Ivorian national soccer team

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Ivory Coast
Cote d'ivoire
Cote Divoire Enblem.png
Nickname (s) The elephants
( Les Éléphants )
Association Fédération Ivoirienne
de Football
confederacy CAF
Technical sponsor puma
Head coach FranceFrance Patrice Beaumelle (since 2020)
captain Yaya Touré
Record scorer Didier Drogba (65)
Record player Didier Zokora (123)
Home stadium Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Stade Robert Champroux
FIFA code CIV
FIFA rank 61st (1378 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international match Ivory Coast 3-2 Dahomey ( Madagascar ; April 13, 1960)
Ivory CoastIvory Coast BeninBenin
Biggest win Ivory Coast 11-0 Central African Republic ( Abidjan , Ivory Coast ; December 27, 1961)
Ivory CoastIvory Coast Central African RepublicCentral African Republic
Biggest defeats Mali 4-0 Ivory Coast ( Mali ; February 4, 1962) Nigeria 4-0 Ivory Coast ( Lagos Nigeria ; July 10, 1977) Argentina 4-0 Ivory Coast ( Riyadh Saudi Arabia ; October 16, 1992)
MaliMali Ivory CoastIvory Coast

NigeriaNigeria Ivory CoastIvory Coast

ArgentinaArgentina Ivory CoastIvory Coast
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 3 ( first : 2006 )
Best results Preliminary round (2006, 2010, 2014)
African Championship
Participation in the finals 23 ( first : 1965 )
Best results Winner 1992 , 2015
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals 1 ( first : 1992 )
Best results Fourth place (1992)
(As of November 19, 2019)

The Ivorian national soccer team is the national soccer team of Côte d'Ivoire ( coll. Ivory Coast). The greatest successes in international tournaments were winning the African continental championship in 1992 and 2015 and qualifying for the finals of the soccer world championships in 2006 , 2010 and 2014 .

history

On April 13, 1960, Ivory Coast played an international match for the first time. Against Dahomey you could celebrate your first victory with 3-2. Up to and including 1970, the team never registered for qualification for the soccer world championship . They wanted to participate for the first time in 1974, but failed to qualify. Participation in the following seven World Cup competitions was also not possible. As early as 1992, the association took part in the 1992 King Fahd Cup , the predecessor of the Confederations Cup . In addition to the Ivory Coast, three other nations were in the tournament. In the semifinals, the team met Argentina and had to admit defeat 0: 4. Three days later, on October 19, 1992, there was another defeat in the game for third place at a 2: 5 against the United States national soccer team . The two goal scorers from the Ivorian point of view were Abdoulaye Traoré to equalize and Donald-Olivier Sié , who cut the score to 2: 4. The reason for participating at the time was winning the African Cup of Nations for the first time in 1992 .

African Cup of Nations 1992

After three third places in 1965, 1968 and 1984 and the eighth participation in the African Football Championship , the Ivorian team won the tournament in 1992. In Group C of the preliminary round, they beat Algeria and the Republic of the Congo as first in the table. After further victories in the quarter-finals against Zambia's selection and the kickers from Cameroon , the team moved into the final, where they should meet Ghana . After it was a draw (0-0) after 90 minutes and extra time, the penalty shoot-out had to decide in Dakar . After the Ghanaian Isaac Asare missed at 4: 3 , Joël Tiéhi could decide everything, but also failed. Only with a result of 11:10 and the second penalty from Anthony Baffoe (all other players had already shot), this forgave and thus made the Ivory Coast the winner.

World Championship 2006

In Africa Group 3, Ivory Coast fought for the 2006 World Cup / qualification for the 2006 World Cup between June 2004 and October 2005. Egypt and Cameroon were two favorites in the same group. With seven wins and one draw in ten games, the team earned 22 points, one more than Cameroon. This success was only made fixed on the last match day, when at the same time the Cameroonian selection did not get beyond a 1-1 draw against Egypt and thus lost the top position.

In their first World Cup game , the team lost 2-1 to Argentina. Didier Drogba scored the first goal for Ivory Coast, the connection goal to make it 1: 2 . The second game they also lost 1: 2 against the Netherlands (scorer: Bakari Koné ). Thus, the Ivorians narrowly eliminated after the preliminary round at their first World Cup participation against equally strong opponents. In the third preliminary round match in Munich they faced the previously eliminated selection of Serbia & Montenegro and were their last opponent. They won this game, after a 2-0 deficit 3-2, after 2 penalties and a goal in stoppage time in the second half.

African Cup of Nations 2010

At the African Cup of Nations 2010, Ivory Coast started with a 0-0 win against the weaker Burkina Faso , but then managed to improve in the second group game against Ghana and make it 3-1 to make it into the quarter-finals. The last group game against Togo was canceled because the Togo team withdrew from the tournament after an attack on the team bus. In the quarter-finals against Algeria , the team took an early lead, but had to accept the equalizer in the 40th minute. When they took the lead again in the 89th minute, the semi-finals seemed certain, but in stoppage time the North Africans managed to equalize, which meant extra time. In this Algeria took the lead early and was able to defend it until the end. The elimination meant a drop of six places in the FIFA world rankings.

