yes, they do. Football is the most popular sport in France by number of registered players.
In 2012 (figures issued in late 2013 by the French ministry of sports), the French Tennis Federation had 1,111,136 registered players. In number of registered players, tennis is second only to football in France. 30% of the registered players were women. Many people who are playing tennis only occasionally are not registered.
there are 11 [player's in the french team
(Former) famous French football players: Zinedine ZIDANE, Michel PLATINI. Famous French players today: Franck RIBERY, Hugo LLORIS.
American football is not much of a big deal in France. Football(soccer) is THE sport in France.
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American Football uses an oval ball and french football means Soccer.
Soccer is the most popular sport in France with 2,320,625 registered players last year (2008). (One out of 27 people living in France, considering there are 63,000,000 people in France) Tennis is the number 2 sport with 1,094,593 registered players.
Cisse, Zidane, Henry
French Football Federation (FFF)
In Arsenal there are only a few home players majority are French about 16 players are foreign.
Football is America is very different from French football. In France if you mention football people will assume you mean soccer whereas in America it is the contact sport American Football.