France national football team results (1940–1959)
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This is a list of the France national football team results from 1940 to 1959.
1940s
1940
| 28 January Friendly | France | 3 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Heisserer Koranyi |
Report | Peyroteo |
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 18,083 |
1942
| 8 March Friendly | France | 0 – 2 | | Marseille, France |
| Report | Amadò Kappenberger |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Pedro Escartín (Spain) |
| 15 March Friendly | Spain | 4 – 0 | | Seville, Spain |
| Campos Mundo Epi |
Report | Stadium: Estadio de Nervión Attendance: 40,000 Referee: António Palhinhas (Portugal) |
1944
| 24 December Friendly | France | 3 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Simonyi Arnaudeau Aston |
Report | De Wael |
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 24,095 |
1945
| 8 April Friendly | Switzerland | 1 – 0 | | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Friedländer |
Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Georges Capdeville (France) |
| 26 May Friendly | England | 2 – 2 | | London, England |
| Carter Lawton |
Report | Vaast Heisserer |
Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 60,000 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| 6 December Friendly | Austria | 4 – 1 | | Vienna, Austria |
| Decker Neumer |
Report | Bongiorni |
Stadium: Prater Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Jean Lutz (Switzerland) |
| 15 December Friendly | Belgium | 2 – 1 | | Brussels, Belgium |
| Sermon |
Report | Aston |
Stadium: Molenbeek Stadium Attendance: 23,576 Referee: Van Welgenes (Netherlands) |
1946
| 7 April Friendly | France | 3 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Vaast Heisserer |
Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 52,242 Referee: Eugenio Scherz (Switzerland) |
| 14 April Friendly | Portugal | 2 – 1 | | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Araújo Peyroteo |
Report | Vaast |
Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 62,000 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| 5 May Friendly | France | 3 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Vaast Heisserer Leduc |
Report | Hahnemann |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 57,205 Referee: Paul von Wartburg (Switzerland) |
| 19 May Friendly | France | 2 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Prouff Vaast |
Report | Hagan |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 58,481 Referee: Eugenio Scherz (Switzerland) |
1947
| 23 March Friendly | France | 1 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Bihel |
Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 57,791 Referee: Cyril Barrick (England) |
| 3 May Friendly | England | 3 – 0 | | London, England |
| Finney Mannion Carter |
Report | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 54,389 Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium) |
| 26 May Friendly | France | 4 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Alpsteg Baratte Dard |
Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 38,215 Referee: Stanley Boardman (England) |
| 1 June Friendly | France | 4 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Vaast Baratte Dard |
Report | De Cleyn Coppens |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 35,176 |
| 8 June Friendly | Switzerland | 1 – 2 | | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Fatton |
Report | Alpsteg Baratte |
Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| 23 November Friendly | Portugal | 2 – 4 | | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Peyroteo Araújo |
Report | Vaast Benbarek |
Stadium: Estádio Nacional Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Paul von Wartburg (Switzerland) |
1948
| 4 April Friendly | France | 1 – 3 | | Paris, France |
| Baratte |
Report | Carapallese Gabetto |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 60,074 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 23 May Friendly | France | 3 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Bongiorni Flamion Baratte |
Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 46,032 Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| 6 June Friendly | Belgium | 4 – 2 | | Brussels, Belgium |
| Chaves Govard Mermans |
Report | Cuissard Benbarek |
Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 52,873 Referee: Dirk Nijs (Netherlands) |
| 12 June Friendly | Czechoslovakia | 0 – 4 | | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Report | Batteux Baratte Baillot |
Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| 17 October Friendly | France | 3 – 3 | | Paris, France |
| Flamion Baratte |
Report | Mermans Anoul Chaves |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 55,600 Referee: Jean Lutz (Switzerland) |
1949
| 23 April Friendly | Netherlands | 4 – 1 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Timmermans Wilkes |
Report | Baratte |
Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Laurent Franken (Belgium) |
| 27 April Friendly | Scotland | 2 – 0 | | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Steel |
Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 125,631 Referee: William Ling (England) |
| 22 May Friendly | France | 1 – 3 | | Paris, France |
| Moreel |
Report | Morris Wright |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 61,308 Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| 4 June Friendly | France | 4 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Baillot Grumellon Baratte |
Report | Fatton |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 33,474 Referee: George Reader (England) |
| 19 June Friendly | 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 November Friendly | 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) |
1950s
1950
| 27 May Friendly | France | 0 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Report | Brown |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 35,568 |
| 4 June Friendly | Belgium | 4 – 1 | | Brussels, Belgium |
| Mermans Mordant |
Report | Kargu |
Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 45,006 Referee: Giuseppe Carpani (Italy) |
| 1 November Friendly | France | 3 – 3 | | Paris, France |
| Doye Baratte Kargu |
Report | Lemberechts Mermans |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 48,799 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 10 December Friendly | France | 5 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Flamion Baratte Doye |
Report | van Melis van der Tuyn |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 37,468 Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium) |
1951
| 6 February Friendly | France | 2 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Strappe Flamion |
Report | Tomašević |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 33,552 Referee: Laurent Franken (Belgium) |
| 12 May Friendly | Northern Ireland | 2 – 2 | | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Ferris Simpson |
Report | Baratte Bonifaci |
Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 16 May Friendly | Scotland | 1 – 0 | | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Reilly |
Report | Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 75,394 Referee: Reg Mortimer (England) |
| 3 June Friendly | Italy | 4 – 1 | | Genoa, Italy |
| Lorenzi Amadei Cappello |
Report | Grumellon |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Jean Lutz (Switzerland) |
| 3 October Friendly | England | 2 – 2 | | London, England |
| Firoud Medley |
Report | Doye Alpsteg |
Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 57,603 Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland) |
| 14 October Friendly | Switzerland | 1 – 2 | | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Ballaman |
