| Germany 2006: |
| COTE d'IVOIRE |
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| KEY FACTS |
| World Ranking |
| 50th |
| COTE d'IVOIRE NEWS |
| A massive stroke of good fortune sees Cote d'Ivoire, also known as the Ivory Coast, through to the finals in Germany. After losing 2-3 to Cameroon in the second last game, the Ivory Coast picked up a final match win to take top spot. However had Cameroon striker Pierre Wome scored a peanlty against Egypt in injury time of their final match, it would have been Cameroon thorugh instead. Chelsea superstar Didier Drogba headed the attack for the world cup debutants with nine goals in ten matches. Aruna Dindane scored 7 himself to be ranked the 4th highest scorer in Africa. |
| Qualifying Group Position |
| 1st |
| Round 2 |
| Top Scorers |
| 9 Goals |
| QUALIFYING |
| 2-0 |
| Libya |
| Dft |
| 06-Jun-04 |
| 2-1 |
| Egypt |
| Dft |
| 20-Jun-04 |
| 0-2 |
| Cameroon |
| Lost To |
| 04-Jul-04 |
| 5-0 |
| Sudan |
| Dft |
| 05-Sep-04 |
| 1-0 |
| Benin |
| Dft |
| 10-Oct-05 |
| 3-0 |
| Benin |
| Dft |
| 27-Mar-05 |
| 0-0 |
| Libya |
| Drew |
| 03-Jun-05 |
| 2-0 |
| Egypt |
| Dft |
| 19-Jun-05 |
| 2-3 |
| Cameroon |
| Lost To |
| 04-Sep-05 |
| 3-1 |
| Sudan |
| Dft |
| 08-Oct-05 |
| Didier Drogba |
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| Appearances (Champions in bold) |
| 2006 |
| COTE d'IVOIRE'S WORLD CUP HISTORY |
| SQUAD (club in brackets) |
| Goalkeepers |
| Boubacar Barry Copa (KSK Beveren, Belgium) |
| Gerard Gnanhouan (Montpellier, France) |
| Defenders |
| Etienne Arthur Boka (Strasbourg, France) |
| Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal, England) |
| Blaise Kouassi (ES Troyes, France) |
| Abdoulaye Meite (Marseille, France) |
| Abib Kolo Toure (Arsenal, England) |
| Marc Zoro (FC Messina, Italy) |
| Midfielders |
| Kanga Gauthier Akale (Auxerre, France) |
| Guy Roland Demel (Hambourg, Germany) |
| Forwards |
| Aruna Dindane (Lens, France) |
| Dider Drogba (Chelsea, England) |
| Bonaventure Kalou (Paris St. Germain, France) |
| Abdoul Kader Keita (Lille, France) |
| Jean-Jacques Tizie (Esperance Tunis, Tunisia) |
| Bakari Kone (Nice, France) |
| Emerse Fae (Nantes, France) |
| Romaric Ndri Koffi (Le Mans, France) |
| Gnegneri Yaya Toure (Olympiakos, Greece) |
| Gilles Yapi Yapo (Young Boys, Switzerland) |
| Cyrille Domoraud (Creteil, France) |
| Dider Zokora (St. Etienne, France) |
| Arouna Kone (PSV Eindhoven, Holland) |