Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
France's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Antonio Cabrini | Italy | 1 |
| Claudio Gentile | Italy | 1 |
| Dino Zoff | Italy | 1 |
| Franco Causio | Italy | 1 |
| Gaetano Scirea | Italy | 1 |
| Giancarlo Antognoni | Italy | 1 |
| Marco Tardelli | Italy | 1 |
| Mauro Bellugi | Italy | 1 |
| Paolo Rossi | Italy | 1 |
| Renato Zaccarelli | Italy | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 16 Nov 1977 | v Bulgaria | 3–1 | 89′ | — | Extended lead | 3–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 2 Jun 1978 | v Italy | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
| 16 Nov 1977 | v Bulgaria | 3–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1977 |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.