France national American football team

France

Association	FFFA
Region	Europe
Founded	1985
Nickname	Fighting Frogs
IFAF Affiliation	1998
Colors	White, Blue
Head coach	Patrick Esume

First international
Japan 23-6 France (Hesse, Germany; July 10, 2003)
Biggest win
Austria 16-24 France (Graz, Austria; July 13, 2011)
Biggest defeat
United States 82-0 France (Canton, United States; July 15th 2015)

The France national American football team is the official American football senior national team of France. It is controlled by the Fédération Française de Football Américain (FFFA) and competed for the first time in the American Football World Cup (IFAF World Cup) in 2003.

They get their players from teams of Ligue Élite de Football Américain.^[1]

Results

IFAF World Championship record

Year	Position	GP	W	L	PF	PA
1999	Did Not Participate
2003	4th	2	0	2	13	59
2007	6th	3	0	3	14	67
2011	6th	4	1	3	61	117
2015	4th	4	2	2	91	111

European Championships

1983 : Fourth Place
1985 : Fourth Place
1987 : Did not participate
1989 : Did not participate
1991 : Fourth Place
1993 : Did not qualify
1995 : Did not qualify
1997 : Did not qualify
2000 : Did not qualify
2001 : Did not qualify
2005 : Did not qualify
2010 : Runner up
2014 : Third Place

Current Roster

France National Football Team roster

Quarterbacks

1 Paul Bresaz-Latille
12 Paul Durand
13 Max Sprauel

Running Backs

22 Dimitri Kiernan
28 Laurent Marceline
23 Sandrino Octobre
34 Sebastien Torel

Wide Receivers

8 Anthony Dablé
4 Steve Delaval
47 Cesar Hebel
24 Jérémy Larroque
81 Bounouar Mellak
19 Artchill Monney
18 Jeremy Rabot

Offensive Linemen

79 Olivier Bordin OL
76 Djadji Daffe OL
62 Fabien Ducousso OL
74 Jean-Philippe Eldin OL
77 Rémi Fournier OL
73 Tony Niel OL
75 Bastien Pereira OL
78 Guillaume Saliah OL
53 Alexis Stropiano OL

Defensive Linemen

91 Mehdi Bekheira DL
66 Fatih Caliskan DL
98 Thibault Capitane DL
51 Anthony Cheron DL
56 Franzy Dorlean DL
90 David Larochelle DL

Linebackers

42 Cédric Cotar
48 Kevin Demichelis
44 Thomas Mimouni
45 Giovanni Nanguy
52 Nicolas Prevost (american footballer)
40 Samuel Rafaillac
5 Julien Zuppardi

Defensive Backs

6 Steve Berton DB
21 Kewin Bordas DB
2 Florent Cajazzo DB
9 Nuno Dos Santos DB
7 Aurélien Fourgeaud DB
26 Alexandre Marquignon DB
25 Tony Rayapin DB
3 Arnaud Vidaller DB

Special Teams

15 Bruno Nekili K/P

Inactive List

Roster updated 2011-07-08

Notes

↑ Russ Crawford, Le Football: A History of American Football in France (University of Nebraska Press; 2016).

External links

Official website

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International American football

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Africa	IFAF Africa

Asia	IFAF Asia

Americas	IFAF Americas

Europe	IFAF Europe: European Championship European Junior Championship BIG6 Eurobowl EFL EFAF Cup EFAF Challenge Cup EFAF Euro Top 20

Oceania	IFAF Oceania

IFAF World Championship

Tournaments	Italy 1999 Germany 2003 Japan 2007 Austria 2011 United States 2015

Qualification	1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

National men's American football teams

Africa	Egypt

Americas	Brazil Canada Mexico United States U.S. Virgin Islands

Asia	Japan Philippines South Korea

Europe	Austria Finland France Germany Great Britain Hungary Israel Italy Netherlands Poland Romania Russia Serbia Spain Sweden

Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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