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England men · International friendly

France
v England⁠

1–0

Full time

France v England finished 1–0.

England
None
France
Ribéry 32' pen
Date
Wednesday 26 March 2008 · England in 2008
Kick-off
20:00 UK
Venue
Stade de France, Paris
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

France

Starting XI

  • No. 23, Gregory Coupet GK
  • No. 7, Florent Malouda FW
  • No. 20, David Trezeguet FW Off in the 64'
  • No. 22, Franck Ribéry FW Yellow card 32'
  • No. 39, Nicolas Anelka FW Off in the 80'
  • No. 3, Eric Abidal D
  • No. 5, William Gallas D
  • No. 6, Claude Makelele M
  • No. 8, Jérémy Toulalan M
  • No. 13, François Clerc D
  • No. 15, Lilian Thuram D

Substitutes

  • No. 10, Sidney Govou On in the 64'
  • No. 9, Djibril Cissé On in the 80'
  • No. 1, Mickaël Landreau (not used)
  • No. 4, Philippe Mexes (not used)
  • No. 17, Sébastien Squillaci (not used)
  • No. 18, Alou Diarra (not used)
  • No. 21, Mathieu Flamini (not used)
  • No. 27, Patrice Evra (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1992 – 2004

01 13 Jun 2004
UEFA European Championship · Group B Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

France 2–1 England England lost

England: Lampard 38'

France: Zidane 90+1', Zidane 90+3' pen

Match page: France v England, 13 June 2004

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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