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The birth of the French national football team is associated with the birth of the World Football Federation - FIFA in 1904. Since 1904, international matches are governed by FIFA. Before 1904, some of those matches, which featured many of the best French players, were also held, mostly under the banner of the Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques - USFSA. . France started participating in the World Cup in 1930. To date, they have participated in this international tournament 16 times, and their best achievement is the championship in 1998 and 2018. With the Championship In European football, France has participated in 10 times, starting in 1960, and the best result they achieved was the championship in 1984 and 2000. France also participated in the UEFA tournament once. in 2021, and in the first time competing in this tournament they won the championship.

In the 1950s, fans watched France introduce its first golden generation, the players such as Jean Vincent, Robert Jonquet, Just Fontaine, Thadée Cisowski, Raymond Kopa, Maryan Wisnieski and Armand Penverne. However, the period from 1960-1970 could be said to be a crisis period for the French team. Fans had to witness a significant decline of the French team when they continuously lost tickets to international tournaments. In the 1980s, fans once again witnessed the golden generation of French football, round which was the brilliance of midfielder Michel Platini, and the players Alain Giresse, Jean Tigana and Luis Fernández formed a magic square", that many opponents were obsessed with. After winning the Confederation Cup in 2005. In 2001, the French team won all three of the most important titles in world football.The golden generation of French players includes Zidane, Patrick Vieira, Didier Deschamps, Emmanuel Petit, Thierry Henry, David Trezeguet, Lilian Thuram, Laurent Blanc, Youri Djorkaeff, Robert Pirès, Bixente Lizarazu, Fabien Barthez and some other players like Djibril Cissé, Frank Leboeuf, Sylvain Wiltord, Claude Makélélé...