International Head-to-Head –Part Four, Brazil and France-Part 2 (1990s-present)

1990s

The sides met three times in the decade. The first was Gerard Houillier’s debut as France Manager, where Brazil won (2-0) against an uninspired France.

The second was part of the ‘Tournoi de France’ where Roberto Carlos scored his memorable swerving free kick. The third in 1998 was the World Cup Final , where Zinedine Zidane in spired France to win its First World Cup.

For more detail, see:

http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2011/06/august-26-1992-france-0-brazil-2.html

International Head-to-Head match No. 7

August 26, 1992

France 0-Brazil 2

Friendly

Venue: Paris – Parc des Princes        

Attendance: 34,428

Referee: Frans van den Wijngaert (Belgium)

Goalscorers:

(France): None

(Brazil): Bruno Martini (Own Goal) 43, Luis Henrique 52

Lineups:

France:

1- Bruno Martini (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) 

4- Basile Boli (Olympique de Marseille)   

5-Alain Roche  (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)  

3-William Prunier (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)  

2-Emanuel Petit (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)  (19-Laurent Fournier (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 56th) 

6-Jean -Philippe Durand (Olympique de Marseille)  

8-Laurent Blanc (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)  (15-Frank Sauzee (Olympique de Marseille) 65th) 

7- Didier Deschamps (Olympique de Marseille) 

11- David Ginola (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 

10- Christophe Cocard (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)  (18-Pascal Vahirua (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) 65th) 

9- Jean-Pierre Papin (Captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan-Milano / Italy) 

Coach: Gerard Houillier

Booked: Jean -Philippe Durand 45

Other Substitutes:

Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

Manuel Amoros (Olympique de Marseille)

Bernard Casoni (Olympique de Marseille)

Frank Silvestre (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)

Brazil:

1-Cláudio André Mergen  ‘Taffarel’  (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)  
2-Jorge de Amorim Campos  ‘Jorginho’ (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany) 
3-Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 
4-‘Ricardo’ Raimundo Gomes (Paris Saint Germain Football Club / France)  
5-Mauro Silva Gomes  (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)
6-Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal ‘Branco’ (Genoa 1893-Genova / Italy) 
7-’Valdo’ Cândido Filho  (Paris Saint Germain Football Club / France)   (19-Crizam César de Oliveira Júnior‘Zinho’ (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)  65th)   
8-‘Luíz Henrique’ Santos (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)  (18-Leovegildo Lins Gama ‘Júnior’ (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) 84th)    
9- Antônio de Oliveira Filho ‘Careca’  (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)  
10-‘Raí’ Souza Vieira de Oliveira  (Captain) (São Paulo Futebol Clube-São Paulo)  
11-‘Romário’ de Souza Faria (Philips Sports Vereniging Eindhoven / Holland)  (20-José Roberto da Gama de Oliveira ‘Bebeto’  (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain) 65th)  

                  

Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

Booked: Jorginho 41, Branco 82

Other Substitutes:

12-‘Carlos’ Roberto Gallo (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo) 

13- Luiz Carlos Coelho Winck  (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro)  

14-‘Aldair’ Nascimento dos Santos (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

15- Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus ‘Ronaldão’  (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)     

16- Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)

17- Carlos César Sampaio Campos (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo)

21- Paulo Sérgio silvestre (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 83, December 1995

(Team captains Jean-Pierre Papin and Rai, August 26, 1992, France 0-Brazil 2)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 44, September 1992

(Alain Roche and Romario, August 26, 1992, France 0-Brazil 2)

International Head-to-Head match No. 8

June 3, 1997

France 1-Brazil 1

Tournoi de France

Venue: Lyon-Stade Gerland

Attendance: 28,193

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Goalscorers:

(France): Marc Keller 60

(Brazil): Roberto Carlos 20

Lineups:

France:

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

2- Vincent Candela (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

5- Laurent Blanc (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)  67^th)

12- Bixente Lizarazu (Athletic Club de Bilbao / Spain)

13- Ibrahima Ba (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

19- Christian Karembeu (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) (17- Patrick Vieira (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) 14th)

7- Didier Deschamps (captain) (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

14- Robert Pires (Football Club de Metz) (21- Marc Keller (Karlruher Sport-Club von 1894 Mühlburg-Phönix e.V./ Germany) 46th)

