2010 FIFA World Cup - Ivory Coast
2010 FIFA World Cup - Ivory Coast National Team
2010 FIFA World Cup Ivory Coast National Team:
Goalkeepers:
1 Boubacar BARRY, 16 Aristide ZOGBO and
23 Daniel YEBOAH
Defenders:
2 Brou ANGOUA, 3 Arthur BOKA, 4 Kolo TOURE, 6 Steve GOHOURI, 17 Siaka TIENE, 20 Guy DEMEL,
21 Emmanuel EBOUE and 22 Souleymane BAMBA
Midfielders:
5 Didier ZOKORA, 9 Ismael TIOTE, 12 Jean Jacques GOSSO, 13 ROMARIC, 14 Emmanuel KONE and
19 Yaya TOURE
Forwards:
7 Seydou DOUMBIA, 8 Salomon KALOU, 10 GERVINHO, 11 Didier DROGBA, 15 Aruna DINDANE and 18 Kader KEITA
Coach:
Sven Göran ERIKSSON
Top Players Didier Drogba (CIV).
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The star players
Les Elephants feature top-drawer talent throughout their side, with the Chelsea pair of Didier Drogba and
Salomon Kalou a formidable duo up front. Sevilla's Didier Zokora and Barcelona's Yaya Toure provide bite in
midfield alongside Marseille's diminutive Bakary Kone, while the England-based pair of Emmanuel Eboue and Kolo
Toure combine with Stuttgart's Arthur Boka to form one of the best defences in Africa.
The coach
Vahid Halilhodzic took the reins of his first national side when he assumed control of Côte d'Ivoire after
the 2008 CAF African Cup of Nations. However, the Bosnian only made it through the next edition of the continental
contest when he was sacked after a disappointing quarter-final finish at Angola 2010. After Guus Hiddink and Bernd
Schuster were both linked with the job, Sven-Goran Eriksson was given the helm just months before the start of the finals.
South Africa 2010 will be Eriksson's third FIFA World Cup after leading England to the quarter-finals at both
the 2002 and 2006 finals. He had an unsuccessful stint with Mexico in the first half of qualifying for 2010, but
he was sacked after less than a year. He is a vastly experienced club coach, having led Gothenburg to the UEFA Cup
in 1982, and leading teams in Portugal, England and Italy.
Previous FIFA World Cups
Records
Côte d'Ivoire were the only nation at Germany 2006 whose squad was made up of players entirely based at clubs
outside their home country.
They are the only team to never failed to score in a FIFA World Cup match.
Côte d'Ivoire conceded early goals in all three of their 2006 matches, with all six of their goals against
coming before the 40th minute.
Ivory Coast - 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 - Ivory Coast
The outsiders The Ivorians proved themselves a force to be reckoned with at Germany 2006, when
they gave Argentina and the Netherlands serious cause for concern in narrow defeats, before returning
home on a high following a defeat of Serbia and Montenegro. The Elephants have, indubitably, come on leaps
and bounds since. With the likes of Kolo Toure, his brother Yaya, Solomon Kalou and hulking forward Drogba
they coasted through to South Africa 2010 without a single defeat and will look to cement their reputation
as a formidable side by reaching the knockout phase.