The most successful nation with twelve titles, the French team is also the one with the most participations since they will take part in the Maurice Revello Tournament for the 43rd time in 48 editions since 1967. Placed in Group A with Argentina, Panama and Saudi Arabia, the Bleuets will have a tough task to reach the semi-finals and hope to conquer a trophy that they failed to win them since 2015. To do so, the U20 team led by Bernard Diomède, himself a former participant in the 1993 tournament, will have some important assets in their squad. France's history in the competition also shows how many Tricolores have revealed themselves on Provence grounds.
RECORD
42 participations : 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Winner in 1977, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2015
Runner-up in 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016
Third in 1983, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2013
France team at the 1982 Maurice Revello Tournament, with Luis Fernandez, Claude Puel, Philippe Anziani, Laurent Paganelli and Jean-Marc Ferreri
AWARDS
Best player : Gérard Soler (1977), Henri Zambelli (1978), José Touré (1980), Jean-Luc Ribar (1986), David Ginola (1987), Florian Maurice (1993), Vikash Dhorasoo (1995), Thierry Henry (1997), Rio Mavuba (2004), Arnold Mvuemba (2005), Ricardo Faty (2006), Kévin Gameiro (2007),
Second best player : Daniel Bravo (1983), Loïc Pérard (1984), David Ginola (1988), Jean-Louis Lima (1989), Bruno N’Gotty (1991), Mikaël Silvestre (1998), Stéphane Dalmat (1999), Etienne Capoue (2009), Frédéric Duplus (2011), Nampalys Mendy (2012), Tiémoué Bakayoko (2014), Presnel Kimpembe (2015), Sehrou Guirassy (2016)
Third best player : Maxime Bossis (1975), Peter Luccin (1997), Jimmy Briand (2005), Younes Belhanda (2010)
Top scorer : Gérard Soler (1977), Jean-Pierre Papin (1985), David Zitelli (1988), Florian Maurice (1993), Thierry Henry (1997), Peguy Luyindula (1999), Djibril Cissé (2001), Bryan Bergougnoux (2004), Kévin Gameiro (2007), Steeven Joseph-Monrose (2011), Jean-Christophe Bahebeck (2014), Enzo Crivelli (2015)
Best goalkeeper : Jean-Claude Nadon (1985), Grégory Coupet (1994), Franck Histilloles (1995), Benjamin Gavanon (2004), Steve Mandanda (2005), Hugo Lloris (2006), Franck L’Hostis (2011), Zacharie Boucher (2013), Paul Nardi (2014)
Special Prize : Didier Deschamps (1988), Lionel Letizi (1993), Laurent Robert (1996), Philippe Mexès (2001),
Goal of the Tournament : Lynel Kitambala (2010), Adrien Trebel (2012), Alexandre Coeff (2013), Romain Habran (2015)
Fair-play Prize : 1975, 1978, 1995, 2006, 2009, 2011
France team who won the 2015 Tournament with Presnel Kimpembe and Thomas Lemar
THE MOST FAMOUS FRENCH INTERNATIONALS WHO PLAYED THE MAURICE REVELLO TOURNAMENT
Maxime Bossis (1975), Luis Fernandez, Jean-Marc Ferreri (1982), Joël Bats (1983), Jean-Pierre Papin, Franck Sauzée (1985), Laurent Blanc (1986), David Ginola (1987, 1988), Didier Deschamps (1988), Youri Djorkaeff (1989), Emmanuel Petit (1990), Fabien Barthez, Zinédine Zidane (1991), Christophe Dugarry, Lilian Thuram (1992), Bernard Diomède (1993), Johan Micoud (1994), Robert Pirès (1994, 1995), Nicolas Anelka, William Gallas, Thierry Henry, Willy Sagnol, David Trezeguet (1997), Mikaël Silvestre (1997, 1998), Djibril Cissé (2001), Steve Mandanda (2005), Hugo Lloris (2006), Yohan Cabaye (2006), Kévin Gameiro (2007), Loïc Rémy (2007), Mamadou Sakho (2009), Etienne Capoue (2009), Moussa Sissoko (2009), Morgan Schneiderlin (2010), Djibril Sidibé (2012, 2013), Layvin Kurzawa (2013), Tiémoué Bakayoko (2014), Adrien Rabiot (2014), Presnel Kimpembe (2015), Thomas Lemar (2015)
France team at the 1997 Tournament with Nicolas Anelka, Thierry Henry, William Gallas, Willy Sagnol, David Trezeguet...
MANAGERS
Henri Guérin (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978), Jack Braun (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982), Marc Bourrier (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992), Roger Lemerre (1987, 1995, 1996), Jean-Pierre Morlans (1993), Raymond Domenech (1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004), Gérard Houiller (1997), René Girard (2005), Jean Gallice (2006, 2008), Philippe Bergeroo (2007, 2012), Erick Mombaerts (2009), Patrick Gonfalone (2010, 2016), Pierre Mankowski (2011), Willy Sagnol (2013), Ludovic Batelli (2014), Francis Smerecki (2015), Jean-Claude Giuntini (2017), Johan Radet (2018), Jean-Luc Vannuchi (2019)