Association: Fédération Française de Football (FFF)
Founded: 1919
Joined FIFA: 1904
Confederation: UEFA
Colors: Blue, White
The Game: Football

Official Website: fff.fr

Description:
Football in France has long played a secondary role to cycling and rugby though the great success of the national team in 1998 and 2000 has begun to change that. French clubs have never quite competed as equals in European competition, with Marseille's tainted 1993 win the country's only European Cup trophy. The French national team is called Les Bleus - The Blues, a reference to their blue jerseys. French football was reorganized after World War I and a new national association created - thus the discrepancy of joining FIFA before the creation of the FFF. There are two cup competitions contested every year - the Coupe de France (open to all comers) and the Coupe de la Ligue (open to teams from the top two tiers). The biggest rivalry in French football is that of Marseille and PSG, although at the moment it is Lyon who are ruling the roost with six consecutive titles.

Trophy Room:
* World Cup (1998)
* European Championship (1984, 2000)

Leagues:
Ligue 1
Ligue 2
Championnat de France National

Clubs:
Ajaccio
Auxerre
Bastia
Bordeaux
Caen
Istres
Le Mans
Lens
Lille
Lorient
Lyon
Marseille
Metz
Monaco
Nancy
Nantes
Nice
Paris Saint-Germain
Reims
Rennes
Saint-Etienne
Sedan
Sochaux
Strasbourg
Toulouse
Troyes
Valenciennes