Raymond Domenech will remain France coach despite the team's group stage elimination from Euro 2008, French Football Federation (FFF) president Jean-Pierre Escalettes told a news conference today.

Domenech stays "with a new definition of the conditions of his duty and of selection matters," Escalettes said.
   
The 56-year-old Domenech came under heavy criticism after France were eliminated from the European Championship with just one point and one goal from three group matches.
   
After hearing Domenech's explanations, however, 18 of the 19 FFF council's voters ruled he should stay on under certain conditions, which were not specified.
   
Captain Patrick Vieira, playmaker Franck Ribery and all-time great Michel Platini, now the UEFA president, had all said Domenech should remain in charge.
   
Others, starting with several members of France's 1998 World Cup-winning team, among them Zinedine Zidane, had spoken out in favour of former France captain Didier Deschamps.
   
Domenech, who took over in the wake of France's quarter-final exit from Euro 20O4 and guided the team to the 2006 World Cup final, has a contract until the 2010 World Cup finals.
   
The coach, who failed to find the right mix between ageing stalwarts and untested newcomers at Euro 2008, was also criticised for keeping midfielder Vieira in his squad despite a thigh injury that meant the captain did not play at all.
   
A tough defender in his playing days, Domenech has had a difficult relationship with some players and the media. Opinion polls released over the past few days showed a majority of French people wanted him to leave.