In 1958 FIFA assigned the organization of the World Cup to Sweden. It was the second World Cup broadcasted on TV, of course, in black and white. Perhaps for this reason we do not remember one of the best French national teams in the history. Raymond Kopa, who played for Real Madrid, was the star of a rather young and inexperienced squad. In the first match against Paraguay Les Blues catched the attention winning 7-3 with an hat-trick by Just Fontaine. Although this World Cup is remembered as the debut of the young Pelé, the story of Fontaine deserves to be told. The young Just learns to play among the palm groves of Marrakech (French protectorate) and comes to lead the national team of Morocco in '52, before moving to Reims and start to wear the shirt of the French National team. In that World Cup Fontaine will score 13 goals, that’s still the record of the competition. But the journey of France will be stopped in the semifinals by the Brazil of Vavà, Didì and Pelé which led Brazil to win their first World Cup.

Here you find the shirt of the 1950's of the French National team:

Retrofootball® launches also
the retro shirt of the French national team in 1971,
blue with V-neck and the “cockerel” on the chest!