2024–25 in French football

The following article is a summary of the 2024–25 football season in France, is the 91st season of competitive football in the country and will run from July 2024 to June 2025.

National team

France national football team

Friendlies

UEFA Euro 2024

Knockout stage

1 July 2024 (2024-07-01) EURO R16	France	1–0	Belgium	Düsseldorf
18:00		Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena

5 July 2024 (2024-07-05) EURO QF	Portugal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	France	Hamburg
				Stadium: Volksparkstadion
	Penalties
	Ronaldo B. Silva Félix Mendes		Dembélé Fofana Koundé Barcola Hernandez

9 July 2024 (2024-07-09) EURO SF	Spain	2–1	France	Munich, Germany
21:00		Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

2024–25 UEFA Nations League A Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy	Qualification for quarter-finals	—	10 Oct	17 Nov	14 Oct
2	Belgium	Qualification for quarter-finals	14 Nov	—	14 Oct	6 Sep
3	France	Qualification for relegation play-offs	6 Sep	9 Sep	—	14 Nov
4	Israel	Relegation to League B	9 Sep	17 Nov	10 Oct	—

First match(es) will be played: 6 September 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06)	France	v	Italy	Paris, France
20:45		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes

9 September 2024 (2024-09-09)	France	v	Belgium	Décines-Charpieu, France
20:45		Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Nice

10 October 2024 (2024-10-10)	Israel	v	France	TBD^{[note 1]}
20:45		Report		Stadium: TBD

14 October 2024 (2024-10-14)	Belgium	v	France	Leuven, Belgium
20:45		Report		Stadium: Den Dreef

14 November 2024 (2024-11-14)	France	v	Israel	Saint-Denis, France
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade de France

17 November 2024 (2024-11-17)	Italy	v	France	Cagliari, Italy
20:45		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena

U23

Summer Olympics

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Guinea	3	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

24 July 2024	France	3–0	United States	Marseille, France
21:00 UTC+2	Lacazette 61' Olise 69' Badé 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Marseille Attendance: 48,721 Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

27 July 2024	France	1–0	Guinea	Nice, France
21:00 UTC+2	Sildillia 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Nice Attendance: 36,178 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

30 July 2024	New Zealand	0–3	France	Marseille, France
19:00 UTC+2		Report	Mateta 19' Doué 71' Kalimuendo 74'	Stadium: Stade de Marseille Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

Knock-out stage

2 August 2024 QF	France	1–0	Argentina	Bordeaux, France
21:00 UTC+2	Mateta 5'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 37,153 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

5 August 2024 SF	France	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Egypt	Décines-Charpieu, France
21:00 UTC+2	Mateta 83', 99' Olise 108'	Report	Mahmoud Saber 62'	Stadium: Stade de Lyon Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Gold medal match

9 August 2024

18:00

France	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Spain
Millot 11' Akliouche 79' Mateta 90+3' (pen.)	Report	F. López 18', 25' Baena 28' Camello 100', 120+1'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 44,260^[2]

Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

France women's national football team

Friendlies

5 July 2024

France

5–0

Uzbekistan

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	6	4	0	2	8	7	+1	12	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–2	2–1	1–0
2	England	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Qualify for final tournament	1–2	—	1–1	2–1
3	Sweden	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8	Advance to play-offs (seeded)	0–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	Republic of Ireland (R)	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3	Advance to play-offs (seeded) and relegation to League B	3–1	0–2	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated

12 July 2024	France	2–1	Sweden	Dijon
		Report		Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Referee: Jelena Cvetković (Serbia)

16 July 2024	Republic of Ireland	3–1	France	Cork, Ireland
		Report		Stadium: Páirc Uí Chaoimh Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)

Summer Olympics

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	3	0	5	2	+3	3^[a]
3	Colombia	3	1	2	4	4	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ On 27 July 2024, Canada were penalized 6 points by FIFA for their coaching staff's involvement in illegal drone spying at an official training venue.^[3] The decision was upheld by CAS on 31 July.^[4]

