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 Leopold Senghor in Dakar, Senegal. On 8 October 2005, they qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, marking their first appearance on the World Cup finals stage. They were unable to qualify for the second round after losing to teams such as Argentina and the Netherlands in the so-called "Group of death". However, They did manage to win one game in Germany against Serbia and Montenegro, coming back from a 2–0 deficit to win 3–2 on a late penalty kick by Bonaventure Kalou. [edit] Honours - Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :
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- CEDEAO Cup :
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- 4 Times Champion (1983, 1987, 1999)
- 1 Time Runners-up
[edit] World Cup record | Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | | 1930 to 1970 | Did not enter | | 1974 to 1978 | Did not qualify | | 1982 | Did not enter | | 1986 to 2002 | Did not qualify | | 2006 | Round 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | | 2010 | Qualified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | Total | 2/19 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | [edit] FIFA Confederations Cup record | Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | | 1992 | Fourth place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | | 1995 to 2009 | Did not qualify | | Total | 1/8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | [edit] African Nations Cup record [edit] Coaches [edit] Players [edit] Current squad The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Guinea in Abidjan on 14 November 2009. | No. | Pos. | Player | DoB (Age) | Caps | Goals | Club | | 1 | GK | Vincent Angban | February 15, 1985 (1985-02-15) (age 24) | 1 | 0 |  ASEC Mimosas | | 16 | GK | Aristide Benoît Zogbo | December 30, 1981 (1981-12-30) (age 28) | 2 | 0 |  Maccabi Netanya | | GK | Boubacar Barry | December 30, 1979 (1979-12-30) (age 30) | 13 | 0 |  Lokeren | | GK | Ibrahim Koné | December 5, 1989 (1989-12-05) (age 20) | 0 | 0 |  Boulogne | | | 2 | DF | Emmanuel Eboué | June 4, 1983 (1983-06-04) (age 26) | 24 | 0 |  Arsenal | | 3 | DF | Arthur Boka | April 2, 1983 (1983-04-02) (age 26) | 33 | 1 |  Stuttgart | | 4 | DF | Sol Bamba | January 13, 1985 (1985-01-13) (age 24) | 10 | 0 |  Hibernian | | 8 | DF | Benjamin Angoua | January 23, 1989 (1989-01-23) (age 20) | 0 | 0 |  Budapest Honvéd | | 12 | DF | Guy Demel | June 13, 1981 (1981-06-13) (age 28) | 9 | 0 | Hamburg | | 17 | DF | Siaka Tiéné | February 22, 1982 (1982-02-22) (age 27) | 40 | | Valenciennes | | DF | Igor Lolo | July 22, 1982 (1982-07-22) (age 27) | 5 | 0 | Monaco | | DF | Constant Djakpa | October 17, 1986 (1986-10-17) (age 23) | 3 | 0 | Hannover | | DF | Kolo Touré | March 19, 1981 (1981-03-19) (age 28) | 70 | 2 | Manchester City | | DF | Abdoulaye Méïté | October 6, 1980 (1980-10-06) (age 29) | 21 | 0 | West Bromich Albion | | DF | Diarrasouba Viera | December 21, 1986 (1986-12-21) (age 23) | 0 | 0 |  Internaţional | | DF | Marc Zoro | November 27, 1983 (1983-11-27) (age 26) | 13 | 1 |  Vitória Setúbal | | | 5 | MF | Didier Zokora | December 14, 1980 (1980-12-14) (age 29) | 75 | 1 |  Sevilla | | 6 | MF | Yaya Touré | May 13, 1983 (1983-05-13) (age 26) | 28 | 4 | Barcelona | | 7 | MF | Jean-Jacques Gosso | March 15, 1983 (1983-03-15) (age 26) | | | Monaco | | 13 | MF | Romaric | June 4, 1983 (1983-06-04) (age 26) | 11 | 2 | Sevilla | | 14 | MF | Emmanuel Koné | December 31, 1986 (1986-12-31) (age 23) | 4 | 0 | Internaţional | | MF | Emerse Faé | January 24, 1984 (1984-01-24) (age 25) | 17 | 1 | Nice | | MF | Cheik Tioté | June 21, 1986 (1986-06-21) (age 23) | 0 | 0 |  Twente | | | 9 | FW | Seydou Doumbia | December 31, 1987 (1987-12-31) (age 22) | 2 | 0 |  Young Boys | | 10 | FW | Gervinho | May 27, 1987 (1987-05-27) (age 22) | 5 | 2 | Lille | | 11 | FW | Sekou Cissé | May 23, 1985 (1985-05-23) (age 24) | 4 | 3 | Feyenoord | | 15 | FW | Aruna Dindane | November 26, 1980 (1980-11-26) (age 29) | 40 | 14 | Portsmouth | | 18 | FW | Abdul-Kader Keïta | August 6, 1983 (1983-08-06) (age 26) | 46 | 9 |  Galatasaray | | FW | Bakari Koné | September 17, 1981 (1981-09-17) (age 28) | 35 | 10 | Marseille | | FW | Salomon Kalou | August 15, 1985 (1985-08-15) (age 24) | 17 | 9 | Chelsea | | 11 | FW | Didier Drogba | March 11, 1978 (1978-03-11) (age 31) | 60 | 41 | Chelsea | | FW | Boubacar Sanogo | December 17, 1982 (1982-12-17) (age 27) | 12 | 8 | Saint-Étienne | | FW | Arouna Koné | November 11, 1983 (1983-11-11) (age 26) | 27 | 9 | Sevilla | | [edit] Recent call-ups | No. | Pos. | Player | DoB (Age) | Caps | Goals | Club | | GK | Badra Ali Sangaré | May 30, 1986 (1986-05-30) (age 23) | | | Olympic Charleroi | | 16 | GK | Stephan Loboué | August 23, 1981 (1981-08-23) (age 28) | 3 | 0 | Greuther Fürth | | GK | Stéphane Dimy (v. Tunisia on March 26) | November 12, 1980 (1980-11-12) (age 29) | 0 | 0 | Africa Sports | | GK | Tiassé Koné (v. Ghana, February 9, 2009) | October 17, 1987 (1987-10-17) (age 22) | 1 | 0 |  Spartak Nalchik | | GK | Gérard Gnanhouan | February 12, 1979 (1979-02-12) (age 30) | 6 | 0 | Vannes | | DF | Steve Gohouri | February 8, 1981 (1981-02-08) (age 28) | 2 | 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | | DF | Bakary Soro | December 5, 1985 (1985-12-05) (age 24) | 0 | 0 | Lorient | | DF | Mamadou Doumbia | December 3, 1980 (1980-12-03) (age 29) | 23 | 5 | Lorient | | MF | Kanga Akalé (Friendly v. Israel, 19 November) | March 7, 1981 (1981-03-07) (age 28) | 33 | 3 | Lens | | 10 | MF | Gilles Yapi Yapo (Friendly v. Israel, 19 November) | January 30, 1982 (1982-01-30) (age 27) | 27 | 2 | Young Boys | | MF | Christian Manfredini (Friendly v. Israel, 19 November) | May 1, 1975 (1975-05-01) (age 34) | 1 | 0 |  Lazio | | MF | Felix Dja Ettien (Friendly v. Guinea, 20 August) | September 26, 1979 (1979-09-26) (age 30) | 6 | 1 | unattached | | 8 | MF | Abdou Razack Traoré (WCQ v. Botswana, June 14) | December 28, 1988 (1988-12-28) (age 21) | 0 | 0 |  Rosenborg | | MF | Kafoumba Coulibaly | October 26, 1985 (1985-10-26) (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Nice | | 18 | MF | Didier Ya Konan (WCQ v. Madagascar, June 8, 2009) | February 25, 1984 (1984-02-25) (age 25) | 3 | 0 | Hannover 96 | | MF | Thierry Doubai (v. Tunisia, March 26, 2009) | June 1, 1988 (1988-06-01) (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Young Boys | | MF | Lionel Bah | February 2, 1980 (1980-02-02) (age 29) | 4 | 0 |  APOP Kinyras Peyias | | MF | Did'dy Guela | June 19, 1986 (1986-06-19) (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Arminia Bielefeld | | 9 | FW | Kandia Traoré (WCQ v. Botswana, June 22, 2009) | June 5, 1980 (1980-06-05) (age 29) | 25 | 8 | Sochaux | | FW | Amara Diané | August 19, 1982 (1982-08-19) (age 27) | 1 | 1 |  Al-Rayyan | | FW | Bonaventure Kalou | January 12, 1978 (1978-01-12) (age 31) | 51 | 12 | Heerenveen | | FW | Guillaume Dah Zadi | June 1, 1978 (1978-06-01) (age 31) | 1 | 0 |  Changchun Yatai | | [edit] Previous squads - 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 qualified through a tough 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 3–1 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. [edit] 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] [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 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 for the lack of another co-coach, Didier Drogba acted as a "players trainer" (player and a 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. Côte d'Ivoire is the only team to have never been shut out in any World Cup match. The team scored in all three games of their 2006 World Cup campaign, against Argentina, the Netherlands, and Serbia and Montenegro. [edit] 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.
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