Côte d'Ivoire national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Éléphants (The Elephants) |
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| Association | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | François Zahoui | ||
| Captain | Didier Drogba | ||
| Most caps | Didier Zokora (90) | ||
| Top scorer | Didier Drogba (45) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny | ||
| FIFA code | CIV | ||
| FIFA ranking | 26 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 16 (November 2009) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 75 (March 2004) | ||
| Elo ranking | 24 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 12 (February 6, 2008) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 69 (October 1996) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Côte d'Ivoire 3–2 Dahomey  (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) |
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| 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) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
Côte d'Ivoire 2–6 Ghana  (Côte d'Ivoire; 2 May 1971)  Malawi 5–1 Côte d'Ivoire (Malawi; 6 July 1974) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2006) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 2006 and 2010 | ||
| African Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 18 (First in 1965) | ||
| Best result | Winners, 1992 | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 1992) | ||
| Best result | 4th, 1992 | ||
The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants ("The Elephants" in French), represents Côte d'Ivoire (commonly known as Ivory Coast in English) in international football 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 Leopold Senghor in Dakar, Senegal.
They have qualified for two World Cups, first in Germany in 2006, losing to Argentina and the Netherlands and beating Serbia and Montenegro as they failed to progress beyond the group stage. They qualified again for South Africa in 2010 and did not get through the group stage again.
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Honours
- Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :
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- 1 Time Runners-up
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- CEDEAO Cup :
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- 3 Times Champion (1983, 1987, 1991)
- 1 Time Runners-up
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- Toulon Tournament
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- 1 Time champion (2010)
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World Cup record
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| 1930 to 1970 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1974 to 2002 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | Round 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | Round 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 2/19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
FIFA Confederations Cup record
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| 1992 | Fourth place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 1995 to 2009 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 1/8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
African Nations Cup record
| African Cup of Nations | |||||||||
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| Titles: 1 Appearances: 18 |
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| Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position | ||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 1957 |
Did not enter | .svg.png){kind=small} 1976 |
Did not qualify |  1994 |
Third Place | ||||
 1959 |
Did not enter | 1978 |
Disqualified |  1996 |
Round 1 | ||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 1962 |
Did not enter |  1980 |
Round 1 |  1998 |
Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1963 |
Did not enter |  1982 |
Did not enter | 2000 |
Round 1 | ||||
| 1965 |
Third place | 1984 |
Round 1 | 2002 |
Round 1 | ||||
| 1968 |
Third Place | 1986 |
Third Place | 2004 |
Did not qualify | ||||
| 1970 |
Fourth Place |  1988 |
Round 1 | 2006 |
Runners-Up | ||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 1972 |
Did not qualify |  1990 |
Round 1 | 2008 |
Fourth place | ||||
 1974 |
Round 1 |  1992 |
Champions |  2010 |
Quarterfinals | ||||
Coaches
- Martial Yéo 1992
Robert Nouzaret- Philippe Troussier 1993
- Henri Michel 2004–2006
Uli Stielike 2006–2008- Gérard Gili, 2008 (interim), the under-23 coach acted as temporary replacement for Stielike
- Uli Stielike, 2008 (interim), on temporary contract expiring April 15, 2008
Vahid Halilhodžić 2008–2010
Sven-Göran Eriksson 2010–2010- François Zahoui 2010-
Players
Current squad
20 man squad who played Rwanda on 3 September. Caps and goals updated as 10 August, 2010.
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Recent call-ups
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Previous squads
- 2006 African Cup of Nations squad
- 2006 FIFA World Cup squad
- 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
Côte d'Ivoire qualified through a qualifying group which included African powerhouses Cameroon and Egypt, despite losing home and away to the former. On the last day of qualification, they confirmed their spot with a 4–1 win over Sudan, while Cameroon faltered and could only manage a 1–1 draw at home to Egypt.
Côte d'Ivoire lost their opening game 2–1 in the 2006 World Cup in Germany to an Argentine side. The goals for Argentina came from Hernán Crespo and Javier Saviola. Côte d'Ivoire's goal came from Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. They lost their second match to the Netherlands by the same scoreline and were thus eliminated from the tournament. The Netherlands' goals came from a Robin van Persie free-kick in the 23rd minute and a Ruud van Nistelrooy strike in the 27th minute. Bakari Koné 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 Côte d'Ivoire 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.
2010 World Cup Qualification
On 10 October 2009, Côte d'Ivoire secured a place at the 2010 World Cup after Didier Drogba struck within two minutes of coming on as a substitute to clinch a 1–1 draw with Malawi.[1]
FIFA World Cup 2010
| 2010-06-15 16:00 UTC+2 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
0 – 0 |  Portugal |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 78,944 |
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| 2010-06-20 13:30 UTC+2 |
Brazil  |
3 – 1 | Côte d'Ivoire |
Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg Attendance: 84,455 Referee: Stephane Lannoy |
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Drogba  79' |
| 2010-06-25 16:00 UTC+2 |
Korea DPR  |
0 – 3 | Côte d'Ivoire |
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Attendance: 34,763 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) |
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| Report | Yaya Touré 14' Romaric 20'Kalou 82' |
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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 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.
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, Côte d'Ivoire were placed in a so called "Group of Death." In 2006, Côte d'Ivoire faced Argentina, Netherlands and Serbia and Montenegro; Argentina and Netherlands reached the Round of 16. In 2010, Côte d'Ivoire was drawn with Brasil, Portugal, and North Korea. Côte d'Ivoire finished third in Group G, as Brazil and Portugal progressed.
References
- ↑ "Ivory Coast qualify for 2010 World Cup finals". ESPN. 2009-10-10. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=262941&cc=5739. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
External links
- Côte d'Ivoire Association — official website
- Côte d'Ivoire at FIFA.com
- Côte d'Ivoire National Team Profile, Stats and Analytics at Footbalistic
- ElephantsOnline — supporters' website
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