1800-WorldCup.com - France at Korea-Japan 2002

Index: World Cup Finals: Korea-Japan 2002: Teams: France

France in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was France's 11th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Winning the trophy on home soil in France 1998.

France in the 2002 World Cup

Group A

France vs Senegal
France came into the tournament as World Cup Champions but, without the inspirational Zinedine Zidane playing in their opening game, they stumbled to newcomers Senagal.

France vs Uruguay
France have yet to score, producing the first scoreless draw in the the Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup Finals, but are still in the tournament.

Denmark vs France
Zinedine Zidane returned for France but stop the World Champions from crashing out of the World Cup Finals without scoring a single goal.

Knockout Stage

France failed to qualify for the Second Round.

France World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Ulrich Rame (Girondins Bordeaux)
16 Fabien Barthez (Manchester United)
23 Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon)

Defenders:

2 Vincent Candela (AS Roma)
3 Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern Munich)
5 Philippe Christanval (Barcelona)
8 Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)
13 Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United)
15 Lilian Thuram (Juventus)
18 Frank Leboeuf (Olympique Marseille)
19 Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich)
21 Christophe Dugarry (Girondins Bordeaux)

Midfielders:

4 Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)
7 Claude Makelele (Real Madrid)
10 Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
14 Alain Boghossian (Parma)
17 Emmanuel Petit (Chelsea)
22 Johan Micoud (Parma)

Forwards:

6 Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton Wanderers)
9 Djibril Cisse (AJ Auxerre)
11 Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal)
12 Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
20 David Trezeguet (Juventus)

Trainer:
Roger Lemerre.

Players to watch:
Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry and Fabien Barthez.

Destination France

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