French team (qualifiers World Cup 2026): Blues' matches at home … played abroad in March 2026?

The Blues will play their three autumn matches 2025 at the Parc des Princes, for lack of visibility on the Stade de France whose procedure for concession by the State is not over, announced the French Football Federation (FFF) on Thursday.

“The French team will play its three fall matches at the Parc des Princes, against Iceland on September 9, Azerbaijan on October 10 and Ukraine on November 13“Said the president of FFF Philippe Diallo at a press conference. These three matches will count for qualifications at the 2026 World Cup.

“For the remaining three gamess (at home before the World Cup), We have given ourselves a time to reflect“, Added Philippe Diallo. The Stade de France must theoretically change hands in August, but the case does not stop late. The public rapporteur of the Council of State has recommended rejecting the appeal of the concessionaire since 1995, Vinci-Bouygues, put off. The decision of the Council of State should be rendered soon.

The government had appointed mid-December the Lyonnais GL Events group to enter into exclusive negotiations in the context of the renewal of the concession of this enclosure of which the state is the owner. “”It is not at all over with the Stade de France, a symbolic place to which we are attached, but the economic conditions made in the past did not meet the requirements“Explained Philippe Diallo.

“There is no agreement for the concession for the concessionfor his part indicated Jean-François Vilotte, the director general of the FFF. In any event, we will play the competition, we have done so until then and we are very happy with the result“. The FFF will also wait for the continuation of the concession process before deciding where the final of the French Cup will be played next season, traditionally at the Stade de France.

Philippe Diallo also mentioned the possibility “to bring the French team, which is very sought after, abroad in March 2026“Even for her theoretically at home matches.