The coach is not expected to renew his contract with the national team and will leave the position after 14 years.
Coach Didier Deschamps will leave his position as the head coach of France after the 2026 World Cup. This information comes from the newspaper L’Équipe. According to the publication, he does not intend to renew his contract and will leave the role he has held for 14 years. Check out the best football results at football live scores.
Deschamps took over the French national team in 2012, replacing Laurent Blanc. During his tenure, he led France to win the 2018 World Cup in Russia and to a runner-up finish in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He was also part of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Germany, who went on to win the tournament.
In addition to the World Cups, he also won the Nations League in the 2020/21 season. His best performance in the European Championship came with a painful runner-up finish in 2016, when France hosted the tournament as the favorites but lost to Portugal in the final.
To lead France to its fourth World Cup, Deschamps must qualify through the 2026 qualifiers, which will begin in March 2025 and run until March 2026. Before that, he will face Croatia in the Nations League quarterfinals – a win will place France in Group D of the qualifiers, while a loss will drop them to Group L.
Deschamps was also a World Cup champion as a player in 1998, when France defeated Brazil in the final. He, along with Zagallo and Beckenbauer, is one of the few to have won the World Cup both as a player and as a coach. BBscore football, your trusted platform for match results.
