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Understandably going into the tournament as favourites, France are out to exercise the
demons of World Cup 2002, which they were dumped out of without scoring a single goal.
Thierry Henry and Zinedine Zidane are seen as the two greatest players in the World,
whilst Patrick Viera is the model midfield destroyer. They should qualify comfortably,
with many predicting they will go all the way.
| France's Warm Up Games | |||
| Date | Team | Venue | Score |
| 15 Nov 2003 | Germany | Gelsenkirchen | 3-0 |
| 18 Feb 2004 | Belgium | Brussels | 2-0 |
| 31 Mar 2004 | Netherlands | Rotterdam | 2-1 |
| 20 May 2004 | Brazil | Paris | |
| 28 May 2004 | Andorra | Montpellier | |
| Squad | |
| Goalkeepers | |
| Fabien Barthez | Marseille |
| Gregory Coupet | Lyon |
| Mickael Landreau | Nantes |
| Defenders | |
| Jean-Alain Boumsong | Auxerre |
| Marcel Desailly | Chelsea |
| William Gallas | Chelsea |
| Bixente Lizarazu | Bayern Munich |
| Mikael Silvestre | Manchester United |
| Lillian Thuram | Juventus FC |
| Willy Sagnol | Bayern Munich |
| Midfielders | |
| Ludovic Giuly | Monaco |
| Claude Makelele | Chelsea |
| Olivier Dacort | AS Roma |
| Patrick Vieira | Arsenal |
| Robert Pires | Arsenal |
| Jerome Rothen | Monaco |
| Sylvain Wiltord | Arsenal |
| Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid |
| Benoit Pedretti | Sochaux |
| Strikers | |
| Thierry Henry | Arsenal |
| David Trezeguet | Juventus FC |
| Louis Saha | Manchester United |
| Steve Marlet | Marseille |
