Ivory Coast national under-17 football team

Côte d'Ivoire U17

Nickname(s)	Les petit Éléphants (The Little Elephants)
Association	Fédération Ivoirienne de Football
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Alain Gouaméné
Captain	Jean Thome
FIFA code	CIV
First colours Second colours
African U-17 Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1997)
Best result	Fourth, 2011
FIFA U-17 World Cup
3 (First in 1987)
Best result	Third, 1987

The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les petit Éléphants ("The Little Elephants" in French), represents Côte d'Ivoire (commonly known as Ivory Coast in English) in international football at an under-17 level and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. The teams first appearance on the world stage was in 2003 at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship; they reached Round of 16 before being ousted by the United States.

Honours

• African U-17 Championship
  • Third (1): 2005

• FIFA U-17 World Cup:
  • Third (1): 1987

Tournament Records

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not qualify
1987	Third place	3	5	3	1	1	7	6
1989	Did not qualify
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	1st Round	14	3	0	1	2	4	8
2007	Did not qualify
2009
2011	Round of 16		4	1	1	2	10	10
2013	Qualify
2015	To be determined
Total	Round of 16	2/14	12	4	3	5	21	24

CAF U-17 Championship record

CAF U-17 Championship
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1995	Did not qualify
1997	1st Round		3	1	1	1	7	2
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Walkover
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Third Place	3	5	3	0	2	6	5
2007	Did not qualify
2009
2011	Fourth Place	4	5	2	1	2	9	7
2013	Qualify
2015	To be determined
2017
Total	Third Place	3/9	13	6	2	5	22	14

Current Squad

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Yored Konate (1994-12-28)28 December 1994 (aged 16) FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2 3MF Jean-Eudes Aholou (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 17) Lille B 3 2DF Mory Kone (1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 17) Le Mans FC 4 2DF Ibrahima Bah (1994-12-18)18 December 1994 (aged 16) Academie de Sefa 5 2DF Jean Thome (c) (1995-10-10)10 October 1995 (aged 15) Aspire Academy 6 4FW Dorian Kouame (1994-10-02)2 October 1994 (aged 16) En Avant de Guingamp 7 4FW Jean Evrard Kouassi (1994-09-25)25 September 1994 (aged 16) Hajduk Split 8 4FW Victorien Amgban (1996-09-29)29 September 1996 (aged 14) Chelsea FC S18 9 3MF Daniel Soungole (1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 16) AS Athlétic Adjamé 10 3MF Wilfried Gnahore (1995-12-30)30 December 1995 (aged 15) Nottingham Forest F.C. 11 4FW Lionel Lago (1995-10-09)9 October 1995 (aged 15) Aspire Academy 12 4FW Guy Bedi (1995-12-20)20 December 1995 (aged 15) Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo 13 4FW Jeremy Kimmankon (1994-05-29)29 May 1994 (aged 17) LB Châteauroux 14 2DF Mehoue Traore (1994-12-23)23 December 1994 (aged 16) Séwé Sports de San Pedro 15 4FW Drissa Diarrassouba (1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 16) BK Hacken 16 1GK Severin Dje Yao (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 16) AS Denguélé 17 2DF Losseni Karamoko (1994-12-20)20 December 1994 (aged 16) Olympic Sport Abobo 18 4FW Ibrahim Coulibaly (1995-12-28)28 December 1995 (aged 15) Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo 19 4FW Souleymane Coulibaly (1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 16) Tottenham Hotspur 20 4FW Banvo Anderson (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 17) Blackpool F.C. 21 1GK Aboubakar Ouattara (1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 15) Volcan

See also

• Côte d'Ivoire national football team
• Côte d'Ivoire national under-23 football team
• Côte d'Ivoire national under-20 football team

External links

• (French) Côte d'Ivoire national under-17 football team - official site of FIF