Ivory Coast national football team

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Côte d'Ivoire
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Les Éléphants (The Elephants)
Visión CAF
Association Fédération Ivoirienne de Football
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Michel Dussuyer
Captain Yaya Touré
Most caps Didier Zokora (123)
Top scorer Didier Drogba (65)
Home stadium Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
FIFA code CIV
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 19 Increase 3 (3 December 2015)
Highest 12 (February, April 2013)
Lowest 75 (March 2004)
First international
 Ivory Coast 3–2 Dahomey 
(Madagascar; 13 April 1960)
World Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 2006)
Best result Group Stage, 2006, 2010 and 2014
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 21 (First in 1965)
Best result Champions, 1992 and 2015
Confederations Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1992)
Best result Fourth Place, 1992

The Ivory Coast national football team (French: Équipe de Côte d'Ivoire de football), nicknamed Les Éléphants (The Elephants), represents Ivory Coast in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF). 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. Their second success came in the 2015 edition, again beating Ghana on penalties at the Estadio de Bata in Bata, Equatorial Guinea.

The team has qualified for three consecutive World Cups; however, it has never advanced beyond the group stage.

Ivory Coast has produced several notable players who have played in Europe, including Didier Drogba, Yaya Touré, Emmanuel Eboué, Wilfried Bony, Seydou Doumbia, Gervinho, Serge Aurier, Salomon Kalou and Kolo Touré. The team is generally considered to be one of the best teams to come from Africa.

Honours

  • Runner-up – 1993
  • Runner-up – 2010
  • Winner – 1983, 1987, 1991
  • Runner-up – 1985

World Cup record

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See also: Ivory Coast at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup
Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter – – – – – –
Italy 1934 – – – – – –
France 1938 – – – – – –
23x15px 1950 – – – – – –
Switzerland 1954 – – – – – –
Sweden 1958 – – – – – –
Chile 1962 – – – – – –
England 1966 – – – – – –
Mexico 1970 – – – – – –
Germany 1974 Did Not Qualify 6 3 2 1 8 7
Argentina 1978 6 3 2 1 11 10
Spain 1982 2 0 0 2 1 3
Mexico 1986 4 1 1 2 6 5
Italy 1990 4 1 2 1 5 1
United States 1994 8 4 3 1 12 6
France 1998 2 0 1 1 1 2
South Korea Japan 2002 10 5 4 1 22 10
Germany 2006 Group Stage 19th 3 1 0 2 5 6 Squad 10 7 1 2 20 7
South Africa 2010 17th 3 1 1 1 4 3 Squad 12 8 4 0 29 6
Brazil 2014 21st 3 1 0 2 4 5 Squad 8 5 3 0 19 7
Total Group Stage 3/20 9 3 1 5 13 14 _

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Fourth Place 4th 2 0 0 2 2 9 Squad
Saudi Arabia 1995 to
Brazil 2013		 Did Not Qualify
Russia 2017 To Be Determined
Indonesia 2021
Total Fourth Place 1/9 2 0 0 2 2 9 -

Africa Cup of Nations record

Host nation(s) / Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Sudan 1957 to
Ghana 1963		 Did Not Enter
Tunisia 1965 Third Place 3rd 3 2 0 1 5 4
Ethiopia 1968 Third Place 3rd 5 3 1 1 9 6
Sudan 1970 Fourth Place 4th 5 2 1 2 11 9
Cameroon 1972 Did Not Qualify
Egypt 1974 Group Stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 5
Ethiopia 1976 Did Not Qualify
Ghana 1978 Banned
Nigeria 1980 Group Stage 6th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Libya 1982 Did Not Enter
Ivory Coast 1984 Group Stage 5th 3 1 0 2 4 4
Egypt 1986 Third Place 3rd 5 3 0 2 7 5
Morocco 1988 Group Stage 6th 3 0 3 0 2 2
Algeria 1990 Group Stage 6th 3 1 0 2 3 5
Senegal 1992 Champions 1st 5 2 3 0 4 0
Tunisia 1994 Third Place 3rd 5 3 1 1 11 5
South Africa 1996 Group Stage 11th 3 1 0 2 2 5
Burkina Faso 1998 Quarter-Finals 7th 4 2 2 0 10 6
GhanaNigeria 2000 Group Stage 9th 3 1 1 1 3 4
Mali 2002 Group Stage 16th 3 0 1 2 1 4
Tunisia 2004 Did Not Qualify
Egypt 2006 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 6 5
Ghana 2008 Fourth Place 4th 6 4 0 2 16 9
Angola 2010 Quarter-Finals 8th 3 1 2 0 5 4
GabonEquatorial Guinea 2012 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 1 0 9 0
South Africa 2013 Quarter-Finals 5th 4 2 1 1 8 5
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Champions 1st 6 3 3 0 9 4
Libya 2017 TBD
Cameroon 2019 TBD
Ivory Coast 2021 Qualified as host
Guinea 2023 TBD
Total 2 Titles 21/29 86 39 25 22 128 91
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Recent and upcoming fixtures

