France at the UEFA Women's Championship
France have participated 7 times at the UEFA Women's Championship: Their best achievement is reaching the UEFA Women's Championships semi finals in (2022).[1][2] Since Euro 1997, France have reached at least the quarter-finals.[3][4][5][6][7]
UEFA Women's Championship
| UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | P/R | Rnk | |
| 1984 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
 1987
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||||||||||
 1989
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10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 3 | |||||||||||
 1991
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
 1993
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||
  1995
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1997 |
Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2001 |
Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 2005 |
Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 7 | |||
 2009 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2013 |
Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |||
 2017 |
Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2022 |
Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} 2025 |
Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 |  [a] |
3rd | |
| Total | 8/14 | 0 Titles | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 39 | 96 | 63 | 15 | 18 | 246 | 71 | 3rd | ||
- *Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.
Head-to-head record
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Denmark
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 0.00 |
| England
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 50.00 |
| Germany
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0.00 |
 Iceland
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 66.67 |
| Italy
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 100.00 |
| Netherlands
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Norway
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0.00 |
 Russia
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 100.00 |
 Spain
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Sweden
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Switzerland
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 42.31 |
See also
Notes
- ^ From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.
References
- ^ "France into Euro 2022 semi-finals after knocking out reigning champions Netherlands". Independent.co.uk. 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Popp double fires Germany past France to set up Wembley final with England". TheGuardian.com. 27 July 2022.
- ^ "1997, entrées dans l'histoire". www.fff.fr.
- ^ "2001, les promesses déçues". www.fff.fr.
- ^ "2005, une Angleterre amère". www.fff.fr.
- ^ "2009, enfin en quarts". www.fff.fr.
- ^ "uefa.com - UEFA Women's C'ship - Teams - france". August 21, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-21.