| 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) |
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| 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 |
