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Know your Euro 2020 groups: Group F – The Group of Death

By Neelabhra Roy

France's forward Antoine Griezmann (C) celebrates with France's forward Kylian Mbappe after scoring his team's second goal during the friendly football match between France and Wales at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, southern France on June 2, 2021 as part of the team's preparation for the upcoming 2020-2021 Euro football tournament. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)
France's forward Antoine Griezmann (C) celebrates with France's forward Kylian Mbappe after scoring his team's second goal during the friendly football match between France and Wales at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, southern France on June 2, 2021 as part of the team's preparation for the upcoming 2020-2021 Euro football tournament. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images) /
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France's Antoine Griezmann, Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe
France’s Antoine Griezmann, Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images) /

GROUP F – FRANCE

The world champions qualified for their 10th European Championship and eighth in succession by topping their group with 25 points out of a maximum 30.

Les Bleus have won the Euros twice with their first coming in 1984 thanks to Michel Platini’s exploits. Their second triumph came in 2000 under the captaincy of their current manager and courtesy of a David Trezeguet Golden Goal in the final against Italy.

FRANCE TEAM INFO

  • Manager- Didier Deschamps
  • Captain- Hugo Lloris
  • Key Players- Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema
  • FIFA Ranking- 2
  • First match of the tournament- vs Germany on June 15

France’s squad for the tournament

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Mike Maignan (Lille)

Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich), Presnel Kimpembe (PSG), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), Clement Lenglet (Barcelona), Kurt Zouma (Chelsea), Lucas Digne (Everton), Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich), Leo Dubois (Lyon), Jules Kounde (Sevilla)

Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid), Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich), N’Golo Kante (Chelsea), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus),  Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham Hotspur), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich)

Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Ousmane Dembele (11), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), Marcus Thuram (Borussia Monchengladbach) 

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