Dembélé scores as France qualify for European Under-21 Championship

New OL signing Moussa Dembélé scored as France's U21s booked their spot in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship on Friday with a 1-0 win over Bulgaria. A total of five Lyon players - Dembélé (starter, scored in the 57th minute), Lucas Tousart (starter), Tanguy Ndombele (starter), Houssem Aouar (substitute) and Martin Terrier (substitute) - saw action for Sylvain Ripoll's squad, who have eight wins in as many qualifying matches and are guaranteed to finish atop Group 9.

OL players on international duty: schedule and results

Tuesday, September 4

Friendly: Slovenia - France U19 3-3

Wednesday, Septiember 5

Limoges International Tournament: France U18 - Russia 1-1

Thursday, September 6  

UEFA Nations League: Germany - France 0-0

Friendly: Netherlands - Peru 2-1 (Memphis x2)

European U21 qualifiers: Spain - Albania 3-0

U20: England - Switzerland 2-0

Friendly: Croatia - France U19 0-1

Friday, September 7

European U21 qualifiers: Bulgaria - France 0-1 (Dembélé)

Limoges International Tournament: France U18 - Netherlands 0-0

Sunday, September 9  

UEFA Nations League: France - Netherlands (N. Fekir - Memphis and Tete)

2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers: Rwanda - Ivory Coast (Cornet)

CONCACAF: US Virgin Islands - Canada (Brault)

Friendly: India - France U19 (Caqueret, P. Kalulu and Soumaré)

Limoges International Tournament: France U18 - England (Augarreau)

Monday, September 10

U20: Switzerland - Poland (Racioppi) 

Tuesday, September 1

European U21 qualifiers: France - Luxembourg (Aouar, Dembélé, Ndombélé, Terrier and Tousart)

European U21 qualifiers: Spain - Ireland (Diop)