Eastern team the French made outcasts (6)
I believe the answer is:
exiles
'outcasts' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'eastern team the french' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'team' becomes 'XI' (a football team, from Roman numerals for 11).
'the french' becomes 'les' (plural form of 'the' in French).
'e'+'xi'+'les'='EXILES'
'made' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for exiles that I've seen before include "They are compelled to live abroad" , "They are forced to live abroad" , "Outlaws" , "They live away from their own country" , "They are forced to live in foreign countries" .)