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The France national football team is a successful European soccer
team, generally considered to be one of the stronger sides in international
soccer today.
France came third in the 1958 World Cup, a reasonably isolated
success. The generation of Michel Platini and others came fourth
in 1982, and third in 1986. In between, they won the European Championship
in soccer in 1984.
France's most successful years in soccer were the 1990s, the generation
of Zidane and others. This team played in the semifinals of Euro
96, two years later hosted and won the 1998 World Cup, and two years
later won Euro 2000
Ranked as favourites despite losing key players through injury
(Zidane, Robert Pirès), this team's performance in the 2002
World Cup was dismal, not winning a single soccer game, nor scoring
a goal. Despite this they were still among the favourites to win
Euro 2004, but were beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual
winners Greece.
France won the Olympic Title in 1984 in soccer and a Bronze Medal
in 1900. They also won two Confederations Cups: in 2001 and 2003.
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