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England men · UEFA European Championship · Group D

France
v England⁠

1–1

Full time

France v England finished 1–1.

France
Nasri 39'
Date
Monday 11 June 2012 · England in 2012
Kick-off
17:00 UK
Venue
Donbas Arena, Donetsk

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-4-1-1

Starting XI

Substitutes

France Formation 4-3-3

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Hugo Lloris GK
  • No. 2, Mathieu Debuchy RB
  • No. 4, Adil Rami CB
  • No. 5, Philippe Mexes CB
  • No. 3, Patrice Evra LB
  • No. 6, Yohan Cabaye RM Off in the 84'
  • No. 18, Alou Diarra CM
  • No. 15, Florent Malouda LM Off in the 85'
  • No. 11, Samir Nasri RW
  • No. 7, Franck Ribéry LW
  • No. 10, Karim Benzema FW

Substitutes

  • No. 20, Hatem Ben Arfa On in the 84'
  • No. 19, Marvin Martin On in the 85'
  • No. 8, Mathieu Valbuena (not used)
  • No. 9, Olivier Giroud (not used)
  • No. 12, Blaise Matuidi (not used)
  • No. 13, Anthony Reveillere (not used)
  • No. 14, Jérémy Ménez (not used)
  • No. 16, Steve Mandanda (not used)
  • No. 17, Yann M'vila (not used)
  • No. 21, Laurent Koscielny (not used)
  • No. 22, Gaël Clichy (not used)
  • No. 23, Cédric Carrasso (not used)

Referee: S Rizzoli.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1999 – 2010

03 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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