French federation of football
The French federation of football (FF) is a French association founded law 1901 the April 7th 1919 under the name of French federation of football association (FF) by transformation of the French Comité interfédéral created into 1907 gathering the clubs of Football of France and organizing national competitions and the international matches of the selection of France.
It is affiliated with FIFA since 1907 under the name of CFI when it succeeded USFSA, member founder in 1904.
Role of the FF
Organization
The French federation of football has as a role:- to organize, develop and control the teaching and the practice of football, in all its forms, by players of different statutes, in France, on the metropolitan territory and in the departments and overseas territories,
- to create and maintain a bond between its individual members, the clubs affiliated, its districts, its regional leagues, the federal League of football amateur and the Professional football league,
- to defend the moral and material interests French football,
- to maintain all relationships useful to foreign associations affiliated for FIFA, sporting organizations national and them public authorities.
Competitions
The FF delegates to the League management professional football (Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Coupe of the League), but the League, founded in 1944, remains under the authority of the Federation.The Coupe de France is placed under the authority of a Commission of the Coupe de France, directly attached to the FF. The FF also organizes all the other competitions in national matter, of the Championships of France amateurs (National, CFA 1 and CFA 2), the female championships of France (D1, D2 and D3), the championships of young people and corpos, mainly.
At the regional and local level, the Leagues and the districts take over FF, but always authority of the latter.
Regional Leagues of the FF
Metropolis
DOM-TOM
- Some of these leagues have special agreements with FIFA and the FF enabling them to present regional selections in certain international competitions, the World cup or the Gold Cup, for example.
- League inhabitant of Guadeloupe of football (associate member with CONCACAF)
- Football league of the French Guiana (associate member with CONCACAF)
- Football league of Martinique (associate member with CONCACAF)
- Committee of football of the Islands of North (Saint Martin's day) (associate member with CONCACAF)
- Football league of Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon
- League réunionnaise of football (associate member with CIF)
- tahitienne Federation of football (member of FIFA since 1990)
- Federation calédonienne of football (member of FIFA since 2004)
- Football league of Mayotte
It should be noted that even the clubs tahitiens and calédoniens take part in the Coupe de France. The Magenta ACE (New Caledonia), for example, took share with the 7th tower of the Coupe de France 2005-2006. Eliminated 4-0 by the GSI Pontivy. Tahitiens de Manu Ura were inclined at this same stage of 7th turn 1-2 vis-a-vis Holy-Genevieve.
Prize list of the national teams
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World cup
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intercontinental Cut: 1985 (Crossed Artémio Trophy)
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Kirin Cut: 1994
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Holder of the Stick of Nasazzi (*) to 7 resumptions (of the February 23rd to the March 30th 1977; November 16th 1977 with the June 2nd 1978; July 4th with the July 10th 1982; February 16th with the September 7th 1983; June 16th 1984 with the May 2nd 1985 (more long period - 10 months ½); September 4th 1991 with the February 19th 1992; and of the April 25th to the 1 {{er}} June 2001)
Amateurs
- Mediterranean Plays: 1967 (1st ex æquo)
Olympic
- Olympic champion: 1984
Hopes (- 21 years)
- Champion of Europe: 1988
Team of France of football of less than 20 years
- Quarter of finalist of the World cup: 1997 in Malaysia, 2001 in Argentina.
- Victorious of the Tournament of Toulon: 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007.
- Plays of the Francophonie: 1994
Team of France of football of less than 19 years
- Victorious of the Championship of Europe:
Team of France of football of less than 18 years
- Victorious of the Football world cup of less than 17 years in 2001
Team of France of football of less than 17 years
- Champion of Europe: 2004
Team of France of football of less than 16 years
- Victorious of the international triangular tournament in Switzerland of 2000
military
- World champion: 1948, 1949, 1957, 1964, 1995
- Kentish Challenge: 21 victories (annual tournament against the armies British and Belgian of 1919 with 1986)
- Interallied Plays: finalist in 1919
female has
- * 1978: Female winner of the Football world cup ex-aequo (nonofficial competition)
female of less than 21 years
female of less than 20 years
female of less than 19 years
- Champion of Europe: 2003
female of less than 17 years
- Victorious of Nordic Cup in Hamar (Norway) in 2007
Football of companies (corpos)
Beach Soccer
- World champion and champion of Europe: 2005
(*: virtually transmitted by the national team overcome in official match, since the Uruguay 1st winner of the Football world cup in 1930)
History
Presidents of the FF
- Jules Rimet (April 7th 1919 - 1942 then 1944 - 1949).
- Henri Jevain (1942 - 1944).
- Emmanuel Gambardella (1949 - 1953).
- Pierre Pochonnet (1953 - 1963).
- Antoine Chiarisoli (1963 - 1968).
- Jacques Georges (1968 - 1972, then by interim of the December 29th 1993 with the February 19th 1994).
- Fernand Sastre (1972 - 1984).
- Jean Fournet-Beech (1985 - December 29th 1993).
- Claude Simonet (of the February 19th 1994 with the February 12th 2005).
- Jean-Pierre Escalettes (since the February 12th 2005)
Managing directors of the FF
- Michel Cagnion (1969-1992)
- Gerard Enault (1993, interim)
- Gerard Enault (1994-2005)
- Jacques Lambert (since the April 15th 2005)
Bachelors
Dependant article
Championships of League 1 with the Districts
External bonds
- Official site
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