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Côte d'Ivoire
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Les Éléphants (The Elephants)
AssociationFédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationWAFU (West Africa)
Head coachIbrahim Kamara
CaptainSerey Die
Most capsDidier Zokora (123)
Top scorerDidier Drogba (65)
Home stadiumStade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
FIFA codeCIV
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current66 Increase 1 (20 September 2018)
Highest12 (February 2013, April–May 2013)
Lowest75 (March–May 2004)
First international
 Ivory Coast 3–2 Dahomey 
(Madagascar; 13 April 1960)
Biggest win
 Ivory Coast 11–0 Central African Republic 
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 27 December 1961)
Biggest defeat
 Netherlands 5–0 Ivory Coast 
(Rotterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 2017)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage (2006, 2010, 2014)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances22 (first in 1965)
Best resultChampions, 1992 and 2015
African Nations Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2009)
Best resultThird place, 2016
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1992)
Best resultFourth Place, 1992
Logo until 2014

The Côte d'Ivoire 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 defeating Ghana on penalties at the Estadio de Bata in Bata, Equatorial Guinea.

The team qualified for three consecutive FIFA World Cups between 2006 and 2014, but has never advanced beyond the group stage.

Côte d'Ivoire has produced several notable players who have played in Europe, including Didier Drogba, Yaya Touré, Emmanuel Eboué, Wilfried Bony, Seydou Doumbia, Gervinho, Eric Bailly, Serge Aurier, Wilfried Zaha, Salomon Kalou and Kolo Touré. Having become a fixed presence in the World Cup (since 2006) and having won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, the team is generally considered to be one of the best African teams of the last decade.[citation needed] This is also confirmed by FIFA Ranking in the reference period, never been so high for Les Éléphants.

World Cup record

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 – – – – – –
Brazil 1950 – – – – – –
Switzerland 1954 – – – – – –
Sweden 1958 – – – – – –
Chile 1962 – – – – – –
England 1966 – – – – – –
Mexico 1970 – – – – – –
West 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
Russia 2018 Did not qualify 8 4 2 2 11 5
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total Group stage 3/21 9 3 1 5 13 14 − 80 41 25 14 145 69

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
Russia 2017 		Did Not Qualify
2021 TBD
Total Fourth Place 1/10 2 0 0 2 2 9 -

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Host nation(s) / Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF 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
Ghana Nigeria 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
Gabon Equatorial 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
Gabon 2017 Group stage 11th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Cameroon 2019 To be determined
Ivory Coast 2021 Qualified as host
Guinea 2023 To be determined
Total 2 Titles 22/31 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.

African Games record

Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.
See also: Ivory Coast national under-23 football team
African Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Republic of the Congo 1965 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nigeria 1973 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Algeria 1978 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 1987 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991–present See Ivory Coast national under-23 football team
Total 4/4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Recent and upcoming fixtures

2017

Date Venue Opponent Result Competition
4 June Rotterdam  Netherlands 0–5 Friendly
10 June Bouaké  Guinea 2–3 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 September Stade d'Angondjé  Gabon 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 September Stade de la Paix, Bouaké  Gabon 1–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 October Stade 26 mars, Bamako  Mali 0–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 November Abidjan  Morocco 0–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

2018

24 March Friendly Togo  2–2  Ivory Coast Beauvais, France
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Ayité 42', 55' Report Pépé 16', 24' Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hakim Ben El-Hadj (France)
27 March Friendly Ivory Coast  2–1  Moldova Beauvais, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Assalé 20'
Pépé 44'		 Report Ioniță 59' Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo)
3 June Friendly Kosovo  Canceled  Ivory Coast Wohlen, Switzerland
15:00 (UTC+1) Stadium: Stadion Niedermatten
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
Note: The match Kosovo–Ivory Coast was canceled due to the internal problems of Ivory Coast national team.[2]
9 September 2019 AFCONQ Rwanda  1–2  Ivory Coast Kigali, Rwanda
15:30 (UTC+2) Kagere 64' Report Kodjia 45'
Gradel 48'		 Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
12 October 2019 AFCONQ Ivory Coast  4–0  Central African Republic Bouaké, Ivory Coast
17:00 (UTC±0) Kodjia 26'
Bailly 54'
Doukouré 59'
Cornet 76'		 Report Stadium: Stade Bouaké
Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)
16 October 2019 AFCONQ Central African Republic  v  Ivory Coast Bangui, Central African Republic
15:00 (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Barthélemy Boganda Stadium
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
16 November 2019 AFCONQ Guinea  v  Ivory Coast Guinea
Report

2019

22 March 2019 AFCONQ Ivory Coast  v  Rwanda Ivory Coast

Coaches

Dates Name
1960 France Paul Gévaudan
1965 Ivory Coast Alphonse Bissouma Tapé
1966 Vacant
1967–68 France Paul Gévaudan
1968–70 West Germany Peter Schnittger
1970–72 Ivory Coast Jean Tokpa
1972–74 Brazil Santa Rosa
1974–76 empty
1976–80 Ivory Coast Gérard Gabo
1980–82 empty
1982–85 West Germany Otto Pfister
1984 AFCON Brazil Davi Ferreira
Dates Name
1986 Argentina Pancho Gonzales
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
2015–17 France Michel Dussuyer
2017 Belgium Marc Wilmots
Dates Name
2018–present Ivory Coast Ibrahim Kamara