22- Florian Maurice (Olympique Lyonnais)

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Robert Pires 39, Vincent candela 70, Didier Deschamps 89

Other Substitutes:

1- Lionel Charbonnier (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

4- Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

18- Bruno N'Gotty (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

3- Pierre Laigle (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)

9- Christophe Dugarry (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

11- Patrice Loko (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

20- Nicolas Ouedec (Real Club Deportivo Espanyol-Barcelona / Spain)

Brazil:

1-

 Cláudio André Mergen  ‘Taffarel’  (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte)

2- Evangelista Moraes ‘Cafu’  (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo) 

15- Vargo Célio do Nascimento Silva  (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)

3-‘Aldair’ Nascimento dos Santos (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)  (16- Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes  (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)  87^th)

6- Roberto Carlos da Silva  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

8-

 Caetano Bledorn Verri  ‘Dunga’ (captain) (Jubilo Iwata / Japan)

5- Mauro Silva Gomes  (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain) 

10- Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo (Paris Saint Germain Football Club / France)

7- Silva de Oliveira ‘Giovanni’  (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)   (13- Djalma Feitosa Dias ‘Djalminha’ (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo) 63rd)

9- Luis Nazario De Lima ‘Ronaldo’ (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) 

11-‘Romário’ de Souza Faria (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) (22-

 Arílson de Paula Nunes (Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense) 79^th)

Coach: Jorge Mario Lobo Zagallo

Booked: Carlos Dunga 15, Mauro Silv a 39, Cafu 47

Other Substitutes:

12- Carlos Germano Schwambach Neto (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro)  

14- José Marcelo Ferreira ‘Zé Maria’  (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

4- Marcio Roberto dos Santos (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte)

17- José Roberto da Silva Junior ‘Zé Roberto’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

18- Carlos César Sampaio Campos (Yokohama Flugels / Japan) 

19- Flavio da Conceição  (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)

20- Denilson De Oliveira (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)  

21- Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro)  

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Hors Serie 25, June 1997

(Ibrahima Ba and Leonardo, June 3, 1997, Le Tournoi, France 1-Brazil 1)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 21, July 1999

(Brazil squad, June 3, 1997, Le Tournoi, France 1-Brazil 1)

Photo From: World Soccer, March  1998

(France squad, June 3, 1997, Le Tournoi, France 1-Brazil 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 9

July 12, 1998

France 3-Brazil 0

World Cup-Final

Venue: Saint Denis-Stade De France

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Said Belgola (Morocco)

Goalscorers:

(France): Zinedine Zidane 27, 45, Emmanuel Petit 90

(Brazil): None

Lineups:

France:

16- Fabien Barthez (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

15- Lilian Thuram (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy) 

8- Marcel Desailly (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

18- Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

3- Bixente Lizarazu (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

19- Christian Karembeu (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) (14- Alain Boghossian (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy) 57^th)

17- Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

7- Didier Deschamps (captain) (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

10- Zinedine Zidane (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

6- Youri Djorkaeff (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) (4- Patrick Vieira (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) 75^th)

9- Stephane Guivarc'h (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) (21- Christophe Dugarry (Olympique de Marseille) 66th)

Coach: Aimé Jacquet

Booked: Didier Deschamps 39, Marcel Desailly 47, Christian Karembeu 56

Sent off: Marcel Desailly 70

Brazil:

1- Cláudio André Mergen  ‘Taffarel’  (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte)

2- Evangelista Moraes ‘Cafu’  (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) 

3-‘Aldair’ Nascimento dos Santos (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) 

4- Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Júnior ‘Júnior Baiano’ (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)

6- Roberto Carlos da Silva  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

18- Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo(Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (19- Denilson De Oliveira (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo) 46^th)

8- Caetano Bledorn Verri  ‘Dunga’ (captain) (Jubilo Iwata / Japan)

10- Rivaldo Vito Borba Ferreira (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) 

5- Carlos César Sampaio Campos  (Yokohama Flugels / Japan)  (21- Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto  (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze / Italy) 74^th)

20- José Roberto da Gama de Oliveira ‘Bebeto’ (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) 

9- Luis Nazario De Lima ‘Ronaldo’ (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

Coach: Jorge Mario Lobo Zagallo

Booked: Junior Baiano 34

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 114, July 1998

(July 12, 1998, World Cup, France 3-Brazil 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 114, July 1998

(July 12, 1998, World Cup, France 3-Brazil 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 114, July 1998

(France squad, July 12, 1998, World Cup, France 3-Brazil 0)

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Brazil squad, July 12, 1998, World Cup, France 3-Brazil 0)

2000s

The sides met three times during this decade. The first was between two under strength teams during the Confederations Cup.

