France national football team results (1920–1939)

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This is a list of the France national football team results from 1920 to 1939.

Throughout this period they participated in three Olympic Football Tournaments in 1920, 1924, and 1928, with their performance becoming increasingly worse, as they were eliminated in the semifinals in 1920, quarter-finals in 1924, and the first-round in 1928.[1][2] France also competed in three FIFA World Cups in 1930, 1934, and 1938, achieving their best performance in the last one, reaching the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by Italy.[3]

1920s

1920

18 January Friendly Italy  9 – 4  France Milan, Italy
Cevenini III 7', 19'
Aebi 18', 62', 65'
Brezzi 40', 52', 84'
Carcano 66'
Report Nicolas 24'
Bard 28', 44'
Dubly 87'
Stadium: Velodromo Sempione
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: John Forster (Switzerland)
29 February Friendly Switzerland  0 – 2  France Geneva, Switzerland
Report Dewaquez 24'
Nicolas 78'
Stadium: Charmilles Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Giovanni Mauro (Switzerland)
28 March Friendly France  2 – 1  Belgium Paris, France
Nicolas 16', 79' Report Vlaminck 5' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Henry Child (England)
5 April Friendly France  0 – 5 England Amateurs Rouen, France
Report Hegan 22'
Sloley 46'
Harding 60', 67'
Nicholls 63'
Stadium: Stade les Bruyères
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Charles Barette (Belgium)
29 August 1920 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals France  3 – 1  Italy Antwerp, Belgium
15:00 Boyer 10'
Nicolas 14'
Bard 54'
Report Brezzi 33' (pen.) Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Henri Christophe (Belgium)
31 August 1920 Summer Olympics Semi-finals France  1 – 4  Czechoslovakia Antwerp, Belgium
15:35 Boyer 79' Report Mazal 18', 75', 87'
Steiner 70'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Job Mutters (Netherlands)

1921

8 February Friendly France  1 – 2  Ireland Amateur Paris, France
Hugues 65' Report Chambers 35'
Steele 38'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Raphaël van Praag (Belgium)
20 February Friendly France  1 – 2  Italy Marseille, France
Devic 22' Report Cevenini 55'
Santamaria 63'
Stadium: Stade de l'Huveaune
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: John Forster (Switzerland)
6 March Friendly Belgium  3 – 1  France Brussels, Belgium
Bragard 52', 75'
van Hege 60' (pen.)
Report Dewaquez 63' Stadium: Parc Duden
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Johannes Mutters (Netherlands)
5 May Friendly France  2 – 1 England Amateurs Vincennes, France
Dewaquez 6'
Boyer 67'
Report Farnfield 9' Stadium: Stade Pershing
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Henri Christophe (Belgium)
23 June Unofficial friendly Slovene XI 0 – 5  France Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Report Stadium: Ilirija Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
26 June Unofficial friendly Zagreb XI 2 – 1  France Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Červený
Vragović
Report Nicolas Stadium: Maksimir Stadium
28 June Unofficial friendly Zagreb XI 4 – 2  France Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Report Stadium: Maksimir Stadium
3 July Unofficial friendly Belgrade XI 0 – 3  France Belgrade, Yugoslavia
18:00 Report Stadium: SK Jugoslavija Stadium
13 November Friendly France  0 – 5  Netherlands Vincennes, France
Report van Gendt 30', 52', 87'
Rodermond 69', 85'
Stadium: Stade Pershing
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Henri Christophe (Belgium)

1922

15 January Friendly France  2 – 1  Belgium Colombes, France
Darques 50'
Dewaquez 67'
Report Michel 35' Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: M. Edwards (England)
30 April Friendly France  0 – 4  Spain Bordeaux, France
Report Alcántara 18', 20'
Travieso 40', 42'
Stadium: Stade Sainte-Germaine
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Raphaël van Praag (Belgium)
11 June Friendly Norway  7 – 0  France Oslo, Norway
Gundersen 3', 61', 68', 75'
Andersen 30'
Wilhelms 51', 80'
Report Stadium: Gressbanen
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Ejner Ullrich (Denmark)

