Ka kammala wannan magana: A watan Yuli na shekara ta 1930, Faransa ta shiga gasar cin kofin duniya na farko, da aka yi a Uruguay. A wasan farko da suka buga a gasar cin kofin duniya, Faransa ta doke Mexico 4-1 a Estadio Pocitos da ke Montevideo. Lucien Laurent ya zama sananne a wasan yayin da ya zira kwallo ba kawai kwallon farko ta Faransa ba, amma kwallon farko a tarihin gasar cin kofin duniya. A akasin wannan, Faransa ta kuma zama kungiyar farko da ba ta zira kwallaye a wasa ba bayan ta yi rashin nasara 1<unk>0 ga abokan hamayyarta na rukunin rukuni Argentina. Wani rashin nasara ga Chile ya haifar da tawagar da aka yi a cikin rukuni. Shekarar da ta biyo baya ta ga zaɓen ɗan wasa baƙar fata na farko zuwa ƙungiyar ƙasa. Raoul Diagne, wanda asalinsa dan kasar Senegal ne, ya samu nasarar buga wasansa na farko a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu a wasan da suka doke Czechoslovakia da ci 2-1. Daga baya Diagne ya buga wasa tare da tawagar a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1938, tare da Larbi Benbarek, wanda ya kasance daya daga cikin 'yan wasan farko na asalin Arewacin Afirka da suka buga wa tawagar kasa. A cikin
1934 gasar cin kofin duniya, Faransa ta sha wahala daga fitarwa a zagaye na farko, ta rasa 3<unk>2 ga Austria. A lokacin da tawagar ta dawo Paris, an gaishe su a matsayin jarumawa daga taron mutane fiye da 4,000. Faransa ta karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1938 kuma ta kai wasan kusa da na kusa da na karshe, inda ta yi rashin nasara 3 zuwa 1 ga masu kare gasar zakarun Italiya.