Has France ever won the World Cup as Les Bleus chase history in Qatar

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Didier Deschamps’ France side will be aiming to become just the third nation to win the World Cup back-to-back in Qatar this winter.

After beating Croatia in the final of Russia 2018, Les Bleus will once again be one of the favourites to lift the biggest trophy in football, in the Middle East.

Deschamps’ men have been drawn in Group D with Denmark, Australia and Tunisia.

France faced Denmark in the third edition of the UEFA Nations League, and alongside the Danes, Australia was also drawn alongside France in Russia.

Has France ever won the World Cup?

Under the stewardship of Aime Jacquet, a Zinedine Zidane inspired France beat Brazil in the 1998 World Cup final at the Stade de France.

Two headers from Zidane gave Les Bleus a 2-0 lead against Mario Zagallo’s star-studded Selecao at half-time before Emanuel Petit scored a late third to ensure France got their hands on the World Cup trophy for the first time in history.

Having cruised through their group, France needed a Laurent Blanc goal in extra time to get past Paraguay in the last-16.

France beat Italy on penalties in the quarter-finals before setting up a showdown with Brazil after beating Croatia 2-1 in the semi-finals.

Italy got their revenge on France after the Azzurri beat Les Bleus on penalties in the 2006 World Cup final at the Olympiastadion.

France won the biggest competition in football for the second time four years ago in Russia when Deschamps’ men saw off the Croatians 4-2 in the final.

With Raphael Varane leading the backline, N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba dominating midfield and Kylian Mbappe tormenting defences, France were once again world champions 20 years after their maiden triumph.

Having picked up seven points from Group C, in a group containing Peru, Australia and Denmark, France beat Argentina in a seven-goal thriller in the last-16 before beating Uruguay and Belgium en-route to the final.

Despite injury worries seemingly mounting for Deschamps ahead of the Qatar World Cup, the former midfielder has Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema added to the side that won four years ago.