The second was a prestige friendly to celebrate FIFA’s centenary.

The third was a 2006 World Cup Quarterfinal, where Zidane once agaion shone.

International Head-to-Head match No. 10

June 7, 2001

France 2-Brazil 1

FIFA Confederations Cup-Semifinal

Venue: Suwon (South Korea), Suwon World Cup Stadium

Attendance: 34,527

Referee: Gamal El Ghandour (Egypt)

Goalscorers:

(France): Robert Pires 7, Marcel Desailly 54

(Brazil): Ramon 30

Lineups:

France:

1-Ulrich Rame (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

2-Willy Sagnol (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

8-Marcel Desailly (captain) (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

18-Frank Leboeuf (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

3-Bixente Lizarazu (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

 4-Patrick Vieira (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

19-Christian Karembeu (Middlesborough Football Club / England)

9-Nicolas Anelka (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

 6-Youri Djorkaeff (1.Fußball-Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany) (10-Eric Carriere (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique) 61^st)

7-Robert Pires (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

11-Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)  (22-Laurent Robert (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 87^th)

Coach: Roger Lemerre

Booked: Christian Karembeu 29, Willy Sagnol 41, Youri Djorkaeff 61, Eric Carriere 89

Other Substitutes:

12- Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyonnais)

5- Nicolas Gillet (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

13- Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United Football Club / England)

14- Frederic Née (Sporting Club de Bastia) 

15- Jeremie Brechet (Olympique Lyonnais)

16- Olivier Dacourt (Leeds United Association Football Club / England)

17- Steve Marlet (Olympique Lyonnais)

20- Zoumana Camara (Olympique de Marseille)

21-Christophe Dugarry (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)

23- Mickael Landreau (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

Brazil:

1- Nelson de Jesus Silva ‘Dida’ (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

2- José Marcelo Ferreira ‘Zé Maria’  (Associazione Calcio Perugia / Italy)

3- Lucimar Ferreira Da Silva  ‘Lúcio’  (Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH / Germany)

4- Edmilson José Gomes De Moraes (Olympique Lyonnais / France)    

16- Leonardo Lourenço Bastos  ‘Léo’ (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)

5- Léomar Leiria  (captain) (Sport Club do Recife-Recife)

18- ‘Fabio Rochemback’ (Sport Club Internacional- Porto Alegre)

20- Menezes Hubner  ‘Ramon’ (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)   

7- Leandro do Amaral Camara  (Associazione Calcio Fiorentina-Firenze / Italy)   (8- Marcos André Batista Dos Santos ‘Vampeta’ (Paris Saint Germain Football Club / France) 57^th)

11- Carlos Miguel da Silva Junior  (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo) (10- Robert da Silva Almeida  (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo) 69^th)

21- Washington Stécanelo Cerqueira  (Associação Atlética Ponte Preta- São Paulo) 

Coach: Emerson Leão

Booked: Leo 20, Leomar 76 

Other Substitutes:

6- Gustavo Sá da Nery  ‘Gustavo Nery’  (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)   

9- Sonny Anderson da Silva ‘Anderson’ (Olympique Lyonnais / France)  

12- Carlos Germano Schwambach Neto ‘Carlos Germano’ (Associação Portuguesa de Desportos – São Paulo)

13- Evanilson Aparecido Ferreira ‘Evanilson’ (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V./ Germany)

14- César Aparecido Rodrigues  ‘César’ (Associação Desportiva São Caetano- São Caetano do Sul)

15- Cláudio Roberto da Silva ‘Caçapa’ (Olympique Lyonnais / France)    

17- Rogério Nunes Vágner  ‘Vágner’  (Real Club Celta de Vigo / Spain)

19- Júlio César Baptista  ‘Júlio Baptista’  (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)  