African Championship 2012

At the 2012 African Cup of Nations, Ivory Coast reached the final against Zambia with five wins and a clean sheet . The team didn't concede a goal there either, but couldn't score a goal in 120 minutes, so the penalty shoot-out had to decide. The Ivory Coast lost it 7: 8.

Record player

(As of November 19, 2019)

Record player
Games player position Period Gates
123 Didier Zokora midfield 2000-2014 1
120 Kolo Touré Defense 2000-2015 7th
105 Didier Drogba attack 2002-2014 65
101 Yaya Touré midfield 2004-2015 19th
100 Siaka Tiéné Defense 2000-2015 2
96 Salomon Kalou attack 2007-2017 27
90 Abdoulaye Traoré attack 1986-1996 49
88 Arthur Boka Defense 2004-2015 1
86 Boubacar Barry goal 2000-2015 0
82 Gervinho attack 2007-2017 22nd
81 Tchiressoua Guel midfield 1993-2006 10
Record shooters
Gates player Period Games
65 Didier Drogba 2002-2014 105
49 Abdoulaye Traoré 1986-1996 90
28 Joël Tiéhi 1987-1990 50
27 Salomon Kalou 2007-2017 96
22nd Gervinho 2007-2017 82
22nd Ibrahima Bakayoko 1996-2002 39
21st Laurent Pokou 1967-1980 30th
19th Yaya Touré 2004-2015 101
18th Aruna Dindane 2000-2010 62
17th Wilfried Bony 2010– 58

Other well-known players

Well-known trainers

Participation in major tournaments

Participation in soccer world championships

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Trainer Comments and special features
1962 Chile not participated
1966 England not participated
1970 Mexico not participated
1974 Germany not qualified In the qualification in the 3rd round, Morocco failed, but they could not qualify either.
1978 Argentina not qualified In the qualification in the third round, Nigeria failed, but they could not qualify either.
1982 Spain not participated
1986 Mexico not qualified In the qualification in the quarterfinals of Ghana failed, but that could not qualify well.
1990 Italy not qualified In the qualification in the second round, Algeria failed, but they could not qualify either.
1994 United States not qualified In the qualification in the second round, Nigeria failed again.
1998 France not qualified The Republic of the Congo failed again in qualification in the first round , but they also failed to qualify.
2002 South Korea / Japan not qualified In the qualification in the second round of Tunisia failed.
2006 Germany Preliminary round Argentina , Netherlands , Serbia and Montenegro 19th Henri Michel After defeats against Argentina and the Netherlands and a win against Serbia and Montenegro, eliminated in third place in the group.
2010 South Africa Preliminary round Portugal , Brazil , North Korea 17th Sven-Göran Eriksson After a draw against Portugal, defeat against Brazil and victory against North Korea, they were eliminated as third in the group.
2014 Brazil Preliminary round Japan , Colombia , Greece Sabri Lamouchi Preliminary round through a penalty goal in stoppage time .
2018 Russia not qualified Successful in the second qualifying round with two wins against Liberia and reached the third round. There at Morocco failed.
2022 Qatar

Participation in the African Championship

1962 to 1963 not participated
1965 in Tunisia 3rd place
1968 in Ethiopia 3rd place
1970 in Sudan 4th Place
1972 in Cameroon not qualified
1974 in Egypt Preliminary round
1976 in Ethiopia not qualified
1978 in Ghana disqualified
1980 in Nigeria Preliminary round
1982 in Libya not qualified
1984 in Ivory Coast Preliminary round
1986 in Egypt 3rd place
1988 in Morocco Preliminary round
1990 in Algeria Preliminary round
1992 in Senegal African champions
1994 in Tunisia 3rd place
1996 in South Africa Preliminary round
1998 in Burkina Faso Quarter finals
2000 in Ghana and Nigeria Preliminary round
2002 in Mali Preliminary round
2004 in Tunisia not qualified
2006 in Egypt 2nd place
2008 in Ghana 4th Place
2010 in Angola Quarter finals
2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea 2nd place
2013 in South Africa Quarter finals
2015 in Equatorial Guinea African champions
2017 in Gabon Preliminary round
2019 in Egypt Quarter finals
2021 in Ivory Coast Qualified as a host
2023 in Guinea

African Nations Championship

  • 2009 : preliminary round (hosts)
  • 2011 : preliminary round
  • 2014 : not qualified
  • 2016 : 3: place

Games against German-speaking teams

date place Home team result Visiting team
1. 02.12.1983 Abidjan Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast 2-0 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
2. 05/27/2006 Basel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1: 1 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast
3. 10/17/2007 innsbruck AustriaAustria Austria 3: 2 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast
4th 11/18/2009 Gelsenkirchen GermanyGermany Germany 2: 2 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast
5. 11/14/2012 Linz AustriaAustria Austria 0: 3 Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast

See also

Web links

Commons : Ivorian National Football Team  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to FIFA and RSSSF
  2. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Ivory Coast - Ghana 11:10 am ( Memento from September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on weltfussball.de
  4. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2010 (PDF; 200 kB)