Didier Deschamps - International Matches as Coach


The outstanding French coach coached the French national team for 139 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

For his international matches as player, see Didier Deschamps - Century of International Appearances.


Born: 15-10-1968
Country: France   
Matches as Coach:	139	(W89-D28-L22 - GF278-GA119 - %74.10)

Age First Match: 43 yr 304 d	   15- 8-2012 vs. Uruguay 0-0
Age Last Match:  54 yr  64 d	   18-12-2022 vs. Argentina 3-3
National Team Career: 10 yr 125 d 

Caps    Date  	Venue   	Opponent       Score 	Competition
  1   15- 8-12	Le Havre	Uruguay 	0-0	
  2    7- 9-12	Helsinki	Finland 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
  3   11- 9-12	Saint-Denis	Belarus 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
  4   12-10-12	Saint-Denis	Japan   	0-1	
  5   16-10-12	Madrid  	Spain   	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
  6   14-11-12	Parma   	Italy   	2-1	
  7    6- 2-13	Saint-Denis	Germany 	1-2	
  8   22- 3-13	Saint-Denis	Georgia 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
  9   26- 3-13	Saint-Denis	Spain   	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 10    5- 6-13	Montevideo	Uruguay 	0-1	
 11    9- 6-13	Porto Alegre	Brazil  	0-3	
 12   14- 8-13	Brussel 	Belgium 	0-0	
 13    6- 9-13	Tbilisi 	Georgia 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 14   10- 9-13	Homel   	Belarus 	4-2	World Cup Qualifier
 15   11-10-13	Paris   	Australia	6-0	
 16   15-10-13	Saint-Denis	Finland 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 17   15-11-13	Kyiv    	Ukraine 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 18   19-11-13	Saint-Denis	Ukraine 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 19    5- 3-14	Saint-Denis	Netherlands	2-0	
 20   27- 5-14	Saint-Denis	Norway  	4-0	
 21    1- 6-14	Nice    	Paraguay	1-1	
 22    8- 6-14	Lille   	Jamaica 	0-0	
 23   15- 6-14	Porto Alegre	Honduras	3-0	World Cup
 24   20- 6-14	Salvador	Switzerland	5-2	World Cup
 25   25- 6-14	Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador 	0-0	World Cup
 26   30- 6-14	Brasília	Nigeria  	2-0	World Cup
 27    4- 7-14	Rio de Janeiro	Germany 	0-1	World Cup
 28    4- 9-14	Saint-Denis	Spain   	1-0	
 29    7- 9-14	Beograd 	Serbia  	1-1	
 30   11-10-14	Saint-Denis	Portugal	2-1	
 31   14-10-14	Yerevan 	Armenia 	3-0	
 32   14-11-14	Rennes  	Albania 	1-1	
 33   18-11-14	Marseille	Sweden  	1-0	
 34   26- 3-15	Saint-Denis	Brazil  	1-3	
 35   29- 3-15	Saint-Etienne	Denmark 	2-0	
 36    7- 6-15	Saint-Denis	Belgium 	3-4	
 37   13- 6-15	Elbasan 	Albania 	0-1	
 38    4- 9-15	Lisboa  	Portugal	1-0	
 39    7- 9-15	Bordeaux	Serbia  	2-1	
 40    8-10-15	Nice    	Armenia 	4-0	
 41   11-10-15	København	Denmark 	2-1	
 42   13-11-15	Saint-Denis	Germany 	2-0	
 43   17-11-15	London  	England 	0-2	
 44   25- 3-16	Amsterdam	Netherlands	3-2	
 45   29- 3-16	Saint-Denis	Russia  	4-2	
 46   30- 5-16	Nantes  	Cameroon	3-2	
 47    4- 6-16	Metz    	Scotland	3-0	
 48   10- 6-16	Saint-Denis	Romania 	2-1	European Champ.
 49   15- 6-16	Marseille	Albania 	2-0	European Champ.
 50   19- 6-16	Lille   	Switzerland	0-0	European Champ.
 51   26- 6-16	Lyon    	Ireland 	2-1	European Champ.
 52    3- 7-16	Saint-Denis	Iceland 	5-2	European Champ.
 53    7- 7-16	Marseille	Germany 	2-0	European Champ.
 54   10- 7-16	Saint-Denis	Portugal	0-1	European Champ.
 55    1- 9-16	Bari    	Italy   	3-1	
 56    6- 9-16	Barysau 	Belarus 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 57    7-10-16	Saint-Denis	Bulgaria	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
 58   10-10-16	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 59   11-11-16	Saint-Denis	Sweden  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 60   15-11-16	Lens    	Ivory Coast	0-0	
 61   25- 3-17	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 62   28- 3-17	Saint-Denis	Spain   	0-2	
 63    2- 6-17	Rennes  	Paraguay	5-0	
 64    9- 6-17	Stockholm	Sweden  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 65   13- 6-17	Saint-Denis	England 	3-2	
 66   31- 8-17	Saint-Denis	Netherlands	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 67    3- 9-17	Toulouse	Luxembourg	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 68    7-10-17	Sofia   	Bulgaria	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 69   10-10-17	Saint-Denis	Belarus 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 70   10-11-17	Saint-Denis	Wales   	2-0	
