Ivory Coast national football team

























































































































Ivory Coast
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)
Les Éléphants (The Elephants)
Association Ivorian Football Federation
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

















First colours














Second colours



FIFA ranking
Current 65 Steady(20 December 2018)[1]
Highest 12 (February 2013, April–May 2013)
Lowest 75 (March–May 2004)
Elo ranking
Current 58 Increase 6 (18 January 2019)[2]
Highest 10 (26 January 2013)
Lowest 70 (6 October 1996)
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
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 Ivory Coast 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 Ivorian Football Federation (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.


Ivory Coast 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, Yakou Meite 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.




Contents






  • 1 World Cup record


  • 2 FIFA Confederations Cup record


  • 3 Africa Cup of Nations record


    • 3.1 African Games record




  • 4 Recent and upcoming fixtures


    • 4.1 2017


    • 4.2 2018


    • 4.3 2019




  • 5 Coaches


  • 6 Players


    • 6.1 Current squad


    • 6.2 Recent call-ups




  • 7 Records


    • 7.1 Most capped players


    • 7.2 Top goalscorers




  • 8 Honours


  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





World Cup record













































































































































































































































































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 record

















































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

To be determined
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

Egypt 2019

Qualified

Cameroon 2021

To be determined

Ivory Coast 2023

Qualified as hosts

Guinea 2025

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.





































































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



Togo  v  Ivory Coast


















Ivory Coast  v  Moldova


















Kosovo  v  Ivory Coast





















Rwanda  v  Ivory Coast


















Ivory Coast  v  Central African Republic


















Central African Republic  v  Ivory Coast


















Guinea  v  Ivory Coast


















2019



Ivory Coast  v  Rwanda







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 Guinea on 18 November 2018[4]
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No.

Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club


1GK

Sylvain Gbohouo

(1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 30)
39
0

Democratic Republic of the Congo Mazembe


1GK

Badra Ali Sangaré

(1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 32)
12
0

South Africa Free State Stars


1GK

El Hadje Danté

(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 20)
0
0

Ivory Coast LYS Sassandra



2DF

Serge Aurier

(1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 26)
51
1

England Tottenham Hotspur


2DF

Wilfried Kanon

(1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 25)
33
1

Netherlands ADO Den Haag


2DF

Eric Bailly

(1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 24)
32
1

England Manchester United


2DF

Cheick Comara

(1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 (age 25)
9
0

Morocco Wydad


2DF

Ghislain Konan

(1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 23)
8
0

France Reims


2DF

Mamadou Bagayoko

(1989-12-31) 31 December 1989 (age 29)
7
0

Belgium Mechelen


3MF

Jean-Philippe Gbamin

(1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 23)
5
0

Germany Mainz 05


2DF

Souleyman Doumbia

(1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 22)
0
0

France Rennes



3MF

Max Gradel

(1987-11-30) 30 November 1987 (age 31)
64
11

France Toulouse


3MF

Serey Dié

(1984-11-07) 7 November 1984 (age 34)
43
1

Switzerland Basel


3MF

Franck Kessié

(1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 (age 22)
27
0

Italy Milan


3MF

Jean Michaël Seri

(1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 27)
22
2

England Fulham


3MF

Cheick Doukouré

(1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 26)
21
1

Spain Levante


3MF

Victorien Angban

(1996-09-29) 29 September 1996 (age 22)
7
0

France Metz



4FW

Jonathan Kodjia

(1989-10-22) 22 October 1989 (age 29)
15
7

England Aston Villa


4FW

Roger Assalé

(1993-11-13) 13 November 1993 (age 25)
13
1

Switzerland Young Boys


4FW

Nicolas Pépé

(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 23)
10
3

France Lille


4FW

Wilfried Zaha

(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 26)
9
2

England Crystal Palace


4FW

Maxwel Cornet

(1996-09-27) 27 September 1996 (age 22)
8
2

France Lyon


4FW

Vakoun Issouf Bayo

(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 22)
2
0

Scotland Celtic


4FW

Yakou Méïté

(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 22)
0
0

England Reading




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

Abdoul Karim Cissé

(1985-10-20) 20 October 1985 (age 33)
2
0

Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
v.  Central African Republic, 16 October 2018

GK

Nicolas Tie

(2001-02-13) 13 February 2001 (age 17)
0
0

England Chelsea U18
v.  Central African Republic, 16 October 2018

GK

Sayouba Mandé

(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 25)
5
0

Denmark OB
v.  Rwanda, 9 September 2018

GK

Axel Kacou

(1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 (age 23)
0
0

France Tours
v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018

GK

Hillel Konaté

(1994-12-28) 28 December 1994 (age 24)
0
0

France Valenciennes
v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018


DF

Adama Traoré

(1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 28)
13
0

Turkey Göztepe
v.  Central African Republic, 16 October 2018

DF

Ismaël Traoré

(1986-08-18) 18 August 1986 (age 32)
3
0

France Angers
v.  Central African Republic, 16 October 2018

DF

Kouadio-Yves Dabila

(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 22)
0
0

France Lille
v.  Central African Republic, 16 October 2018

DF

Lamine Koné

(1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 29)
9
0

France Strasbourg
v.  Rwanda, 9 September 2018

DF

Simon Deli

(1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 27)
12
0

Czech Republic Slavia Prague
v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018

DF
Wonlo Coulibaly

(1991-12-22) 22 December 1991 (age 27)
0
0

Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
v.  Togo, 24 March 2018 PRE


MF

Ibrahim Sangaré

(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 21)
2
1

France Toulouse
v.  Central African Republic, 16 October 2018

MF

Serge N'Guessan

(1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 (age 24)
14
2

France Nancy
v.  Rwanda, 9 September 2018

MF

Jean-Eudes Aholou

(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 24)
2
0

France Monaco
v.  Rwanda, 9 September 2018

MF

Ismaël Diomandé

(1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 26)
17
1

France Caen
v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018

MF

Yaya Touré

(1983-05-13) 13 May 1983 (age 35)
100
19

Greece Olympiacos
v.  Togo, 24 March 2018 DEC


FW

Giovanni Sio

(1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 29)
25
3

United Arab Emirates Ittihad Kalba
v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018

FW

Cyriac

(1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 28)
11
2

Turkey Sivasspor
v.  Moldova, 27 March 2018





  • 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



  • Coppa Africa.svgAfrica Cup of Nations:

Winners (2): Gold medal africa.svg 1992, Gold medal africa.svg 2015

  • FIFA Confederations Cup:

Fourth-place (1): 1992


See also


  • Ivory Coast national under-20 football team


References





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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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