1872 - Birth of the first French club, Le Havre AC

1904 - The French team's first match at Brussels against Belgium (3-3)

1917 - Creation of the French Cup (Charles-Simon Cup)

1932-1933 - First professional championship won by Olympique de Marseille

1938 - France organised the third World Cup

1958 - France won third place at the World Cup in Sweden

1960 - France organised the first European Nations' Cup

1984 - France won Euro 84 and the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics

1986 - France was third in the World Cup at Mexico

1988 - Creation of the Centre National Technique du Football based in Clairefontaine (Yvelines)

1992 - The FIFA entrusted the organisation of the 1998 World Cup to France

1993 - Olympique de Marseille won the European Club Champions Cup, the first European trophy to be won by a French Club

1994 - The FFF topped the two million membership mark