France national under-16 football team

France

Nickname(s)	Les Bleuets (The Little Blues) Les Tricolores (The Tri-colours)
Association	French Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Patrick Gonfalone
FIFA code	FRA
First colours Second colours

The France national under-16 football team is the national under-16 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team previously competed in the annual UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship before it was renamed into an under-17 competition in 2002. The under-16 team competes in regional tournaments, such as the Tournoi de Val-de-Marne and the Montaigu Tournament and international tournaments, such as the Aegean Cup.

Prior to the UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship being renamed into an under-17 event, France never won the competition, but finished as runners-up on two occasions in 1996 and 2001.

Players

Current squad

• The following players have been called up to participate in the April 2022 friendly matches against Portugal and Belgium.

Caps and goals updated as of 14 April 2022, before the match against Belgium.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Romain Jean-Baptiste	(2006-02-21) 21 February 2006	5	0	Metz
16	1GK	Paul Argney	(2006-05-23) 23 May 2006	1	0	Le Havre
2	2DF	Aymen Sadi	(2006-04-10) 10 April 2006	5	0	Valenciennes
5	2DF	Arthur Tchaptchet	(2006-05-10) 10 May 2006	5	0	Reims
12	2DF	Mathis Coudoir	(2006-02-08) 8 February 2006	2	0	Monaco
15	2DF	Yvann Titi	(2006-05-05) 5 May 2006	2	0	Troyes
—	2DF	Nhoa Sangui	(2006-02-27) 27 February 2006	4	0	Reims
—	2DF	Dan Sinaté	(2006-06-09) 9 June 2006	4	0	Monaco
—	2DF	Bastien Mepiyou Menadjou	(2006-03-19) 19 March 2006	2	0	Nantes
6	3MF	Saïmon Bouabré	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006	8	1	Monaco
8	3MF	Nolan Ferro	(2006-01-18) 18 January 2006	3	0	Strasbourg
13	3MF	Fodé Sylla	(2006-04-15) 15 April 2006	8	0	Lens
17	3MF	Daouda Troaré	(2006-07-22) 22 July 2006	3	0	Nice
7	4FW	Willsem Boussaid	(2006-01-30) 30 January 2006	7	0	Strasbourg
9	4FW	Tidiam Gomis	(2006-08-08) 8 August 2006	7	0	Caen
10	4FW	Mohamed Amine Bouchenna	(2006-06-15) 15 June 2006	8	5	Clermont
11	4FW	Emmanuel Mbondo	(2006-02-05) 5 February 2006	8	3	Auxerre
18	4FW	Nordan Mukiele	(2006-02-12) 12 February 2006	3	1	Rennes
20	4FW	Bilal Fofana	(2006-07-07) 7 July 2006	3	1	Paris F.C.
20	4FW	Eli Junior Kroupi	(2006-06-23) 23 June 2006	6	3	Lorient

Competitive record

For single-match results of the under-16 national team, see French football single-season articles.

UEFA European U-16 Football Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1982	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Fifth place	3	2	0	1	7	2
1986	15th place	3	1	0	2	3	6
1987	Third place	5	3	2	0	9	2
1988	8th place	3	1	1	1	2	2
1989	Third place	5	3	1	1	10	8
1990	9th place	3	0	2	1	2	4
1991	Fourth place*	5	2	3	0	9	3
1992	11th place	3	0	1	2	1	3
1993	Fourth place	5	2	2	1	9	5
1994	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Fourth place	5	3	0	2	7	6
1996	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	7	1
1997	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	17	1
Total	12/19	52	26	13	13	83	43

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Honours

• UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship

Finalists (2): 1996, 2001

• Val-de-Marne Tournament

Champions (7): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011

• Montaigu Tournament

Champions (9): 1976, 1977, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006,

• Aegean Cup

Champions (6): 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

External links

• Official site (in French)