France Olympic football team

The France Olympic football team, also known as the France national under-23 football team, represents France in international football competitions in Olympic Games. It has been active since 1900, and first competed in 1900. Olympic football was originally an amateur sport, and as the pre-World War II France national team was also amateur, it was able to send a team to the games. The rules on amateurism were relaxed in the 1980s, which allowed France some success, notably a gold medal finish in 1984. Since 1992 the tournament has been competed by under-23 teams, making France's Olympic qualification dependent on the results of the under-21 team. Only in 2020 the French returned to the Olympic stage after a 24-year absence.

Results and fixtures

 * Legend

Current squad
The following 18 players were called up for the 2024 Olympic Games, including three overage players in Alexandre Lacazette, Loïc Badé and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been capped by the senior team.

Caps and goals as of 17 July 2024, after the team's match against .

Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the France Olympic squad and remain eligible:


 * Notes
 * INJ Withdrew due to injury


 * PRE Preliminary squad / standby


 * WD Withdrew due to non-injury issue

Olympic Games record
"Since the 1992 Summer Olympics, teams consist of under-23 players, with the possibility of 3 players over the age of 23 being selected. The 1960 Summer Olympics mark the moment FIFA no longer consider Olympic matches to be played by national A teams. Before the 1984 Summer Olympics, only amateur footballers could participate. In fact, some countries fielded teams that were very similar to their A teams since their players were considered amateur."
 * *Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Coaching history

 * 🇫🇷 FFF Committee: 1900 – Paris & 1908 – London
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Fred Pentland: 1920 – Brussels
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charles Griffiths: 1924 – Paris
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Peter Farmer: 1928 – Amsterdam
 * 🇫🇷 FFF Committee: 1948 – London & 1952 – Helsinki
 * 🇫🇷 Jean Rigal: 1960 – Rome
 * 🇫🇷 André Grillon: 1968 – Mexico City
 * 🇫🇷 Gaby Robert: 1976 – Montreal
 * 🇫🇷 Henri Michel: 1984 – Los Angeles
 * 🇫🇷 Raymond Domenech: 1996 – Atlanta
 * 🇫🇷 Sylvain Ripoll: 2020 – Tokyo
 * 🇫🇷 Thierry Henry: 2024 – Paris