# 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 renamed 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.
Prior to the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship being renamed 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 April 2022 friendly matches against Portugal and Belgium.
Caps and goals updated as of 14 April 2022, before the match against Belgium.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Romain Jean-Baptiste | (2006-02-21) 21 February 2006 (age 18) | 5 | 0 | Metz |
| 16 | 1GK | Paul Argney | (2006-05-23) 23 May 2006 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | Le Havre |
| 2 | 2DF | Aymen Sadi | (2006-04-10) 10 April 2006 (age 18) | 5 | 0 | Valenciennes |
| 5 | 2DF | Arthur Tchaptchet | (2006-05-10) 10 May 2006 (age 18) | 5 | 0 | Reims |
| 12 | 2DF | Mathis Coudoir | (2006-02-08) 8 February 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Monaco |
| 15 | 2DF | Yvann Titi | (2006-05-05) 5 May 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Troyes |
| — | 2DF | Nhoa Sangui | (2006-02-27) 27 February 2006 (age 18) | 4 | 0 | Reims |
| — | 2DF | Dan Sinaté | (2006-06-09) 9 June 2006 (age 18) | 4 | 0 | Monaco |
| — | 2DF | Bastien Mepiyou Menadjou | (2006-03-19) 19 March 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Nantes |
| 6 | 3MF | Saïmon Bouabré | (2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 18) | 8 | 1 | Monaco |
| 8 | 3MF | Nolan Ferro | (2006-01-18) 18 January 2006 (age 18) | 3 | 0 | Strasbourg |
| 13 | 3MF | Fodé Sylla | (2006-04-15) 15 April 2006 (age 18) | 8 | 0 | Lens |
| 17 | 3MF | Daouda Troaré | (2006-07-22) 22 July 2006 (age 18) | 3 | 0 | Nice |
| 7 | 4FW | Willsem Boussaid | (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 18) | 7 | 0 | Strasbourg |
| 9 | 4FW | Tidiam Gomis | (2006-08-08) 8 August 2006 (age 18) | 7 | 0 | Caen |
| 10 | 4FW | Mohamed Amine Bouchenna | (2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 18) | 8 | 5 | Clermont |
| 11 | 4FW | Emmanuel Mbondo | (2006-02-05) 5 February 2006 (age 18) | 8 | 3 | Auxerre |
| 18 | 4FW | Nordan Mukiele | (2006-02-12) 12 February 2006 (age 18) | 3 | 1 | Rennes |
| 20 | 4FW | Bilal Fofana | (2006-07-07) 7 July 2006 (age 18) | 3 | 1 | Paris F.C. |
| 20 | 4FW | Eli Junior Kroupi | (2006-06-23) 23 June 2006 (age 18) | 6 | 3 | Lorient |

## Competitive record
### UEFA European U-16 Football Championship record

| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1982 | did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 | did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1985 | Fifth place | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 1986 | 15th place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1987 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 1988 | 8th place | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1989 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| 1990 | 9th place | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1991 | Fourth place* | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 1992 | 11th place | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1993 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| 1994 | did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | Fourth place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 1996 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 1997 | did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1998 | did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999 | did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 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
* Montaigu Tournament
    Champions (9): 1976, 1977, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006,
* Aegean Cup
    Champions (6): 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013