey	Stade de l'Aube, Troyes
20:45 CET	Gueye  23' N'Gog  75'	Report		Referee: Babak Rafati (Germany)

Denmark  v  France

12 October 2010	Denmark	3 – 1	France	TBD, Aalborg
17:30 CET	Nielsen  31'	Report	N'Gog  14' Bjelland  33' (o.g.) Schneiderlin  43'

France  v  Russia

16 November 2010	France	0 – 1	Russia	Stade Léon-Bollée, Le Mans
20:45 CET		Report	Gatagov  63'	Referee: Lee Probert (England)

France  v  Slovakia

8 February 2011	France	3 – 1	Slovakia	Stade Gaston Petit, Châteauroux
20:45 CET	Camara  23' Corchia  47', 50'	Report	Žilák  90'	Referee: Christof Virant (Belgium)

France  v  Spain

24 March 2011	France	3 – 2	Spain	Stade Auguste-Delaune II, Reims
20:45 CET	Rivière  11', 18' Gueye  35'	Report	Mérida  37' Rodri  59'	Referee: Richard Liesveld (Netherlands)

Czech Republic  v  France

29 March 2011	Czech Republic	0 – 1	France	Andrův stadion, Olomouc
16:45 CET		Report	Privat  28'	Referee: Jan Valasek (Slovakia)

France  v  Serbia

2 June 2011	France	1 – 0	Serbia	Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen
20:45 CEST	Saivet  15'	Report		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Christof Dierick (Belgium)

Ukraine  v  France

5 June 2011	Ukraine	1 – 1	France	TBD, Kyiv
20:45 CEST	Kartushov  11'	Report	Cabella  67'	Referee: Ihor Pokydko (Ukraine

Last updated: 5 June 2011
Source: French Football Federation

Friendly

France  v  Portugal

7 October 2010	France	3 – 3	Portugal	Stade Municipal de Péronnas, Péronnas
18:30 CET	Lacazette  22' Bakambu  29' Grenier  83'	Report	N. Oliveira  49', 77' Freitas  67'	Referee: Sébastien Desiale (France)

Unofficial Friendly

France  v Juventus Primavera

10 October 2010	France	5 – 0	Juventus Primavera	Stade Jacques Level, Chambéry
15:30 CET	Lacazette  10', 34' Sunu  40' Bourgeois Reale  88'	Report

Friendly

France  v  Montenegro

16 November 2010	France	1 – 0	Montenegro	Clairefontaine, Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines
18:30 CET	Bourgeois  90'	Report		Referee: Mikaël Lesage (France)

Unofficial Friendly

France  v US Orléans

18 November 2010	France	2 – 1	US Orléans	Clairefontaine, Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines
11:00 CET	Bakambu  54', 60'	Report

Friendly

England  v  France

9 February 2011	England	1 – 2	France	New Meadow, Shrewsbury
19:30 CET	Sordell  11'	Report	Grenier  38' Lacazette  64'

Peru  v  France

23 March 2011	Peru	0 – 3	France	Estadio San Martín de Porres, Lima
21:30 CET		Report	Lejeune  10' Lacazette  24' Bakambu  82'

Peru  v  France

25 March 2011	Peru	1 – 2	France	Complejo Deportivo Rendimiento, Chincha Alta
22:00 CET	69' (pen.)	Report	Sunu  83' Lacazette  88'

France  v  United States

17 May 2011	France	3 – 3	United States	Stade Hector Rolland, Moulins
19:00 CEST	Tafer  15' Knockaert  55', 88'	Report	Rowe  8' Gatt  44' Gil  54'

France  v  United States

19 May 2011	France	2 – 1	United States	Stade Louis Darragon, Vichy
19:00 CEST	Sunu  18' Tafer  56'	Report	Doyle  22'

2011 Toulon Tournament

France  v  Mexico

Group stage 2 June 2011	France	4 – 1	Mexico	Stade Perruc, Hyères
19:00 CEST	Knockaert  5' Joseph-Monrose  40' Tafer  64' Benezet  70'	Report	Dávila  25'	Referee: Santos Capela (Portugal)

France  v  China PR

Group stage 4 June 2011	France	4 – 0	China PR	Stade du Ray, Nice
19:00 CEST	Joseph-Monrose  21', 39' Benezet  64' Jarsalé  70'	Report		Referee: Imer Machado (Colombia)

France  v  Hungary

Group stage 6 June 2011	France	1 – 1	Hungary	Stade de Lattre, Aubagne
19:00 CEST	Duplus  80'	Report	Futács  46'	Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)

France  v  Italy

Semi-finals 8 June 2011	France	1 – 0	Italy	Stade Mayol, Toulon
20:00 CEST	Joseph-Monrose  62'	Report		Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary

France  v  Colombia

Final 10 June 2011	France	1 – 1 (1 – 3 p)	Colombia	Stade Mayol, Toulon
21:00 CEST	Joseph-Monrose  50'	Report	Zapata  75'	Referee: Andrea De Marco (Italy)
	Penalties
	Le Tallec Pogba Duplus Jarsalé		Rodríguez Murillo Franco Candelo

Unofficial Friendly

France  v France Military

8 July 2011	France	6 – 2[nb 1]	France Military	Stade du Gros Murger, Aime
17:30 CEST	Sunu  14' (pen.), 38' Bakambu  38' Griezmann  40' Nego  20' Tafer  24'	Report	Mihoubi  31' Bouataress  35'