22- Magno Alves de Araujo  ‘Magno Alves’ (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)    

23- Fabio Costa  ‘Fabio Costa’ (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 150, July 2001

(June 7, 2001, Confederatiosn Cup, France 2-Brazil 1)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 150, July 2001

(June 7, 2001, Confederatiosn Cup, France 2-Brazil 1)

International Head-to-Head match No. 11

May 20, 2004

France 0-Brazil 0

FIFA Centenary international friendly

Venue: Saint-Denis, Stade de France        

Attendance: 79,344

Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(France): None

(Brazil): None

Lineups:

France:

23-Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyonnais)

15-Lilian Thuram (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)       

2-Jean-Alain Boumsong (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)

8-Marcel Desailly (captain) (Chelsea Football Club – London / England) (3-Bernard Mendy (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) 46^th)

5-William Gallas (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

6-Claude Makelele (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

4-Patrick Vieira (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

10-Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)  (19- Olivier Kapo Obou (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise) 68^th)

7-Robert Pires (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) (11-Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) 46^th)

20-David Trezeguet (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)       

12-Thierry Henry (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

Coach: Jacques Santini

Other Substitutes:

Mickael Landreau (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)
Sylvain Armand (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)
Phillipe Mexès (Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise)
Benoit Pedretti (Football Club de Sochaux-Montbéliard)
Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyonnais)
Peguy Luyindula (Olympique Lyonnais)
Louis Saha (Manchested United Football Club / England)

Brazil:

1- Nelson de Jesus Silva ‘Dida’ (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

2- Evangelista Moraes ‘Cafu’  (captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

3- Anderson Luís da Silva ‘Luisão’  (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal) 

15- Cristiano Marques Gomes  ‘Cris’ (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte)

5- Edmilson José Gomes De Moraes (Olympique Lyonnais / France)

6- Roberto Carlos da Silva  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 

10- Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Jùnior ‘Juninho Pernambucano’  (Olympique Lyonnais / France) (19- Júlio César Baptista (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain) 79^th)

11- José Roberto da Silva Junior ‘Zé Roberto’ (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany) (17- Eduardo César Daude Gaspar ‘Edu’ (Arsenal Football Club-London / England) 46^th)

8- Ricardo Izecson Santos Leite  ‘Kaká’ (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)   (21- Alexsandro de Souza ‘Alex’ (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte) 46^th)

7- Ronaldo de Assis Moreira ‘Ronaldinho’ (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) 

9- Luis Nazario De Lima ‘Ronaldo’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 

Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

Other Substitutes:

Fábio Deivson Lopes Maciel (Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama - Rio de Janeiro)  
Juliano Haus Belletti  (Villarreal Club de Fútbol / Spain)
Gilberto Aparecido da Silva (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)
Jenilson Angelo De Souza ‘Junior’ (Associazione Calcio Siena / Italy)
José Kléberson Pereira  (Manchester United Football Club / England)
Adriano Leite Ribeiro (Internazionale Football Club- Milano/ Italy)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(Zindine Zidane and Ronaldinho, May 20, 2004, FIFA Centenary, France 0-Brazil 0)

Photo From: L’Equipe, L’Equipe de France de Football, la Belle Histoire

(May 20, 2004, FIFA Centenary, France 0-Brazil 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 185,  June 2004

(France squad, May 20, 2004, FIFA Centenary, France 0-Brazil 0)

Photo from: Seleccao Brasileira -90 Anos 1914-2004, Authors Antonio Carlos Napoleao, Roberto Assaf

(Brazil squad, May 20, 2004, FIFA Centenary, France 0-Brazil 0)

International Head-to-Head match No. 12

July 1, 2006

France 1-Brazil 0

World Cup-Quarterfinal

Venue: Frankfurt-Waldstadion, Germany

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Goalscorers:

(France): Thierry Henry 57

(Brazil): None

Lineups:

France:

16-Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)

19-Willy Sagnol (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

15-Lilian Thuram (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

5- William Gallas (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

3-Eric Abidal (Olympique Lyonnais)

4-Patrick Vieira (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

6- Claude Makelele (Chelsea Football Club – London / England) 

22- Franck Ribéry (Olympique de Marseille) (9- Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyonnais) 77^th)

10-Zinedine Zidane (Captain) (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

