[1] As such the national team are eligible to play in the World Cup and the European Championship, whilst clubs can enter the UEFA Women's Champions League.
The earliest known women's football match involving the French was a women's French team versus the Dick, Kerr's Ladies team from Preston, played at Goodison Park, Liverpool on Boxing Day 1920, attracted a crowd of 53,000 with another 10–15,000 reportedly turned away because the ground was full.
[4][5][6] The first recorded instance of women's football in France was in 1910 at a high school for young girls in Pont-à-Mousson (Meurthe-et-Moselle).
[9] Although as a recreational activity women's football was able to survive after World War 2, the first organised games dates back to July 1968 when Pierre Geoffroy a journalist from L'Union launched an appeal to organise a women's match during the annual fair.
[10] In the wake of Reims, other women's football teams were created, notably in Champagne-Ardenne, Bas-Rhin, Charente, and the suburbs of Lyon and Paris, which led the French Football Federation to officially recognise the practice on 23 March 1970 and about fifty teams during the year.
Until the 1991–92 season, the championship included a first group stage followed by a direct elimination phase with a final to decree the winning team of the title.
[14] This has made Lyon the most successful side since 1975 with 14 titles, followed by VGA Saint-Maur and Paris FC with six apiece.
Lyon are the most successful team in the history of the tournament with seven wins and two other final appearances (3 more than German side Frankfurt).
From 2023–24 onwards : 3 On 17 April 1971, the French team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against the Netherlands with Marie-Claire Caron-Harant and Jocelyne Ratignier scoring.
[18] The national team, who do not have a permanent home stadium, have qualified for the World Cup four times, firstly in 2003.
Since 1987 there have been seven managers: Aimé Mignot (1987–1997), Élisabeth Loisel (1997–2007), Bruno Bini (2007–2013), Philippe Bergeroo (2013–2016), Olivier Echouafni (2016–2017), Corinne Diacre (2017–2023), Hervé Renard (2023–present).