Côte d’Ivoire
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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 (75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Didier Drogba (33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | CIV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 18 (August 2006[1]) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 75 (March 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | T36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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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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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 17 (First in 1965) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 1 (First in 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | 4th, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- Ibrahima Bakayoko
- Didier Drogba
- Bonaventure Kalou
- Kolo Touré
- Yaya Touré
- Emmanuel Eboué
- Salomon Kalou
- Arouna Koné
- Laurent Pokou
- Yousouf Falikou Fofana
- Alain Gouaméné
- Aruna Dindane
- Abdul Kader Keïta
- Bakari Koné
- Boubacar Sanogo
- Didier Zokora
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
Squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Madagascar on October 11, 2008.
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[edit] Recent call-up
Other played notable in qualifying and friendly since World Cup
