Côte d'Ivoire national under-23 football team

Côte d'Ivoire U-21

Nickname(s)	Les Éléphants (The Elephants)
Association	Fédération Ivoirienne de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)

The Ivorian national under-21 football team represents Côte d'Ivoire in international under-21 tournaments.

Nicknamed Les Petit Éléphants (The Small Elephants" in English), the under-23 national team's 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.

Honours

Toulon Tournament (first title)

Les Petit Éléphants at the Toulon Tournament

The Toulon Tournament (officially the Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon or "Toulon Hopefuls' Tournament")is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players.

This was only Ivory Coast's 2nd appearance and they still performed well. The results are below.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	10	–9	0

All times local (CEST)

2010-05-18 18:30 CEST	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 0	Japan	Stade du Ray, Nice Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)
	Boli  2' Déblé  26' (pen.) Sagbo  65'	Report

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2010-05-18 20:45 CEST	France	2 – 0	Colombia	Stade du Ray, Nice Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)
	Schneiderlin  33' Kitambala  44'	Report

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2010-05-20 18:00 CEST	Colombia	0 – 2	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Perruc, Hyères Referee: Khamis Al-Mari (Qatar)
		Report	Goua Gohou  62', 66'

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2010-05-20 20:00 CEST	France	4 – 1	Japan	Stade Perruc, Hyères Referee: Jorge Osorio Reyes (Chile)
	Bourgeois  6' Gueye  33' (pen.) Butin  70' Brahimi  72'	Report	Suganuma  17'

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2010-05-22 19:00 CEST	Japan	0 – 3	Colombia	Le Grand Stade, Le Lavandou Referee: Thomas Vejlgaard (Denmark)
		Report	Calle  13' Cardona  33' Muriel  35'

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2010-05-22 19:00 CEST	Côte d'Ivoire	1 – 2	France	Stade de Lattre, Aubagne Referee: Jorge Osorio Reyes (Chile)
	Saré  54'	Report	Nestor  46' Dossevi  60'

Semifinals

May 25, 2010 18:30 CEST	Chile	0 – 2	Côte d'Ivoire	Stade Mayol, Toulon Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)
		Report	Sagbo  65' Déblé  80+3'

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May 25, 2010 21:00 CEST	France	2 – 3	Denmark	Stade Mayol, Toulon Referee: Abdel Ismail (Jordan)
	Butin  29' Kitambala  68'	Report	Koné  24' (o.g.) Bille  48', 73'

Final

May 27, 2010 21:00 CEST	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 2	Denmark	Stade Mayol, Toulon Referee: Jorge Osorio Reyes (Chile)
	Ouedraogo  19' Gohou  39' Sio  74'	Report	Nielsen  46' Mortensen  80'

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Ivory Coast- qualified for the 2008 Olympics. This African team representing Africa at the 2006 FIFA World Championships in Germany. It is one of the best teams in Africa. "We are one of the few African countries to have an organized youth league. Great players have always come out of the Ivory Coast; I'm thinking of Laurent Pokou in the 1970s; and Youssou Fofana in the 1980s. But now the footballing infrastructure is much better and so many youngsters are getting the right coaching", said Henri Michel (former coach of the Côte d'Ivoire national soccer team). Ivory Coast won the African Cup of Nations in 1992. Ivory Coast went far in the 2008 Olympics but stumbled at the last hurdle by losing to Nigeria 2-0 in quarter finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Côte d'Ivoire	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Australia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
Serbia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

2008-08-07 19:45	Côte d'Ivoire	1 – 2	Argentina	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 43,266 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
	Cissé  53'	(Report)	Messi  43' Acosta  86'

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2008-08-10 19:45	Serbia	2 – 4	Côte d'Ivoire	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 38,320 Referee: Roberto Moreno Salazar (Panama)
	Mrdaković  16' Rakić  90'	(Report)	Cissé  3' Rajković  24' (o.g.) Kalou  70' Gervinho  90+3'

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2008-08-13 19:45	Côte d'Ivoire	1 – 0	Australia	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 50,437 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
	Kalou  81'	(Report)

Quarterfinals

2008-08-16 21:00	Nigeria	2 – 0	Côte d'Ivoire	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 28,944 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Odemwingie  44' Obinna  82' (pen.)	(Report)

Current squad

 Côte d'Ivoire

Head coach: Co Adriaanse

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Ullrich N'Drin Edan 19 October 1992 (1992-10-19) (age 19) 0 0 AFAD 2 DF Saoualio Bakayoko 18 May 1991 (1991-05-18) (age 20) 0 0 Châteauroux 3 FW Ibrahim Sissoko 29 November 1991 (1991-11-29) (age 19) 0 0 Académica de Coimbra 4 DF Roméo Ouraga 28 October 1991 (1991-10-28) (age 20) 0 0 La Gantoise 5 DF Samuel Yohou 6 August 1991 (1991-08-06) (age 20) 0 0 Strasbourg 6 DF Alassane Kone 25 September 1991 (1991-09-25) (age 20) 0 0 Standard Liège 7 MF Drissa Traoré 25 March 1992 (1992-03-25) (age 19) 0 0 Le Havre 8 MF Ousmana Traoré 8 September 1990 (1990-09-08) (age 21) 0 0 FC Viitorul 9 FW Armand Gnanduillet 30 November 1991 (1991-11-30) (age 19) 0 0 Le Havre 10 MF Tiama Stevens Taki 20 December 1991 (1991-12-20) (age 19) 0 0 Pierikos 11 FW Christian Katche 12 November 1993 (1993-11-12) (age 17) 0 0 Olympique Saint-Quentin 12 DF Ghislain Guessan 15 September 1992 (1992-09-15) (age 19) 0 0 Nantes 13 DF Yannick Guede Zadje 9 February 1993 (1993-02-09) (age 18) 0 0 Genoa CFC 14 DF Zahui-Zipkey Orome 19 January 1992 (1992-01-19) (age 19) 0 0 Croydon FC 15 DF Kevin Boli 21 June 1991 (1991-06-21) (age 20) 0 0 Sedan 16 GK Vauvenargues Kehi 7 August 1992 (1992-08-07) (age 19) 0 0 Strasbourg 17 MF Ogou Edmond Akichi 24 April 1990 (1990-04-24) (age 21) 0 0 Auxerre 19 FW Freddy Drogba 22 February 1992 (1992-02-22) (age 19) 0 0 Lens 20 MF Alexandre N'Gadi Kakou 28 November 1990 (1990-11-28) (age 20) 0 0 Toulouse