7- Florent Malouda (Olympique Lyonnais) (11- Sylvain Wiltord (Olympique Lyonnais) 81^st)

12-Thierry Henry (Arsenal Football Club – London / England) (14-Louis Saha (Manchester United Football Club / England) 86^th)

Coach: Raymond Domenech

Booked: Willy Sagnol 74, Louis Saha 87, Lilian Thuram 88

Other Substitutes:

23- Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyonnais)

1-Mickael Landreau (Football Club de Nantes Atlantique)

2-Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

8-Vikash Dhorasoo (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

13-Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United Football Club / England)

17 -Gael Givet (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club)

21-Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan Athletic Football Club / England)

18-Alou Diarra (Racing Club de Lens)

20- David Trezeguet (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

Brazil:

1- Nelson de Jesus Silva ‘Dida’ (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

2- Evangelista Moraes ‘Cafu’  (Captain) (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy) (13-Cícero João de Nazaré ‘Cicinho’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)  76^th)

3- Lucimar Ferreira Da Silva  ‘Lúcio’  (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany) 

4- Juan Silveira dos Santos  (Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH / Germany) 

6- Roberto Carlos da Silva  (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 

17- Gilberto Aparecido da Silva (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)

11- José Roberto da Silva Junior ‘Zé Roberto’ (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

8- Ricardo Izecson Santos Leite  ‘Kaká’ (Associazione Calcio Milan-Milano / Italy)   (23-Robson de Souza  ‘Robinho’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 79^th)

19- Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Jùnior ‘Juninho Pernambucano’  (Olympique Lyonnais / France) (7- Adriano Leite Ribeiro (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)  63^rd)

10- Ronaldo de Assis Moreira ‘Ronaldinho’  (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) 

9- Luis Nazario De Lima ‘Ronaldo’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)  

Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

Booked: Cafú 25, Juan 45, Ronaldo 45+2- Lúcio 75

Other Substitutes:

5- Emerson Ferreira da Rosa  (Juventus Football Club –Torino / Italy) 

20- Ricardo Luiz Pozzi Rodrigues  ‘Ricardinho’ (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)  

12- ‘Rogerio Ceni’ (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)

22- Júlio César Soares Espíndola (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

14-Anderson Luís da Silva ‘Luisão’  (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal) 

15- Cristiano Marques Gomes  ‘Cris’ (Olympique Lyonnais / France)

16-Gilberto da Silva Melo (Berliner Sport-Club Hertha 1892 e.V./ Germany)  

18- Carlos Luciano Da Silva ‘Mineiro’ (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)

21- Frederico Chaves Guedes  ‘Fred’ (Olympique Lyonnais / France)  

Note: Dida assumed captaincy at 76^th minute, following Cafu‘s substitution.

Photo From: World Soccer, July 2006

(July 1, 2006, World Cup, France 1-Brazil 0)

2010s

The teams played in three friendlies. France won the first in 2011, while Brazil won in 2013 and 2015.

Brazil and Fracne has both won 6 matches each, while three matches ended in ties. (Note: the 1986 match was a tie in regulation, but French victory after penalty kick shoot-out)

International Head-to-Head match No. 13

February 9, 2011

France 1-Brazil 0

Friendly

Venue: Saint Denis-Stade De France

Attendance: 79,712

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Goalscorers:

(France): Karim Benzema 55

(Brazil): None

Lineups:

France:

1-Hugo Lloris (Captain) (Olympique Lyonnais)

2-Bacary Sagna (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

4- Adil Rami (Lille Olympique Sporting Club- Lille Métropole)

5-Philippe Mexes (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)     

3- Eric Abidal (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) 

18- Alou Diarra (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux)   

17- Yann M’Vila (Stade Rennais Football Club) (19-Abou Diaby (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)  60^th)

14-Jeremy Menez (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy) (7-Loic Remy (Olympique de Marseille)  69^th)

8-Yoann Gourcuff  (Olympique Lyonnais) (6-Yohan Cabaye (Lille Olympique Sporting Club- Lille Métropole) 86^th)

15- Florent Malouda (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)

10- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) (11- Kevin Gameiro (Football Club Lorient-Bretagne Sud)  86^th)

Coach: Laurent Blanc

Booked: Jeremy Menez 67

Other Substiutes:

