Ivory Coast national under-23 football team

Côte d'Ivoire U-21
Nickname(s) Les Éléphants (The Elephants)
Association Fédération Ivoirienne de Football
Confederation CAF (Africa)

The Ivorian national under-21 football team represents Côte d'Ivoire in international under-21 tournaments.

Nicknamed Les Petit Éléphants (The Small Elephants" in English), the under-23 national team's first appearance on the world stage was in 2003 at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship; they reached Round of 16 before being ousted by the United States.

Honours

Toulon Tournament (first title)

Les Petit Éléphants at the Toulon Tournament

The Toulon Tournament (officially the Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon or "Toulon Hopefuls' Tournament")is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players.

This was only Ivory Coast's 2nd appearance and they still performed well. The results are below.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 330082+69
 Ivory Coast 320162+46
 Colombia 310234–13
 Japan 3003110–90

All times local (CEST)

2010-05-18
18:30 CEST
Ivory Coast  3 – 0  Japan
Boli  2'
Déblé  26' (pen.)
Sagbo  65'
Report
Stade du Ray, Nice
Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)

2010-05-18
20:45 CEST
France  2 – 0  Colombia
Schneiderlin  33'
Kitambala  44'
Report

2010-05-20
18:00 CEST
Colombia  0 – 2  Ivory Coast
Report Goua Gohou  62', 66'
Stade Perruc, Hyères
Referee: Khamis Al-Mari (Qatar)

2010-05-20
20:00 CEST
France  4 – 1  Japan
Bourgeois  6'
Gueye  33' (pen.)
Butin  70'
Brahimi  72'
Report Suganuma  17'
Stade Perruc, Hyères
Referee: Jorge Osorio Reyes (Chile)

2010-05-22
19:00 CEST
Japan  0 – 3  Colombia
Report Calle  13'
Cardona  33'
Muriel  35'
Le Grand Stade, Le Lavandou
Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)

2010-05-22
19:00 CEST
Ivory Coast  1 – 2  France
Saré  54' Report Nestor  46'
Dossevi  60'
Stade de Lattre, Aubagne
Referee: Jorge Osorio Reyes (Chile)

Semifinals

May 25, 2010
18:30 CEST
Chile  0 – 2  Ivory Coast
Report Sagbo  65'
Déblé  80+3'

May 25, 2010
21:00 CEST
France  2 – 3  Denmark
Butin  29'
Kitambala  68'
Report Koné  24' (o.g.)
Bille  48', 73'
Stade Mayol, Toulon
Referee: Abdel Ismail (Jordan)

Final

May 27, 2010
21:00 CEST
Ivory Coast  3 – 2  Denmark
Ouedraogo  19'
Gohou  39'
Sio  74'
Report Nielsen  46'
Mortensen  80'
Stade Mayol, Toulon
Referee: Jorge Osorio Reyes (Chile)

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Ivory Coast- qualified for the 2008 Olympics. This African team representing Africa at the 2006 FIFA World Championships in Germany. It is one of the best teams in Africa. "We are one of the few African countries to have an organized youth league. Great players have always come out of the Ivory Coast; I'm thinking of Laurent Pokou in the 1970s; and Youssou Fofana in the 1980s. But now the footballing infrastructure is much better and so many youngsters are getting the right coaching", said Henri Michel (former coach of the Côte d'Ivoire national soccer team). Ivory Coast won the African Cup of Nations in 1992. Ivory Coast went far in the 2008 Olympics but stumbled at the last hurdle by losing to Nigeria 2-0 in quarter finals.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 330051+49
 Ivory Coast 320164+26
 Australia 301213−21
 Serbia 301237−41

2008-08-07
19:45
Ivory Coast  1 – 2  Argentina
Cissé  53' (Report) Messi  43'
Acosta  86'
Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 43,266
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

2008-08-10
19:45
Serbia  2 – 4  Ivory Coast
Mrdaković  16'
Rakić  90'
(Report) Cissé  3'
Rajković  24' (o.g.)
Kalou  70'
Gervinho  90+3'
Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 38,320
Referee: Roberto Moreno Salazar (Panama)

2008-08-13
19:45
Ivory Coast  1 – 0  Australia
Kalou  81' (Report)

Quarterfinals

2008-08-16
21:00
Nigeria  2 – 0  Ivory Coast
Odemwingie  44'
Obinna  82' (pen.)
(Report)

Current squad

 Ivory Coast

Squad from 2011 CAF U-23 Championship.

Coach: Ivory Coast Alain Gouaméné

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0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ibrahim Koné (1989-12-05)December 05, 1989 (aged 21) France US Boulogne
2 2DF Mahan Marc Goua (1989-11-02)November 02, 1989 (aged 22) Ivory Coast Séwé Sports de San Pedro
3 2DF Konan Ruffin Ngouan (1990-05-15)May 15, 1990 (aged 21) Ivory Coast Africa Sports National
4 2DF Troh César Hougnonhon (1990-09-13)September 13, 1990 (aged 21) Bahrain East Riffa Club
5 2DF Didier Kadio (1990-04-05)April 05, 1990 (aged 21) Armenia Shirak FC
6 3MF Yacoub Meité (1990-02-10)February 10, 1990 (aged 21) France Tours FC
7 2DF Konan Joel Kouadio (1993-10-20)October 20, 1993 (aged 18) Ivory Coast AFAD
8 3MF Laglais Xavier Kouassi (1989-12-28)December 28, 1989 (aged 21) Switzerland Servette FC
9 3MF Moussa Koné (1990-02-12)February 12, 1990 (aged 21) Italy Delfino Pescara 1936
10 4FW Serge Deble (1989-10-01)October 01, 1989 (aged 22) 6 1 Armenia Shirak FC
11 4FW Lacina Traoré (1990-05-20)May 20, 1990 (aged 21) Russia FC Kuban Krasnodar
12 4FW Wakalible Júnior Lago (1990-12-31)December 31, 1990 (aged 20) Spain CD Numancia
13 2DF Aubin Kouakou (1991-06-01)June 01, 1991 (aged 20) Tunisia Stade Tunisien
14 3MF Jean Michael Seri (1991-07-19)July 19, 1991 (aged 20) Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
15 4FW Krahire Yannick Zakri (1991-03-26)March 26, 1991 (aged 20) Ivory Coast AFAD
16 1GK Gnagnélé Clovis Tahourou (1989-12-25)December 25, 1989 (aged 21) Ivory Coast AFAD
17 4FW Georges Griffiths (1990-02-24)February 24, 1990 (aged 21) Hungary Lombard-Pápa TFC
18 4FW Vamouti Diomande (1991-01-20)January 20, 1991 (aged 20) Norway Hønefoss BK
19 3MF Kouassi Martial Yao (1989-10-04)October 04, 1989 (aged 22) Tunisia Stade Tunisien
20 4FW Bossé Kévin Beugre (1992-08-23)August 23, 1992 (aged 19) Norway Hønefoss BK
21 1GK Ousmane Gnada (1990-03-24)March 24, 1990 (aged 21) Ivory Coast AFAD
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