DHAKA: French coach, Didier Deschamps, has announced his 23-man World Cup squad on Tuesday.

The 1998 World Cup champions are in a transition phase and Deschamps has already declared to use the World Cup as preparation for the 2016 EURO, which France will host.

The Les Bleus have had an embarrassing tournament in South Africa in 2010, when they dropped out of the group stage without winning a single game.

France finished their World Cup qualification group in second place behind Spain, but beat Ukraine 3-2 on aggregate in the playoff and have been drawn in Group E with Ecuador, Honduras and Switzerland.

Here the full France squad:

Goalkeepers:

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Landreau (Bordeaux)

Defenders:

Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), Mangala (Porto), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Digne (PSG)

Midfielders: 

Yohan Cabaye (PSG), Clement Grenier (Lyon), Blaise Matuidi (PSG), Mavuba (Lille), Paul Pogba (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle), Matheu Valbuena (Marseille)

Forwards:

 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad), Frank Ribery (Bayern Munich), Loric Remy (QPR)

Standby List:

Remy Cabella (Montpellier), Maxime Gonalons (Lyon), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Loic Perrin (Saint-Ettienne), Stephane Ruffier (Saint-Ettienne), Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton), Benoit Tremoulinas (Bordeaux)

Notable omissions: Samir Nasri (Manchester City), Gael Clichy (Manchester City), Eric Abidal (Monaco)

BDST: 1601 HRS, MAY 14, 2014