13-Anthony Reveillere (Olympique Lyonnais)

22-Gael Clichy (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

21-Blaise Matuidi (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne- Loire )

12-Cedric Carrasso. (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux) 

24-Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)

9-Guillaume Hoarau (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

16-Steve Mandanda (Olympique de Marseille) 

12-Mamadou Sakho (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

Brazil:

1-‘Júlio César’ Soares Espíndola  (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

2- Daniel Alves da Silva  (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

3- Thiago Emiliano da Silva (Associazione Calcio Milan-Milano / Italy) 

4- David Luiz Moreira Marinho (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)  

5- Lucas Pezzini Leiva  (Liverpool Football Club / England)      

6- André Clarindo dos Santos (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü –Istanbul / Turkey)

8- Elias Mendes Trindade (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)  (20- André Felipe Ribeiro de Souza (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux / France)     89^th)

10- Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto (Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH / Germany) (18-Jádson Rodrigues da Silva (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk / Ukraine) 59^th)

11- Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Viana Lima (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy)

9- Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva Pato (Associazione Calcio Milan-Milano / Italy) (19- Givanildo Vieira de Souza ,Hulk (Futebol Clube do Porto / Portugal) 85^th)

7- Robson de Souza  ‘Robinho’ (Associazione Calcio Milan-Milano / Italy)   (15- Sandro Ranieri Guimarães Cordeiro (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) 70^th)

Coach: Luiz Antonio Venker Menezes ‘Mano Menezes’

Booked: Robinho 65

Sent off: Hernanes 40

Other Substiutes:

13-Rafael Pereira da Silva (Manchester United Football Club / England)  

12-Heurelho da Silva Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England) 

14- Anderson Luís da Silva ‘Luisão’  (Sport Lisboa e Benfica / Portugal)

16- Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 

17- Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (Manchester United Football Club / England)  

21-Breno Vinicius Rodrigues Borges (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)

Photo From: World Soccer, April 2011

(February 9, 2011, France 1-Brazil 0)

International Head-to-Head match No. 14

June 9, 2013

Brazil 3-France 0

Friendly

Venue: Porto Alegre  -Estádio Arena Grêmio

Attendance: 51,600

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Perú)

Goalscorers:

(Brazil): Oscar 54, Hernanes 85, Lucas 90+3pen

(France): None

Lineups:

Brazil:

12-‘Júlio César’ Soares Espíndola  (Queens Park Rangers Football Club-London / Italy)

2- Daniel Alves da Silva  (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

3- Thiago Emiliano da Silva (Paris Saint Germain Football Club / France)  

4- David Luiz Moreira Marinho (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)  

6- Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain) 

17-Luiz Gustavo Dias (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany) (8- Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Viana Lima (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy)79^th)

18-Jose Paulo Bezerra Maciel Junior, Paulinho (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo) (13-Dante Bonfim Costa Santos (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany) 85th)

11-Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Junior (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)  (5-Fernando Lucas Martins (Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense) 63^rd )

10-Neymar Da Silva Santos Junior (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)   (20-Bernard Anicio Caldeira Duarte (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte-Minas Gerais) 87^th)

19- Givanildo Vieira de Souza ,Hulk (Futbolnyi Klub Zenit St Petersburg / Russia) (7-Lucas Rodrigues Moura Da Silva (Paris Saint Germain Football Club / France)  63^rd)

9- Frederico Chaves Guedes  ‘Fred’ (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)    (21- João Alves de Assis Silva Jô (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte-Minas Gerais) 69^th)

Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Booked: David Luiz 29

Other Substitutes:

22-Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)   

1-Jeffersonn de Oliveira Galvão (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)    

14-Filipe Luis Kazmirski (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)

16-Rever Humberto Alves Araujo (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte-Minas Gerais)

15-Jean Raphael Vanderlei Moreira (Fluminense Football Club- Rio de Janeiro)   

23- Jádson Rodrigues da Silva (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)

France:

1- Hugo Lloris (captain) (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

2-Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United Football Club / England) 

4- Adil Rami (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)

5-Mamadou Sakho (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club)

3-Jeremy Mathieu (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)

12- Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) (11-Clément Grenier (Olympique Lyonnais) 69^th)

