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France B

Association	French Football Federation (Fédération Française de Football)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Raymond Domenech, 2004-
Home stadium	Stade de France
FIFA code	FRA
Home colours Away colours
First international
Luxembourg 2-1 France B (Luxembourg, 15 January 1922)
Biggest win
France B 7-0 Luxembourg (Strasbourg, France, 22 May 1952)
Biggest defeat
France B 1-9 Switzerland B (Marseille, France, 8 June 1947)

The France B national football team is the senior national team of France that plays non-A matches against other nations in friendlies. In France, the team is usually called "France A dash".

Contents 1 Popularity and use 2 Recent matches 3 Past players 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Popularity and use

The team run occasionally as a feeding team for France's A football team, to give a chance to under-21 or more inexperienced players to play for the national team without being awarded full cap (sport). The team may play matches held before World Cups or other tournaments to give second-choice players, injured players or possible choices an opportunity to play a full game to either keep their fitness levels up or to earn their way into the first team.

[edit] Recent matches

The second-most-recent match of the team was played against Slovakia B on 21 August 2007, the day before the regular A-team friendly. The team line-up was Sébastien Frey, Jonathan Zebina (Zoumana Camara), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Anthony Réveillère), Sébastien Squillaci, Mikaël Silvestre, Jimmy Briand, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, (Rio Antonio Mavuba), Jérémy Mathieu, Djibril Cissé (Frédéric Piquionne), David Trezeguet; team member Teddy Richert was not used.[1][2] The match ended at 0-1, with France B losing; Jean-Alain Boumsong played on the second day as a last-minute substitution.

The most recent match of France B was on 5 February 2008 against Congo DR in Marbella, the day before the regular A-team friendly in Málaga. The team line-up was Steve Mandanda (Hugo Lloris 46'); Gaël Clichy, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Philippe Mexès, Bacary Sagna; Jérôme Rothen, Lassana Diarra, Samir Nasri (Gaël Givet 76'), Mathieu Flamini (Jérémy Menez 17'), Jimmy Briand; Djibril Cissé; team members Sébastien Squillaci and Abou Diaby were not used.

[edit] Past players

Player in bold hold senior cap for the A team

• Jérôme Bonnissel
• Philippe Christanval
• Ousmane Dabo
• Olivier Dacourt
• Martin Djetou
• Sébastien Frey
• Frédéric Kanouté (change to play for Mali)
• Lilian Laslandes
• Sylvain Legwinski
• Steve Marlet
• Laurent Robert
• David Sommeil

[edit] See also

• Turkey B national football team
• England B national football team
• Scotland B national football team
• Northern Ireland B national football team
• Republic of Ireland B national football team

[edit] External links

• RSSSF

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