25 July 2024	France	3–2	Colombia	Décines-Charpieu
21:00	Katoto 6', 42' Dali 18'	Report	Katoto 6', 42' Dali 18'	Stadium: Stade de Lyon Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

28 July 2024	France	1–2	Canada	Saint-Étienne
21:00	Katoto 42'	Report	Fleming 58' Gilles 90+12'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

31 July 2024	New Zealand	1–2	France	Décines-Charpieu
21:00	Taylor 43'	Report	Katoto 22', 49'	Stadium: Stade de Lyon Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

Knock-out stage

3 August 2024 QF	France	0–1	Brazil	Nantes
21:00		Report	Gabi Portilho 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lille	3–2	Fenerbahçe	2–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lille		Slavia Prague	2–0	28 Aug

League phase

UEFA Europa League

League phase

Nice
Lyon

UEFA Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lens		Panathinaikos	22 Aug	29 Aug

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Round 1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Paris FC	4 Sep	First Vienna

Final / Third-place play-off

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Paris FC	7 Sep

Round 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paris Saint-Germain			18/19 Sep	25/26 Sep

Group stage

Lyon

League season

Men

Ligue 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	3	Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3
3	Rennes	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
4	Lille	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
5	Auxerre	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	Qualification for the Europa League league stage
6	Lens	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
7	Monaco	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
8	Montpellier	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
9	Strasbourg	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
10	Nantes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
11	Toulouse	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
12	Nice	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
13	Angers	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
14	Saint-Étienne	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
15	Reims	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
16	Le Havre	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Lyon	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Brest	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	0	Relegation to Ligue 2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2024. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[5]

Ligue 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Guingamp	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Amiens	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Annecy	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Paris FC	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
5	Grenoble	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
6	Ajaccio	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
7	Lorient	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
8	Clermont	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
9	Pau	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
10	Bastia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
11	Metz	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
12	Laval	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
13	Martigues	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
14	Rodez	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
15	Caen	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
16	Dunkerque	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0	Qualificiation for relegation play-offs
17	Red Star	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0	Relegation to National
18	Troyes	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0	Relegation to National

Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2024. Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points

Championnat National

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Concarneau	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Promotion to Ligue 2
2	Sochaux	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
3	Orléans	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
4	Boulogne	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
5	Bourg-Péronnas	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
6	Valenciennes	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
7	Versailles	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
8	Nancy	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
9	Rouen	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
10	Bordeaux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Villefranche	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Nîmes	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
13	Aubagne	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
14	Châteauroux	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
15	Dijon	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
16	Le Mans	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0	Relegation to Championnat National 2
17	Paris 13 Atletico	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0
18	Quevilly-Rouen	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2024. Source: soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head results; 2) head-to-head goal difference; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) fair play points

Women

Division 1 Féminine

Regular season

2024–25 Division 1 Féminine

Cup competitions

2024–25 Coupe de France

Final

2025 Coupe de France final

2024 Trophée des Champions

TBD

Paris Saint-Germain	v	Monaco

TBD

2023–24 Coupe de France Féminine

Final

2024 Trophée des Championnes

Notes

^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[1]

References

^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ "Match report – France v Spain" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^ "FIFA Appeal Committee decision on the Canadian Soccer Association and its officials". FIFA. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "The appeal filed by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer is dismissed" (PDF) (Press release). Paris: Court of Arbitration for Sport. 31 July 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[table_hth_CAN0.71170577765988-6] On 27 July 2024, Canada were penalized 6 points by FIFA for their coaching staff's involvement in illegal drone spying at an official training venue.^[3] The decision was upheld by CAS on 31 July.^[4]

[2] Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[1]

[1] "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[att-3] "Match report – France v Spain" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

[drone-4] "FIFA Appeal Committee decision on the Canadian Soccer Association and its officials". FIFA. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

[drone_appeal-5] "The appeal filed by the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer is dismissed" (PDF) (Press release). Paris: Court of Arbitration for Sport. 31 July 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

[7] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

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