1923

28 January Friendly Spain  3 – 0  France San Sebastián, Spain
Monjardín 15', 78'
Zabala 42'
Report Stadium: Atotxa Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Charles Barette (Belgium)
25 February Friendly Belgium  4 – 1  France Brussels, Belgium
Gillis 28', 77'
Larnoe 36', 61'
Report Isbecque 57' Stadium: Parc Duden
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: M. Newman (England)
2 April Friendly Netherlands  8 – 1  France Amsterdam, Netherlands
Roetert 1', 18'
van Linge 15', 55'
Bulder 44', 86'
Addicks 53', 81'
Report Bard 82' Stadium: Sportpark Amsterdam
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ejner Ullrich (Denmark)
22 April Friendly France  2 – 2   Switzerland Vincennes, France
Dubly 37'
Nicolas 61'
Report Afflerbach 17', 27' Stadium: Stade Pershing
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: M. Musther (England)
10 May Friendly France  1 – 4  England Vincennes, France
Dewaquez 89' Report Mony 9' (o.g.)
Buchan 35'
Hartley 55'
Creek 84'
Stadium: Stade Pershing
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Charles Barette (Belgium)
28 November Friendly France  0 – 2  Norway Paris, France
Report Wilhelms 12'
Berstad 18'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: M. Walton (England)

1924

13 January Friendly France  2 – 0  Belgium Paris, France
Gross 43'
Rénier 49'
Report Stadium: Stade Buffalo
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Thomas Small (Scotland)
23 March Friendly Switzerland  3 – 0  France Geneva, Switzerland
Kramer 8'
Dietrich 9'
Pache 60'
Report Stadium: Charmilles Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: M. Meazza (Italy)
17 May Friendly France  1 – 3  England Vincennes, France
Dewaquez 58' Report Gibbins 25', 40'
Baumann 83' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stade Pershing
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Willem Eymers (Netherlands)
27 May 1924 Summer Olympics France  7 – 0  Latvia Saint-Ouen, France
Crut 17', 28', 55'
Nicolas 25', 50'
Boyer 71', 87'
Report Stadium: Stade de Paris
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Henri Christophe (Belgium)
1 June 1924 Summer Olympics France  1 – 5  Uruguay Coombes, France
Nicolas 12' Report Scarone 2', 24'
Petrone 58', 68'
Romano 83'
Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Lauritz Andersen (Denmark)
4 June Friendly France  0 – 1  Hungary Le Havre, France
Report Eisenhoffer 25' Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Felix Herren (Switzerland)
11 November Friendly Belgium  3 – 0  France Molenbeek, Belgium
Braine 2'
Despae 47', 52'
Report Stadium: Stade Fallon
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Ruben Gelbord (Sweden)

1925

22 March Friendly Italy  7 – 0  France Turin, Italy
Conti 4'
Baloncieri 47', 59'
Levratto 52', 88'
Moscardini 60', 78'
Report Stadium: Stadio di Corso Marsiglia
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Heinrich Retschury (Austria)
19 April Friendly France  0 – 4  Austria Vincennes, France
Report Swatosch 11', 28'
Wieser 23'
Cutti 65'
Stadium: Stade Pershing
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: M. Scamoni (Italy)
21 May Friendly France  2 – 3  England Colombes, France
Boyer 62'
Dewaquez 75'
Report Gibbins 23'
Bonnardel 46' (o.g.)
Dorrell 50'
Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Theo van Zwieteren (Netherlands)

