# France v Gibraltar (UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying)
**France v Gibraltar** was a [UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-euro-2024-qualifying) match played on 18 November 2023 at the [Allianz Riviera](https://www.edgepedia.org/allianz-riviera) in Nice, in which France defeated [Gibraltar](https://www.edgepedia.org/gibraltar) 14-0, the largest victory in the history of the French national team and a record margin for men's European Championship qualifying.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) • [2](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/18/france-thrash-gibraltar-14-0-in-record-mens-euro-2024-qualifying-win)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Result | France 14-0 Gibraltar, Euro 2024 qualifying Group B, matchday 8, 18 November 2023, Allianz Riviera, Nice[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) |
| French record | Largest win in France's history, erasing the 10-0 against Azerbaijan of 6 September 1995[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) • [3](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Les-chiffres-a-retenir-de-la-victoire-record-de-l-equipe-de-france-contre-gibraltar/1432400) |
| Qualifying record | Biggest men's European Championship qualifying win, surpassing Germany's 13-0 against San Marino in 2006[2](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/18/france-thrash-gibraltar-14-0-in-record-mens-euro-2024-qualifying-win) |
| Leading scorer | Kylian Mbappé, hat-trick (30th-minute penalty, 74th, 82nd) plus assists[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) • [4](https://www.eurosport.fr/football/qualifications-euro/2024/l-antiseche-de-france-gibraltar-14-0-soiree-raclee-cest-de-saison_sto9888896/story.shtml) |
| Debut goal | Warren Zaïre-Emery scored on his first cap at 17 years, 8 months and 10 days, becoming the second-youngest scorer in France's history behind Maurice Gastiger, before leaving injured[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) • [14](https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/7879-gastiger-maurice/fiche.html) |
| Match statistics | 67% possession for France; 39 French shots (19 on target) against none from Gibraltar; attendance 32,758[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) |
| Group outcome | Secured first place in Group B and top-seed status for the Euro 2024 draw; France finished with 7 wins in 7 and 27 goals for, 1 against[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) |
## Context and stakes
France entered the match already qualified for the final tournament in Germany, but the result still carried competitive weight: a win would guarantee first place in [Group B](https://www.edgepedia.org/group-b) and a place among the five best group winners, which meant top-seed status at the draw in Hamburg on 2 December 2023.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) • [5](https://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/football-l-equipe-de-france-signe-la-victoire-la-plus-large-de-son-histoire-7900322437) Gibraltar, ranked 198th in the FIFA world ranking, sat last in the group with 0 points.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) • [6](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/live/2023/11/18/france-gibraltar-en-direct-suivez-le-match-de-qualification-a-l-euro-2024_6200990_3242.html)
It was the second meeting between the two teams. France had won the first leg in Faro 3-0 in June 2023, and the opening minutes in Nice quickly reproduced that scoreline.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html)
## The match
**A one-sided evening from the start.** France led within three minutes when Ethan Santos deflected Jonathan Clauss's cross into his own net, and [Marcus Thuram](https://www.edgepedia.org/marcus-thuram) made it 2-0 a minute later. Santos was sent off in the 18th minute for the tackle that preceded Zaïre-Emery's goal, leaving Gibraltar with ten men for most of the match.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html)
France led 7-0 at half-time, with seven different scorers: Santos's own goal, Thuram, Zaïre-Emery, Mbappé from a penalty, Clauss, Kingsley Coman, and Youssouf Fofana.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) • [4](https://www.eurosport.fr/football/qualifications-euro/2024/l-antiseche-de-france-gibraltar-14-0-soiree-raclee-cest-de-saison_sto9888896/story.shtml) The second half added seven more: [Adrien Rabiot](https://www.edgepedia.org/adrien-rabiot), Coman again, [Ousmane Dembélé](https://www.edgepedia.org/ousmane-dembele), two more from Mbappé, and two from substitute [Olivier Giroud](https://www.edgepedia.org/olivier-giroud), the last an acrobatic scissor kick in stoppage time.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) • [7](https://www.gulf-times.com/pdf/2023/11/20/sport-20231120-1.pdf?ts=004211)
The record fell in the 74th minute, when Mbappé scored his second goal to take France past the 10-0 mark set against [Azerbaijan](https://www.edgepedia.org/azerbaijan) in 1995.[8](https://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/c-etait-formidable-avec-son-carton-contre-gibraltar-l-equipe-de-france-de-foot-bat-tous-les-records-7900322465) His third, in the 82nd minute, was a lobbed strike from about 35 meters.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) • [9](https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/equipe-de-france/france-gibraltar-10-0-les-bleus-egalent-le-record-de-la-plus-large-victoire-de-leur-histoire-18-11-2023-5XFH5AGEX5EA7LAGKDVHUWLCZQ.php?ts=1700347107342)
