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France has won the FIFA World Cup twice, in 1998 and 2018. They defeated Brazil 3-0 in the 1998 final and Croatia 4-2 in the 2018 final. France have also been runners-up twice, losing to Italy in 2006 and Argentina in 2022.
Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal in FIFA World Cup history, netting in France's opening match of the inaugural 1930 tournament, a 4-1 victory over Mexico.
Just Fontaine holds the record for the most goals scored by any player at a single World Cup, netting 13 goals during the 1958 tournament in Sweden. That record has never been surpassed.
In the 2006 World Cup final between France and Italy, Zinedine Zidane headbutted Italian defender Marco Materazzi on the chest during extra time and was sent off. Italy won the match 5-3 on penalties. Zidane had previously announced he would retire from football after the tournament, making that incident his final act in a professional match.
France became the first, and so far the only, European national team to have won every senior FIFA and UEFA competition, a status confirmed after their 2021 UEFA Nations League title. Their trophy collection includes the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, FIFA Confederations Cup, and UEFA Nations League.
France moved to the Stade de France in Saint-Denis ahead of the 1998 World Cup. The stadium was inaugurated in 1998 and has an all-seater capacity of 81,338. France's first match there was on the 28th of January 1998, a 1-0 win over Spain with Zinedine Zidane scoring.