France Soccer

Djibril Cisse’s late goal helped propel Marseille to a 3-2 victory over Monaco, keeping its chances for a Champions league place alive.  AS Nancy Lorraine, meanwhile, could only manage a draw with Valenciennes and fell into the UEFA Cup position for Ligue I in French soccer.  Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain got a much needed victory that [...]

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Where do they play?
56% France; 25% England; 11% Italy; 6% Spain; 3% Germany
33%  Olympique Lyonnais
Goalies
Grégory Coupet – Olympique Lyonnais
Sébastien Frey – Paris SG
Mickaël Landreau – Paris SG
Defense
Eric Abidal – Olympique Lyonnais
Jean-Alain Boumsong – Olympique Lyonnais
François Clerc – Olympique Lyonnais
Julien Escudé – F.C. Seville
Patrice Evra – Manchester United
William Gallas – Arsenal FC
Gaël Givet – Olympique de [...]

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Lens put some distance between it and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) this past weekend with a win over Sochaux, leaving it 3 points above relegation.  PSG sits tied with Strasbourg at 25 points. Marseille got knocked off its pedestal by losing 3 goals to 1 versus Lille, despite a 34-5 record against Lille’s soccer team at [...]

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Marseille continued its winning ways by defeating Metz 2-1 and holding onto third place in La Ligue I.  To hold onto the automatic Champions qualifier, Marseille must remain strong in its last three games, including one against 2nd place Bordeaux, who is chasing Lyon for first place after its 2-1 victory over Caen.  Paris Saint-Germain [...]

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For the first time in over a decade, the Marseille Ligue team defeated perennial powerhouse Lydon in French professional soccer this past weekend.  The victory keeps Marseille in contention for an aut0matic Champions League entry and keeps it in the 4th position, which earns a place in the UEFA Cup.  Lyon is certain to win [...]

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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is nearing relegation status from France’s Ligue 1.  Its loss this past weekend to second-to-last place Strasbourg really set the team back.  PSG had its eyes on its easiest possibility for points before the France soccer season ends.  The final game for PSG will come against mediocre Caen as PSG hopes to [...]

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Below is the entire history of the France soccer team in World Cup action.  The French soccer team has played 51 World Cup matches.  They have won 25 games, tied 9, lost 17 soccer games in the World Cup.
Cup       Game
1930     France 4 – 1 Mexico
Argentina 1 – 0    France
Chile 1 – 0 France
1934 [...]

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Here is what we’ll be wearing for jerseys during the Euro 2008 championship in Austria/Switzerland.

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Goalies
Grégory Coupet
Sébastien Frey
Mickaël Landreau
Defense
Eric Abidal
Jean-Alain Boumsong
François Clerc
Julien Escudé
Patrice Evra
William Gallas
Gaël Givet
Philippe Mexes
Bacary Sagna
Willy Sagnol
Sébastien Squillaci
Lilian Thuram
Midfield
Hatem Ben Arfa
Abou Diaby
Alou Diarra
Lassana Diarra
Claude Makelele
Florent Malouda
Rio Antonio Mavuba
Samir Nasri
Franck Ribéry
Jérôme Rothen
Jérémy Toulalan
Patrick Vieira
Forwards
Nicolas Anelka
Karim Benzema
Djibril Cissé
Sidney Govou
Thierry Henry
Frédéric Piquionne
Louis Saha
David Trezeguet
Sylvain Wiltord

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