**Individual milestones.** Mbappé's hat-trick was his second for France, after the one against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final, and took him to 46 international goals, past [Antoine Griezmann](https://www.edgepedia.org/antoine-griezmann) into third place among France's all-time scorers.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) Giroud's double raised his record tally to 56 goals in 128 caps.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) Zaïre-Emery, the 938th player capped by France, became the youngest goalscorer in the team's history at 17 years, 10 months and 8 days, but injured his ankle on the play and had to leave the field.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html)
## Records set
The 14-0 scoreline broke three distinct marks:
- **France's biggest win**, replacing the 10-0 against Azerbaijan played at Auxerre on 6 September 1995 under Aimé Jacquet, a match in which the current coach [Didier Deschamps](https://www.edgepedia.org/didier-deschamps) had taken part.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html)
- **The largest men's European Championship qualifying win**, surpassing Germany's 13-0 against [San Marino](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-marino) in September 2006.[2](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/18/france-thrash-gibraltar-14-0-in-record-mens-euro-2024-qualifying-win)
- **A first for European qualifying**: France became the first European nation to score 14 goals in a qualifying match for a major competition, the Euro or the World Cup.[10](https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/football/euro-2024/4063003-20231119-france-gibraltar-victoire-record-bleus-chiffres)
For Gibraltar, the defeat was its heaviest ever, exceeding the 9-0 loss to Belgium in 2017 World Cup qualifying.[11](https://as.com/futbol/2017/08/31/mundial/1504200083_921700.html)
## Aftermath
Deschamps said after the match that scoring freely was itself a form of respect for the opponent, adding, "Fourteen is not bad," and noted that the points secured top-seed status for the draw.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) France completed the campaign four days later with a 2-2 draw in Greece, finishing the group with seven wins from seven matches, 27 goals scored and 1 conceded.[1](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html) Across the eight matches of qualifying, France scored 29 goals, including the 14 against Gibraltar, the second-best attack of the entire qualifying competition.[12](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/11/euro-2024-decouvrez-l-equipe-de-france-en-une-minute_6238556_3242.html)
The scoreline remained a reference point in later coverage: when France next scored four goals in a match, against Israel in the Nations League in October 2024, Deschamps remarked that it had been a while, eleven months and 14 games since the 14-goal night against Gibraltar.[13](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/sports/article/2024/10/11/les-bleus-enjoy-big-but-dull-victory-over-weak-israeli-team_6729074_9.html)
## References
1. [La victoire record des Bleus (14-0), Fédération Française de Football](https://www.fff.fr/article/11404-la-victoire-record-des-bleus-14-0-.html)
2. [Ruthless France thrash Gibraltar 14-0 in record men's Euros qualifying win, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/18/france-thrash-gibraltar-14-0-in-record-mens-euro-2024-qualifying-win)
3. [Les chiffres à retenir de la victoire record de l'équipe de France contre Gibraltar, L'Équipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Les-chiffres-a-retenir-de-la-victoire-record-de-l-equipe-de-france-contre-gibraltar/1432400)
4. [L'antisèche de France - Gibraltar (14-0), Eurosport](https://www.eurosport.fr/football/qualifications-euro/2024/l-antiseche-de-france-gibraltar-14-0-soiree-raclee-cest-de-saison_sto9888896/story.shtml)
5. [France-Gibraltar (14-0) : victoire record pour les Bleus, TF1 Info](https://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/football-l-equipe-de-france-signe-la-victoire-la-plus-large-de-son-histoire-7900322437)
6. [France-Gibraltar : revivez la plus large victoire de l'histoire des Bleus, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/live/2023/11/18/france-gibraltar-en-direct-suivez-le-match-de-qualification-a-l-euro-2024_6200990_3242.html)
7. [Gulf Times sport pages, 20 November 2023 (Reuters report)](https://www.gulf-times.com/pdf/2023/11/20/sport-20231120-1.pdf?ts=004211)
8. ["C'était formidable" : avec son carton contre Gibraltar, l'équipe de France de foot bat tous les records, RTL](https://www.rtl.fr/sport/football/c-etait-formidable-avec-son-carton-contre-gibraltar-l-equipe-de-france-de-foot-bat-tous-les-records-7900322465)
9. [France-Gibraltar : 14-0, les Bleus battent le record de la plus large victoire de leur histoire, Le Parisien](https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/equipe-de-france/france-gibraltar-10-0-les-bleus-egalent-le-record-de-la-plus-large-victoire-de-leur-histoire-18-11-2023-5XFH5AGEX5EA7LAGKDVHUWLCZQ.php?ts=1700347107342)
10. [France – Gibraltar : La victoire record des Bleus en chiffres, 20 Minutes](https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/football/euro-2024/4063003-20231119-france-gibraltar-victoire-record-bleus-chiffres)
11. [Bélgica arrolla a Gibraltar: 9-0, AS](https://as.com/futbol/2017/08/31/mundial/1504200083_921700.html)
12. [Euro 2024 : découvrez l'équipe de France en une minute, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/06/11/euro-2024-decouvrez-l-equipe-de-france-en-une-minute_6238556_3242.html)
13. [Les Bleus enjoy big but dull victory over weak Israeli team, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/sports/article/2024/10/11/les-bleus-enjoy-big-but-dull-victory-over-weak-israeli-team_6729074_9.html)
14. [fff.fr](https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/7879-gastiger-maurice/fiche.html)
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