Nickname(s) | Les Éléphants (The Elephants) | ||
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Association | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football | ||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
Head coach | Vacant | ||
Captain | Didier Drogba | ||
Most caps | Didier Zokora (89) | ||
Top scorer | Didier Drogba (45) | ||
Home stadium | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny | ||
FIFA code | CIV | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 26 | ||
Highest | 16 (November 2009) | ||
Lowest | 75 (March 2004) | ||
First international | |||
Côte d'Ivoire 3–2 Dahomey (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Côte d'Ivoire 6–0 Mali (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 13 March 1985) Côte d'Ivoire 6–0 Botswana (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 11 October 1992) Côte d'Ivoire 6–0 Niger (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 15 July 2000) Côte d'Ivoire 6–0 Madagascar (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 1 July 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Côte d'Ivoire 2–6 Ghana (Côte d'Ivoire; 2 May 1971) Malawi 5–1 Côte d'Ivoire (Malawi; 6 July 1974) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2006) | ||
Best result | Round 1, 2006 and 2010 | ||
African Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 18 (first in 1965) | ||
Best result | Winners, 1992 | ||
FIFA Confederations Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1992) | ||
Best result | 4th, 1992 |
The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants ("The Elephants" in French), represents Côte d'Ivoire (commonly known as "Ivory Coast" in English) in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. Until 2005, their greatest accomplishment was winning the 1992 African Cup of Nations against Ghana on penalties at the Stade Leopold Senghor in Dakar, Senegal.
They have qualified for two World Cups, first in Germany in 2006, losing to Argentina and the Netherlands and beating Serbia and Montenegro as they failed to progress beyond the group stage. They qualified again for South Africa in 2010 and did not get through the group stage again.
Honours
- Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :
- 1 Time Runners-up
- CEDEAO Cup :
- 3 Times Champion (1983, 1987, 1991)
- 1 Time Runners-up
World Cup record
Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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1930 to 1970 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1974 to 2002 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2006 | Round 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
2010 | Round 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Total | 2/19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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1992 | Fourth place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
1995 to 2009 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 1/8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
African Nations Cup record
African Cup of Nations | |||||||||
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Titles: 1 Appearances: 18 | |||||||||
Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position | ||||
1957 | Did not enter | 1976 | Did not qualify | 1994 | Third Place | ||||
1959 | Did not enter | 1978 | Disqualified | 1996 | Round 1 | ||||
1962 | Did not enter | 1980 | Round 1 | 1998 | Quarterfinals | ||||
1963 | Did not enter | 1982 | Did not enter | 2000 | Round 1 | ||||
1965 | Third place | 1984 | Round 1 | 2002 | Round 1 | ||||
1968 | Third Place | 1986 | Third Place | 2004 | Did not qualify | ||||
1970 | Fourth Place | 1988 | Round 1 | 2006 | Runners-Up | ||||
1972 | Did not qualify | 1990 | Round 1 | 2008 | Fourth place | ||||
1974 | Round 1 | 1992 | Champions | 2010 | Quarterfinals |
Coaches
- Martial Yéo 1992
- Robert Nouzaret
- Philippe Troussier 1993
- Henri Michel 2004–2006
- Uli Stielike 2006–2008
- Gérard Gili, 2008 (interim), the under-23 coach acted as temporary replacement for Stielike
- Uli Stielike, 2008 (interim), on temporary contract expiring April 15, 2008
- Vahid Halilhodžić 2008–2010
- Sven-Göran Eriksson 2010–
Players
Current squad
