France in the UEFA Nations League
# France in the UEFA Nations League

The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first season has begun in September 2018 consisting of four groups in each of the four leagues ranked by UEFA coefficient of each country.

France has been on the highest level of the competition, in League A, since the beginning of this tournament. However France has only been part of the Nations League Finals once, in the 2020–21 season, while in the first season, they finished second of their group behind the Netherlands, but ahead of Germany, who was supposed to be relegated, but after changes on the format, stayed in League A. France won the Nations League on the 2020–21 season after winning Group A3, beating Belgium in the semi-finals and beating Spain in the final, making France the first ever European nation to win the World Cup, the European Championship and the Nations League.

## UEFA Nations League record

UEFA Nations League record :

| Season** | Division | Group | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018–19 | A | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | | 6th |
| 2020–21 | A | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | | 1st |
| 2022–23 | A | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | | 12th |
| Total | Total | Total | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 1 Title | 1 Title |

    *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

    **Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage. Red border colour indicates the finals stage was held on home soil.

## List of matches

| Year | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | France scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018–19 | Group stage |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | Germany | 0–0 | D | Munich | — |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | Netherlands | 2–1 | W | Saint-Denis | Mbappé, Giroud |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | Germany | 2–1 | W | Saint-Denis | Griezmann (2) |
| 2018–19 | Group stage | Netherlands | 0–2 | L | Rotterdam | — |
| 2020–21 | Group stage |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Sweden | 1–0 | W | Solna | Mbappé |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Croatia | 4–2 | W | Saint-Denis | Griezmann, Livaković (o.g.), Upamecano, Giroud |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Portugal | 0–0 | D | Saint-Denis | — |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Croatia | 2–1 | W | Zagreb | Griezmann, Mbappé |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Portugal | 1–0 | W | Lisbon | Kanté |
| 2020–21 | Group stage | Sweden | 4–2 | W | Saint-Denis | Giroud (2), Pavard, Coman |
| 2020–21 | Semi-final | Belgium | 3–2 | W | Turin | Benzema, Mbappé, T. Hernandez |
| 2020–21 | Final | Spain | 2–1 | W | Milan | Benzema, Mbappé |
| 2022–23 | Group stage |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Denmark | 1–2 | L | Saint-Denis | Benzema |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Croatia | 1–1 | D | Split | Rabiot |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Austria | 1–1 | D | Vienna | Mbappé |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Croatia | 0–1 | L | Saint-Denis | — |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Austria | 2–0 | W | Saint-Denis | Mbappé, Giroud |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Denmark | 0–2 | L | Copenhagen | — |

## 2018–19 UEFA Nations League

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | | 2–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | — |

* ↑ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were eventually relegated.
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Netherlands +1, France −1.

## 2020–21 UEFA Nations League

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 16 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Croatia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sweden (R) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | Relegation to League B | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |

* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

### Finals

France qualified for its first appearance to the UEFA Nations League Finals in the 2020–21 season, after defeating Portugal on 14 November 2020.

Semi-finals

Final

## 2022–23 UEFA Nations League

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Croatia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 13 | Qualification for Nations League Finals | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| 2 | Denmark | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | France | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Austria (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | Relegation to League B | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Goalscorers

| Player | Goals | 2018–19 | 2020–21 | 2022–23 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Kylian Mbappé | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Olivier Giroud | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Antoine Griezmann | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Karim Benzema | 3 | | 2 | 1 |
| Kingsley Coman | 1 | | 1 | |
| Theo Hernandez | 1 | | 1 | |
| N'Golo Kanté | 1 | | 1 | |
| Benjamin Pavard | 1 | | 1 | |
| Adrien Rabiot | 1 | | | 1 |
| Dayot Upamecano | 1 | | 1 | |
| Own goals | 1 | | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 4 | 17 | 5 |

Bold players are still active with the national team.

