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.^[1]

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 (age 18)	5	0	Metz
16	1GK	Paul Argney	(2006-05-23) 23 May 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Le Havre
2	2DF	Aymen Sadi	(2006-04-10) 10 April 2006 (age 17)	5	0	Valenciennes
5	2DF	Arthur Tchaptchet	(2006-05-10) 10 May 2006 (age 17)	5	0	Reims
12	2DF	Mathis Coudoir	(2006-02-08) 8 February 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Monaco
15	2DF	Yvann Titi	(2006-05-05) 5 May 2006 (age 17)	2	0	Troyes
—	2DF	Nhoa Sangui	(2006-02-27) 27 February 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Reims
—	2DF	Dan Sinaté	(2006-06-09) 9 June 2006 (age 17)	4	0	Monaco
—	2DF	Bastien Mepiyou Menadjou	(2006-03-19) 19 March 2006 (age 17)	2	0	Nantes
6	3MF	Saïmon Bouabré	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 17)	8	1	Monaco
8	3MF	Nolan Ferro	(2006-01-18) 18 January 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Strasbourg
13	3MF	Fodé Sylla	(2006-04-15) 15 April 2006 (age 17)	8	0	Lens
17	3MF	Daouda Troaré	(2006-07-22) 22 July 2006 (age 17)	3	0	Nice
7	4FW	Willsem Boussaid	(2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 18)	7	0	Strasbourg
9	4FW	Tidiam Gomis	(2006-08-08) 8 August 2006 (age 17)	7	0	Caen
10	4FW	Mohamed Amine Bouchenna	(2006-06-15) 15 June 2006 (age 17)	8	5	Clermont
11	4FW	Emmanuel Mbondo	(2006-02-05) 5 February 2006 (age 18)	8	3	Auxerre
18	4FW	Nordan Mukiele	(2006-02-12) 12 February 2006 (age 18)	3	1	Rennes
20	4FW	Bilal Fofana	(2006-07-07) 7 July 2006 (age 17)	3	1	Paris F.C.
20	4FW	Eli Junior Kroupi	(2006-06-23) 23 June 2006 (age 17)	6	3	Lorient

Competitive record

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