23 man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Caps and goals updated as June 25, 2010.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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1 | GK | Boubacar Barry | 30 December 1979 (aged 30) | 46 | 0 | Lokeren | ||
16 | GK | Aristide Zogbo | 30 December 1981 (aged 28) | 6 | 0 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
23 | GK | Daniel Yeboah | 13 November 1984 (aged 25) | 4 | 0 | ASEC Mimosas | ||
2 | DF | Benjamin Angoua | 28 November 1986 (aged 23) | 7 | 1 | Valenciennes | ||
3 | DF | Arthur Boka | 2 April 1983 (aged 27) | 55 | 1 | Stuttgart | ||
4 | DF | Kolo Touré (vice-captain) | 19 March 1981 (aged 29) | 84 | 3 | Manchester City | ||
6 | DF | Steve Gohouri | 8 February 1981 (aged 29) | 12 | 3 | Wigan Athletic | ||
17 | DF | Siaka Tiéné | 22 March 1982 (aged 28) | 55 | 2 | Valenciennes | ||
20 | DF | Guy Demel | 13 June 1981 (aged 29) | 22 | 0 | Hamburger SV | ||
21 | DF | Emmanuel Eboué | 4 June 1983 (aged 27) | 54 | 1 | Arsenal | ||
22 | DF | Sol Bamba | 13 January 1985 (aged 25) | 17 | 2 | Hibernian | ||
5 | MF | Didier Zokora | 14 December 1980 (aged 29) | 89 | 1 | Sevilla | ||
9 | MF | Cheick Tioté | 21 June 1986 (aged 24) | 12 | 0 | Twente | ||
12 | MF | Jean-Jacques Gosso | 15 March 1983 (aged 27) | 7 | 0 | Monaco | ||
13 | MF | Romaric | 4 June 1983 (aged 27) | 42 | 3 | Sevilla | ||
14 | MF | Emmanuel Koné | 31 December 1986 (aged 23) | 12 | 0 | Internaţional | ||
18 | MF | Abdul Kader Keïta | 6 August 1981 (aged 28) | 56 | 11 | Galatasaray | ||
19 | MF | Yaya Touré | 13 May 1983 (aged 27) | 49 | 6 | Manchester City | ||
7 | FW | Seydou Doumbia | 31 December 1987 (aged 22) | 5 | 2 | CSKA Moscow | ||
8 | FW | Salomon Kalou | 5 August 1985 (aged 24) | 30 | 11 | Chelsea | ||
10 | FW | Gervinho | 27 May 1987 (aged 23) | 17 | 4 | Lille | ||
11 | FW | Didier Drogba (captain) | 11 March 1978 (aged 32) | 71 | 45 | Chelsea | ||
15 | FW | Aruna Dindane | 26 November 1980 (aged 29) | 57 | 16 | Portsmouth |
Recent call-ups
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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GK | Vincent Angban | 2 February 1985 (aged 25) | 2 | 0 | ASEC Mimosas | |||
GK | Ibrahim Koné | December 5, 1989 | 0 | 0 | Boulogne | |||
GK | Badra Ali Sangaré | May 30, 1986 | Olympic Charleroi | |||||
16 | GK | Stephan Loboué | August 23, 1981 | 3 | 0 | Greuther Fürth | ||
DF | Abdoulaye Méïté | 6 October 1980 (aged 29) | 48 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | |||
DF | Igor Lolo | 22 July 1982 (aged 27) | 9 | 0 | Monaco | |||
DF | Constant Djakpa | October 17, 1986 | 3 | 0 | Hannover | |||
DF | Diarrasouba Viera | December 21, 1986 | 0 | 0 | Internaţional | |||
DF | Marco Zoro | December 27, 1983 | 21 | 1 | Benfica | |||
DF | Bakary Soro | December 5, 1985 | 0 | 0 | Lorient | |||
MF | Emerse Faé | 24 January 1984 (aged 26) | 37 | 1 | Nice | |||
MF | Gilles Yapi Yapo | 30 January 1982 (aged 28) | 46 | 2 | Basel | |||
MF | Cissé Abdouljabbar Ousmane | January 28, 1989 | 23 | 5 | Istres | |||
MF | Kanga Akalé (Friendly v. Israel, 19 November) | March 7, 1981 | 33 | 3 | Lens | |||
MF | Christian Manfredini (Friendly v. Israel, 19 November) | May 1, 1975 | 1 | 0 | Lazio | |||
MF | Felix Dja Ettien (Friendly v. Guinea, 20 August, 2008) | September 26, 1979 | 6 | 1 | Unattached | |||
8 | MF | Abdou Razack Traoré (WCQ v. Botswana, June 14) | December 28, 1988 | 0 | 0 | Rosenborg | ||
MF | Kafoumba Coulibaly | October 26, 1985 | 1 | 0 | Nice | |||
MF | Thierry Doubai (v. Tunisia, March 26, 2009) | June 1, 1988 | 1 | 0 | Young Boys | |||
MF | Lionel Bah | February 2, 1980 | 4 | 0 | Astra Ploieşti | |||
MF | Did'dy Guela | June 19, 1986 | 0 | 0 | Arminia Bielefeld | |||
FW | Lacina Traoré | 20 May 1990 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Cluj | |||
FW | Bakary Koné | 11 November 1983 (aged 26) | 34 | 9 | Marseille | |||
FW | Sekou Cissé | May 23, 1985 | 4 | 3 | Feyenoord | |||
FW | Boubacar Sanogo | December 17, 1982 | 12 | 8 | Saint-Étienne | |||
9 | FW | Kandia Traoré (WCQ v. Botswana, June 22, 2009) | June 5, 1980 | 25 | 8 | Sochaux | ||
FW | Amara Diané | August 19, 1982 | 1 | 1 | Al-Rayyan | |||
FW | Bonaventure Kalou | January 12, 1978 | 51 | 12 | Heerenveen | |||
FW | Guillaume Dah Zadi | June 1, 1978 | 1 | 0 | Unattached |
Previous squads
- Côte d'Ivoire was the only nation to name a 23-man World Cup squad comprised entirely of players who play their club football outside their home country.
