France national youth football team

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The France national youth football team are the national under-20, under-19, under-18, under-17 and under-16 football teams of France and are controlled by the French Football Federation.

1 France National Under-20 Squad
2 France National Under-19 Squad
3 France National Under-18 Squad
4 France National Under-17 Squad
5 France National Under-16 Squad
6 Honours
7 References

[edit] France National Under-20 Squad

CAPTAIN: To Be Announced

COACH: Jean Gallice

The following players were called to participate in the upcoming Toulon Tournament, which began on May 20 and ended on May 29.^[1] Caps and goals are as current as the squad's previous match.

*Please note some of these players play for their club's reserve team.

Current Squad:

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Benoît Costil	July 30, 1987 (Age 20)	0	0	SM Caen
2	DF	Mohamadou Sissoko	August 8, 1988 (Age 19)	0	0	Udinese
3	DF	Vincent Muratori	August 3, 1987 (Age 20)	1	0	AS Monaco
4	MF	Ricardo Faty	August 4, 1986 (Age 21)	5	1	FC Nantes
5	DF	Sébastien Bassong	July 9, 1986 (Age 21)	0	0	FC Metz
6	MF	Pierre Ducasse	May 7, 1987 (Age 21)	1	0	FC Girondins de Bordeaux
7	FW	Razak Boukari	April 25, 1987 (Age 21)	5	1	RC Lens
8	MF	Julien Quercia	August 17, 1986 (Age 21)	1	1	AJ Auxerre
9	FW	Jires Kembo Ekoko	January 8, 1988 (Age 20)	1	0	CS Sedan
10	FW	Elliot Grandin	October 17, 1987 (Age 20)	1	0	Marseille
11	MF	Anthony Mounier	September 27, 1987 (Age 20)	1	0	Lyon
12	MF	Richard Soumah	October 6, 1986 (Age 21)	0	0	Guingamp
13	DF	Cyriaque Louvion	July 24, 1987 (Age 20)	5	1	Le Mans
14	FW	Xavier Pentecôte	August 13, 1986 (Age 21)	5	4	SC Bastia
15	MF	Damien Plessis	March 5, 1988 (Age 20)	1	0	Liverpool
16	GK	Geoffrey Jourdren	February 4, 1986 (age 22)	5	0	SM Caen
17	MF	Alexandre Bonnet	October 17, 1986 (Age 21)	1	1	CS Sedan
18	DF	Paul Baysse	May 18, 1988 (Age 20)	1	0	CS Sedan
19	DF	Samuel Bouhours	June 26, 1987 (Age 20)	0	0	Le Mans
20	DF	Mohamed Chakouri	May 21, 1986 (Age 21)	5	1	R. Charleroi S.C.
	FW	Alexis Allart	August 7, 1986 (Age 21)	0	0	CS Sedan

[edit] France National Under-19 Squad

CAPTAIN: Morgan Schneiderlin (RC Strasbourg)

COACH: Luc Rabat

The following players were called up for UEFA U-19 Championship qualifying matches against Switzerland on May 26, 2008, Sweden on May 28, 2008, and Italy on May 31, 2008.^[2] Caps and goals are as current as the squad's previous match, including the match against the Republic of Ireland.

*Please note some of these players play for their club's reserve team.

Current Squad:

