France 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for France in the 1980s — 101 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Didier Deschamps racked up the most caps of anyone here — 103 in all. Michel Platini leads the scoring with 41. The squad breaks down as 11 goalkeepers, 27 defenders, 37 midfielders and 26 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurent Blanc | DF | 97 | 16 | 92 |
| Michel Platini | MF | 72 | 41 | 92 |
| Manuel Amoros | DF | 82 | 1 | 91 |
| Jean-Pierre Papin | FW | 54 | 30 | 91 |
| Didier Deschamps | MF | 103 | 4 | 90 |
| Didier Six | MF | 52 | 13 | 90 |
| Maxime Bossis | DF | 76 | 1 | 90 |
| Luis Fernandez | MF | 60 | 6 | 89 |
| Marius Trésor | DF | 65 | 4 | 88 |
| Eric Cantona | FW | 45 | 20 | 88 |
| Henri Michel | MF | 58 | 4 | 87 |
| Alain Giresse | MF | 47 | 6 | 87 |
| Patrick Battiston | DF | 56 | 3 | 86 |
| Dominique Rocheteau | FW | 49 | 15 | 86 |
| Joël Bats | GK | 50 | — | 85 |
| Franck Sauzée | MF | 39 | 9 | 85 |
| Jean Tigana | MF | 52 | 1 | 85 |
| Basile Boli | DF | 45 | 1 | 84 |
| Bernard Lacombe | FW | 38 | 12 | 84 |
| Gérard Janvion | DF | 40 | 0 | 83 |
| Jean-Marc Ferreri | MF | 37 | 3 | 83 |
| Yannick Stopyra | FW | 33 | 11 | 83 |
| Christian Lopez | DF | 39 | 1 | 82 |
| Bernard Genghini | MF | 27 | 6 | 81 |
| Bruno Martini | GK | 31 | — | 81 |
| Bernard Casoni | DF | 30 | 0 | 78 |
| Dominique Baratelli | GK | 21 | — | 78 |
| Yvon Le Roux | DF | 28 | 1 | 77 |
| Dominique Bathenay | MF | 20 | 4 | 76 |
| Dominique Dropsy | GK | 17 | — | 76 |
| Alain Roche | DF | 25 | 1 | 76 |
| Jean-Philippe Durand | MF | 26 | 0 | 76 |
| Bruno Bellone | MF/FW | 34 | 2 | 76 |
| Jean-François Larios | MF | 17 | 5 | 75 |
| Éric Di Meco | DF | 23 | 0 | 75 |
| Thierry Tusseau | DF | 22 | 0 | 75 |
| Gérard Soler | FW | 16 | 4 | 75 |
| José Touré | FW | 16 | 4 | 75 |
| Christian Perez | FW | 22 | 2 | 74 |
| William Ayache | DF | 20 | 0 | 73 |
| Olivier Rouyer | FW | 17 | 2 | 73 |
| François Bracci | DF | 18 | 0 | 72 |
| Léonard Specht | DF | 18 | 1 | 72 |
| Jacques Zimako | FW | 13 | 2 | 71 |
| Daniel Bravo | MF | 13 | 1 | 71 |
| Patrice Rio | DF | 17 | 0 | 71 |
| Alain Couriol | MF | 12 | 2 | 71 |
| Loïc Amisse | MF | 12 | 2 | 71 |
| Jean Castaneda | GK | 9 | — | 70 |
| Jean-Luc Ettori | GK | 9 | — | 70 |
| Philippe Vercruysse | MF | 12 | 1 | 70 |
| Jean Petit | MF | 12 | 1 | 70 |
| Gérald Passi | MF | 11 | 2 | 70 |
| Bernard Pardo | MF | 13 | 0 | 69 |
| Christophe Cocard | MF | 9 | 1 | 68 |
| Fabrice Poullain | MF | 10 | 0 | 67 |
| Philippe Fargeon | FW | 7 | 2 | 67 |
| Franck Silvestre | DF | 11 | 0 | 67 |
| Albert Emon | FW | 8 | 1 | 66 |
| Daniel Xuereb | FW | 8 | 1 | 66 |
| Stéphane Paille | FW | 8 | 1 | 66 |
| René Girard | MF | 7 | 1 | 66 |
| Dominique Bijotat | MF | 8 | 0 | 65 |
| Luc Sonor | DF | 9 | 0 | 65 |
| Philippe Mahut | DF | 9 | 0 | 65 |
| Sylvain Kastendeuch | DF | 9 | 0 | 65 |
| Alain Moizan | MF | 7 | 0 | 64 |
| Bruno Baronchelli | FW | 6 | 1 | 64 |
| Didier Christophe | MF | 6 | 1 | 64 |
| Marcel Dib | MF | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Éric Pécout | FW | 5 | 1 | 63 |
| Philippe Anziani | FW | 5 | 1 | 63 |
| Bernard Zénier | FW | 5 | 1 | 63 |
| Jean-Pierre Tempet | GK | 5 | — | 62 |
| Michel Bibard | DF | 6 | 0 | 62 |
| Gilles Rampillon | MF | 3 | 1 | 59 |
| Philippe Bergeroo | GK | 3 | — | 59 |
| Jean-Christophe Thouvenel | DF | 4 | 0 | 58 |
| Pascal Despeyroux | MF | 3 | 0 | 58 |
| Patrick Delamontagne | MF | 3 | 0 | 58 |
| Patrice Lecornu | FW | 3 | 0 | 57 |
| Carmelo Micciche | FW | 2 | 1 | 56 |
| Laurent Roussey | FW | 2 | 1 | 56 |
| Jean-Claude Lemoult | MF | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Gérard Buscher | FW | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| François Brisson | FW | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Didier Sénac | DF | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Pierrick Hiard | GK | 1 | — | 52 |
| Albert Rust | GK | 1 | — | 52 |
| Jean-Philippe Rohr | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Bruno Germain | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Jean-Louis Zanon | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Rémy Vogel | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Philippe Jeannol | DF | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Thierry Laurey | DF | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Jean-Marc Ferratge | FW | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Patrice Garande | MF/FW | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Michel Bensoussan | GK | — | — | 48 |
| Jean-François Domergue | DF | — | — | 48 |
| Guy Lacombe | FW | — | — | 48 |
| Patrick Cubaynes | FW | — | — | 48 |
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