French football 2020/21

[Kicker Conspiracy]

Thanks very much indeed for all this. Fascinating that the bottom team has to be relegated even if there is no one to replace them. I don't see any reason for the FFF not to ratify the decision, though.

[Lyonnais]

to close with the French season, a come back to the National Team who finished its season a bit earlier than expected.

France played 17 games this season (11-5-1)

Nations League
Sweden-France 0-1
France-Croatia 4-2
France-Portugal 0-0
Croatia-France 1-2
Portugal-France 0-1
France-Sweden 4-2

Friendlies
France-Ukraine 7-1
France-Finland 0-2
France-Wales 3-0
France-Bulgaria 3-0

WC qualifiers
France-Ukraine 1-1
Kazakhstan-France 0-2
Bosnia-Herzegovina - France 0-1

Euro 2020
Germany-France 0-1
Hungary-France 1-1
France-Portugal 2-2
France-Switzerland 3-3 (pso 4-5)

Top scorers: Griezmann (8), Giroud (7), Benzema (4), Mbappé (4), Dembélé (2), Cavaminga (1), Coman (1), Kanté (1), Pavard (1), Pogba (1), Tolisso (1), Upamecano (1), own goals (4)



ELO rating as of June 2020 = 2047 pts (3th)
ELO rating as of June 2021 = 2074 pts (3th)



Top players (min 390 mn played) (15)
based on time spent

.... Mbappé (Martial) - Giroud (Benzema) - Griezmann ....
.................... Rabiot - Kanté - Pogba ......................
Hernandez (Digne) - Kimpembe (Lenglet) - Varane - Pavard
............................... Lloris ................................


average age is 28.3 years - the oldest is O.Giroud (34.9 years), the youngest K.Mbappé (22.5 years)
average number of cap is 55. The most capped is H.Lloris (125 caps), the less capped C.Lenglet (12 caps)
6 are playing in England, 4 in Spain, 2 in France, 2 in Germany and 1 in Italy
by clubs: Barcelona (2), Bayern (2), Chelsea (2), Man United (2), Paris SG (2), Real Madrid (2), etc.


Other players used (ranked by time play)

C. Tolisso (Bayern)
S. Nzonzi (Rennes)
M. Sissoko (Tottenham)
K. Coman (Bayern)
L. Dubois (Lyon)
D. Upamecano (Leipzig)
K. Zouma (Chelsea)
T. Lemar (Atletico)
O. Dembélé (Barcelona)
M. Thuram (Mönchengladbach)
F. Mendy (Real Madrid)
W. Ben Yedder (Monaco)
J. Koundé (Sevilla)
S. Mandanda (Marseille)
E. Cavaminga (Rennes)
T. Ndombélé (Tottenham)
H. Aouar (Lyon)
M. Maignan (Lille)
R. Aguilar (Monaco)
N. Fekir (Betis)

[Lyonnais]

Hugo LLORIS
GK, 34, Tottenham & France (129 caps)
Career: Nice - Lyon - Tottenham (2012)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Winner of the Coupe de France 2012




Raphael VARANE
DC, 28, Real Madrid & France (79 caps)
Career: Lens - Real Madrid (2011)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Winner of the Champions League 2014, 2016, 2017 & 2018
- Champion of Spain 2012, 2017 & 2020
- Winner of the Copa del Rey 2014




Presnel KIMPEMBE
DC, 25, Paris SG & France (21 caps)
Career: Paris SG (2014)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Champion of France 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020
- Winner of the Coupe de France 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2020




Clément LENGLET
DC, 26, Barcelona & France (13 caps)
Career: Nancy - Sevilla - Barcelona (2018)
Titles:
- Champion of Spain 2019
- Winner of the Copa del Rey 2021




Benjamin PAVARD
DR, 25, Bayern & France (38 caps)
Career: Lille - Stuttgart - Bayern (2019)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Winner of the Champions League 2020
- Champion of Germany 2020 & 2021
- Winner of the DFB Pokal 2020




Lucas HERNANDEZ
DL, 25, Bayern & France (28 caps)
Career: Atletico - Bayern (2019)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Winner of the Champions League 2020
- Winner of the Europa League 2018
- Champion of Germany 2020 & 2021
- Winner of the DFB Pokal 2020




Lucas DIGNE
DL, 27, Everton & France (40 caps)
Career: Lille - Paris SG - Roma - Barcelona - Everton (2018)
Titles:
- Champion of France 2014 & 2015
- Champion of Spain 2018
- Winner of the Coupe de France 2015
- Winner of the Copa del Rey 2017 & 2018




Ngolo KANTE
MC, 30, Chelsea & France (50 caps)
Career: Boulogne - Caen - Leicester - Chelsea (2016)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Winner of the Champions League 2021
- Winner of the Europa League 2019
- Champion of England 2016 (Leicester) & 2017 (Chelsea)
- Winner of the FA Cup 2018




Adrien RABIOT
MC, 26, Juventus & France (19 caps)
Career: Paris SG - Toulouse - Paris SG - Juventus (2019)
Titles:
- Champion of France 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 & 2019
- Champion of Italy 2020
- Winner of the Coupe de France 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018
- Winner of the Coppa Italia 2021




Paul POGBA
MC, 28, Manchester United & France (84 caps)
Career: Man United - Juventus - Man United (2016)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Winner of the Europa League 2017
- Champion of Italy 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016
- Winner of the Coppa Italia 2015 & 2016
- Winner of the League Cup 2017




Antoine GRIEZMANN
AMC/FWR, 30, Barcelona & France (95 caps)
Career: Real Sociedad - Atletico - Barcelona (2019)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Winner of the Europa League 2018
- Winner of the Copa del Rey 2021




Kylian MBAPPE
FWL/FW, 22, Paris SG & France (48 caps)
Career: Monaco - Paris SG (2017)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Champion of France 2017 (Monaco), 2018, 2019 & 2020 (Paris SG)
- Winner of the Coupe de France 2018, 2020 & 2021




Anthony MARTIAL
FWL/FW, 25, Manchester United & France (27 caps)
Career: Lyon - Monaco - Manchester United (2015)
Titles:
- Winner of the Europa League 2017
- Winner of the FA Cup 2016
- Winner of the League Cup 2017




Olivier GIROUD
FW, 34, Chelsea & France (110 caps)
Career: Grenoble - Istres - Tours - Montpellier - Arsenal - Chelsea (2018)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Champion of France 2012
- Winner of the Champions League 2021
- Winner of the Europa League 2019
- Winner of the FA Cup 2014, 2015, 2017 (Arsenal) & 2018 (Chelsea)




Karim BENZEMA
FW, 33, Real Madrid & France (87 caps)
Career: Lyon - Real Madrid (2009)
Titles:
- Winner of the Champions League 2014, 2016, 2017 & 2018
- Champion of France 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008
- Champion of Spain 2012, 2017 & 2020
- Winner of the Coupe de France 2008
- Winner of the Copa del Rey 2011 & 2014