France national under-20 football team

The **France national under-20 football team** () represents France in men's international football at this age level and is controlled by the French Football Federation.

### FIFA World Youth Championship/U-20 World Cup Record

|Year|Result|GP|W|D*|L|GS|GA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|Group Stage|3|1|1|1|3|3|
|1979|_Did not qualify_|||||||
|1981||||||||
|1983||||||||
|1985||||||||
|1987||||||||
|1989||||||||
|1991||||||||
|1993||||||||
|1995||||||||
|1997|Quarter-finals|5|3|1|1|10|8|
|1999|_Did not qualify_|||||||
|2001|Quarter-finals|5|2|2|1|11|7|
|2003|_Did not qualify_|||||||
|2005||||||||
|2007||||||||
|2009||||||||
|2011|**Fourth Place**|7|4|0|3|11|12|
|2013|**Champions**|7|4|2|1|15|6|
|2015|_Did not qualify_|||||||
|2017|Round of 16|4|3|0|1|10|2|
|2019|Round of 16|4|3|0|1|9|5|
|2021|_Qualified_|||||||
|**Total**|**1 title**|**35**|**20**|**6**|**9**|**69**|**43**|

### Current squad

For the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to participate.

The following players were named in the squad for the friendlies against Argentina, the United States, and South Korea on 20, 22, and 25 March 2019.

**Note: ** Names in _italics_ denote players who have been capped by France in a higher age group.

_Caps and goals as of 22 March 2019, after the team's match against United States._

### Recent callups

The following players have also been called up to the France under-20 squad and remain eligible:

- Notes
- <sup>INJ</sup> Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

### Previous squads

- FIFA U-20 World Cup/Youth Championship squads
- 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup – France
- 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup – France
- 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – France
- 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – France
- 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship squads – France

## Honours

- **FIFA U-20 World Cup**
- _Champions:_ 2013

- **Toulon Tournament**
- _Champions (12):_ 1977, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2015
- _Finalists (14):_ 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016

## Other websites

- Official site

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: France U-20
- **flag**: Flag of France.svg
- **fifa trigramme**: FRA
- **nickname**: Les Bleuets (The Little Blues)
 _Les Tricolores_ (The Tri-colours)
- **association**: French Football Federation
- **confederation**: UEFA (Europe)
- **coach**: Bernard Diomède
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- **regional name**: FIFA U-20 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 7
- **regional cup first**: 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1977
- **regional cup best**: Champions: 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2013
- **first game**: 2–1
(Radès, Tunisia; 28 June 1977)
- **largest win**: 5–0
(Paris, France; 18 June 2011)
- **largest loss**: 4–1
(Bogota, Colombia; 30 July 2011)
    3–0
(Kuching, Malaysia; 17 June, 1997)