Date Venue Opponent Result Competition
August 15, 2012 Lokomotiv Stadium  Russia 1–1 Friendly
September 8, 2012 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  Senegal 4–2 2013 AFCON qualification
October 13, 2012 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor  Senegal 2–0 2013 AFCON qualification
November 14, 2012 Linzer Stadion  Austria 3–0 Friendly
January 14, 2013 Al-Nahyan Stadium  Egypt 4–2 Friendly
January 22, 2013 Royal Bafokeng Stadium  Togo 2–1 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
January 26, 2013 Royal Bafokeng Stadium  Tunisia 3–0 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
January 30, 2013 Royal Bafokeng Stadium  Algeria 2–2 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
February 3, 2013 Royal Bafokeng Stadium  Nigeria 1–2 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
March 23, 2013 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  Gambia 3–0 2014 World Cup qualification
June 8, 2013 Independence Stadium  Gambia 3–0 2014 World Cup qualification
June 16, 2013 Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium  Tanzania 4–2 2014 World Cup qualification
August 14, 2013 MetLife Stadium  Mexico 1–4 Friendly
September 7, 2013 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  Morocco 1–1 2014 World Cup qualification
October 12, 2013 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  Senegal 3–1 2014 World Cup qualification
November 16, 2013 Stade Mohamed V  Senegal 1–1 2014 World Cup qualification
March 5, 2014 King Baudouin Stadium  Belgium 2–2 Friendly
May 30, 2014 Edward Jones Dome  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Friendly
June 4, 2014 Toyota Stadium  El Salvador 2–1 Friendly
June 14, 2014 Arena Pernambuco  Japan 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup
June 19, 2014 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha  Colombia 1–2 2014 FIFA World Cup
June 24, 2014 Estádio Castelão  Greece 1–2 2014 FIFA World Cup
September 6, 2014 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  Sierra Leone 2–1 2015 AFCON qualification
September 10, 2014 Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo  Cameroon 1–4 2015 AFCON qualification
October 11, 2014 Stade Tata Raphaël  DR Congo 2–1 2015 AFCON qualification
October 15, 2014 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  DR Congo 3–4 2015 AFCON qualification
October 25, 2014 National Heroes Stadium  Zambia 1–1 Friendly
November 14, 2014 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  Sierra Leone 5–1 2015 AFCON qualification
November 19, 2014 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  Cameroon 0–0 2015 AFCON qualification
November 30, 2014 Mbombela Stadium  South Africa 0–2 Friendly
January 11, 2015 Zayed Sports City Stadium  Nigeria 1–0 Friendly
January 15, 2015 Zayed Sports City Stadium  Sweden 0–2 Friendly
January 20, 2015 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo  Guinea 1–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
January 24, 2015 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo  Mali 1–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
January 28, 2015 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo  Cameroon 1–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
February 1, 2015 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo  Algeria 3–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
February 4, 2015 Estadio de Bata  DR Congo 3–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
February 8, 2015 Estadio de Bata  Ghana 0–0 (pen. 9–8) 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
March 26, 2015 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  Angola 2–0 Friendly
March 29, 2015 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny  Equatorial Guinea 1–1 Friendly
June 14, 2015 Stade d'Angondjé  Gabon 0-0 Friendly
September 6, 2015 Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium  Sierra Leone 0-0 2017 AFCON qualification

Coaches

Dates Name
1960 France Paul Gévaudan
1965 Ivory Coast Alphonse Bissouma Tapé
1966 empty
1967–68 France Paul Gévaudan
1968–70 Germany Peter Schnittger
1970–72 Ivory Coast Jean Topka
1972–74 Brazil Santa Rosa
1974–76 empty
1976–80 Ivory Coast Gérard Gabo
1980-82 empty
1982–85 Germany Otto Pfister
CAN 1984 Brazil Duke
Dates Name
1985–86 Argentina Pancho González
1987–88 Ivory Coast Yeo Martial
1989 Ivory Coast Kaé Oulaï
1989–92 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoje Ognjanović
1992 Ivory Coast Yeo Martial
1993 France Philippe Troussier
1993–94 Poland Henryk Kasperczak
1994–96 France Pierre Pleimelding
1996–98 France Robert Nouzaret
1999–00 France Patrick Parizon
2000–01 Ivory Coast Gbonke Tia
2001 Ivory Coast Lama Bamba
Dates Name
2002–04 France Robert Nouzaret
2004–07 France Henri Michel
2007–08 Germany Uli Stielike
2008 France Gérard Gili
2008–10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić
2010 Ivory Coast Georges Kouadio
2010 Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson
2010–12 Ivory Coast François Zahoui
2012–14 France Sabri Lamouchi
2014–15 France Hervé Renard

