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England men · UEFA European Championship · Group B

France
v England⁠

2–1

Full time

France v England finished 2–1.

France
Zidane 90+1', Zidane 90+3' pen
Date
Sunday 13 June 2004 · England in 2004
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

France

Starting XI

  • No. 16, Fabien Barthez GK
  • No. 12, Thierry Henry FW
  • No. 20, David Trezeguet FW
  • No. 3, Bixente Lizarazu D
  • No. 4, Patrick Vieira M
  • No. 5, William Gallas D
  • No. 6, Claude Makelele M
  • No. 7, Robert Pires M Off in the 76'
  • No. 10, Zinedine Zidane M
  • No. 13, Mikaël Silvestre D Off in the 79'
  • No. 15, Lilian Thuram D

Substitutes

  • No. 11, Sylvain Wiltord On in the 76'
  • No. 19, Willy Sagnol On in the 79'
  • No. 1, Mickaël Landreau (not used)
  • No. 2, Jean Alain Boumsong (not used)
  • No. 8, Marcel Desailly (not used)
  • No. 9, Louis Saha (not used)
  • No. 14, Jerome Rothen (not used)
  • No. 17, Olivier Dacourt (not used)
  • No. 18, Benoît Pedretti (not used)
  • No. 21, Steve Marlet (not used)
  • No. 22, Sidney Govou (not used)

Referee: Markus Merk.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1992 – 2000

Official meetings since 1923

England v France stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings33In our results database
England wins18England perspective
Draws5Level at full time
France wins10France victories

England have scored 78 goals to France's 45 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Dean

4 goals against France in matches we hold scorer data for.

France · Fixture leader

4

Dewaquez

France's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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