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 |  Vahid Halilhodžić |
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| Captain | Didier Drogba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Didier Zokora (72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Didier Drogba (33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | CIV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 18 (August 2006[1]) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 75 (March 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 12 (February 6, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 69 (October 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ivory Coast 3 - 2 Dahomey  (Madagascar; 13 April 1960) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ivory Coast 2 - 6 Ghana  (Côte d'Ivoire; 2 May 1971)  Malawi 5 - 1 Ivory Coast (Malawi; 6 July 1974) |
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 1, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| African Cup of Nations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 17 (First in 1965) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 4th, 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 in the so-called Group of death. 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. Many observers of that year's tournament said the team would have gone far, if they were not drawn in such a difficult group.
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[edit] Honours
- Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :
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- 1 Time Runners-up
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- CEDEAO Cup :
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- 4 Times Champion (1983, 1987, 1999)
- 1 Time Runners-up
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[edit] 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
[edit] African Nations Cup record
[edit] Coaches
- Martial Yéo 1992
Robert Nouzaret- Philippe Troussier 1993
- Henri Michel 2004 - 2006
Uli Stielike 2006 - 2008- Gérard Gili, 2008 (Interim), The U-23 coach acted as temporary replacement for Stielike
- Uli Stielike, 2008 (Interim), On temporary contract expiring April 15, 2008
Vahid Halilhodžić 2008 -
[edit] Notable players
- Didier Drogba
- Bonaventure Kalou
- Kolo Touré
- Emmanuel Eboué
- Ibrahima Bakayoko
- Didier Zokora
- Salomon Kalou
- Arouna Koné
- Laurent Pokou
- Yousouf Falikou Fofana
- Alain Gouaméné
- Aruna Dindane
- Abdul Kader Keïta
- Bakari Koné
- Boubacar Sanogo
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
Squad for the friendly match against Paraguay on May 22, 2008 and Japan on May 24, 2008.
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[edit] Recent call-up
Other played notable in qualifying and friendly since World Cup
[edit] Previous Squad
[edit] 2006 World Cup Squad
Main Article: 2006 FIFA World Cup squads (Côte d'Ivoire)
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.
[edit] 2006 World Cup Information
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 Hernán Crespo and Javier Saviola. 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 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 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. They were the second most successful African nation in the World Cup. Ghana had more success, advancing to the second round.
[edit] 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 the leave of Uli Stielike before the Africa Cup 2008, because of his son's unclear health situation, Gerard Gili, the co-trainer, is in his position. In lack of another co-coach, Didier Drogba acts as an "players trainer" (player + coach). This is the first time, that a player also acts as coach in the Africa Cup.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ August, October and November 2006
Cote d'Ivoire's current Elo ranking is actually 14
[edit] External links
- Côte d'Ivoire Association — official website
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