 71   14-11-17	Köln     	Germany 	2-2	
 72   23- 3-18	Saint-Denis	Colombia	2-3	
 73   27- 3-18	Sankt Peterburg	Russia  	3-1	
 74   28- 5-18	Saint-Denis	Ireland 	2-0	
 75    1- 6-18	Nice    	Italy   	3-1	
 76    9- 6-18	Lyon    	United States	1-1	
 77   16- 6-18	Kazan   	Australia	2-1	World Cup
 78   21- 6-18	Ekaterinburg	Peru    	1-0	World Cup
 79   26- 6-18	Moskva  	Denmark 	0-0	World Cup
 80   30- 6-18	Kazan   	Argentina	4-3	World Cup
 81    6- 7-18	Nizhny Novgorod	Uruguay 	2-0	World Cup
 82   10- 7-18	Sankt Peterburg	Belgium 	1-0	World Cup
 83   15- 7-18	Moskva  	Croatia 	4-2	World Cup
 84    6- 9-18	München 	Germany 	0-0	Nations League
 85    9- 9-18	Saint-Denis	Netherlands	2-1	Nations League
 86   11-10-18	Guingamp	Iceland 	2-2	
 87   16-10-18	Saint-Denis	Germany 	2-1	Nations League
 88   16-11-18	Rotterdam	Netherlands	0-2	Nations League
 89   20-11-18	Saint-Denis	Uruguay 	1-0	
 90   22- 3-19	Chisinau	Moldova 	4-1	European Ch. Qualifier
 91   25- 3-19	Saint-Denis	Iceland 	4-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 92    2- 6-19	Nantes  	Bolivia 	2-0	
 93    8- 6-19	Konya   	Turkey  	0-2	European Ch. Qualifier
 94   11- 6-19	Andorra La V.	Andorra 	4-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 95    7- 9-19	Saint-Denis	Albania 	4-1	European Ch. Qualifier
 96   10- 9-19	Saint-Denis	Andorra 	3-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 97   11-10-19	Reykjavík	Iceland 	1-0	European Ch. Qualifier
 98   14-10-19	Saint-Denis	Turkey  	1-1	European Ch. Qualifier
 99   14-11-19	Saint-Denis	Moldova 	2-1	European Ch. Qualifier
100   17-11-19	Tiranë  	Albania 	2-0	European Ch. Qualifier
101    5- 9-20	Stockholm	Sweden  	1-0	Nations League
102    8- 9-20	Saint-Denis	Croatia 	4-2	Nations League
103    7-10-20	Saint-Denis	Ukraine 	7-1	
104   11-10-20	Saint-Denis	Portugal	0-0	Nations League
105   14-10-20	Zagreb  	Croatia 	2-1	Nations League
106   11-11-20	Saint-Denis	Finland 	0-2	
107   14-11-20	Lisboa   	Portugal	1-0	Nations League
108   17-11-20	Saint-Denis	Sweden  	4-2	Nations League
109   24- 3-21	Saint-Denis	Ukraine 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
110   28- 3-21	Nur-Sultan	Kazakhstan	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
111   31- 3-21	Sarajevo	Bosnia-Herzeg.	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
112    2- 6-21	Nice    	Wales   	3-0	
113    8- 6-21	Saint-Denis	Bulgaria	3-0	
114   15- 6-21	München 	Germany 	1-0	European Champ.
115   19- 6-21	Budapest	Hungary  	1-1	European Champ.
116   23- 6-21	Budapest	Portugal	2-2	European Champ.
117   28- 6-21	Bucuresti	Switzerland 	3-3 [1]	European Champ.
118    1- 9-21	Strasbourg	Bosnia-Herzeg.  1-1	World Cup Qualifier
119    4- 9-21	Kyiv    	Ukraine 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
120    7- 9-21	Lyon    	Finland 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
121    7-10-21	Torino  	Belgium 	3-2	Nations League
122   10-10-21	Milano  	Spain   	2-1	Nations League
123   13-11-21	Saint-Denis	Kazakhstan	8-0	World Cup Qualifier
124   16-11-21	Helsinki	Finland 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
125   25- 3-22	Marseille	Ivory Coast	2-1	
126   29- 3-22	V'neuve d'Ascq	South Africa	5-0	
127    3- 6-22	Saint-Denis	Denmark 	1-2	Nations League
128    6- 6-22	Split   	Croatia 	1-1	Nations League
129   10- 6-22	Wien    	Austria 	1-1	Nations League
130   13- 6-22	Saint-Denis	Croatia 	0-1	Nations League
131   22- 9-22	Saint-Denis	Austria 	2-0	Nations League
132   25- 9-22	København	Denmark 	0-2	Nations League
133   22-11-22	Al-Wakrah	Australia	4-1	World Cup
134   26-11-22	Doha     	Denmark 	2-1	World Cup
135   30-11-22	Doha    	Tunisia 	0-1	World Cup
136    4-12-22	Doha    	Poland   	3-1	World Cup
137   10-12-22	Al-Khor  	England 	2-1	World Cup
138   14-12-22	Al-Khor  	Morocco 	2-0	World Cup
139   18-12-22	Doha    	Argentina 	3-3 [2]	World Cup

[1] France lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] France lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.

Remark: Deschamps became FIFA World Cup champion in 2018 


Total Record

Matches	Won Draw Lost	For-Against     Points	Percentage

    139	 89  28  22	278-119		206	74.10

Types of Matches
Friendlies		 53
World Cup Qualifier	 28
World Cup		 19
UEFA Nations League	 18 
European Championship	 11
European Ch. Qualifier	 10

Total matches:  	139



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