​How many World Cups has France won? Full history of Les Bleus’ all-time record, results in FIFA final originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.After years of futility at the international stage — best exemplified by absences in the 1970, 1974, 1990 and 1994 World Cups — France has emerged as a power player in world soccer over the past two decades.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLes Bleus are an enticing outfit, teeming with attacking flair and defensive structure. Their roster during the 2026 tournament has proven abominable — at least for other squads. Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Michael Olise lead a swashbuckling French attack, while William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano and Mike Maignan have impressed in France’s defense.All that amounts to another berth in the latter stages of the tournament, a place the French have familiarized themselves with over the past decade. If France can hoist the World Cup trophy once more, it would certainly prove memorable. But just how many World Cup crowns has the side taken hold of? The Sporting News has you covered.MORE WORLD CUP NEWS:Printable World Cup bracketRanking remaining World Cup teams in semifinalsWorld Cup prize money breakdownFrance has claimed two World Cups across its history, hoisting the trophy in 1998 and 2018. Les Bleus are one of six national teams to win multiple World Cups.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe first time lifting the trophy came during the 1998 competition, failing to see defeat in six of their seven games while scoring 15 goals and conceding just two.France downed Brazil in the final, taking advantage of a mysterious illness that felled Selecao star Ronaldo ahead of the contest. Les Bleus claimed a 3-0 victory in the tournament’s crescendo, lifting the famous trophy after missing the prior two World Cups.Captained by future France boss Didier Deschamps, France’s roster was adorned with star light. Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Marcel Desailly and Lilian Thuram anchored a French side that rolled in the group stage and knockout rounds — save for tight victories over Paraguay and Italy, respectively.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSerenaded by the slogan “Black-Blanc-Beur” (“Black, White, Arab), France’s roster offered a window into the country’s history. It also marked a new vision of how the French roster would be constructed going forward. More than 20 years later, France’s 1998 performances still carry weight on the makeup of the current roster.Twenty years later, the French did it again. Led by mercurial teenager Mbappe and a cadre of glistening talents around the park — namely star forward Antoine Griezmann and midfielders Paul Pogba and Ngolo Kante — Les Bleus returned to world soccer’s pinnacle. Didier Deschamps’ side bested Croatia 4-2 in the final, with Mbappe becoming the second-ever teenager to burst the net in the final game of the tourney.Mbappe earned many of the