Report | Doye Grumellon |
Stadium: Charmilles Stadium Attendance: 33,534 Referee: Reg Leafe (England) |
| 1 November Friendly | France | 2 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Grumellon |
Report | Körner Stojaspal |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 61,687 Referee: William Ling (England) |
1952
| 26 March Friendly | France | 0 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Report | Westerberg |
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 25,779 Referee: Henri Bauwens (Belgium) |
| 20 April Friendly | France | 3 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Alpsteg Strappe |
Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 35,735 Referee: Alf Bond (England) |
| 22 May Friendly | Belgium | 1 – 2 | | Brussels, Belgium |
| Mermans |
Report | Doye Deladerrière |
Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 55,485 Referee: Paul von Wartburg (Switzerland) |
| 5 October Friendly | France | 3 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Ujlaki Cisowski Strappe |
Report | O. Walter |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 56,021 |
| 19 October Friendly | Austria | 1 – 2 | | Vienna, Austria |
| Walzhofer |
Report | Baratte Penverne |
Stadium: Prater Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 11 November Friendly | France | 3 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Ujlaki Kopa |
Report | Tully |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 52,399 Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands) |
| 16 November Friendly | Republic of Ireland | 1 – 1 | | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Jonquet |
Report | Piantoni |
Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium) |
| 25 December Friendly | France | 0 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Report | Straetmans |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 38,379 |
1953
| 14 May Friendly | France | 6 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Gardien Kopa Bonifaci Ujlaki |
Report | Allchurch |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 33,020 Referee: José da Costa Vieira (Portugal) |
| 11 June Friendly | 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 October Friendly | Yugoslavia | 3 – 1 | | Zagreb, Yugoslavia |
| Veselinović Rajkov Dvornić |
Report | Marcel |
Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria) |
| 11 November Friendly | 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) |
1954
| 11 April Friendly | France | 1 – 3 | | Paris, France |
| Piantoni |
Report | Pandolfini Galli |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 61,382 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 30 May Friendly | 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 October Friendly | West Germany | 1 – 3 | | Hanover, West Germany |
| Stürmer |
Report | Foix Vincent |
Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 86,000 Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales) |
| 11 November Friendly | France | 2 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Kopa |
Report | Jonquet Lemberechts |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 53,674 |
1955
| 17 March Friendly | Spain | 1 – 2 | | Madrid, Spain |
| Gaínza |
Report | Kopa Vincent |
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 125,000 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy) |
| 3 April Friendly | France | 2 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Oliver Glovacki |
Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 34,769 Referee: Giorgio Bernardi (Italy) |
| 15 May Friendly | France | 1 – 0 | | Paris, France |
| Kopa |
Report | Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 54,696 Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany) |
| 9 October Friendly | Switzerland | 1 – 2 | | Basel, Switzerland |
| Mauron |
Report | Kopa Piantoni |
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Roeykens (Belgium) |
| 23 October Friendly | Soviet Union | 2 – 2 | | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Streltsov Simonyan |
Report | Kopa Piantoni |
Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 11 November Friendly | France | 1 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Piantoni |
Report | Veselinović |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 60,654 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy) |
| 25 December Friendly | Belgium | 2 – 1 | | Brussels, Belgium |
| Jadot Van den Bosch |
Report | Piantoni |
Stadium: Heysel Stadium Attendance: 56,540 Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands) |
1956
| 15 February Friendly | Italy | 2 – 0 | | Bologna, Italy |
| Carapellese Gratton |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Comunale Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia) |
| 25 March Friendly | France | 3 – 1 | | Paris, France |
| Leblond Vincent Piantoni |
Report | Hanappi |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 42,223 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 7 October Friendly | France | 1 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Cisowski |
Report | Machos Kocsis |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 59,457 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
| 21 October Friendly | 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) |
1957
| 24 March Friendly | 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 October Friendly | 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 November Friendly | England | 4 – 0 | | London, England |
| Taylor Robson |
Report | Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 64,349 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union) |
| 25 December Friendly | France | 2 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Wisnieski Douis |
Report | Diev Nestorov |
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 38,086 Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany) |
1958
| 13 March Friendly | France | 2 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Fontaine Piantoni |
Report | Kubala Suárez |
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 37,983 Referee: Jack Clough (England) |
| 16 April Friendly | 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 October Friendly | Austria | 1 – 2 | | Vienna, Austria |
| Hof |
Report | Deladerrière Fontaine |
Stadium: Prater Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
| 26 October Friendly | France | 2 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Deladerrière Douis |
Report | Rahn Seeler |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 50,992 Referee: Arthur Ellis (England) |
| 9 November Friendly | 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) |
1959
| 1 March Friendly | France | 2 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Vincent |
Report | Lippens Piters |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 42,206 Referee: Jack Kelly (England) |
| 11 October Friendly | Bulgaria | 1 – 0 | | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Kolev |
Report | Fontaine |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Josef Stoll (Austria) |
| 11 November Friendly | France | 5 – 3 | | Paris, France |
| Fontaine Grillet Muller |
Report | Matateu Cavém |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 48,111 Referee: Ken Aston (England) |
| 13 December 1960 European Nations' Cup Quarter-finals | France | 5 – 2 | | Paris, France |
| Fontaine Vincent |
Report | Horak Pichler |
Stadium: Colombes Attendance: 43,775 Referee: Manuel Asensi (Spain) |
| 17 December Friendly | France | 4 – 3 | | Paris, France |
| Muller Fontaine Vincent Marche |
Report | Suárez Martínez Vergés |
Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 38,622 Referee: Reg Leafe (England) |