France  v Nantes

12 July 2011	France	3 – 0[nb 1]	Nantes	Stade Eric Cantona, Tignes
18:00 CET	Tafer  60', 104' Reale  68'	Report

Friendly

France  v  Equatorial Guinea

18 July 2011	France	2 – 0	Equatorial Guinea	Stade Eric Cantona, Tignes
18:30 CET	Griezmann  45' (pen.) Sunu  48'	Report

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Colombia  v  France

Group stage 30 July 2011	Colombia	4 – 1	France	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
20:00 UTC-5	Rodríguez  30' (pen.) Muriel  48', 66' Arias  64'	Report	Sunu  21'	Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

France  v  South Korea

Group stage 2 August 2011	France	3 – 1	South Korea	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
17:00 UTC-5	Sunu  27' Fofana  81' Lacazette  90+1'	Report	Kim Young-uk  59'	Referee: Wilson Seneme (Brazil)

France  v  Mali

Group stage 5 August 2011	France	2 – 0	Mali	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
20:00 UTC-5	Bakambu  70' Lacazette  77'	Report		Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

France  v  Ecuador

Round of 16 10 August 2011	France	1 – 0	Ecuador	Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena
20:00 UTC-5	Griezmann  70'	Report		Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)

France  v  Nigeria

Quarter-finals 14 August 2011	France	3 – 2 (a.e.t)	Nigeria	Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
15:00 UTC-5	Lacazette  50', 104' Fofana  102'	Report	Ejike  90+3', 111'	Attendance: 33,007 Referee: Darío Ubriaco (Uruguay)

France  v  Portugal

Semi-finals 17 August 2011	France	0 – 2	Portugal	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
17:00 UTC-5		Report	D. Pereira  9' N. Oliveira  40' (pen.)	Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Mexico  v  France

Third Place Match 20 August 2011	Mexico	3 – 1	France	Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá
17:00 UTC-5	Dávila  12' Enríquez  49' Rivera  71'	Report	Lacazette  8'	Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

Last updated: 20 August 2011
Source: French Football Federation

2010 Sendai Cup

Japan  v  France

9 September 2010	Japan	2 – 1	France	Sendai Stadium, Sendai
13:30 CET	9'  43'	Report	Derouard  27' (pen.)	Referee: TBD

France  v  China PR

11 September 2010	France	2 – 1	China PR	Sendai Stadium, Sendai
16:00 CET	Novillo  2', 87'	Report		Referee: TBD

France  v  Brazil

12 September 2010	France	2 – 2	Brazil	Sendai Stadium, Sendai
16:00 CET	Sanogo  9' Belfodil  70' (pen.)	Report	23'  40'	Referee: TBD

2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification

France  v  San Marino

First Round 8 October 2010	France	3 – 0	San Marino	Sportzentrum AUG, Seekirchen
15:30 CET	Derouard  21' Saadi  66' Mignon  90+2'	Report		Referee: Vassilios Pamporidis (Greece)

France  v  Montenegro

10 October 2010	France	2 – 0	Montenegro	Untersberg Arena, Grödig
13:00 CET	Kebano  17' Derouard  42'	Report		Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (Ukraine)

Austria  v  France

13 October 2010	Austria	0 – 1	France	Untersberg Arena, Grödig
18:30 CET		Report	Belfodil  26'	Referee: Lars Christoffersen (Denmark)

Friendly

France  v  Netherlands

9 February 2011	France	1 – 1	Netherlands	Stade Pierre-Paul Bernard, Talence
15:00 CET	Turan  7'	Report	91'

France  v   Switzerland

23 March 2011	France	0 – 1	Switzerland	Complexe Sportif de Molsheim, Molsheim
18:30 CET		Report	Seferović  30'

Porto Tournament

Russia  v  France

19 April 2011	Russia	0 – 0	France	Estádio do Trofense, Trofa
17:00 CET		Report

France  v  Spain

20 April 2011	France	1 – 0	Spain	Estádio Municipal 25 de Abril, Penafiel
17:00 CET	Rose  43'	Report

Portugal  v  France

22 April 2011	Portugal	1 – 0	France	Estádio do Mar Matosinhos, Matosinhos
12:30 CEST	Barros  26'	Report

2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Elite Round qualification

France  v  Belarus

Elite Round 20 May 2011	France	2 – 0	Belarus	NTC Senec, Veľký Biel
15:00 CEST	Derouard  25' Taïder  35'	Report		Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

France  v  Greece

Elite Round 22 May 2011	France	1 – 2	Greece	NTC Senec, Veľký Biel
15:00 CEST	Taïder  21'	Report	Vellios  25' Rougkalas  47'	Referee: Anar Salmanov (Azerbaijan)

Slovakia  v  France

Elite Round 25 May 2011	Slovakia	0 – 2	France	Slovak FA Centre, Senec
11:00 CEST		Report	Situ  64' Derouard  79' (pen.)	Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Last updated: 25 May 2011
Source: French Football Federation

Friendly

Denmark  v  France

24 August 2010	Denmark	0 – 2	France	Farum Park, Farum
19:00 CET		Report	Koura  12' Varane  80'

Denmark  v  France

26 August 2010	Denmark	2 – 3	France	Gladsaxe Stadium, Gladsaxe
19:00 CET	(pen.)	Report	Sorin  45' Koura  51' Omrani  55'

Tournio de Limoges

France  v  Greece

27 October 2010	France	4 – 1	Greece	Stade Beaublanc, Limoges
19:00 CET	Deligny  17' Bahebeck  32', 68' A. Doucoure  50'	Report	Kolovos  10'	Referee: Philippe Chat (France)

France  v  Russia

29 October 2010	France	2 – 0	Russia	Stade Beaublanc, Limoges
18:30 CET	Bahebeck  69' Salaby  90+1'	Report

France  v  Belgium

31 October 2010	France	1 – 1	Belgium	Stade Beaublanc, Limoges
18:00 CET	Komdogbia  88'	Report	Lallemand  64'