Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) National Football Team

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. They were unable to qualify for the second round after losing to experienced teams such as Argentina and Netherlands in the so-called Group of death. 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. Many observers of that year's tournament said the team would have gone far if they were not drawn in such a difficult group.

Competitive Record
FIFA World Cup record
1930 - Did not enter
1934 - Did not enter
1938 - Did not enter
1950 - Did not enter
1954 - Did not enter
1958 - Did not enter
1962 - Did not enter
1966 - Did not enter
1970 - Did not enter
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not enter
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Round 1

2010 - Qualified

FIFA Confederations Cup record
1992 - Fourth place
1995 - Did not qualify
1997 - Did not qualify
1999 - Did not qualify
2001 - Did not qualify
2003 - Did not qualify
2005 - Did not qualify
2009 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

1957 - Did not enter

1959 - Did not enter

1962 - Did not enter

1963 - Did not enter

1965 - Third place

1968 - Third place

1970 - Fourth place

1972 - Did not qualify

1974 - First Round

1976 - Did not qualify

1978 - Disqualified

1980 - First Round

1982 - Did not enter

1984 - First Round

1986 - Third place

1988 - First Round

1990 - First Round

1992 - Champions

1994 - Third place

1996 - First Round

1998 - Quarter-finals

2000 - First Round

2002 - First Round

2004 - Did not qualify

2006 - Runners-up

2008 - Fourth place

2010 - Qualified