- For sometime now the French team have been playing a number of black players in their national team. In the Euro 2016 final, France had 10 players of African descent, with Portugal having 7. Here is the full list of players with African descent who played in the final.
Portugal
William Carvalho (Angola)
Eliseu (Cape-Verde)
João Mário (Cape-Verde)
Nani (Cape-Verde)
Renato Sanches (Cape-Verde)
Danilo Pereira (Guinée-Bissau)
Eder (Guinée-Bissau)
France
Blaise Matuidi (Cameroon)
Samuel Umtiti (Cameroon)
Paul Pogba (Guinée)
Ngolo Kanté (Mali)
Moussa Sissoko (Mali)
Adil Rami (Morocco)
Steve Mandanda (DR Congo)
Eliaquim Mangala (DR Congo)
Patrice Evra (Sénégal)
Bacary Sagna (Sénégal)