1926

11 April Friendly France  4 – 3  Belgium Vincennes, France
Dewaquez 17'
Crut 33', 59'
Leveugle 40'
Report van der Bauwhede 60'
Thys 82'
Devos 89'
Stadium: Stade Pershing
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Albert Prince-Cox (England)
18 April Friendly France  4 – 2  Portugal Toulouse, France
Salvano 16'
Brunel 40', 65'
Bonello 56'
Report Silva 35'
João Santos 86'
Stadium: Ponts Jumeaux
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: E. Dizerens (Switzerland)
25 April Friendly France  1 – 0   Switzerland Colombes, France
Nicolas 12' Report Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: M. Bellini (Italy)
30 May Friendly Austria  4 – 1  France Vienna, Austria
Villaplane 42' (o.g.)
Wessely 61', 89'
Juranitsch 65'
Report Crut 11' Stadium: Simmeringer Platz
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Frantisek Cejnar (Czechoslovakia)
13 June Friendly France  4 – 1  Yugoslavia Colombes, France
Gallay 16'
Nicolas 17', 37', 61'
Report Bonačić 25' Stadium: Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Paul Putz (Belgium)
20 June Friendly Belgium  2 – 2  France Molenbeek, Belgium
Gillis 32'
Adams 71'
Report Accard 3'
Dewaquez 89'
Stadium: Stade Fallon
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: M. Lucas (England)

1927

16 March Friendly Portugal  4 – 0  France Lisbon, Portugal
Wallet 10' (o.g.)
Soares 30'
Martins 49', 75'
Report Stadium: Estádio do Lumiar
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Luis Collina (Spain)
24 April Friendly France  3 – 3  Italy Paris, France
Taisne 16', 52'
Sottiault 89'
Report Libonatti 29', 36'
Conti 73'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Albert Prince-Cox (England)
22 May Friendly France  1 – 4  Spain Paris, France
Boyer 22' Report Zaldúa 23' (pen.), 75' (pen.)
Yermo 27'
Olaso 68'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Arthur Kingscott (England)
26 May Friendly France  0 – 6  England Paris, France
Report G. Brown 4', 50'
Dean 24', 75'
Rollet 55' (o.g.)
Rigby 87'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Henri Maeck
12 June Friendly Hungary  13 – 1  France Budapest, Hungary
Takács 17', 41', 60', 79', 83', 85'
Orth 25', 26'
Skvarek 30', 88'
Kohut 32', 62'
Dewaquez 76' (o.g.)
Report
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Dewaquez 80' Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Heinrich Retschury (Austria)

1928

21 February Friendly France  4 – 0  Ireland Montrouge, France
Nicolas 8', 27', 35'
Ouvray 88'
Report Stadium: Stade Buffalo
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
11 March Friendly Switzerland  4 – 3  France Lausanne, Switzerland
Jäggi 18', 22', 49'
Romberg 40'
Report Lieb 60'
Seyler 80'
Nicolas 89'
Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Referee: Johannes Mutters (Netherlands)
15 April Friendly France  2 – 3  Belgium Paris, France
Bardot 44', 66' Report Voorhoof 5'
R. Braine 26', 73'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Albert Prince-Cox (England)
29 April Friendly France  1 – 1  Portugal Paris, France
Nicolas 44' Report A. Martins 24' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Stanley Rous (England)
13 May Friendly France  0 – 2  Czechoslovakia Paris, France
Report Puč 2', 60' Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Henri Christophe (Belgium)
17 May Friendly France  1 – 5  England Paris, France
Langiller 2' Report Stephenson 21', 80'
Jack 23'
Dean 27', 64'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Adolf Miesz

1929

24 February Friendly France  3 – 0  Hungary Paris, France
Banide 23'
Nicolas 25'
Lieb 33' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
24 March Friendly France  2 – 0  Portugal Paris, France
Nicolas 49'
Galey 80'
Report Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Raphael Van Praag (Belgium)
14 April Friendly Spain  8 – 1  France Saragossa, Spain
Bienzobas 6'
Rubio 40', 60' (pen.), 77', 81'
Yurrita 56'
Goiburu 73', 80'
Report Veinante 86' Stadium: Estadio Torrero
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Albert Prince-Cox (England)
9 May Friendly France  1 – 4  England Paris, France
Dewaquez 54' Report Kail 35'
Camsell 59', 86'
Bradford 68'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
19 May Friendly France  1 – 3  Yugoslavia Paris, France
Cheuva 63' Report Hitrec 25'
Bertrand 39' (o.g.)
Lajnert 75'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
26 May Friendly Belgium  4 – 1  France Rocourt, Belgium
Van der Bauwhede 6'
R. Braine 10'
Bastin 49', 74'
Report Dewaquez 81' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)

