France’s connections with the UEFA European Championships are numerous. They have frequently hosted the tournament, including the inaugural finals in 1960, and have twice won the competition and appeared in the latter stages on a number of occasions.
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France vs Slovenia UEFA Euros Tournament Record
France qualified for the first-ever UEFA European Championships and hosted the finals, which was a relatively modest affair with only four sides taking part.
The French somehow contrived to lose their Semi-Final against Yugoslavia; despite being 4-2 ahead with 15 minutes to play, they still managed to lose 5-4 to the eventual runners-up, with the Soviet Union picking up the first title.
France failed to qualify for any of the next five finals but made it based on being hosts for Euro 1984. That tournament was something of a groundbreaking one for the tournament and arguably helped to bring the competition to an even wider audience.
The nucleus of a French side that impressed at the 1982 FIFA World Cup romped to success on home soil, with captain Michel Platini leading from the front, scoring nine goals to finish as the top-scorer in the competition, including the opener in their 2-0 win over Spain in the UEFA European Championship Final.
Euro 1996 represented their next strong run and saw France knocked out in the Semi-Finals by the Czech Republic. They then picked up their second title at Euro 2000 and did so after two fine comeback wins in the latter stages.
They overcame Portugal in the Semi-Final, with Zinedine Zidane scoring an extra-time winner, and then in the final, against Italy, substitutes Sylvain Wiltord and David Trezeguet both scored to complete a 2-1 victory over Dino Zoff’s men in Amsterdam.
Quarter-Final exits at Euro 2004 and Euro 2012 sandwiched a poor group stage elimination at Euro 2008 and at Euro 2016, which France hosted, they came very close to making it a hat-trick of UEFA European Championship titles.
Wins over the Republic of Ireland, Iceland, and Germany booked Didier Deschamps’s side a final date with Portugal at the Stade de France.
France had plenty of chances to win the match, having 18 shots to Portugal’s nine, but they suffered a late defeat thanks to a long-range cracker from Eder in the 109th minute.
Slovenia’s only previous involvement in the UEFA European Championship finals came at Euro 2000.
The tournament seemed to be starting in amazing fashion, with Zlatko Zahovic scoring twice and Miran Pavlin also netting to put them 3-0 ahead against the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. However, Slovenia choked and conceded three goals themselves to see out a 3-3 draw in Charleroi.
Zahovic was again on target during a narrow 2-1 loss to Spain, and they needed a win from their final group game to have any chance of securing progress to the knockout stages but could only manage a goalless draw in Arnhem.
France vs Slovenia Head-to-Head
France and Slovenia have twice met in previous UEFA European Championship action, those coming in the qualifying for Euro 2004.
Jacques Santini’s France side won 5-0 against Slovenia in Paris with former Fulham forward Steve Marlet scoring twice and the other goals coming from Patrick Vieira, Sylvain Wiltford, and Sidney Govou.
France won the return fixture in Ljubljana 2-0, with David Trezeguet and Olivier Dacourt netting.
