(BBC)  Five France players will face a French Football Federation (FFF) disciplinary hearing today over the squad’s strike at this summer’s World Cup.

Patrice Evra, Nicolas Anelka, Eric Abidal, Franck Ribery and Jeremy Toulalan are the players in question.

France failed to win any games in South Africa, and the entire squad refused to train when Anelka was sent home after a bust-up with coach Raymond Domenech.

All 23 squad members were banned for France’s following match as punishment.

Newly installed coach Laurent Blanc requested that no member of the World Cup squad be selected for a friendly against Norway in Oslo on 11 August, which France lost 2-1.

The FFF has also withheld World Cup advertising bonuses which were due to be paid to players.

Blanc, a World Cup winner with France as a player in 1998, will be hoping any further sanctions imposed on the summoned players will not impact on his team’s Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, which begins against Belarus in Paris on 3 September.

The disciplinary commission’s move to target the five players follows their review of an inquiry into the case.

Laurent Davenas, a member of the three-man commission, said “it would have been impossible to hear all 23 players. We tried to target some of them. We have the feeling that some players were kingpins.”

In media interviews, a number of players, including captain Evra, have since expressed regret at the one-day strike.

“We were in such a state that sometimes, for love, you can do clumsy gestures,” the Manchester United left-back said last month.

Chelsea striker Anelka was dismissed after being accused of an expletive-ridden tirade directed at Domenech during their 2-0 Group A loss to Mexico on 17 June.

At the time, French newspaper L’Equipe printed what it claimed was the specific language used in that dressing-room altercation, however Anelka is now attempting to sue the publication for libel, accusing it of distorting his words.

Evra accused a “traitor” within the party of leaking details of Anelka’s rant to the media and of destabilising the squad.

That same day, television cameras captured the skipper in a heated exchanged with fitness coach Robert Duverne at the start of the scheduled strike-affected training session.

Lyon midfielder Toulalan admitted that his press officer had helped the players compose a letter, which Domenench later read to the media, explaining their strike.

Bayern Munich winger Ribery was a vice-captain at the tournament while Barcelona defender Abidal refused to play France’s last group game against South Africa – a 2-1 loss to the hosts.