France national football B team

France B

Association	French Football Federation (Fédération Française de Football)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Home stadium	Stade de France
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours
First international
Denmark 9–0 France B (White City, United Kingdom, 19 October 1908)
Biggest win
France B 7–0 Luxembourg (Strasbourg, France, 22 May 1952)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 9–0 France B (White City, United Kingdom, 19 October 1908)

The France national football B team is a national football team representing France that plays matches at a lower level than the France national football team. In France, the team is usually called "France A–".

The most recent match of France B was on 5 February 2008 against Congo DR in Marbella, the day before the regular A-team friendly in Málaga. The team line-up was Steve Mandanda (Hugo Lloris 46'); Gaël Clichy, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Philippe Mexès, Bacary Sagna; Jérôme Rothen, Alou Diarra, Samir Nasri (Gaël Givet 76'), Mathieu Flamini (Jérémy Menez 17'), Jimmy Briand; Djibril Cissé; team members Sébastien Squillaci and Abou Diaby were not used.

The second-most-recent match of the team was played against Slovakia B on 21 August 2007, the day before the regular A-team friendly. The team line-up was Sébastien Frey, Jonathan Zebina (Zoumana Camara), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Anthony Réveillère), Sébastien Squillaci, Mikaël Silvestre, Jimmy Briand, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, (Rio Mavuba), Jérémy Mathieu, Djibril Cissé (Frédéric Piquionne), David Trezeguet; team member Teddy Richert was not used.^[1][2] The match ended at 0-1, with France B losing; Jean-Alain Boumsong played on the second day as a last-minute substitution.

Popularity and use

The team runs occasionally as a feeder team for France national football team, to give a chance to under-21 or less experienced players to play for the national team without being awarded a full cap. The team may play matches held before World Cups or other tournaments to give second-choice players, injured players or possible choices an opportunity to play a full game to either keep their fitness levels up or to earn their way into the first team.

Mediterranean Games record

Football at the Mediterranean Games
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1951	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	3	3	2	1	0	6	2
1959	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	1	5	3	1	1	9	5
1971	5	4	2	0	2	5	4
1975	2	6	3	1	2	10	6
1979	2	5	2	2	1	6	7
1983	4	4	1	2	1	1	1
1987	2	5	3	1	1	7	2
1991 – present	See France national under-20 team
Total	7/10	32	16	8	8	44	27

Past players

Player in bold holds senior cap for the A team

• Philippe Christanval
• Ousmane Dabo
• Olivier Dacourt
• Martin Djetou
• Sébastien Frey
• Frédéric Kanouté (changed his allegiance to Mali)
• Lilian Laslandes
• Sylvain Legwinski
• Steve Marlet
• Laurent Robert
• David Sommeil
• Frédéric Piquionne

References

External links

• RSSSF