1930s

1930

23 February Friendly Portugal  2 – 0  France Oporto, Portugal
Soares 44', 70' Report Stadium: Campo do Ameal
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
23 March Friendly France  3 – 3   Switzerland Paris, France
Cheuva 17'
Anatol 34'
Libérati 58'
Report Lehmann 10', 13'
Romberg 68'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stanley Rous (England)
13 April Friendly France  1 – 6  Belgium Paris, France
Dubus 44' Report Versyp 12', 36'
Adams 14'
Van der Bauwhede 16', 32', 83'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
11 May Friendly France  2 – 3  Czechoslovakia Paris, France
Korb 25' (pen.)
Delfour 30'
Report Košťálek 6'
Svoboda 17'
Junek 76'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
18 May Friendly France  0 – 2  Scotland Paris, France
Report Gallacher 42', 85' Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Raphael Van Praag (Belgium)
25 May Friendly Belgium  1 – 2  France Liège, Belgium
Voorhoof 21' Report Pinel 26', 72' Stadium: Stade du Pont d'Ougrée
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Gustav Ekberg (Sweden)
13 July 1930 FIFA World Cup
Group 1
France  4 – 1  Mexico Montevideo, Uruguay
Laurent 19'
Langiller 40'
Maschinot 42', 87'
Report Carreño 70' Stadium: Estadio Pocitos
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Domingo Lombardi (Uruguay)
19 July 1930 FIFA World Cup
Group 1
Chile  1 – 0  France Montevideo, Uruguay
Subiabre 64' Report Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
1 August Friendly Brazil  3 – 2  France Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Domingues 27', 49'
Friedenreich 41'
Report Delfour 7', 19' Referee: L. Moraes de Castro
7 December Friendly France  2 – 2  Belgium Montrouge, France
Pinel 3', 67' Report Van Beeck 7'
Voorhoof 64'
Stadium: Stade Buffalo
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)

1931

25 January Friendly Italy  5 – 0  France Bologna, Italy
Meazza 21', 34', 40'
Cesarini 52'
Cattaneo 73'
Report Stadium: Stadio Littoriale
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)
15 February Friendly France  1 – 2  Czechoslovakia Paris, France
Langiller 23' (pen.) Report Novák 5' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
15 March Friendly France  1 – 0  Germany Paris, France
Münzenberg 15' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 40,076
Referee: Thomas Crewe (England)
14 May Friendly France  5 – 0  England Paris, France
Laurent 15'
Mercier 18', 76'
Langiller 29'
Defour 57'
Report Crooks 10'
Waring 71'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
29 November Friendly France  3 – 4  Netherlands Paris, France
Mercier 7'
Veinante 53', 68'
Report Lagendaal 12', 22', 23'
Mol 24'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland)

1932

20 March Friendly Switzerland  3 – 3  France Bern, Switzerland
M. Abegglen 22'
A. Abegglen 36', 87'
Report Liberati 15'
Veinante 69'
Bardot 71'
Stadium: Stadion Neufeld
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Stanley Rous (England)
10 April Friendly France  1 – 2  Italy Paris, France
Liberati 11' Report Magnozzi 43'
Costantino 52'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)
1 May Friendly Belgium  5 – 2  France Brussels, Belgium
Brichaut 23'
Vanden Eynde 25', 61'
Capelle 38'
Van Beeck 46'
Report Pavillard 48'
Sécember 82'
Stadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Heinrich Retschury (Austria)
8 May Friendly France  1 – 3  Scotland Paris, France
Langiller 43' (pen.) Report Dewar 14', 27', 40' Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Albino Carraro (Italy)
5 June Friendly Yugoslavia  2 – 1  France Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Glišović 26', 58' Report Alcazar 1' Stadium: Beogradski Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: František Cejnar (Czechoslovakia)
9 June Friendly Bulgaria  3 – 5  France Sofia, Bulgaria
Panchev 51', 63', 86' (pen.) Report Rodriguez 1'
Sécember 6', 16', 28', 47'
Stadium: Yunak Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Josip Fabris (Yugoslavia)
12 June Friendly Romania  6 – 3  France Bucharest, Romania
Bodola 10', 81'
Wetzer 17', 68'
Schwartz 20', 46'
Report Chardar 63' (pen.)
Rolhion 75', 77'
Stadium: Stadionul Republicii
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mihály Ivanicsics (Hungary)

