Ivory Coast go into the World Cup as one of the best outsiders in the World Cup Odds. They have many world stars and are possibly the best of the African teams.
Ivory Coast do have some World Cup experience to call upon and most of their players are used to be playing in the Champions League so they won't freeze on the biggest stage of all.
| Year | Stage of Exit |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Eliminated on at Group stage |
| 2006 | Eliminated on at Group stage |
| 2002 | Did not qualify |
| 1998 | Did not qualify |
| 1994 | Did not qualify |
| 1990 | Did not qualify |
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Ivory Coast will battle for one of the six qualifying places up for grabs for the African sides. The African qualifying process takes plenty of time, almost three years for some nations, but the reward is worth it in the end.
| Date | Team | Scores | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
This is the Ivory Coast World Cup squad that was eliminated in one of the toughest groups seen at the World Cup, they finished behind Brazil and Portugal respectively.
| Goalkeepers | Vincent Angban (ASEC Abidjan), Boubacar Barry (Lokeren), Aristides Zogbo (Maccabi Netanya), Daniel Yeboah (ASEC Abidjan) |
| Defenders | Arthur Boka (VfB Stuttgart), Benjamin Brou Angoua (Valenciennes), Guy Demel (Hamburg SV), Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal), Abdoulaye Meite (West Bromwich Albion), Steve Gohouri (Wigan Athletic), Siaka Tiene (Valenciennes), Kolo Toure (Manchester City) |
| Midfielders | Emerse Fae (Nantes), Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso (Monaco), Abdelkader Keita (Galatasaray), Emmanuel Kone (International Curtea Arges), Gervais Yao Kouassi (Lille), Christian Koffi Ndri (Sevilla), Cheik Ismael Tiote (Twente Enschede), Yaya Toure (Barcelona), Gilles Yapi Yapo (Young Boys Berne), Didier Zokora (Sevilla) |
| Forwards |
Aruna Dindane (Lekhwiya, Qatar), Seydou Doumbia (Young Boys Berne), Salomon Kalou (Chelsea), Bakary Kone (Olympique Marseille) |