UEFA European Championship

France: Women’s Euro 2022 team profile

1 year ago

| BY News Team

France qualified for Euro 2022 in impeccable style, keeping a clean sheet in every one of their qualifying games as they easily won their group.

Now, the challenge for Les Bleus is to break a hoodoo by progressing beyond the quarter-finals for the first time.

With a core of players from PSG and Lyon – the latter of whom just stunned Barcelona in the final of this season’s Women’s Champions League – they are poised to make history this summer.

What was France’s Women’s Euro 2022 Qualifying Record?

Group G Winners: P8 W7 D1 L0 GF44 GA0 GD+44 Pts22

Kazakhstan 0 – 3 France

France 6 – 0 Serbia

Serbia 0 – 2 France

North Macedonia 0 – 7 France

France 11 – 0 North Macedonia

Austria 0 – 0 France

France 3 – 0 Austria

France 12 – 0 Kazakhstan

Top Scorer: Eugenie Le Sommer (7)

Who is France’s head coach at Euro 2022?

Corinne Diacre has a long and storied history with France’s national team. She is a former captain of Les Bleus, their most-capped player, and also netted the decisive goal to send her country to their first-ever Women’s World Cup finals in 2003. With a CV like that behind her, plus a spell as assistant coach to the France national team, it was no surprise when she was named head coach after Euro 2017.

Who is France’s captain at Euro 2022?

Wendie Renard is one of the most well-known faces in the women’s game: a huge presence who sets the tone for the rest of her side. Renard has over a century of caps to her name, and is a danger from set-pieces, using her height to good effect in both penalty areas.

Who are France’s star players to watch out for at Euro 2022?

Wendie Renard is key to France’s defensive stability, but this is also a team filled with explosive attacking players. Marie-Antoinette Katoto has burst onto the international scene, averaging almost a goal a game including a hat-trick against Greece. Delphine Cascarino and Kadidiatou Diani also inject plenty of pace into the side.