Ivory Coast national football team

Côte d'Ivoire
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Les Éléphants; (The Elephants)
Association	Fédération Ivoirienne; de Football
Head coach	To Be Advised
Captain	Didier Drogba
Most caps	Cyrille Domoraud & Bonaventure Kalou (51)
Top scorer	Didier Drogba (24)
FIFA code	CIV
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	18
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	1 (first in 2006)
Best result	Round 1, 2006
African Cup of Nations
Appearances	16 (first in 1965)
Best result	Winners, 1992

The Côte d'Ivoire national football team (sometimes written "Ivory Coast" in English), nicknamed Les Éléphants (The Elephants), is the national team of Côte d'Ivoire 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 de l'Amitie in Dakar, Senegal.

On October 8, 2005, they qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, marking their first appearance on the sport's greatest stage. They were unable to qualify for the second round after losing to experienced teams such as Argentina and Netherlands. They did manage to win one game in Germany, against Serbia and Montenegro, coming back from down 0-2 to win 3-2 on a late penalty kick by Bonaventure Kalou.

Cote d'Ivoire Football Achievements

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :

1 Time Runners-up

CEDEAO Cup :

4 Times Champion (1983, 1987, 1999)
1 Time Runners-up

World Cup record

1930 to 1970 - Did not enter
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not enter
1986 to 2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 1

African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1963 - Did not enter
1965 - First Place
1968 - Third place
1970 - Fourth place
1972 - Did not qualfy
1974 - Round 1
1976 - Did not qualify
1978 - Disqualified
1980 - Round 1
1982 - Did not enter
1984 - Round 1

1986 - Third place
1990 - Round 1
1992 - Champions
1994 - Third place
1996 - Round 1
1998 - Quarterfinals
2000 - Round 1
2002 - Round 1
2004 - Did not qualify
2006 - Runner Up

Famous Players From Modern Era

Famous past players

Laurent Pokou: the African Cup highest scorer of all time
Yousouf Falikou Fofana: "The Black Diamond of Monaco"
Abdoulaye Traore: named as one of the greatest forwards in the world several times in the 1990s.

Current squad

The following players have all recently been called up to the Côte d'Ivoire squad. Brackets shows call-up time.

Goalkeepers

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Barry Boubacar Copa (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	30 December 1979	7	0	Beveren
1GK	Stephan Loboué (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)				Greuther Fürth
1GK	Jean-Jacques Tizié (Template:WC)	7 September 1972	26	0	Espérance
1GK	Gérard Gnanhouan (Template:WC)	12 February 1979	6	0	Montepellier

Defenders

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2DF	Emmanuel Eboué (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	4 June 1983	14	0	Arsenal
2DF	Kolo Touré (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	19 March 1981	44	1	Arsenal
2DF	Abdoulaye Méïté (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	6 October 1980	20	0	Bolton
2DF	Arthur Boka (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	2 April 1983	26	1	Strasbourg
2DF	Lohoré Stève Gohouri (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	8 February 1981			Young Boys
2DF	Blaise Kouassi (Template:WC)	2 February 1975	37	0	Troyes
2DF	Marc Zoro (Template:WC)	27 December 1983	13	0	Messina
2DF	Cyrille Domoraud (Template:WC)	22 July 1971	51	0	Creteil

Midfielders

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3MF	Didier Zokora (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	14 December 1980	41	0	Tottenham
3MF	Yaya Touré (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	13 May 1983	17	2	Monaco
3MF	Emerse Faé (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	24 January 1984	14	1	Nantes
3MF	Guy Demel (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	13 June 1981	7	0	Hamburg
3MF	Kader Keïta (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	6 August 1981	28	6	Lille
3MF	Kanga Akalé (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	7 March 1981	25	3	Auxerre
3MF	Romaric Koffi Ndri (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	4 June 1983	9	0	Le Mans
3MF	Christian Manfredini (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	1 May 1975			Lazio
3MF	Gilles Yapi Yapo (Template:WC)	30 January 1982	27	2	Young Boys

Strikers

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
4FW	Didier Drogba (c) (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	11 March 1978	34	24	Chelsea
4FW	Arouna Koné (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	11 November 1983	20	2	PSV
4FW	Aruna Dindane (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	26 November 1980	37	13	Lens
4FW	Boubacar Sanogo (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	17 December 1982			Hamburg
4FW	Amara Diané (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)				PSG
4FW	Salomon Kalou (Friendly against Template:SENf, 18/8/06.)	15 August, 1985	0	0	Chelsea
4FW	Bonaventure Kalou (Template:WC)	12 January, 1978	51	12	PSG
4FW	Bakari Koné (Template:WC)	17 September 1981	19	4	Nice

2006 World Cup Squad

Head coach: Henri Michel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Jean-Jacques Tizié	7 September 1972	26	Espérance
2	3MF	Kanga Akalé	7 March 1981	25	AJ Auxerre
3	2DF	Arthur Boka	2 April 1983	26	RC Strasbourg
4	2DF	Kolo Touré	19 March 1981	44	Arsenal
5	3MF	Didier Zokora	14 December 1980	41	Tottenham Hotspur
6	2DF	Blaise Kouassi	2 February 1975	37	Troyes
7	3MF	Emerse Faé	24 January 1984	14	Nantes Atlantique
8	4FW	Bonaventure Kalou	12 January 1978	51	Paris Saint-Germain
9	4FW	Arouna Koné	11 November 1983	20	PSV Eindhoven
10	3MF	Gilles Yapi Yapo	30 January 1982	27	Young Boys
11	4FW	Didier Drogba*	11 March 1978	34	Chelsea
12	2DF	Abdoulaye Méïté	6 October 1980	20	Bolton Wanderers
13	2DF	Marc Zoro	27 December 1983	13	Messina
14	4FW	Bakari Koné	17 September 1981	19	OGC Nice
15	4FW	Aruna Dindane	26 November 1980	37	RC Lens
16	1GK	Gérard Gnanhouan	12 February 1979	6	Montepellier
17	2DF	Cyrille Domoraud	22 July 1971	51	US Creteil
18	3MF	Kader Keïta	6 August 1981	28	Lille OSC
19	3MF	Yaya Touré	13 May 1983	17	Olympiakos
20	3MF	Guy Demel	13 June 1981	7	Hamburger SV
21	2DF	Emmanuel Eboué	4 June 1983	14	Arsenal
22	3MF	Romaric Koffi Ndri	4 June 1983	9	Le Mans
23	1GK	Barry Boubacar Copa	30 December 1979	7	KSK Beveren

(*=Captain)

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

The Côte d'Ivoire lost their opening game 2-1 in the World Cup in Germany to an Argentine side. The goals for Argentina came from Chelsea's Hernan Crespo and Javier Saviola of Sevilla. Ivory Coast's goal came from another Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba. They lost their second match to Holland by the same scoreline and were thus eliminated from the tournament. Holland's goals came from Robin Van Persie in the 23rd minute on free-kick, Ruud Van Nistelrooij at the 27th minute. Bakary Kone 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 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.

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 21-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.

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