Football in France:

Football is the most popular sport in France. The Fédération Française de Football is the national governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of association football in the country, both professional and amateur.The first football club was introduced to France in 1863 by British immigrants as described in a newspaper article by The Scotsman, which stated "A number of English gentlemen living in Paris have lately organised a football club...


The football contests take place in the Bois de Boulogne, by permission of the authorities and surprise the French amazingly." Modern football was introduced nine years later in 1872 by English sailors playing in Le Havre in 1872.

The France national football team represents France in international football. France was one of the four European teams that participated at the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and are one of eight national teams to have won the competition, which they did in 1998 when they hosted the Cup. They defeated Brazil 3–0 in the final. Following France's 2001 Confederations Cup victory, they became, along with Argentina, the only national teams to win the three most important men's titles organized by FIFA: the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Confederations Cup, and the Olympic Tournament.