Ivory Coast national under-17 football team

Côte d'Ivoire U17

Nickname(s)	Les petit Éléphants (The Little Elephants)
Association	Fédération Ivoirienne de Football
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Alain Gouaméné
Captain	Jean Thome
FIFA code	CIV
First colours Second colours
African U-17 Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1997)
Best result	Fourth, 2011
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1987)
Best result	Third, 1987

The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les petit Éléphants ("The Little Elephants" in French), represents Côte d'Ivoire (commonly known as Ivory Coast in English) in international football at an under-17 level and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. The team's first appearance on the world stage was in 2003 at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship; they reached Round of 16 before being ousted by the United States.

Honours

• African U-17 Championship
  • Third (1): 2005

• FIFA U-17 World Cup:
  • Third (1): 1987

Tournament Records

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup Appearances: 3 Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1985 Did not qualify 1987 Third place 3 5 3 1 1 7 6 1989 Did not qualify 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 1st Round 14 3 0 1 2 4 8 2007 Did not qualify 2009 2011 Round of 16 10 4 1 1 2 10 10 2013 Quarterfinals 7 5 2 1 2 7 5 2015 To be determined Total Quarterfinals 3/15 17 6 4 7 28 29

CAF U-17 Championship record CAF U-17 Championship Appearances: 3 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1995 Did not qualify 1997 1st Round 3 1 1 1 7 2 1999 Did not qualify 2001 Walkover 2003 Did not qualify 2005 Third Place 3 5 3 0 2 6 5 2007 Did not qualify 2009 2011 Fourth Place 4 5 2 1 2 9 7 2013 Qualify 2015 To be determined 2017 Total Third Place 3/9 13 6 2 5 22 14

Current Squad

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Yored Konate (1994-12-28)28 December 1994 (aged 19) FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2 3MF Jean-Eudes Aholou (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 20) Lille B 3 2DF Mory Kone (1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 20) Le Mans FC 4 2DF Ibrahima Bah (1994-12-18)18 December 1994 (aged 19) Academie de Sefa 5 2DF Jean Thome (c) (1995-10-10)10 October 1995 (aged 18) Aspire Academy 6 4FW Dorian Kouame (1994-10-02)2 October 1994 (aged 19) En Avant de Guingamp 7 4FW Jean Evrard Kouassi (1994-09-25)25 September 1994 (aged 19) Hajduk Split 8 4FW Victorien Amgban (1996-09-29)29 September 1996 (aged 17) Chelsea FC S18 9 3MF Daniel Soungole (1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 19) AS Athlétic Adjamé 10 3MF Wilfried Gnahore (1995-12-30)30 December 1995 (aged 18) Nottingham Forest F.C. 11 4FW Lionel Lago (1995-10-09)9 October 1995 (aged 18) Aspire Academy 12 4FW Guy Bedi (1995-12-20)20 December 1995 (aged 18) Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo 13 4FW Jeremy Kimmankon (1994-05-29)29 May 1994 (aged 20) LB Châteauroux 14 2DF Mehoue Traore (1994-12-23)23 December 1994 (aged 20) Séwé Sports de San Pedro 15 4FW Drissa Diarrassouba (1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 19) BK Hacken 16 1GK Severin Dje Yao (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 19) AS Denguélé 17 2DF Losseni Karamoko (1994-12-20)20 December 1994 (aged 19) Olympic Sport Abobo 19 4FW Souleymane Coulibaly (1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 19) Tottenham Hotspur 20 4FW Banvo Anderson (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 20) Blackpool F.C. 21 1GK Aboubakar Ouattara (1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 18) Volcan

See also

• Côte d'Ivoire national football team
• Côte d'Ivoire national under-23 football team
• Côte d'Ivoire national under-20 football team

External links

• (French) Côte d'Ivoire national under-17 football team - official site of FIF