1933

12 February Friendly France  0 – 4  Austria Paris, France
Report Sindelar 66'
Zischek 70'
Weselik 72'
Vogl 84'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 37,459
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
19 March Friendly Germany  3 – 3  France Berlin, Germany
Rohr 28', 45'
Lachner 65'
Report Rio 22'
Gérard 81', 83'
Stadium: Deutsches Stadion
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Thomas Crewe (England)
26 March Friendly France  3 – 0  Belgium Paris, France
Rio 34'
Langiller 74'
Nicolas 81'
Report Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Stanley Rous (England)
23 April Friendly France  1 – 0  Spain Paris, France
Nicolas 32' Report Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 40,000
25 May Friendly France  1 – 1  Wales Paris, France
Nicolas 78' Report Griffiths 57' Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Raphaël Van Praag (Belgium)
10 June Friendly Czechoslovakia  4 – 0  France Prague, Czechoslovakia
Puč 20'
Junek 47'
Svoboda 59'
Nejedlý 63'
Report Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 18,000
6 December Friendly England  4 – 1  France London, England
Camsell 14', 41'
Brook 21'
Grosvenor 53'
Report Veinante 78' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 17,097
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)

1934

21 January Friendly Belgium  2 – 3  France Brussels, Belgium
Voorhoof 8'
Vanden Eynde 11'
Report Nicolas 3', 54'
Veinante 37'
Stadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 35,826
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
11 March Friendly France  0 – 1   Switzerland Paris, France
Report Kielholz 35' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rinaldo Barlassini (Italy)
25 March Friendly France  1 – 2  Czechoslovakia Paris, France
Korb 6' Report Svoboda 37'
Sobotka 89'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 27,931
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
15 April 1934 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Group 8
Luxembourg  1 – 6  France Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Speicher 47' Report Aston 3'
Nicolas 26', 67', 85', 89' (pen.)
Liberati 80'
Stadium: Stade Municipale
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Marc Turfkruyer (Belgium)
10 May Friendly Netherlands  4 – 5  France Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vente 4'
Bakhuys 7', 12'
Smit 32'
Report Keller 13'
Nicolas 21', 25', 76'
Alcazar 39'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
27 May 1934 FIFA World Cup
First round
Austria  3 – 2 a.e.t.  France Turin, Italy
Sindelar 45'
Schall 93'
Bican 109'
Report Nicolas 18'
Verriest 115' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadio Municipale Benito Mussolini
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Johannes Van Moorsel (Netherlands)
16 December Friendly France  3 – 2  Yugoslavia Paris, France
Nicolas 12', 86'
Courtois 88'
Report Marjanović 44'
Vujadinović 84'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)

1935

24 January Friendly Spain  2 – 0  France Madrid, Spain
Regueiro 15'
Hilario 75'
Report Stadium: Estadio Chamartín
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
17 February Friendly Italy  2 – 1  France Rome, Italy
Meazza 4', 15' Report Keller 26' Stadium: Stadio Nazionale PNF
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
17 March Friendly France  1 – 3  Germany Paris, France
Duhart 59' Report Lehner 36'
Kobierski 51'
Hohmann 88'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 38,483
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
14 April Friendly Belgium  1 – 1  France Brussels, Belgium
Van Beeck 63' Report Courtois 20' Stadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
19 May Friendly France  2 – 0  Hungary Paris, France
Courtois 37', 72' Report Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
27 October Friendly Switzerland  2 – 1  France Geneva, Switzerland
A. Abegglen 41'
Jäggi 56'
Report Weiler 4' (o.g.) Stadium: Charmilles Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
10 November Friendly France  2 – 0  Sweden Paris, France
Berg 33' (o.g.)
Courtois 70'
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 26,905
Referee: Arthur Barton (England)

