by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor
History in the making. It's been a long time waiting but it was worth all the while. Germany, England and many other countries' FAs... please take note as the first ever FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup is coming and your girls have a desperate need of this huge dream. Developing women's football is not the end of the journey, you're (or at least supposed to be) committed to futsal as a country affiliated to UEFA/FIFA, so... where are your FUTSAL national teams?
After last season's Challenge National Féminin Futsal introduction, with the Nantes Métropole Futsal triumph, FFF have officially announced the creation of the French Women's Futsal National Team with the appointment of Pierre-Étienne Demillier as first ever head coach.
And now it's time for the absolute debut, through a double international friendly game vs Finland to be hosted in La Chapelle-sur-Erdre and Montaigu on November 7th (h. 20.00, live on FFFtv) and 8th (h. 19.00).
Waiting to test their status vs the Finnish counterparts coach Demillier has selected a 15 girls roster following the first ever detection stage experienced in late september with 30 players training in the CNF Clairefontaine.
French Women's Futsal National Team - Players List
Goalkeepers
Gaelle Bisson (Hercules Futsal Club)
Flavie Papin (Nantes Métropole Futsal)
Léa Ruoppolo (Nantes Métropole Futsal)
Field players
Morany Chek (Nantes Métropole Futsal)
Caroline Nivet (Diamant Futsal)
Léa Wioland (AS Musau Strasbourg)
Alexandra Atamaniuk (Stade Brestois 29)
Amandine Conan (Nantes Métropole Futsal)
Faustine Pellegry (Nantes Métropole Futsal)
Léna Jouan (Diamant Futsal)
Marjorie Ranson (Béthune Futsal)
Ophélie Wasner (Grenoble Foot 38)
Amandine Bilon (AS Diemoz)
Ilona Commaret (Futsal Dijon Métropole)
Fanny Gosseye (Hercules Futsal Club)
Head coach: Pierre-Étienne Demillier
Assistant Coach: Émilie Trimoreau
Goalkeepers Coach: David Merlet
Doctor: Patrick Chretien
Physiotherapist: Mélanie Daunas
Head of Delegation: Claude Delforge
Les futsal bleues at work (Photo courtesy: FFF)
France roster vs Finland, part 1 (Photos courtesy: FFF)
France roster vs Finland, part 2 (Photos courtesy: FFF)
France roster vs Finland, part 3 (Photos courtesy: FFF)
France roster vs Finland, part 4 (Photos courtesy: FFF)
Pierre-Étienne Demillier, first ever France coach (Photo courtesy: FFF)
