Football in Ivory Coast

Football in the Ivory Coast
Country Ivory Coast
Governing body Ivorian Football Federation
National team(s) men's national team
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions

Football is the most popular sport in Côte d'Ivoire.[1][2] The national team won the Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal in 1992.[3] In 2006 they participated in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The youth national teams have also done well in world championships, and the clubs from Côte d'Ivoire have won several continental titles. Among famous players from the country are Kolo Touré of Liverpool, Chelsea striker and former national team captain, Didier Drogba,[4][5] Wilfried Bony and Yaya Touré of Manchester City, Gervinho and Seydou Doumbia of Roma, and Salomon Kalou of Hertha Berlin.

The Ivory Coast national team won a second African cup of nations in 2015.[6]

National Competitions

The national championship, organised by the Ivorian Football Federation and sponsored by the company Orange, features 16 clubs in Division 1, 36 in Division 2, 36 in Division 3.

Two national cups, the Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire and the Coupe Houphouët-Boigny, put these clubs to grips every year.

International Competitions

National Teams

1984 the Côte d'ivoire organized the African Cup of Nations with matches in Abidjan and Bouaké. To support the National team and because of the popularity of this sport in the country, the government decided to close the schools for the duration of the competition. Although the national team was eliminated in the first round of the event, no course took place for 2 weeks...

The national team won the African Cup of Nations in 1992 and was a finalist in the competition in 2006. in 2006, for the first time in its history, Côte d'ivoire qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In 2008, his Olympic team qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Clubs

1998 ASEC Mimosas won the CAF Champions League after being a finalist in the same competition in 1995. in 1999, this club will achieve a phenomenal feat by winning, at Abidjan, the CAF Super Cup clubs facing the Espérance sportive de Tunis, aligning his junior team.
Before it the Stade Abidjan had won the first African International Trophy in club for Côte d'ivoire by winning the African Cup of Champions clubs in 1966. Another club of Abidjan, the Africa Sports, won the 1992, 1992 and 1999, and also won the [[1991] Africa Cup] of the clubs in 1993.
The Stella Club d'Adjamé yet another Abidjan club in addition to the African Cup of winners of Cups won in 1980 also won the CAF Cup in 1993.

This makes a total for the Ivory Coast of 6 trophies won at the club level. Two in the African Champions League, three Cup victories and a cup success of the African Football Confederation. It should be added that Côte d'ivoire has also won several small subregional tournaments (West Africa) in the club or with its national team. In particular the tournaments of the Council of the Agreement those of ECOWAS or those organised by the UFOA, the Union of the West African Football federations.

"Maracana"

The craze for football is such in the country that a series of very popular local competitions played with 7 players and nicknamed ' ' The Maracana ' ' whose most popular, which takes place at Yopougon is the ' ' Festival of Maracana of Abidjan (FESTMA).

Training Centers

Following the success of the "football [Academy]" de Sol Beni which several former boarders joined the European professional clubs, several training centres for young footballers were born: ' ' Centre Cyril Domoraud ' ', ' ' Labo Foot ' ' from Yopougon, ' ' Ivorian football training Centre of Abidjan (CIFFA) ' '

Women's football

The women's national team qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Kingsley Kobo. "Snubbing the Elephants of Ivory Coast". Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "'Football only unifying force in Ivory Coast'". FOOTBALL. AlJazeera. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "The time is now for Ivory Coast". AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS 2012. AlJazeera. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cote d'Ivoire: The golden generation | Al Jazeera America". America.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Jonathan (2014-06-10). "World Cup 2014: age begins to tarnish Ivory Coast's golden generation | Football". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  6. ↑ "Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana (9-8 on penalties)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Kessel, Anna (19 June 2015). "Ivory Coast exit Women's World Cup as Africa pleads for more support - Anna Kessel". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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