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone to be held on 6 September 2015.[1]
Caps and goals updated as of 14 June 2015 after the match against Gabon.[2]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Sylvain Gbohouo (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 36) 12 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mazembe
1GK Sayouba Mandé (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 31) 4 0 Norway Stabæk
1GK Badra Ali Sangaré (1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 38) 1 0 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
2DF Serge Aurier (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 32) 25 0 France Paris Saint-Germain
2DF Ousmane Viera (1986-12-21) 21 December 1986 (age 38) 12 1 Turkey Çaykur Rizespor
2DF Eric Bailly (1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 30) 10 0 Spain Villarreal
2DF Franck Kessié (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 28) 4 0 Italy Cesena
2DF Simon Deli (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 33) 3 0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
2DF Mamadou Bagayoko (1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 34) 0 0 Belgium Sint-Truiden
2DF Sheriff Jymoh (1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Ivory Coast Athletic Adjamé
2DF Adama Traoré (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Switzerland Basel
3MF Serey Die (1984-11-07) 7 November 1984 (age 40) 22 0 Germany Stuttgart
3MF Ismaël Diomandé (1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 32) 8 0 France Saint-Étienne
3MF Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (1992-10-11) 11 October 1992 (age 32) 7 0 France Toulouse
3MF Roger Assalé (1993-11-13) 13 November 1993 (age 31) 6 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mazembe
3MF Yao Serge N'guessan (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Ivory Coast AFAD
3MF Jean Seri (1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 33) 0 0 France Nice
4FW Salomon Kalou (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 (age 39) 78 27 Germany Hertha BSC
4FW Gervinho (1987-05-27) 27 May 1987 (age 37) 67 20 Italy Roma
4FW Seydou Doumbia (1987-12-31) 31 December 1987 (age 36) 29 3 Russia CSKA Moscow
4FW Giovanni Sio (1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 35) 10 0 France Rennes
4FW Thomas Touré (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30) 0 0 France Bordeaux

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Abdoul Karim Cissé (1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 39) 1 0 Ivory Coast Gagnoa v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015
GK Namory Diomandé (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31) 0 0 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015
DF Siaka Tiéné (1982-02-22) 22 February 1982 (age 42) 100 2 Free agent v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015
DF Wilfried Kanon (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 31) 8 1 Netherlands ADO Den Haag v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015
DF Brice Dja Djédjé (1990-12-23) 23 December 1990 (age 34) 7 0 France Marseille v.  Cameroon, 18 November 2014
MF Max Gradel INJ (1987-11-30) 30 November 1987 (age 37) 42 8 England Bournemouth v.  Sierra Leone, 6 September 2015
MF Yaya Touré (captain) (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983 (age 41) 97 19 England Manchester City v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015
MF Cheick Doukouré (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32) 8 0 France Metz v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015
MF Christian Koffi (1990-12-21) 21 December 1990 (age 34) 3 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mazembe v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015
FW Wilfried Bony (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 36) 42 13 England Manchester City v.  Sierra Leone, 6 September 2015
FW Lacina Traoré (1990-05-20) 20 May 1990 (age 34) 13 4 France Monaco v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015
FW Tallo Gadji (1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 32) 8 0 France Lille v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015
FW Gohi Bi Cyriac (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 34) 3 0 Belgium Oostende v.  Gabon, 14 June 2015

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INJ = Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

Previous squads

Ivory Coast was the only nation to name a 23-man World Cup squad composed entirely of players who play their club football outside their home country.

2006 World Cup information

Ivory Coast qualified through a 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[3] win over Sudan, while Cameroon faltered and could only manage a 1–1 draw at home to Egypt, despite having a chance to win the game in stoppage time with a penalty kick that Pierre Womé missed.

The qualification of the Ivory Coast national football team even brought about a temporary peace agreement during the First Ivorian Civil War. The team helped to secure a truce in 2006 when they qualified, bringing warring parties together, and convinced President Laurent Gbagbo to restart peace talks.[4]

Ivory Coast lost their opening game 2–1 in the 2006 World Cup in Germany to Argentina. The goals for Argentina came from Hernán Crespo and Javier Saviola. Ivory Coast's goal came from Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. They lost their second match to the Netherlands by the same scoreline and were thus mathematically 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. Ivory Coast's final game was against Serbia and Montenegro. The Serbian team scored two quick goals and it appeared that the Ivory Coast 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, Ivory Coast 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.[5]

FIFA World Cup 2010

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Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group G

2010-06-15
16:00 UTC+2
Ivory Coast  0–0  Portugal

2010-06-20
13:30 UTC+2
Brazil  3–1  Ivory Coast
Fabiano Goal 25', 50'
Elano Goal 62'		 Drogba Goal 79'
Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 84,455
Referee: Stephane Lannoy

2010-06-25
16:00 UTC+2
North Korea  0–3  Ivory Coast
Report Touré Goal 14'
Romaric Goal 20'
Kalou Goal 82'


Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Portugal 3 1 2 0 7 0 +7 5
 Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0


Records

The Ivory Coast 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. In 2015, Ivory Coast once again defeated Ghana in the final of an 2015 African Cup of Nations with a 22-shot shoot-out, winning 9–8.

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 player-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 both the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, Ivory Coast were placed in a so-called "Group of Death." In 2006, Ivory Coast faced Argentina, Netherlands and Serbia and Montenegro; Argentina and Netherlands reached the Round of 16. In 2010, Ivory Coast was drawn with Brazil, Portugal and North Korea. Ivory Coast finished third in Group G, as Brazil and Portugal progressed.

Caps and goals updated as of October 9, 2015.

See also

References

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