A group combining experience and youth. Thus, Didier Deschamps chose a group with 13 players who have already experienced the World Cup. There are four 2018 world champions with N’Golo Kanté, Kylian Mbappé, Lucas Hernandez and Ousmane Dembélé. The last three playing their third world championship. Present in 2022, Jules Koundé, William Saliba, Dayo Upamecano, Théo Hernandez, Ibrahima Konaté, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Adrien Rabiot and Marcus Thuram will also be part of the adventure for a second campaign. Lucas Digne will also experience a second World Cup after 12 years of waiting, he who was in Brazil in 2014.
On the other hand, there are thirteen of them discovering the World Cup for the first time. Bradley Barcola was there for Euro 2024 like Brice Samba and Warren Zaire-Emery and will discover the World Cup. Experienced Mike Maignan missed the 2022 World Cup due to injury and will finally play this competition while he was at Euro 2020 and 2024. On the other hand, it is a big first for Maxence Lacroix, Malo Gusto, Maghnés Akliouche, Manu Koné, Michael Olise, Désiré Doué, Rayan Cherki and Jean-Philippe Mateta. For Robin Risser, it is even his first summons.
