# France in the UEFA Nations League

The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first season began in September 2018, consisting of four groups in each of the four leagues ranked by UEFA coefficient of each country.
France has been on the highest level of the competition, in League A, since the beginning of this tournament. In their first season, they finished second in Group A1, behind the Netherlands but ahead of Germany. In the following edition, France advanced to the Finals for the first and so far only time: after winning Group A3, they went on to beat Belgium in the semi-finals and then Spain in the final, making France the first ever European nation to win the World Cup, the European Championship and the Nations League.

## Overall record

UEFA Nations League record :
| Season** | Division | Group | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rank |
| 2018–19 | A | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | | 6th |
| 2020–21 | A | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | | 1st |
| 2022–23 | A | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | | 12th |
| 2024–25 | A | 2 | In progress | In progress | In progress | In progress | In progress | In progress | In progress | In progress |
| Total | Total | Total | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 1 Title | 1 Title |
    *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
    **Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage. Red border colour indicates the finals stage was held on home soil.

## List of matches

| Season | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | France scorers |
| 2018–19 | Group stage |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | Germany | 0–0 | D | Munich | — |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | Netherlands | 2–1 | W | Saint-Denis | Mbappé, Giroud |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | Germany | 2–1 | W | Saint-Denis | Griezmann (2) |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | Netherlands | 0–2 | L | Rotterdam | — |
| 2020–21 | Group stage |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Sweden | 1–0 | W | Solna | Mbappé |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Croatia | 4–2 | W | Saint-Denis | Griezmann, Livaković (o.g.), Upamecano, Giroud |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Portugal | 0–0 | D | Saint-Denis | — |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Croatia | 2–1 | W | Zagreb | Griezmann, Mbappé |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Portugal | 1–0 | W | Lisbon | Kanté |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Sweden | 4–2 | W | Saint-Denis | Giroud (2), Pavard, Coman |
| 2020–21 | Semi-final | Belgium | 3–2 | W | Turin | Benzema, Mbappé, T. Hernandez |
| 2020–21 | Final | Spain | 2–1 | W | Milan | Benzema, Mbappé |
| 2022–23 | Group stage |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Denmark | 1–2 | L | Saint-Denis | Benzema |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Croatia | 1–1 | D | Split | Rabiot |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Austria | 1–1 | D | Vienna | Mbappé |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Croatia | 0–1 | L | Saint-Denis | — |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Austria | 2–0 | W | Saint-Denis | Mbappé, Giroud |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Denmark | 0–2 | L | Copenhagen | — |
| 2024–25 | Group stage |
| 2024–25 | Group stage | Italy | 1–3 | L | Paris | Barcola |
| 2024–25 | Group stage | Belgium | 2–0 | W | Décines-Charpieu | Kolo Muani, Dembélé |
| 2024–25 | Group stage | Israel | 4–1 | W | Budapest | Camavinga, Nkunku, Guendouzi, Barcola |
| 2024–25 | Group stage | Belgium | 2–1 | W | Leuven | Kolo Muani (2) |
| 2024–25 | Group stage | Israel | 0–0 | D | Saint-Denis | — |
| 2024–25 | Group stage | Italy | 3–1 | W | Milan | Rabiot (2), Vicario (o.g.) |
| 2024–25 | Quarter-final | Croatia | | | Split | |
| 2024–25 | Quarter-final | Croatia | | | Saint-Denis | |

## 2018–19 UEFA Nations League
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | | 2–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | — |
* ↑ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Netherlands +1, France −1.

## 2020–21 UEFA Nations League
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | France | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 16 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Croatia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sweden (R) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | Relegation to League B | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

### Finals

France qualified for its first appearance to the UEFA Nations League Finals in the 2020–21 season, after defeating Portugal on 14 November 2020.
Semi-finals
Final

## 2022–23 UEFA Nations League
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Croatia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| 2 | Denmark | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | France | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Austria (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | Relegation to League B | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## 2024–25 UEFA Nations League
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | France | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 13 | Advance to quarter-finals | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Belgium | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | Qualification for relegation play-offs | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Israel (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 | Relegation to League B | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head to head results. Overall goal difference: France +6, Italy +5.
* 1 2 Tied on head to head points. Head to head goal difference: Belgium +1, Israel –1.

### Quarter-finals

First leg
Second leg

## Goalscorers

| Player | Goals | 2018–19 | 2020–21 | 2022–23 | 2024–25 |
| Kylian Mbappé | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Olivier Giroud | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Antoine Griezmann | 4 | 2 | 2 | | |
| Karim Benzema | 3 | | 2 | 1 | |
| Randal Kolo Muani | 3 | | | | 3 |
| Adrien Rabiot | 3 | | | 1 | 2 |
| Bradley Barcola | 2 | | | | 2 |
| Eduardo Camavinga | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Kingsley Coman | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Ousmane Dembélé | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Mattéo Guendouzi | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Théo Hernandez | 1 | | 1 | | |
| N'Golo Kanté | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Christopher Nkunku | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Benjamin Pavard | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Dayot Upamecano | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Own goals | 2 | | 1 | | 1 |
| Total | 38 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 12 |
Bold players are still active with the national team.