The France Squad for the match against England  September 2000
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Anelka, Nicolas Sebastien	14 March 1979	21	F	Paris Saint-Germain FC	18	5
Barthez, Fabien Alain	28 June 1971	29	G	Manchester United FC, England	39	24 GA
Blanc, Laurent Robert	19 November 1965	34	D	FC Internazionale Milano SpA, Italy	96	16
Candela, Vincent Philippe Antonie	24 October 1973	26	D	AS Roma SpA, Italy	24	1
Desailly, Marcel	7 September 1968 born in Ghana	31	D	Chelsea FC, England	73	2
Deschamps, Didier Claude	15 October 1968	31	M	Valencia CF SAD, Spain	102	4
Djorkaeff, Youri Raffi	9 March 1968	32	F	1.FC Kaiserslautern eV, Germany	68	26
Dugarry, Christophe Jérôme	24 March 1972	28	F	FC des Girondins de Bordeaux	44	7
Henry, Thierry Daniel	17 August 1977	23	F	Arsenal FC, England	22	9
Karembeu, Christian Lali	3 February 1970 born in New Caledonia	30	M	Middlesbrough FC, England	45	1
Lama, Bernard Pascal Maurice	7 April 1963	36	G	Stade Rennais FC	43	30 GA
Lebœuf, Frank Alain James	22 November 1968	31	D	Chelsea FC, England	31	3
Lizarazu, Bixente	9 December 1969	30	D	FC Bayern München eV, Germany	59	2
Micoud, Johan	24 July 1973	27	M	SSD Parma Calcio 1913 Srl, Italy	7	0
Petit, Emmanuel Laurent	22 September 1970	29	M	Barcelona FC, Spain	42	3
Pirès, Robert Emmanuel	29 January 1973	27	M	Arsenal FC, England	39	6
Ramé, Ulrich	19 September 1972	27	G	FC des Girondins de Bordeaux	3	1 GA
Thuram-Ulien, Ruddy Lilian	1 January 1972 born in Guadeloupe	28	D	SSD Parma Calcio 1913 Srl, Italy	62	2
Trezeguet, David Sergio	15 October 1977	22	F	Juventus FC SpA, Italy	22	11
Vieira, Patrick	23 June 1976 born in Senegal	24	M	Arsenal FC, England	31	0
Wiltord, Sylvain	10 May 1974	26	F	Arsenal FC, England	18	6
Zidane, Zinedine Yazid	23 June 1972	28	M	Juventus FC SpA, Italy	60	16

Squad details correct up to and including France's match against FIFA All Stars on 16 August 2000.

Diary

The match was promoted as a celebration of France's triumph in the European Championship 2000 tournament, and the squad was composed of the 22 players who were on the French squad for that tournament.  All turned up at the festive Stade de France for the occasion; there were no withdrawals.

France Form: last six games
W L W W W W   f 15:a 8 success: 87%
592	16 June 2000 - Czech Republic 1 France 2 [0-1] Stadion Jan Breydel, Brugge	Poborsky Henry, Djorkaeff	ECF	NW
593	21 June 2000 - France 2 Netherlands 3 [2-1] Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam	Dugarry, Trezeguet Kluivert, F. de Boer, Zenden		AL
594	25 June 2000 - Spain 1 France 2 [1-2] Stadion Jan Breydel, Brugge	Mendieta (pen) Zidane, Djorkaeff		NW
595	28 June 2000 - France 2 Portugal 1 [0-1] AET & Golden Goal after 117 minutes Stade Roi Baudoin, Bruxelles	Henry, Zidane (pen) Nuno Gomes		NW
		Nuno Gomes
596	2 July 2000 - France 2 Italy 1 [0-1] AET & Golden Goal after 103 minutes Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam	Wiltord, Trezeguet Delvecchio		NW
597	16 August 2000 - France 5 FIFA All Stars 1 [2-0] Le stade Vélodrome, Marseilles	Trezeguet (3), Pirès, Anelka Baggio (pen)	Fr	HW

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