This is the list of players of the France Team / Squad by Raymond Domenech:

Strikers of France for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup: Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München, Germany), Florent Malouda (Chelsea FC, England), Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Samir Nasri (Olympique de Marseille, France), Hatem Ben Arfa (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea FC, England), Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona, Spain), Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Djibril Cissé (Olympique de Marseille, France), Bafétimbi Gomis (AS Saint-Etienne, France).

Midfielders of France for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup: Alou Diarra (FC Girondins de Bordeaux, , France), Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal FC, England), Patrick Vieira (FC Internazionale Milano, Italy), Claude Makelele (Chelsea FC, England), Jérémy Toulalan (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth FC, England).

Defenders of France for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup: Willy Sagnol (FC Bayern München, Germany), Lilian Thuram (FC Barcelona, Spain), William Gallas (Arsenal FC, England), Eric Abidal (FC Barcelona, Spain), Patrice Evra (FC Manchester United, England), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Olympique Lyonnais, France), François Clerc (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Julien Escudé (Sevilla FC, Spain), Philippe Mexès (AS Roma, Italy), Sébastien Squillaci (Olympique Lyonnais, France).

Goalkeepers of France for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup: Grégory Coupet (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Mickaël Landreau (Paris Saint-Germain FC, France), Sébastien Frey (ACF Fiorentina, Italy), Steve Mandanda (Olympique de Marseille, France).


The list of players of France for the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup is impressive. However, it is interesting how the French team is not one of the favourites to win the European Tournament. Germany, Portugal, Greece, the Czech Republic, Italy or Spain are among the favourites to win the UEFA Euro 2008 Cup this summer; and France, who was achieved a second place in the last Worl Cup in Germany, is absent from the list.

Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech (born 24 January 1952 in Lyon) is a former French football player and the current manager of the French national team. He is of partly Spanish-Catalan descent. His father fled Spain during the rule of Francisco Franco. He has two children, Victoire (*2004) and Merlin (*2007) with famous football-specialized sports journalist Estelle Denis.

On July 12, 2004, Domenech was a surprise choice to succeed Jacques Santini after the country’s disappointing exit from Euro 2004 by losing in the quarter-final match to the eventual tournament winners Greece. He was given the objective by the Fédération Française de Football to reach “at least” the 2006 FIFA World Cup semi-finals.Now, he will try to win the cup of Euro 2008