France B national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = France B
Badge =
FIFA Trigramme = FRA
Nickname =
Association = French Football Federation ("Fédération Française
de Football")
Confederation = UEFA (Europe)
Coach = Flagicon|France Raymond Domenech, 2004-
Most caps =
Top scorer =
Home Stadium = Stade de France
pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b1=_franceh06|pattern_ra1=_whiteshoulders
leftarm1=0000FF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=0000FF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=F01010
pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_francea06|pattern_ra2=
leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=0000FF|socks2=FFFFFF
First game = fb|Luxembourg 2-1 France B flagicon|France (Luxembourg, 15 January, 1922)
Largest win = flagicon|France France B 7-0 Luxembourg flagicon|Luxembourg (Strasbourg, France, 22 May, 1952)
Largest loss = flagicon|France France B 1-9 Switzerland B flagicon|SUI (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.

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.

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. [http://www.frenchleague.com/actualiteLFP/lireArticle.asp?idArticle=8641#] [http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/sports/273423.FR.php] 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.

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 (regional team Guadeloupe international)

ee 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

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fran-b-intres.html RSSSF]