2006 World Cup information
Côte d'Ivoire qualified through a tough qualifying group which included African powerhouses Cameroon and Egypt, despite losing home and away to the former. On the last day of qualification, they confirmed their spot with a 3–1 win over Sudan, while Cameroon faltered and could only manage a 1–1 draw at home to Egypt.
Côte d'Ivoire lost their opening game 2–1 in the 2006 World Cup in Germany to an Argentine side. The goals for Argentina came from Hernán Crespo and Javier Saviola. Côte d'Ivoire's goal came from Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. They lost their second match to the Netherlands by the same scoreline and were thus eliminated from the tournament. The Netherlands' goals came from a Robin van Persie free-kick in the 23rd minute and a Ruud van Nistelrooy strike in the 27th minute. Bakari Koné scored in the 38th minute for the Africans to pull the score to 2–1. Côte d'Ivoire's final game was against Serbia and Montenegro. The Serbian team scored two quick goals and it appeared that the Côte d'Ivoire was destined for a three-loss World Cup campaign. However, the Africans came back, led by two goals from Aruna Dindane, and won the game 3–2 to finish in third place.
2010 World Cup Qualification
On 10 October 2009, Côte d'Ivoire secured a place at the 2010 World Cup after Didier Drogba struck within two minutes of coming on as a substitute to clinch a 1–1 draw with Malawi.[1]
FIFA World Cup 2010
Ivory Coast | 0 – 0 | Portugal |
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Brazil | 3 – 1 | Ivory Coast |
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Drogba 79' |
North Korea | 0 – 3 | Ivory Coast |
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Report | Yaya Touré 14' Romaric 20' Kalou 82' |
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Trivia
The Côte d'Ivoire team is notable for having participated in (and won) the two highest-scoring penalty shoot-outs in international football competition – the 24-shot shoot-out in the final of the 1992 African Cup of Nations when Ghana was defeated 11–10, and the 24-shot shoot-out in the quarter-final of the 2006 African Cup of Nations, when Cameroon was defeated 12–11.
After Uli Stielike left before the Africa Cup 2008, due to his son's health situation, Gerard Gili, the co-trainer, took his position. To compensate of the lack of another co-coach, Didier Drogba acted as a "players trainer" (player and a coach). This was only the second time that a player had also acted as coach in the Africa Cup, after George Weah was both player and coach for Liberia during the 2002 tournament.
In addition, Côte d'Ivoire, in both the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, has unluckily been placed in the so called "Group of Death." In 2006 FIFA World Cup, Côte d'Ivoire faced Argentina and Netherlands, the two most powerful teams in Group C; both Argentina and Netherlands eventually passed to the Round of 16. The other team in Group C was Serbia and Montenegro, that although they left the World Cup with no points, they managed to qualified to the World Cup in first place of Group 7 in the qualification groups of UEFA, even above Spain.
Then again, in the 2010 World Cup of South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire was drawn in another group of death. The group consisted of the always favorite Brasil, the explosive Portugal, and the seemingly weak North Korea. Côte d'Ivoire placed 3rd in Group G. Nevertheless, Côte d'Ivoire, for the past two World Cup, has been drawn in the most competitive groups.
References
- ^ "Ivory Coast qualify for 2010 World Cup finals". ESPN. 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
External links
- Côte d'Ivoire Association — official website
- Côte d'Ivoire at FIFA.com
- Côte d'Ivoire National Team Profile, Stats and Analytics at Footbalistic
- ElephantsOnline — supporters' website