France national under-16 football team
The France national under-16 football team is the national under-16 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team previously competed in the annual UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship before it was converted into an under-17 competition in 2002. The under-16 team competes in regional tournaments, such as the Tournoi de Val-de-Marne and the Montaigu Tournament and international tournaments, such as the Aegean Cup.
| Nickname(s) | Les Bleuets (The Little Blues) Les Tricolores (The Tri-colours) | ||
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| Association | French Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Jean-Claude Giuntini | ||
| FIFA code | FRA | ||
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Prior to the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship being converted into an under-17 event, France never won the competition, but finished as runners-up on two occasions in 1996 and 2001.
Players
Current squad
- The following players have been called up to participate in the 2016 edition of the OFAJ friendly played on 16 May. [1]
Head coach: Patrick Gonfalone
Caps and goals as of 16 May 2016 after the match against Germany.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Nathan Cremillieux | 9 January 2000 | 8 | 0 |  |
| 16 | GK | Sonny Laiton | 28 January 2000 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Till Cissokho | 8 February 2000 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Yohan Junger | 1 February 2000 | 11 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Batista Mendy | 12 January 2000 | 10 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Hakim Guenouche | 30 May 2000 | 10 | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Tom Flamant | 26 October 2000 | 8 | 1 | |
| 13 | DF | Leroy Abanda Mfomo | 7 June 2000 | 7 | 0 |  |
| 15 | DF | Maxence Lacroix | 6 April 2000 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Claudio Gomes | 23 July 2000 | 13 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Aurélien Tchouameni | 27 January 2000 | 11 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Yacine Adli | 29 July 2000 | 10 | 4 | |
| 12 | MF | Mathis Picouleau | 8 May 2000 | 10 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Thanawat Suengchitthawon | 8 January 2000 | 4 | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | Darly N'Landu | 14 July 2000 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Alan Kerouedan | 12 January 2000 | 16 | 5 | |
| 9 | FW | Amine Gouiri | 16 February 2000 | 11 | 4 | |
| 18 | FW | Charles Abi | 12 April 2000 | 11 | 2 | |
| 20 | FW | Alexis Flips | 18 January 2000 | 11 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Matthias Phaeton | 8 January 2000 | 5 | 4 | |
Recent callups
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Yahia Fofana | 21 August 2000 | 5 | 0 | |
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| GK | Adrien L'Heritier | 11 February 2000 | 3 | 0 | |
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| DF | Vincent Collet | 23 March 2000 | 12 | 0 | |
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| DF | Victor Daguin | 8 March 2000 | 6 | 0 | |
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| DF | Mathys Kuntz | 21 February 2000 | 3 | 0 | |
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| DF | Clément Vidal | 18 June 2000 | 2 | 0 | |
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| DF | Andy Cizo | 2 March 2000 | 1 | 0 | |
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| DF | Alexandre Nsakala | 20 March 2000 | 4 | 0 | |
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| DF | William Bianda | 30 April 2000 | 1 | 0 | |
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| MF | Maxence Caqueret | 15 February 2000 | 12 | 3 | |
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| MF | Theo Ndicka Matam | 20 April 2000 | 3 | 0 | |
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| MF | Stefano Caille | 18 May 2000 | 3 | 0 | |
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| MF | Brandon Ndezi | 9 January 2000 | 2 | 0 | |
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| MF | Jules Gaudin | 9 May 2000 | 6 | 1 | |
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| FW | Nicolas Fontaine | 7 February 2000 | 9 | 1 | |
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| FW | Guillaume Gali | 24 February 2000 | 9 | 2 | |
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| FW | Lenny Pintor | 5 August 2000 | 2 | 0 | |
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Competitive record
- For single-match results of the under-16 national team, see French football single-season articles.
UEFA European U-16 Football Championship record
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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| Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Fifth place | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
 | 15th place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Third place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
 | 8th place | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Third place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| 9th place | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 | Fourth place* | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
 | 11th place | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Fourth place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Total | 12/19 | 52 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 83 | 43 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.
- **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Honours
- UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship
- Finalists (2): 1996, 2001
- Val-de-Marne Tournament
- Champions (7): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011
- Champions (9): 1976, 1977, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006,
- Aegean Cup
- Champions (6): 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
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References
- "Dernière Selection U16" (in French). French Football Federation. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
External links
- Official site (in French)
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