Ivory Coast

The Ivory Coast are probably one of the most recognisable teams in the African Nations Cup due to the number of overseas based players that they have in their squad. However, despite having made 17 appearances in the Cup (which is the second highest out of all the qualifying teams), they have only won the African Nations Cup once – in 1992). The Ivory Coast qualified as Winners of Group E, finishing ahead of Burkina Faso, Malawi and Guinea. Interestingly, the Ivory Coast scored a whopping 19 goals in Qualifying, double every other team apart from Burkina Faso (who were also in Group E) who were the next highest scorers with 10 goals.

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Qualifying History

Qualifying History

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ivory Coast 6 5 1 0 19 4 +15 16
Burkina Faso 6 4 0 2 10 11 −1 12
Malawi 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4
Guinea 6 1 0 5 7 14 −7 3
28 March 2009 Burkina Faso 4 – 2 Guinea
Kéré 23′
Traoré 30′
Dagano 55′ (pen.), 71′		   Feindouno 65′ (pen.)
Zayatte 86′
29 March 2009 Ivory Coast 5 – 0 Malawi
Romaric 1′
Drogba 6′ (pen.), 27′
Kalou 59′
B. Koné 70′		    
6 June 2009 Malawi 0 – 1 Burkina Faso
    Dagano 68′
7 June 2009 Guinea 1 – 2 Ivory Coast
S. Bangoura 65′   B. Koné 44′
Romaric 72′
20 June 2009 Burkina Faso 2 – 3 Ivory Coast
Pitroipa 27′
Bancé 78′		   Y. Touré 14′
Tall 54′ (o.g.)
Drogba 70′
21 June 2009 Guinea 2 – 1 Malawi
Feindouno 25′, 43′ Msowoya 88′
5 September 2009 Malawi 2 – 1 Guinea
Msowoya 46′, 59′   Kalabane 38′
5 September 2009 Ivory Coast 5 – 0 Burkina Faso
Panandétiguiri 12′ (o.g.)
Drogba 48′, 65′
Y. Touré 55′
Keïta 68′		    
10 October 2009 Malawi 1 – 1 Ivory Coast
Ngwira 64′   Drogba 67′
11 October 2009 Guinea 1 – 2 Burkina Faso
Bah 82′   Dagano 37′ (pen.)
Bamogo 59′
14 November 2009 Burkina Faso

 
1 – 0 Malawi
Dagano 47′    
14 November 2009 Ivory Coast 3 – 0 Guinea
Gervinho 16′, 31′
Tiéné 67′		    

Squad

Squad

Coach: Vahid Halilhodžić

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
  GK Boubacar Barry 30 December 1979 (1979-12-30) (age 30) 39 Lokeren
  GK Aristide Zogbo 30 December 1981 (1981-12-30) (age 28) 4 Maccabi Netanya
  GK Vincent Angban 15 February 1985 (1985-02-15) (age 24) 1 ASEC Mimosas
  DF Kolo Touré 19 March 1981 (1981-03-19) (age 28) 70 Manchester City
  DF Emmanuel Eboué 4 June 1983 (1983-06-04) (age 26) 25 Arsenal
  DF Guy Demel 13 June 1981 (1981-06-13) (age 28) 9 Hamburg
  DF Souleymane Bamba 13 January 1985 (1985-01-13) (age 24) 10 Hibernian
  DF Benjamin Angoua 23 January 1989 (1989-01-23) (age 20) 0 Honvéd
  DF Arthur Boka 2 April 1983 (1983-04-02) (age 26) 33 Stuttgart
  DF Abdoulaye Méïté 6 October 1980 (1980-10-06) (age 29) 21 West Bromwich Albion
  DF Siaka Tiéné 22 February 1982 (1982-02-22) (age 27) 40 Valenciennes
  MF Yaya Touré 13 May 1983 (1983-05-13) (age 26) 28 Barcelona
  MF Didier Zokora 14 December 1980 (1980-12-14) (age 29) 75 Sevilla
  MF Emmanuel Koné 31 December 1986 (1986-12-31) (age 23) 4 International
  MF Cheik Tioté 21 June 1986 (1986-06-21) (age 23) 1 Twente
  MF Emerse Faé 24 January 1984 (1984-01-24) (age 25) 17 Nice
  MF Jean-Jacques Gosso 15 March 1983 (1983-03-15) (age 26) 0 Monaco
  MF Abdul Kader Keïta 6 August 1983 (1983-08-06) (age 26) 46 Galatasaray
  FW Didier Drogba 11 March 1978 (1978-03-11) (age 31) 60 Chelsea
  FW Salomon Kalou 15 August 1985 (1985-08-15) (age 24) 17 Chelsea
  FW Bakari Koné 17 September 1981 (1981-09-17) (age 28) 35 Marseille
  FW Aruna Dindane 26 November 1980 (1980-11-26) (age 29) 40 Portsmouth
  FW Gervinho 27 May 1987 (1987-05-27) (age 22) 5 Lille

Fixtures/Results

Fixtures/Results

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ivory Coast 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
Ghana 2 1 o 1 2 3 -1 3
Burkina Faso 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
Togo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 January 2010
17:00		 Ivory Coast 0 – 0 Burkina Faso Estádio Chimandela, Cabinda
     
11 January 2010
19:30		 Ghana P – P Togo Estádio Chimandela, Cabinda
     
15 January 2010
17:00		 Burkina Faso P – P Togo Estádio Chimandela, Cabinda
     
15 January 2010
19:30		 Ivory Coast 3 – 1 Ghana Estádio Chimandela, Cabinda
     
19 January 2010
17:00		 Burkina Faso v Ghana Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
     
24 January 2010
19:30		 Ivory Coast v Algeria Qtr-Final
     


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