page_title: List of France national football team captains
section_title: Captains
hierarchical_section_title: List of France national football team captains / Captains
caption_attribution_description: English: Lloris at the 2018 World Cup
context_page_description: The France national football team represents the nation of France in international association football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations. The team played its first official international match on 1 May 1904 against Belgium. Since its first competitive match, more than 800 players have made at least one international appearance for the team. Of them, 105 have served as captain of the national team. This list contains football players who have served as captain of the French national team and is listed according to their number of matches captained.
  The France national team's record appearance-maker as captain is Didier Deschamps, who led the team out 52 times during his 103-cap tenure, which lasted through three decades. Deschamps is also the most successful France captain, having worn the armband, an indicator of the team's captain, in team victories at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000. The Bayonne-born midfielder surpassed the previous record-holder of the France captaincy, midfielder Michel Platini, in the team's semi-final match at the latter competition.
caption: Hugo Lloris holds the record for most captaincies with France and has captained them to victory at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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