FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 Statistical Kit: Event edition
FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 Statistical Kit: Event edition
FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011 Statistical Kit: Event edition
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France (FRA)<br />
Confederation: UEFA<br />
Number of previous <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong>s (best rank; year): 13 (1; 1998)<br />
Number of previous <strong>FIFA</strong> U-<strong>17</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong>s (best rank; year): 3 (1; 2001)<br />
Overall record, <strong>FIFA</strong> U-<strong>17</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong>s:<br />
Big Count Stats (<strong>2011</strong>):<br />
All-time ranking: 12 th<br />
Number of matches played: 15<br />
Wins – Draws - Losses: 8 – 3 – 4<br />
Goals for – goals against: 32 – 20<br />
Biggest win/best score: 5:1 (v. JPN) 2001<br />
All players:<br />
All male:<br />
All female:<br />
Male amateurs (18 and over):<br />
Female amateurs (18 and over):<br />
Male youth players (under 18):<br />
Female youth players (under 18):<br />
3,565,610<br />
3,229,559<br />
336,051<br />
653,032<br />
20,011<br />
868,271<br />
29,057<br />
In 2001 France became the second European side to win the <strong>FIFA</strong> U-<strong>17</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong>, after the Soviet Union, who<br />
were crowned global champions in 1987. UEFA representatives have won three <strong>edition</strong>s in all, the last being the<br />
2009 tournament which was won by Switzerland.<br />
The player who has scored the most goals in the history of the <strong>FIFA</strong> U-<strong>17</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong> is Florence Sinama Pongolle,<br />
who was on target nine times in the 2001 <strong>edition</strong>.<br />
In each of their three participations in the <strong>FIFA</strong> U-<strong>17</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong>, France have made it beyond the first round. Les<br />
Bleuets lost in the quarter-finals to Soviet Union in 1987, lifted the trophy in 2001 and were eliminated on<br />
penalties in the 2007 quarter-finals by Spain.<br />
France’s 1998 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong> TM winning squad included a player who took part in the <strong>FIFA</strong> U-<strong>17</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong><br />
1987, namely Emmanuel Petit, who played four matches in that <strong>edition</strong>.<br />
France qualified for the <strong>FIFA</strong> U-<strong>17</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong> finals despite not winning a single match in the finals of the UEFA<br />
U-<strong>17</strong> Championship. After registering three wins, two draws and one defeat in the qualifying rounds, the French<br />
picked up two draws and one defeat in the final group stage. Even so Les Bleuets finished third in their group,<br />
one point ahead of Serbia, thus securing their qualification.<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> Communications & Public Affairs Division – Content Management Services <strong>FIFA</strong> U-<strong>17</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Cup</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>2011</strong> 20<br />
Updated 03 June <strong>2011</strong>
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