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Central African Republic on 12 and 16 October 2018[3]
Caps and goals updated as of 9 September 2018, after the first match against Central African Republic.[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Sylvain Gbohouo (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 35) 37 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo Mazembe
1GK Badra Ali Sangaré (1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 38) 12 0 South Africa Free State Stars
1GK Abdoul Karim Cissé (1985-10-20) 20 October 1985 (age 38) 2 0 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
1GK Nicolas Tie (2001-02-13) 13 February 2001 (age 23) 0 0 England Chelsea U18
2DF Serge Aurier (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 31) 49 1 England Tottenham Hotspur
2DF Eric Bailly (1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 30) 31 1 England Manchester United
2DF Wilfried Kanon (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 31) 31 1 Netherlands ADO Den Haag
2DF Adama Traoré (1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 34) 13 0 Turkey Göztepe
2DF Mamadou Bagayoko (1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 34) 7 0 Belgium Mechelen
2DF Ghislain Konan (1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 28) 6 0 France Reims
2DF Ismaël Traoré (1986-08-18) 18 August 1986 (age 38) 3 0 France Angers
2DF Kouadio-Yves Dabila (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27) 0 0 France Lille
3MF Max Gradel (1987-11-30) 30 November 1987 (age 36) 62 11 France Toulouse
3MF Serey Dié (1984-11-07) 7 November 1984 (age 39) 42 1 Switzerland Basel
3MF Franck Kessié (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 27) 25 0 Italy Milan
3MF Jean Michaël Seri (1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 33) 20 1 England Fulham
3MF Cheick Doukouré (1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 32) 19 1 Spain Levante
3MF Victorien Angban (1996-09-29) 29 September 1996 (age 27) 7 0 France Metz
3MF Ibrahim Sangaré (1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 26) 2 1 France Toulouse
4FW Jonathan Kodjia (1989-10-22) 22 October 1989 (age 34) 13 7 England Aston Villa
4FW Roger Assalé (1993-11-13) 13 November 1993 (age 30) 12 1 Switzerland Young Boys
4FW Nicolas Pépé (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29) 9 3 France Lille
4FW Wilfried Zaha (1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 31) 9 2 England Crystal Palace
4FW Maxwel Cornet (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996 (age 27) 6 2 France Lyon
4FW Vakoun Issouf Bayo (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Slovakia Dunajská Streda

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 Sayouba Mandé (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 31) 5 0 Denmark OB v.  Rwanda, 9 September 2018
GK Axel Kacou (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 29) 0 0 France Tours v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018
GK Hillel Konaté (1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 29) 0 0 France Valenciennes v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018
GK Hortalin Zadi (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 34) 0 0 Ivory Coast Africa Sports v.  Morocco, 11 November 2017
DF Lamine Koné (1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 35) 9 0 France Strasbourg v.  Rwanda, 9 September 2018
DF Simon Deli (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 32) 12 0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018
DF Wonlo Coulibaly (1991-12-22) 22 December 1991 (age 32) 0 0 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas v.  Togo, 24 March 2018 PRE
DF Joris Gnagnon (1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Spain Sevilla v.  Morocco, 11 November 2017
MF Serge N'Guessan (1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 (age 30) 14 2 France Nancy v.  Rwanda, 9 September 2018
MF Jean-Eudes Aholou (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 2 0 France Monaco v.  Rwanda, 9 September 2018
MF Ismaël Diomandé (1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 32) 17 1 France Caen v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018
MF Yakou Méïte (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28) 0 0 England Reading v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018
MF Yaya Touré (1983-05-13) 13 May 1983 (age 41) 100 19 Greece Olympiacos v.  Togo, 24 March 2018 DEC
MF Jean-Philippe Gbamin (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 28) 4 0 Germany Mainz 05 v.  Togo, 24 March 2018 INJ
MF Seko Fofana (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Italy Udinese v.  Morocco, 11 November 2017
MF Habib Maïga (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Russia Arsenal Tula v.  Morocco, 11 November 2017
FW Giovanni Sio (1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 35) 25 3 United Arab Emirates Ittihad Kalba v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018
FW Cyriac Gohi Bi (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 34) 11 2 Turkey Sivasspor v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018
FW Salomon Kalou (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 (age 39) 97 28 Germany Hertha BSC v.  Morocco, 11 November 2017
FW Gervinho (1987-05-27) 27 May 1987 (age 37) 84 22 Italy Parma v.  Morocco, 11 November 2017
FW Seydou Doumbia (1987-12-31) 31 December 1987 (age 36) 37 9 Spain Girona v.  Morocco, 11 November 2017
  • DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
  • PRE Preliminary Squad.
  • RET Player has retired from international football.
  • SUS Suspended from the national team.

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.

Honours

Winners (2): 1992, 2015
Fourth-place (1): 1992

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Anulohet përballja Kosovë – Bregu i Fildishtë, zëvendësohet me Kongon ose Moldavinë" (in Albanian). Koha Ditore. 27 May 2018. Lajmin e ka konfirmuar për Kohën Ditore, Federata e Futbollit të Kosovës që ka thënë se anulimi është bërë për shkak të problemeve të brendshme të Bregut të Fildishtë
  3. ^ http://www.fifciv.com/?q=elim-can-2019-civrca-rcaciv-kamara-ibrahim-s%C3%A9lectionne-25-joueurs
  4. ^ http://www.worldfootball.com/m/513025/2018-10-12/afcon-qualification/cote-d-ivoire/central-african-republic
  5. ^ Roberto Mamrud. "IvoryCoast – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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