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Appearances
2006
First appearance
Kit colours
Orange / Green / White
Ivory Coast national football team
26 players called up for World Cup 2026.
Yahia Fofana
Mohamed Kone
Alban Lafont
Ousmane Diomande
Ghislain Konan
Wilfried Singo
Odilon Kossounou
Christopher Operi
Guela Doue
Emmanuel Agbadou
Evan Ndicka
Jean Michael Seri
Seko Fofana
Franck Kessie
Ibrahim Sangare
Parfait Guiagon
Christ Inao Oulai
Ange-Yoan Bonny
Simon Adingra
Yan Diomande
Elye Wahi
Oumar Diakite
Amad Diallo
Nicolas Pepe
Evann Guessand
Bazoumana Toure
Announced: 2026-06-22
Sources: FIFA
Ivory Coast arrive at World Cup 2026 in Group E, representing CAF.
Emerse Faé leads the tactical plan, with the group phase defining whether CIV can build momentum into the knockout rounds.
Group rivals include Ecuador, Germany, Curaçao. Every result can shift the path to the round of 32.
Ivory Coast national football team
The Ivory Coast national football team represents Ivory Coast in men's international football. Nicknamed the Elephants, the team is managed by the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF). The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations three times, in 1992, 2015 and 2023, and has qualified for the FIFA World Cup four times, in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2026. Ivory Coast's home colours are all orange. Since 2020 their home games have been played at Alassane Ouattara Stadium, in Abidjan. Prior to this their home ground was Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, also in Abidjan. Didier Zokora holds the record for number of caps, with 123. The nation's leading goalscorer is Didier Drogba, who scored 65 goals for the Elephants in 105 appearances.
See Ivory Coast fixtures and simulate their possible path to the final.
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