Euro 2016 — France

June 02, 2016 04:45 pm | Updated September 16, 2016 11:23 am IST

France was chosen as the host nation on May 28, 2010, after a bidding process in which they beat Italy and Turkey for the right to host the 2016 finals.

France is in Group A with Romania, Albania and Switzerland.

The France squad

Goalkeepers : Benoit Costil, Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda

Defenders: Lucas Digne, Patrice Evra, Christophe Jallet, Laurent Koscleiny, Eliaqulm Mangalam, Adil Rami, bacary Sagna, Samuel Umtiti.

Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye, Kingsley Coman, N'Golo kante, Blaise Matuldi, Dimitri Payet, Paul Pogba, Morgan Schnelderlin, Moussa Sissoko.

Forwards: Andre-Pierre Gignac, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Anthony Martial.

Coach: Didier Deschamps.

As France is the host nation, the team did not play the qualifying matches.

In the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine, France were in Group D along with rivals England, Sweden and Ukraine. France began the tournament with a 1–1 draw against England which was followed by a 2-0 win over co-hosts Ukraine. Although France lost their final group game 0–2 to Sweden, they ended second in their group and qualified for the quarterfinals, where they were beaten by eventual champions Spain. Following the tournament, coach Laurent Blanc resigned and was succeeded by Didier Deschamps who captained France to glory in 1998 world cup and 2000 Euro cup.

Players to watch out for: Olivier Giroud, Paul Pogba.

The matches for France are

June 10, 2016 : France versus Romania (12.30 a.m. IST)

June 15, 2016: France versus Albania (12.30 a.m. IST)

June 19, 2016: France versus Switzerland (12.30 a.m. IST)

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