6-Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United Football Club / England)   (18-Bafétimbi Gomis (Olympique Lyonnais) 81^st)

7- Dimitri Payet (Lille Olympique Sporting Club- Lille Métropole)

8-Mathieu Valbuena  (Olympique de Marseille)   (14-Alexander Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais) 68^th)

10- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)    (9-Olivier Giroud (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)  68^th)

19-Josuha Guilavogui (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne- Loire)

Coach: Didier Deschamps

Other Substitutes:

16-Steve Mandanda (Olympique de Marseille) 

15-Bacary Sagna (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)  

20-Étienne Capoue (Toulouse Football Club)

13-Eliaquim Mangala (Futebol Clube do Porto / Portugal)

22-Benoît Trémoulinas (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne- Loire)

17-Yoann Gourcuff  (Olympique Lyonnais)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 3515, August 20, 2013

(Clement Grenier, June 9, 2013, Brazil 3-France 0)

International Head-to-Head match No. 15

March 26, 2015

France 1-Brazil 3

Friendly

Venue: Saint Denis-Stade De France

Attendance: 81,338

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Goalscorers:

(France): Raphaël Varane 21

(Brazil): Oscar 40, Neymar 57, Luiz Gustavo 68

Lineups:

France:

16- Steve Mandanda (Olympique de Marseille) 

15-Bacary Sagna (Manchester City Football Club / England)   

4-Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)    

5-Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool Football Club / England)   

3-Patrice Evrà (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

18-Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United Football Club / England)  (19-Geoffrey Kondogbia (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club) 74^th)

22-Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton Football Club / England)   

14-Blai Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club) (9- Olivier Giroud (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)  84^th)

8-Mathieu Valbuena (Futbol'nyj Klub Dinamo Moskva/ Russia) (12-Dimitri Payet (Olympique de Marseille)  82^nd)

10-Karim Benzema (Captain) (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)    

11-Antoine Griezmann (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain) (7-Nabil Fékir (Olympique Lyonnais) 74^th)

Coach: Didier Deschamps

Booked: Morgan Schneiderlin 90+2

Other Substitutes:

1-Benoît Costil (Stade Rennais Football Club)
2-Christophe Jallet (Olympique Lyonnais)
6-Josuha Guilavogui (Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH / Germany)
 13-Kurt Zouma (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)  
17-Benoît Trémoulinas (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain)
20-Alexandre Lacazette (Olympique Lyonnais)
21-Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)  
23-Stéphane Ruffier (Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne -Loire)  

Brazil:

1 - Jeffersonn de Oliveira Galvão (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)    

2 - Danilo Luiz Da Silva (Futebol Clube do Porto / Portugal)
14 - Thiago Emiliano da Silva (Paris Saint Germain Football Club / France)  
3 - João Miranda de Souza Filho (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)
6 - Filipe Luis Kazmirski (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)  
8 – Elias Mendes Trindade (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo) (15 - Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)  90^th)
17 - Luiz Gustavo Dias (Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH / Germany) (5 – Fernando Luiz Roza, Fernandinho (Manchester City Football Club / England)   90^th)
19 – Willian Borges da Silva (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)  (7 - Douglas Costa de Souza Leite Ribeiro (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk / Ukraine) 83^rd)
11 - Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Junior (Chelsea Football Club – London / England)  (22 – Josef de Souza Dias (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo) 86^th)
10 - Neymar Da Silva Santos Junior (Captain) (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)
18 - Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira (Turn-und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. / Germany) (9 - Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva (Futbolnyi Klub Shakhtyor Donetsk / Ukraine) 88^th)

Coach: Caetano Bledorn Verri  ‘Dunga’

Other Substitutes:

4-Carlos Gilberto Nascimento Silva, Gil (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista- São Paulo)
12-Diego Alves Carreira  (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)
13-Gabriel Armando de Abreu, Gabriel Paulista (Arsenal Football Club – London / England)  
16-Fabio Henrique Tavares, Fabinho (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)
20- Robson de Souza  ‘Robinho’ (Santos Futebol Clube- Santos - São Paulo)    
21-Philippe Coutinho Correia (Liverpool Football Club / England)   
23-Marcelo Grohe (Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense)

Photo From: L’Equipe, March 18, 2015

(March 26, 2015, France 1-Brazil 3)