France National Football Team

France National Football Team  (Équipe de France) represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation Fédération Française de Football), the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe. The national team's traditional colours are blue, white and red, the colors of the national flag of France, known as the drapeau tricolore, and the coq gaulois is the symbol of the team. France is colloquially known as Les Bleus (The Blues), which is the name associated with all of the country's sporting national teams, due to the blue shirts each team incorporates.

Following the team's disastrous 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign, a major reconstruction within the federation resulted in the resignation of president Jean-Pierre Escalettes and the appointment of former international Laurent Blanc as manager. After dropping to 27th in the FIFA World Rankings in September 2010, its lowest ranking ever, France is currently ranked 16th.


Current squad
The following players have been named to the squad to participate in UEFA Euro 2012.

Goal Keeper
1   Hugo Lloris (captain) 26 December 1986 France Lyon
16 Steve Mandanda 28 March 1985  France Marseille
23 Cédric Carrasso 30 December 1981  France Bordeaux

Defender
2   Mathieu Debuchy 28 July 1985   Lille
3   Patrice Evra 15 May 1981 Manchester United
4   Adil Rami 27 December 1985  Valencia
5   Philippe Mexès 30 March 1982  Milan
13 Anthony Réveillère 10 November 1979  France Lyon
21 Laurent Koscielny 10 September 1985 Arsenal
22  Gaël Clichy 26 July 1985  Manchester City


Midfielder 
6   Yohan Cabaye 14 January 1986  Newcastle United
7   Franck Ribéry 7 April 1983  Bayern Munich
8   Mathieu Valbuena 28 September 1984 Marseille
11 Samir Nasri 27 June 1987 Manchester City
12 Blaise Matuidi 9 April 1987 Paris Saint-Germain
15 Florent Malouda 13 June 1980  Chelsea
17 Yann M'Vila 29 June 1990  Rennes
18 Alou Diarra 15 July 1981 Marseille
19 Marvin Martin 10 January 1988  Sochaux
20 Hatem Ben Arfa 7 March 1987  Newcastle United


Forward/Stricker 
9    Olivier Giroud 30 September 1986  Montpellier
10  Karim Benzema 19 December 1987 Real Madrid
14 Jérémy Ménez 7 May 1987  Paris Saint-Germain

                                                France National Football Team 2012

                                                                     Hugo Lloris

                                                                   Steve Mandanda

                                                                Cédric Carrasso

                                                               Samir Nasri  Euro 2012