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Matthieu Dreyer	March 20, 1989 (Age 19)	5	0	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
GK	Willy Maeyens	May 6, 1989 (Age 19)	2	0	AJ Auxerre
DF	Jean-Armel Kana Biyick	July 3, 1989 (Age 18)	0	0	Le Havre AC
DF	Loïc Nestor	May 20, 1989 (Age 18)	2	0	Le Havre AC
DF	Jean-Christophe Coubronne	July 30, 1989 (Age 18)	2	0	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
DF	Mamadou Sakho	February 13, 1990 (Age 18)	3	0	PSG
DF	Samuel Souprayen	February 18, 1989 (Age 19)	4	0	Rennes
DF	Armand Traoré	October 8, 1989 (Age 18)	5	0	Arsenal
MF	Diallo Guidilleye	December 30, 1989 (Age 18)	1	0	Troyes AC
MF	Younousse Sankharé	September 10, 1989 (Age 18)	2	0	PSG
MF	Morgan Schneiderlin (Captain)	November 8, 1989 (Age 18)	6	2	RC Strasbourg
MF	Moussa Sissoko	August 16, 1989 (Age 18)	6	0	Toulouse FC
MF	Maxime Gonalons	March 10, 1989 (Age 19)	3	0	Lyon
FW	Djamel Bakar	April 6, 1989 (Age 19)	5	1	AS Monaco FC
FW	Dominique Malonga	January 8, 1989 (Age 19)	3	2	Torino F.C.
FW	Romain Dedola	January 2, 1989 (Age 19)	4	1	Lyon
FW	Gabriel Obertan	February 26, 1989 (Age 19)	2	1	FC Girondins de Bordeaux
FW	Jeremy Pied	February 23, 1989 (Age 19)	2	0	Lyon
FW	David N'Gog	April 1, 1989 (Age 19)	3	3	PSG
FW	Fabian Robert	January 6, 1989 (Age 19)	2	2	FC Lorient

[edit] France National Under-18 Squad

CAPTAIN: Mamadou Sakho (PSG)

COACH: Erick Mombaerts

The following players were called up to participate in the 2008 Slovakia Cup, which began play on April 28 and ended on May 2.^[3] Caps and goals are as current as the squad's previous match.

*Please note some of these players play for their club's reserve team.

Current Squad:

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Mathieu Gorgelin	August 5, 1990 (Age 17)	0	0	Lyon
GK	Mamadou Samassa	February 16, 1990 (Age 18)	1	0	En Avant Guingamp
DF	Frédéric Duplus	April 7, 1990 (Age 18)	2	0	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
DF	Gwenaël Souprayen	February 24, 1990 (Age 18)	2	0	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
DF	Nicolas Seguin	May 6, 1990 (Age 18)	0	0	Lyon
DF	Clévid Dikamona	June 23, 1990 (Age 17)	1	0	SM Caen
DF	Sébastien Corchia	November 1, 1990 (Age 17)	0	0	Le Mans
DF	Mickaël Nelson	February 2, 1990 (Age 18)	0	0	Montpellier
MF	Maxime Partouche	June 5, 1990 (Age 17)	2	0	PSG
MF	Frédéric Bulot	September 27, 1990 (Age 17)	2	0	AS Monaco FC
MF	Josua Guilavogui	September 19, 1990 (Age 17)	2	0	AS Saint-Étienne
MF	Alfred N'Diaye	June 3, 1990 (Age 17)	2	0	AS Nancy
MF	Tripy Makonda	January 24, 1990 (Age 18)	0	0	PSG
MF	Hervé Basile	March 18, 1990 (Age 18)	0	0	EA Guingamp
FW	Thibault Bourgeois	January 5, 1990 (Age 18)	0	0	Metz
FW	Emmanuel Rivière	March 3, 1990 (Age 18)	2	1	Saint-Étienne
FW	Sofiane Choubani	March 29, 1990 (Age 18)	0	0	Nantes
FW	Ryad Boudebouz	February 19, 1990 (Age 18)	0	0	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

[edit] France National Under-17 Squad

CAPTAIN: Gueida Fofana (Le Havre AC)

COACH: Francis Smerecki

The following players have been called up to participate in the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, which began play on May 4 and ended on May 16.^[4] Caps and goals are as current as the squad's previous match.

*Please note some of these players play for their club's reserve team.

