Ivory Coast national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Éléphants (The Elephants) | ||
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| Association | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Ibrahim Kamara | ||
| Captain | Serey Die | ||
| Most caps | Didier Zokora (123) | ||
| Top scorer | Didier Drogba (65) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny | ||
| FIFA code | CIV | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current |
66  | ||
| Highest | 12 (February 2013, April–May 2013) | ||
| Lowest | 75 (March–May 2004) | ||
| Elo ranking | |||
| Current |
57 | ||
| Highest | 10 (26 January 2013) | ||
| Lowest | 70 (6 October 1996) | ||
| First international | |||
  (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 27 December 1961) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 2017) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2006) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2006, 2010, 2014) | ||
| Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 22 (first in 1965) | ||
| Best result | Champions, 1992 and 2015 | ||
| African Nations Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2009) | ||
| Best result | Third place, 2016 | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1992) | ||
| Best result | Fourth 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. This is also confirmed by FIFA Ranking in the reference period, never been so high for Les Éléphants.
World Cup record
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10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | ||||||||||||
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Group stage | 19th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Squad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | |||
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17th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Squad | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 6 | ||||
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21st | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Squad | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | ||||
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Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | |||||||||||
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| Total | Group stage | 3/21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | − | 80 | 41 | 25 | 14 | 145 | 69 | |||
FIFA Confederations Cup
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Squad |
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Fourth Place | 4th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Squad |
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| Total | Fourth Place | 1/10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | - |
Africa Cup of Nations record
| Africa Cup of Nations record | ||||||||
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| Host nation(s) / Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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.svg.png){kind=small} | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 |
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.svg.png){kind=small} | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
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 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| Group stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
| Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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| Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 |
 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
  | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 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.
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| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 | - | 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 |
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| 4 June | Rotterdam | |
0–5 | Friendly |
| 10 June | Bouaké | |
2–3 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2 September | Stade d'Angondjé | |
3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 September | Stade de la Paix, Bouaké | |
1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 October | Stade 26 mars, Bamako | |
0–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 11 November | Abidjan | |
0–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2018
| 24 March Friendly | Togo  | 2–2 | | Beauvais, France |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+1) | Ayité  |
Report | Pépé |
Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hakim Ben El-Hadj (France) |
| 27 March Friendly | Ivory Coast | 2–1 |  | Beauvais, France |
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Assalé Pépé |
Report | Ioniță |
Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Genc Nuza (Kosovo) |
| 3 June Friendly | Kosovo  | Canceled | | 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 | | Kigali, Rwanda |
| 15:30 (UTC+2) | Kagere |
Report | Kodjia Gradel |
Stadium: Stade Régional Nyamirambo Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia) |
| 12 October 2019 AFCONQ | Ivory Coast | 4–0 | | Bouaké, Ivory Coast |
