Across
- 2. Despite being a finalist in the annual Home Championship that served as a qualifying series, they refused to travel to the 1950 World Cup.
- 5. Reached the semi-final of the 1962 World Cup but missed the next edition of it.
- 6. sent out by England in the quarter Finals in the 1966 tournament, they failed to appear in the next edition.
- 8. Lost the qualifying game to Northern Irland, Giampiero Boniperti, Eddie Firmani would have palyed in the 1958 edition.
- 9. Previously eliminated by the hosts of the tournament, Sweden, in the quarter-finals. They missed the 1974 edition.
- 10. failed to qualify for the 1974, 1978, and 1994 World Cup finals.
Down
- 1. won the European Championship in 1976 thanks to Antonin Panenka’s ground-breaking penalty in the shootout in the final against West Germany, they missed the 1978 edition
- 3. Despite having reached the final of the previous two World Cups, they missed the 1982 edition.
- 4. Between 2006 and 2010 they won three Successive African Cup of Nations trophies but couldn't qualify to the 2010 World Cup finals.
- 7. With a brilliant squad featuring Desailly, Blanc, Deschamps and others they failed to make it to the 1994 World Cup.