Current Squad:

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Jeffrey Baltus	December 20, 1991 (Age 16)	0	0	AJ Auxerre
2	DF	Joël Adegoroye	May 15, 1991 (Age 17)	3	0	Rennes
3	MF	André Auras	April 22, 1991 (Age 17)	2	0	AJ Auxerre
4	DF	William Remy	April 4, 1991 (Age 17)	7	1	RC Lens
5	DF	Sébastien Faure	January 3, 1991 (Age 17)	8	0	Lyon
6	MF	Loic Damour	January 8, 1991 (Age 17)	6	1	RC Strasbourg
7	FW	Gael Kakuta	June 21, 1991 (Age 16)	9	3	Chelsea FC
8	DF	Gueida Fofana (Captain)	May 16, 1991 (Age 17)	8	2	Le Havre AC
9	MF	Enzo Reale	October 7, 1991 (Age 16)	8	0	Lyon
10	FW	Gilles Sunu	March 31, 1991 (Age 17)	5	0	Arsenal
11	FW	Yannis Salibur	January 24, 1991 (Age 17)	6	0	Lille OSC
12	FW	Alexandre Lacazette	May 28, 1991 (Age 16)	4	1	Lyon
13	DF	Loic Nego	January 15, 1991 (Age 17)	7	1	FC Nantes Atlantique
14	DF	Thimothée Kołodziejczak	October 1, 1991 (Age 16)	6	1	RC Lens
15	DF	Willy Boly	February 3, 1991 (Age 17)	1	0	AJ Auxerre
16	GK	Anthony Mfa Mezui	March 7, 1991 (Age 17)	8	0	FC Metz
17	FW	Clément Grenier	January 7, 1991 (Age 17)	8	5	Lyon
18	FW	Yannis Tafer	February 11, 1991 (Age 17)	9	6	Lyon

[edit] France National Under-16 Squad

CAPTAIN: Darnel Situ (RC Lens)

COACH: Philippe Bergeroo

The following players have been called up for matches against Germany on May 26 and May 30.^[5] Caps and goals are as current as the squad's previous match.

*Please note some of these players play for their club's reserve team.

Current Squad:

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Zacharie Boucher	July 3, 1992 (Age 15)	2	0	Le Havre AC
GK	Hugo Guichard	May 16, 1992 (Age 16)	0	0	FC Girondins de Bordeaux
DF	Pierrick Cros	March 17, 1992 (Age 16)	3	0	AS Saint-Étienne
DF	Jérémy Hélan		2	0	Clairefontaine Academy
DF	Darnel Situ (Captain)	March 18, 1992 (Age 16)	2	1	RC Lens
DF	Alassane Tambe	January 26, 1992 (Age 16)	3	0	PSG
DF	Atila Turan	April 10, 1992 (Age 16)	2	0	Grenoble Foot 38
DF	Dennis Appiah	June 9, 1992 (Age 15)	1	0	AS Monaco FC
MF	Alexandre Coeff	February 20, 1992 (Age 16)	3	1	RC Lens
MF	Cheik Doukoure	September 11, 1992 (Age 15)	3	1	FC Lorient
MF	Christopher Missilou	July 18, 1992 (Age 15)	3	0	AJ Auxerre
MF	Yeni Ngbakoto		4	2	FC Metz
MF	Arnaud Souquet	February 12, 1992 (Age 16)	3	0	Lille OSC
FW	Joan Chabal	February 21, 1992 (Age 16)	1	0	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
FW	Terence Makengo		1	0	Clairefontaine Academy
FW	Mehdi Abeid	August 6, 1992 (Age 15)	2	0	RC Lens
FW	Benjamin Jeannot	January 22, 1992 (Age 16)	3	0	AS Nancy
FW	Idriss Saadi	February 8, 1992 (Age 16)	1	0	Saint-Étienne

[edit] Honours

[edit] France U-20

Toulon Tournament

Champions (11): 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 1997, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1985, 1984, 1977

Finalists (10): 1998, 1996, 1995, 1993, 1991, 1986, 1980, 1978, 1976, 1975

[edit] France U-19

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

Champions (5): 2005, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1983, 1949

Finalists (2): 1968, 1950

Semi-Finalists (1): 2007

[edit] France U-17

UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

Champions (1): 2004

Finalists (3): 2008, 2002, 2001, 1996

Semi-Finalists (1): 2007

[edit] France U-16

UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship

Finalists (2): 2001, 1996

Quarterfinalists (1): 1995

Val-de-Marne Tournament

Champions (6): 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

[edit] References

Football in France

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