| 17:00 (UTC±0) | Kodjia Bailly Doukouré Cornet |
Report | Stadium: Stade Bouaké Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda) |
| 16 October 2019 AFCONQ | Central African Republic | v | | Bangui, Central African Republic |
| 15:00 (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Barthélemy Boganda Stadium Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) |
| 16 November 2019 AFCONQ | Guinea | v | | Guinea |
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2019
| 22 March 2019 AFCONQ | Ivory Coast | v | | Ivory Coast |
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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 |
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| GK | Sylvain Gbohouo | 29 October 1988 | 37 | 0 |  | |
| GK | Badra Ali Sangaré | 30 May 1986 | 12 | 0 | | |
| GK | Abdoul Karim Cissé | 20 October 1985 | 2 | 0 | | |
| GK | Nicolas Tie | 13 February 2001 | 0 | 0 | | |
| DF | Serge Aurier | 24 December 1992 | 49 | 1 | | |
| DF | Eric Bailly | 12 April 1994 | 31 | 1 | | |
| DF | Wilfried Kanon | 6 July 1993 | 31 | 1 | | |
| DF | Adama Traoré | 3 February 1990 | 13 | 0 |  | |
| DF | Mamadou Bagayoko | 31 December 1989 | 7 | 0 | .svg.png){kind=small} | |
| DF | Ghislain Konan | 27 December 1995 | 6 | 0 | | |
| DF | Ismaël Traoré | 18 August 1986 | 3 | 0 | | |
| DF | Kouadio-Yves Dabila | 1 January 1997 | 0 | 0 | | |
| MF | Max Gradel | 30 November 1987 | 62 | 11 | | |
| MF | Serey Dié | 7 November 1984 | 42 | 1 | | |
| MF | Franck Kessié | 19 December 1996 | 25 | 0 |  | |
| MF | Jean Michaël Seri | 19 July 1991 | 20 | 1 | | |
| MF | Cheick Doukouré | 11 September 1992 | 19 | 1 | | |
| MF | Victorien Angban | 29 September 1996 | 7 | 0 | | |
| MF | Ibrahim Sangaré | 2 December 1997 | 2 | 1 | | |
| FW | Jonathan Kodjia | 22 October 1989 | 13 | 7 | | |
| FW | Roger Assalé | 13 November 1993 | 12 | 1 | | |
| FW | Nicolas Pépé | 20 May 1995 | 9 | 3 | | |
| FW | Wilfried Zaha | 10 November 1992 | 9 | 2 | | |
| FW | Maxwel Cornet | 27 September 1996 | 6 | 2 | | |
| FW | Vakoun Issouf Bayo | 10 January 1997 | 1 | 0 |  | |
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 |
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| GK | Sayouba Mandé | 15 June 1993 | 5 | 0 |  |
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| GK | Axel Kacou | 1 August 1995 | 0 | 0 | |
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| GK | Hillel Konaté | 28 December 1994 | 0 | 0 | |
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| GK | Hortalin Zadi | 7 November 1989 | 0 | 0 | |
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| DF | Lamine Koné | 1 February 1989 | 9 | 0 | |
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| DF | Simon Deli | 27 October 1991 | 12 | 0 |  |
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| DF | Wonlo Coulibaly | 22 December 1991 | 0 | 0 | |
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| DF | Joris Gnagnon | 13 January 1997 | 0 | 0 | |
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| MF | Serge N'Guessan | 31 July 1994 | 14 | 2 | |
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| MF | Jean-Eudes Aholou | 20 March 1994 | 2 | 0 | |
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| MF | Ismaël Diomandé | 28 August 1992 | 17 | 1 | |
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| MF | Yakou Méïte | 11 February 1996 | 0 | 0 | |
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| MF | Yaya Touré | 13 May 1983 | 100 | 19 |  |
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| MF | Jean-Philippe Gbamin | 25 September 1995 | 4 | 0 | |
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| MF | Seko Fofana | 7 May 1995 | 1 | 0 | |
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| MF | Habib Maïga | 1 January 1996 | 0 | 0 | |
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| FW | Giovanni Sio | 31 March 1989 | 25 | 3 |  |
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| FW | Cyriac Gohi Bi | 5 August 1990 | 11 | 2 | |
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| FW | Salomon Kalou | 5 August 1985 | 97 | 28 | |
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| FW | Gervinho | 27 May 1987 | 84 | 22 | |
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| FW | Seydou Doumbia | 31 December 1987 | 37 | 9 | |
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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.
Most capped players
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Honours
- Fourth-place (1): 1992
See also
References
- ↑ "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ http://www.fifciv.com/?q=elim-can-2019-civrca-rcaciv-kamara-ibrahim-s%C3%A9lectionne-25-joueurs
- ↑ http://www.worldfootball.com/m/513025/2018-10-12/afcon-qualification/cote-d-ivoire/central-african-republic
- ↑ Roberto Mamrud. "IvoryCoast – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
External links
- Ivory Coast Association — official website
- Ivory Coast at FIFA.com
- Ivory Coast at the World Cups
- Ivory Coast Teams at World Cups
- Ivory Coast: Head-to-Head Records at World Cups
- Ivory Coast Players' Clubs
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