Côte d'Ivoire national football team

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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. Despite their obvious skill and determination, they were unable to qualify for the second round after losing to experienced teams such as Argentina and Netherlands. 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 but it was too late for them to be able to make it to the next round.

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

African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1963 - Did not enter 1965 - First Place 1968 - Third place 1970 - Fourth place 1972 - Did not qualfy 1974 - Round 1 1976 - Did not qualify 1978 - Disqualified 1980 - Round 1 1982 - Did not enter 1984 - Round 1

1986 - Third place 1990 - Round 1 1992 - Champions 1994 - Third place 1996 - Round 1 1998 - Quarterfinals 2000 - Round 1 2002 - Round 1 2004 - Did not qualify 2006 - Runner Up

Famous past players

• Laurent Pokou: the African Cup highest scorer of all time
• Yousouf Falikou Fofana: "The Black Diamond of Monaco"
• Abdoulaye Traore: named as one of the greatest forwards in the world several times in the 1990s.

Head coach: Henri Michel

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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.

The Côte d'Ivoire lost their opening game 2-1 in the World Cup in Germany to an Argentine side seeded one place above them. The goals for Argentina came from Chelsea's Hernan Crespo and Javier Saviola of Sevilla. Ivory Coast's goal came from another Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba. Despite dominating Holland for long periods, they lost their second match by the same scoreline and were thus eliminated from the tourament. Goals for Holland: Robin Van Persie at the 23rd minute on free-kick, Ruud Van Nistelrooij at the 27th minute. Goal for Ivory Coast: Bakary Kone at the 38th minute.

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 21-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.

External links

• [Côte d'Ivoire Association] - official website
• [Reports on Ivory Coast Matches at the 2006 World Cup]

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