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The Côte d'Ivoire national football team, 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
Nations Cup against Ghana on penalties at the Stade de l'Amitie in Dakar,
Senegal. On October 8, 2005,
they qualified for the
2006 World Cup finals, marking their first appearance on the sport's
greatest stage.
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 - Qualified
African Nations Cup record
1957 to 1963 - Did not enter
1965 - Third place
1968 - Third place
1970 - Fourth place
1972 - Did not qualify
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 players
Ibrahima Bakayako Didier Drogba Arouna Koné Kolo Touré
Yaya Touré Emmanuel Eboué Bakary Koné Aruna Dindane Bonaventure Kalou
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.
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.
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