Beginning in 1966, France had its shirts made by Le Coq Sportif until 1971. In 1972, France reached an agreement with German sports apparel manufacturer Adidas to be the team's kit provider. On 22 February 2008, the FFF announced that they were ending their partnership with Adidas and signing with Nike, effective 1 January 2011. The unprecedented deal was valued at €320 million over seven years (1 January 2011 - 9 July 2018), making France's blue shirt the most expensive ever in the history of football. In 1988, nike tn vapormax the FFF opened the Clairefontaine National Football Institute. Didier Deschamps became the third man to win the World Cup as a player and a coach and also became the second man to win the title as a captain and a coach. The day after the team's elimination, it was reported by numerous media outlets that then President of France Nicolas Sarkozy would meet with team captain Thierry Henry to discuss the issues associated with the team's meltdown at the World Cup, at Henry's request. France lost to eventual champions Germany in the quarter-finals courtesy of an Jacquet stepped down after the country's World Cup triumph and was succeeded by assistant Roger Lemerre who guided them through Euro 2000. Led by FIFA World Player of the Year Zidane, France defeated Italy 2-1 in the final. France later completed the hat-trick when they won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics football tournament and, a year later, defeated Uruguay 2-0 to win the Artemio Franchi Trophy, an early precursor to the FIFA Confederations Cup. In 1998, the Stade de France was inaugurated as France's national stadium ahead of the 1998 World Cup. In response to the training boycott, Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot lectured the players and "reduced France's disgraced World Cup stars to tears with an emotional speech on the eve of their final group A match". The resulting disagreement over Anelka's expulsion between the players, the coaching staff and FFF officials resulted in the players boycotting training before their third game.



The centre was inaugurated in 1976 by former FFF president Fernand Sastre and opened in 1988. The center drew media spotlight following its usage as a base camp by the team that won the 1998 World Cup. Clairefontaine is the national association football centre and is among 12 _lite academies throughout the country. This was the Bearcats first visit to South Bend since 1900 (A 58-0 Irish win) The matchup was considered one of the top in the country for the week. France earned their first major international honor two years later, winning Euro 1984, which they hosted. This marked the first time that a father and son played in the same international match. Following the Euro triumph, Hidalgo departed the team and was replaced by former international Henri Michel. The new deal grants the channel exclusive broadcast rights for the matches of national team, which include friendlies and international games for the next four seasons beginning in August 2010 and ending in June 2014. will also have extended rights, notably on the Internet, and may also broadcast images of the national team in its weekly program, T_l_foot. Griezmann was named the Player of the Tournament and was also awarded the Golden Boot in addition to being named in the Team of the Tournament, alongside Dimitri Payet.



Kylian Mbapp_ was awarded the Best Young Player award and Antoine Griezmann was awarded the Bronze Ball and the Silver Boot for their performance during the tournament. Winning the Ashes in 1989, the Australians got a roll on beating Pakistan, Sri Lanka and then followed it up with another Ashes win on home soil in 1991. The Australians went on to the West Indies and had their chances but ended up losing the series. France also hosted matches at the Stade Pershing, Stade de Paris, and the Stade Buffalo, but to a minimal degree. France failed to maintain that pace in subsequent tournaments. The subsequent blame and public outcry to the firing of Houllier and departure of several players from the national team fold. Five months after Clairefontaine's opening, manager Henri Michel was fired and was replaced by Michel Platini, who failed to get the team to the 1990 World Cup. Just like the team's previous World Cup qualifying campaign, the 2010 campaign got off to a disappointing start with France suffering disastrous losses and earning uninspired victories. In the match against Israel, France was upset 3-2 and, in the Bulgaria match, suffered an astronomical 2-1 defeat. Luxembourg, failing to secure a win against the latter since 1914, nearly 103 years.