Côte d'Ivoire national under-17 football team

Côte d'Ivoire U17

Nickname(s)	Les petit Éléphants (The Little Elephants)
Association	Fédération Ivoirienne de Football
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Alain Gouaméné
Captain	Jean Thome
FIFA code	CIV
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les petit Éléphants ("The Little Elephants" in French), represents Côte d'Ivoire (commonly known as Ivory Coast in English) in international football at an under-17 level and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. The teams 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.

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Spanish: Copa Mundial Sub-17 de la FIFA México 2011) is the fourteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the eleventh played since the change in age limits from under 16s to Under 17s in 1991. It is being held in Mexico with games being played amongst various venues between 18 June and 10 July 2011. It was confirmed by the 58th FIFA Congress in Sydney, Australia that Mexico will be the host, beating other bids from the Czech Republic and Iran.

Côte d'Ivoire national under-17 team is currently taking part in this tournament; they reside in group F alongside Brazil, Denmark and Australia.

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Côte d'Ivoire	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4
Australia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Denmark	3	0	1	2	3	8	–5	1

Three teams will advance from this group; on the last group match day (27 June)

• Australia advance if
  • they do not lose to Denmark by at least 3 goals.

• Denmark advance if
  • they defeat Australia by at least 3 goals.

20 June 2011 15:00	Brazil	3 – 0	Denmark	Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara Attendance: 18,845 Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
	Ademilson  32', 78' Wallace  57'	Report

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20 June 2011 18:00	Australia	2 – 1	Côte d'Ivoire	Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara Attendance: 20,728 Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)
	Makarounas  51' Tombides  77'	Report	S. Coulibaly  18'

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23 June 2011 15:00	Australia	0 – 1	Brazil	Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara Attendance: 21,159 Referee: Stephen Studer (Switzerland)
		Report	Adryan  76'

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23 June 2011 18:00	Côte d'Ivoire	4 – 2	Denmark	Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara Attendance: 22,126 Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
	S. Coulibaly  23', 37', 41' (pen.), 69'	Report	Zohore  9' Fischer  32'

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26 June 2011 18:00	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 3	Brazil	Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara Attendance: 24,943 Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)
	S. Coulibaly  11', 33', 58'	Report	Lucas Piazón  8' Ademilson  14' Adryan  90+3'

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27 June 2011 10:00	Australia	1 - 1	Denmark	Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro Referee: Diego Abal (Argentina)
	Remington  89'	Report	Sorensen  35'

Current Squad

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Yored Konate 28 December 1994 (aged 16) FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2 3MF Jean-Eudes Aholou 20 March 1994 (aged 17) Ivoire Academie 3 2DF Mory Kone 21 April 1994 (aged 17) Le Mans FC 4 2DF Ibrahima Bah 18 December 1994 (aged 16) Academie de Sefa 5 2DF Jean Thome (c) 10 October 1995 (aged 15) Aspire Academy 6 4FW Dorian Kouame 2 October 1994 (aged 16) En Avant de Guingamp 7 4FW Jean Kouassi 25 September 1994 (aged 16) Moossou F.C. 8 4FW Victorien Amgban 29 September 1996 (aged 14) Stade d'Abidjan 9 3MF Daniel Soungole 26 February 1995 (aged 16) AS Athlétic Adjamé 10 3MF Wilfried Gnahore 30 December 1995 (aged 15) Nottingham Forest F.C. 11 4FW Lionel Lago 9 October 1995 (aged 15) Aspire Academy 12 4FW Guy Bedi 20 December 1995 (aged 15) Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo 13 4FW Jeremy Kimmankon 29 May 1994 (aged 17) LB Châteauroux 14 2DF Mehoue Traore 23 December 1994 (aged 16) Séwé Sports de San Pedro 15 4FW Drissa Diarrassouba 15 November 1994 (aged 16) Ivoire Academie 16 1GK Severin Dje Yao 10 February 1995 (aged 16) AS Denguélé 17 2DF Losseni Karamoko 20 December 1994 (aged 16) Olympic Sport Abobo 18 4FW Ibrahim Coulibaly 28 December 1995 (aged 15) Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo 19 4FW Souleymane Coulibaly 26 December 1994 (aged 16) Tottenham Hotspur 20 4FW Banvo Anderson 4 February 1994 (aged 17) Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 21 1GK Aboubakar Ouattara 16 November 1995 (aged 15) Volcan