Ivory Coast women's national football team

Ivory Coast
Association Fédération Ivoirienne de Football
Sub-confederation WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Clementine Toure
Captain Dominique Thiamalé
FIFA code CIV
FIFA ranking 67 Decrease 2 (27 March 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking 61 (June 2014)
Lowest FIFA ranking 136 (2011)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Ivory Coast 0–3 Netherlands 
(1 June 1988, Foshan)
Biggest win
 Ivory Coast 7–0 Mozambique 
(26 May 2012, Abidjan)
Biggest defeat
 Ivory Coast 1–8 China PR 
(5 June 1988, Guangzhou)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2015)
African Women's Championship
Appearances 2 (First in 2012)
Best result 3rd (2014)

The Ivory Coast women's national football team is the women's national football team of Ivory Coast who played their first international in 1988. They are currently ranked the 67th best team in the world the and 6th best team in CAF.

History

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team,[1] including Côte d'Ivoire who did not play their first FIFA recognised match until 1988[2] when they participated in the Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament 1988. The country was in Group A. On 1 June, they lost to the Netherlands 0-3 in a game in Foshan. On 3 June, they lost to Canada 0-6 in a game in Foshan. In a game on 5 June, they lost to China 1-8 in a game in Guangzhou.[3] In 1992, they competed at the 1st Lyon'ne Cup — Women, held in Lyon, France from 17–20 April. Côte d'Ivoire was in the nation's group. They lost to the United States U20 team 0-4, lost to the CIS team 0-3 and lost to France 1-6.[4] In 2002, the team competed in 2 matches.[5] In 2003, they played in 0 matches.[5] In 2004, they played in 0 matches.[5] In 2005, they played in 3 matches.[5] In 2006, they played in 2 matches.[5] In 2006, the team had 3 training sessions a week.[5] In 2005, they played in the women's Tournoi de Solidarité in Dakar, Senegal. On 18 May, they lost to Mali 1-6. On 20 May, they tied Senegal 3-3. They did not make the finals and overall finished last in the tournament.[6] On 17 May 2006 in Dakar, Togo tied Côte d'Ivoire 3-3.[7] In 2007, the country competed at the Tournoi de Cinq Nations held in Ouagadougou. On 2 September, they tied Mali 1-1 with Rita Akaffou scoring for the team in the 65th minute. On 5 September, they beat Togo 5-0 before Togo was disqualified from the competition for bringing a club team. On 6 September, they lost to Mali 1-2.[8] In 2010, the country had a team at the African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds. In the round, they beat Guinea 5-1. They lost to Malawi 4-2 in the return leg.[9] In the 2010, Women's Championship in Africa, they lost in the preliminary round in March, they beat Gabon at home and away 2-1 and 3-1. In the first round against Nigeria, they lost both matches by scores of 1–2 and 1–3.[10] The country did not have a team competing at the 2011 All Africa Games.[11]

The national team has trained in Abidjan.[12] As of 2006, the country did not have an under-17 or under-20 side.[5] In June 2012, the team was ranked 67th in the world by FIFA and the 6th best team in CAF.[13] This was an improvement of four places from March 2012 when they were ranked 71st in the world. The team's worst ever ranking was in 2011 when they were ranked 136th in the world. Other rankings include 73 in 2006, 75 in 2007, 74 in 2008, 92 in 2009, and 77 in 2010.[14]

Background and development

Early development of the women's game at the time colonial powers brought football to the continent was limited as colonial powers in the region tended to take make concepts of patriarchy and women's participation in sport with them to local cultures that had similar concepts already embedded in them.[15] The lack of later development of the national team on a wider international level symptomatic of all African teams is a result of several factors, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses.[16] When quality female football players are developed, they tend to leave for greater opportunities abroad.[17] Continent wide, funding is also an issue, with most development money coming from FIFA, not the national football association.[17] Future, success for women's football in Africa is dependent on improved facilities and access by women to these facilities. Attempting to commercialise the game and make it commercially viable is not the solution, as demonstrated by the current existence of many youth and women's football camps held throughout the continent.[15]

Football is the fourth most popular girls sport, trailing behind handball, basketball and athletics.[5] A women's football program was set up in the country in 1975[12] and girls' football is played in schools.[5] Player registration starts at nine years of age.[12] In 2006, there were 610 registered female players, 560 of which were senior players and 50 were under 18 years of age.[5] This was an increase from 2002 when there were 130 registered female players, 2003 when there were 220, 2004 when there were 253 and 2005 when there were 428 registered players.[5] In 2006, there were 123 football clubs in the country, of which 11 were women's only sides.[5] As of 2009, there are 36 senior teams and 4 youth teams for women.[12] A school based competition exists.[12]

The national federation was created in 1960 and became a FIFA affiliated in 1964.[5][18][19] Their kit includes orange shirts, white shorts and green socks.[18] The national committee does not have a full-time employee looking after women's football.[5] Representation of women's football is not guaranteed in the federation's constitution.[5] The FIFA trigramme is CIV.[20] A FIFA run women's MA football course was run in the country in 2007.[12]

