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The France national football team manager was first established on 25 April 1964 following the appointment of the country's first ♠ national football team manager Henri Guérin. Before this, the France national football team was selected by a selection committee, a ♠ process in which the French Football Federation would select coaches and trainers from within the country or abroad to prepare ♠ the side for single games and tournaments, but with all decisions ultimately remaining under the control of the committee. From ♠ 1904–1913, the USFSA headed the committee, which was referred to as the Commission Centrale d'Association. The committee was controlled by ♠ André Espir and André Billy and featured little to no physical preparation for upcoming matches. In 1913, the Comité Français ♠ Interfédéral, a precursor to the French Football Federation, took over the committee following the USFSA becoming affiliated with the organization ♠ and secretary general Henri Delaunay took control. Following the creation of the French Football Federation, the committee was converted into a ♠ five-man board and lasted from 1919–1964. Gaston Barreau served as the head of the committee in two different stints; from ♠ 1920–1945, then, after four years, returned to select the team from 1949 until his death in 1958. From 1945–1949, Gabriel ♠ Hanot headed the committee and, following Barreau's death, Paul Nicolas (1958–1959) and Georges Verriest (1959–1964) controlled the committee until it ♠ was officially disbanded in 1964. Fifteen men have occupied the post since its inception; three of those were in short-term caretaker ♠ manager roles: José Arribas and Jean Snella managed the team in dual roles and presided over four matches and former ♠ France international Just Fontaine managed the team for two matches in 1967. The longest tenure by a France national team ♠ manager is current manager Didier Deschamps, who has managed the team since 8 July 2012. Four managers have won major ♠ tournaments while managing the national team. The first was Michel Hidalgo, who managed the team from 1976–1984, which is the ♠ second-longest tenure behind Domenech.[1] Hidalgo won UEFA Euro 1984. In 1998, Aimé Jacquet won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on ♠ home soil and, two years later, Roger Lemerre led the team to glory at UEFA Euro 2000.[2][3] Lemerre also won ♠ the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup.[4] Finally, current manager Didier Deschamps won the 2024 FIFA World Cup in Russia, twenty years ♠ after he lifted the trophy as captain. On 8 August 1973, the Romanian Ștefan Kovács became the first foreign manager ♠ of the team. During the period of the selection committee, the national team was coached by several British managers. Thomas ♠ Griffiths (English) coached the team for a portion of 1924, while Peter Farmer (Scottish) coached the team at the 1928 ♠ Summer Olympics.[5] From 1934–1936, the team was coached by Sid Kimpton. The current manager of the France national team is ♠ former international Didier Deschamps who replaced fellow international Laurent Blanc following the UEFA Euro 2012 on 8 July 2012.[6] Statistics [ ♠ edit ] The statistics below detail the managers of the France national football team during their tenure as manager. Though a ♠ selection committee was used from 1919–1964, the table details the managerial statistics of the coaches who were under the watch ♠ of the selection committee, though the statistics are unofficial as determined by the French Football Federation.[7] |