Pupils of Oleksandr Kosenko in the group tournament took second place in Group W and advanced to the quarter-finals against the winner of Group A – France. The opponent occupies the sixth step in the UEFA ranking and qualified for the European Championship for the second time in its history.

In world championships, the team played only once. In 2024 in Uzbekistan, France reached the semi-finals, where they lost to Argentina (2:3) and later lost in the third-place match to Ukraine (1:7).

At European Championships, France's team participated in 2018 in Slovenia. The French team took last place in Group D, losing to Azerbaijan (3:5) and Spain (0:1).

Apart from the third-place match at the WC-2024, today's opponents played six friendly matches and two qualifying matches for the 2020 World Cup.

12.11.2025. France — Ukraine — 1:3 (friendly)

16.04.2024. Ukraine — France — 4:4 (friendly)

04.02.2020. France — Ukraine — 2:2 (qualifying WC-2020)

31.10.2018. France — Ukraine — 3:1 (friendly)

31.10.2018. France — Ukraine — 3:1 (friendly)

30.10.2018. France — Ukraine — 1:1 (friendly)

09.01.2002. France — Ukraine — 2:9 (friendly)

20.02.2000. Ukraine — France — 12:0 (qualifying WC-2000)

France National Team Squad

GK: Francis Lokoça («Garde»), Louis Marque («Etal»), Jévin Durao («Charleroi», Belgium).

DF: Sid Belhadj, Arthur Chato (both — «Sporting Paris»), Abdessamad Mohammedi, Wassini Giryao, Sukail Mokhtidi («Etal»), Nicolas Mendez, Amine Gueddoura (both — «Montpellier»), Mamadou Touré (no club), Marwan Rezzoug (no club), Mamadou S. Touré («Barça», Spain), Amine Ben Salem («Ceuta», Spain).

Head Coach: Raphaël Reyno.

France National Team Matches at Euro-2026. Group A

22.01.2026

Croatia — France — 2:2

Goals: Kustura (14, 35) — M. S. Touré (15), Giryao (17).

25.01.2026

France — Latvia — 5:0

Goals: Mokhtidi (24, 31), Belhadj (30), Mohammedi (36), M. S. Touré (40).

28.01.2026

Georgia — France — 1:3

Goals: Gabrichidze (33) — Kekelia (3, own goal), Mokhtidi (18), Mohammedi (38).