Tournament record

World Cup

Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
China 1991 Did Not Enter
Sweden 1995 Did Not Enter
United States 1999 Did Not Enter
United States 2003 Did Not Qualify
China 2007 Did Not Qualify
Germany 2011 Did Not Qualify
Canada 2015 Qualified
Total1/7000000

Africa Women's Championship

CAF Women's Championship
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
1991 Did Not Enter
1995 Did Not Enter
Nigeria 1998 Did Not Enter
South Africa 2000 Did Not Enter
Nigeria 2002 Did Not Qualify
South Africa 2004 Did Not Enter
Nigeria 2006 Did Not Qualify
Equatorial Guinea 2008 Did Not Qualify
South Africa 2010 Did Not Qualify
Equatorial Guinea 2012 Group stage310277
Namibia 2014 Third place521288
Total2/1183141515

Current squad

Roster for the 2014 African Women's Championship.

Head coach: Clémentine Touré

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Lydie Saki 22 December 1984 (aged 29) Ivory Coast Juventus Yopuogon
2 DF Fatou Coulibaly 13 February 1987 (aged 27) Ivory Coast Juventus Yopuogon
3 DF Djelika Coulibaly 22 February 1984 (aged 30) Ivory Coast Juventus Yopuogon
4 MF Nina Kphao 30 December 1996 (aged 17) Ivory Coast Juventus Yopuogon
5 DF Mariam Diakité 11 April 1995 (aged 19) Ivory Coast ES Abobo
6 MF Rita Akaffou 5 December 1986 (aged 27) Ivory Coast Juventus Yopuogon
7 FW Jeanne Essoh 5 May 1990 (aged 24) Ivory Coast Juventus Yopuogon
8 FW Tia Vino Ines N'Rehy 1 October 1993 (aged 21) Serbia ŽFK Spartak Subotica
9 MF Cecile Esmei 20 November 1991 (aged 22) Morocco Subotika
10 FW Koko N'Guessan 18 November 1990 (aged 23) Ivory Coast Omness Dabou
11 FW Amon Elloh 25 December 1994 (aged 19) Ivory Coast Onze Soeurs Gagnoa
12 MF Ida Guehai 15 July 1994 (aged 20) Ivory Coast Onze Soeurs Gagnoa
13 DF Fernande Noukeu 20 June 1988 (aged 26) Ivory Coast Omness Dabou
14 FW José Nahi 29 May 1989 (aged 25) Russia Zvezda 2005 Perm
15 MF Christine Yeblé 18 October 1992 (aged 21) Ivory Coast Onze Soeurs Gagnoa
16 GK Dominique Thiamalé (c) 20 May 1982 (aged 32) Ivory Coast Omness Dabou
17 MF Nadege Cissé 4 April 1997 (aged 17) Ivory Coast ES Abobo
18 MF Sabine Nogbou 8 June 1990 (aged 24) France US Saint-Maur
19 MF Marie Yassi 7 November 1985 (aged 28) Morocco Atlas 5 FC
20 DF Chacoum Koutouan 29 October 1990 (aged 23) Ivory Coast Stella Club
21 GK Cynthia Djohore 2 December 1990 (aged 23) Ivory Coast Onze Soeurs Gagnoa

References

  1. ↑ Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Results: Côte d'Ivoire". FIFA. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament 1988". Rsssf.com. 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Lyon'ne Cup (Women) 1992-1993". Rsssf.com. 2003-06-19. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 FIFA (2006). "Women's Football Today" (PDF). p. 57. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Tournoi de Solidarité (Women) 2005 (Dakar, Senegal)". Rsssf.com. 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  7. ↑ "Results: Togo". FIFA. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  8. ↑ "Tournoi de Cinq Nations (Women) 2007". Rsssf.com. 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  9. ↑ "Fixtures — African Women Championship 2010 - CAF". Cafonline.com. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  10. ↑ "Africa — Women's Championship 2010". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  11. ↑ "Groups & standings — All Africa Games women 2011 - CAF". Cafonline.com. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 "Goal! Football: Côte d'Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA. 3 November 2009. p. 4. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  14. ↑ >"World Rankings". FIFA. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Peter Alegi (2 March 2010). African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-89680-278-0. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  16. ↑ Jean Williams (15 December 2007). A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football. Berg. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-84520-674-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Gabriel Kuhn (24 February 2011). Soccer Vs. the State: Tackling Football and Radical Politics. PM Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-60486-053-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Pickering, David (1994). The Cassell soccer companion : history, facts, anecdotes. London: Cassell. p. 167. ISBN 0304342319. OCLC 59851970.
  19. ↑ "Goal! Football: Côte d'Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA. 3 November 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  20. ↑ Tom Dunmore (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5. Retrieved 13 April 2012.

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