- France B national football team
Infobox National football team
Name = France B
Badge =
FIFA Trigramme = FRA
Nickname =
Association =French Football Federation ("Fédération Française
de Football")
Confederation =UEFA (Europe )
Coach = Flagicon|FranceRaymond Domenech , 2004-
Most caps =
Top scorer =
Home Stadium =Stade de France
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First game = fb|Luxembourg 2-1 France B flagicon|France (Luxembourg ,15 January ,1922 )
Largest win = flagicon|France France B 7-0 Luxembourg flagicon|Luxembourg (Strasbourg ,France ,22 May ,1952 )
Largest loss = flagicon|France France B 1-9 Switzerland B flagicon|SUI (Marseille ,France ,8 June ,1947 )The France B national football team is the senior national team of France that plays non-A matches against other nations in friendlies. In France, the team is usually called "France A dash.
Popularity and use
The team run occasionally as a feeding team for France's A football team, to give a chance to under-21 or more inexperienced players to play for the national team without being awarded full
cap (sport) . The team may play matches held before World Cups or other tournaments to give second-choice players, injured players or possible choices an opportunity to play a full game to either keep their fitness levels up or to earn their way into the first team.Recent matches
The second-most-recent match of the team was played against Slovakia B on
21 August ,2007 , the day before the regular A-team friendly. The team line-up wasSébastien Frey ,Jonathan Zebina (Zoumana Camara ),Jean-Alain Boumsong (Anthony Réveillère ),Sébastien Squillaci ,Mikaël Silvestre ,Jimmy Briand ,Alou Diarra ,Lassana Diarra , (Rio Antonio Mavuba ),Jérémy Mathieu ,Djibril Cissé (Frédéric Piquionne ),David Trezeguet ; team memberTeddy Richert was not used. [http://www.frenchleague.com/actualiteLFP/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=8641#] [http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/sports/273423.FR.php] The match ended at 0-1, with France B losing;Jean-Alain Boumsong played on the second day as a last-minute substitution.The most recent match of France B was on
5 February ,2008 against Congo DR inMarbella , the day before the regular A-team friendly inMálaga . The team line-up wasSteve Mandanda (Hugo Lloris 46');Gaël Clichy ,Jean-Alain Boumsong ,Philippe Mexès ,Bacary Sagna ;Jérôme Rothen ,Lassana Diarra ,Samir Nasri (Gaël Givet 76'),Mathieu Flamini (Jérémy Menez 17'),Jimmy Briand ;Djibril Cissé ; team membersSébastien Squillaci andAbou Diaby were not used.Past players
Player in bold hold senior cap for the A team
*Jérôme Bonnissel
*Philippe Christanval
*Ousmane Dabo
*Olivier Dacourt
*Martin Djetou
*Sébastien Frey
*Frédéric Kanouté (change to play for Mali)
*Lilian Laslandes
*Sylvain Legwinski
*Steve Marlet
*Laurent Robert
*David Sommeil (regional team Guadeloupe international)ee also
*
Turkey B national football team
*England B national football team
*Scotland B national football team
*Northern Ireland B national football team
*Republic of Ireland B national football team External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fran-b-intres.html RSSSF]
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