A group of France under-21 players picked up lengthy international bans on Thursday as punishment for breaking a night-time curfew between two key European championship qualifiers last month. The guilty five are Rennes duo Yann Mvila and Chris Mavinga, Wissam Ben Yedder of Toulouse, Real Sociedad&#39;s Antoine Griezmann and Mbaye Niang of AC Milan. Mvila picked up the longest suspension, until June 30, 2014, with the other four banned until December 31, 2013. <img alt="Yann Mvila" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/nov/mvila9nov.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 668px; " /> Yann Mvila. Pic/AFP The stringent punishments were handed down by the French Football Federation&#39;s disciplinary committee. The group&#39;s nocturnal antics were first unveiled by L&#39;Equipe, the French sports daily, which revealed that the players defied team orders and left the France under-21 base in the northern city of Le Havre to go to a Paris nightspot on the night of October 13/14. The team had beaten Norway 1-0 the previous evening in a Euro 2013 play-off but suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the Scandinavians 5-3 on Tuesday. France coach Erick Mombaerts was sacked after the loss. The FFF had previously warned Mvila about his future conduct after he refused to shake then-France coach Laurent Blanc&#39;s hand when he was substituted during the national side&#39;s quarter-final clash with Spain in Euro 2012. For Mvila Thursday&#39;s ruling effectively rules him out of taking part in the 2014 World Cup finals, should France qualify.

Five U-21 French footballers face suspension following a visit to one of the nightspots in Paris.

Five French players banned after nightclub visit

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