1936

12 January Friendly France  1 – 6  Netherlands Paris, France
Courtois 64' Report Bakhuys 4', 50', 61'
Wels 34'
Drok 84'
van Nellen 86'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: George Rudd (England)
9 February Friendly France  0 – 3  Czechoslovakia Paris, France
Report Puč 14'
Bouček 20'
Nejedlý 35'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 40,138
Referee: Pedro Escartín (Spain)
8 March Friendly France  3 – 0  Belgium Paris, France
Courtois 37', 54'
Rio 48'
Report Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
13 December Friendly France  1 – 0  Yugoslavia Paris, France
Keller 19' Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 32,903
Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)

1937

12 January Friendly France  1 – 2  Austria Paris, France
Novicki 42' Report Stroh 39' (pen.)
Binder 83'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 37,898
Referee: Arthur Barton (England)
21 February Friendly Belgium  3 – 1  France Brussels, Belgium
Braine 43'
Ceuleers 65'
Vanden Eynde 78'
Report Rio 12' Stadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 37,668
Referee: Hans Boekman (Netherlands)
21 March Friendly Germany  4 – 0  France Stuttgart, Germany
Lehner 26'
Urban 31', 76'
Lenz 87'
Report Stadium: Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
23 May Friendly France  0 – 2  Ireland Paris, France
Report Jordan 51'
Brown 58'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 16,688
Referee: Augustin Krist (Czechoslovakia)
10 October Friendly France  2 – 1   Switzerland Paris, France
Veinante 41', 82' Report Rupf 66' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 36,730
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
31 October Friendly Netherlands  2 – 3  France Amsterdam, Netherlands
Smit 56', 87' Report Nicolas 12'
Langiller 48'
Courtois 73'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 44,000
5 December Friendly France  0 – 0  Italy Paris, France
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 39,046
Referee: Hans Wuthrich (Switzerland)

1938

30 January Friendly France  5 – 3  Belgium Paris, France
Courtois 8'
Veinante 41', 51'
Heisserer 47'
Kowalczyk 78'
Report Braine 22'
Voorhoof 28'
Vanden Eynde 76'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Arthur Jewell (England)
24 March Friendly France  6 – 1  Bulgaria Paris, France
Nicolas 6', 87'
Aston 29', 52'
Aznar 79'
Veinante 83'
Report Jordan 67' (o.g.) Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 28,512
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
26 May Friendly France  2 – 4  England Paris, France
Jordan 32'
Nicolas 36'
Report Broome 6'
Drake 34', 40'
Bastin 85' (pen.)
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 45,168
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
5 June 1938 FIFA World Cup
First round
France  3 – 1  Belgium Paris, France
Veinante 1'
Nicolas 11', 69'
Report Isemborghs 19' Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 30,454
Referee: Hans Wuthrich (Switzerland)
12 June 1938 FIFA World Cup
Quarter-finals
France  1 – 3  Italy Paris, France
Heisserer 8' Report Colaussi 7'
Piola 52', 72'
Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 58,455
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
4 December Friendly Italy  1 – 0  France Naples, Italy
Biavati 32' Report Stadium: Stadio Partenopeo
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)

1939

22 January Friendly France  4 – 0  Poland Paris, France
Veinante 16', 57'
Heisserer 41'
Zatelli 70'
Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 35,000
16 March Friendly France  2 – 2  Hungary Paris, France
Benbarek 15'
Heisserer 87'
Report Kiszely 17', 56' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 27,367
Referee: Walter Lewington (England)
18 May Friendly Belgium  1 – 3  France Brussels, Belgium
Lamoot 62' Report Koranyi 28', 85'
Mathé 48'
Stadium: Heysel Stadium
Attendance: 35,793
21 May Friendly France  2 – 1  Wales Paris, France
Bigot 10'
Koranyi 13'
Report Astley 53' Stadium: Colombes
Attendance: 23,064
Referee: Laurent Franken (Belgium)

References

  1. ^ "France - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  2. ^ "France national football team results". football.info. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  3. ^ "1938, une place dans le quart". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Hongrie-France: 13-1, le jour où les Bleus ont pris une leçon de football". www.tf1info.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2025.