Côte d'Ivoire in the World Cup Finals

Côte d'Ivoire qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on October 8th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Côte d'Ivoire's 1st appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Qualifying for Germany 2006.

Côte d'Ivoire World Cup Preparations

The Ivory Coast have opted for the French town of Vittel as their pre-World Cup camp, from 19th May to 4th June.

Côte d'Ivoire Team Hotel
Hotel Clostermanns Hof:
Heerstrasse, Niederkassel-Uckendorf.
The Hotel chosen by Ivory Coast as their World Cup base has already hosted many national and international football teams in the historic listed building; ideally situated between between Cologne and Bonn.

Niederkassel have put together a special World Cup website, with a French version for fans visiting from Côte d'Ivoire.

Côte d'Ivoire Friendly Matches
Lost to Spain (2-3), Wednesday 1st March. (Valladolid)
Goals from: Abdulkader Keita (13) and Bonaventure Kalou (47).

Switzerland, Saturday 27th May. (Basle)

Chile, Tuesday 30th May. (Vittel)

Slovenia, Sunday 4th June. (Evry-Bondoufle)

Côte d'Ivoire in the 2006 World Cup
Group C
Saturday, 10th June
Argentina vs Côte d'Ivoire
Hamburg -- (21:00)

Friday, 16th June
Holland vs Côte d'Ivoire
Stuttgart -- (18:00)

Wednesday, 21st June
Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro
München -- (21:00)

Knockout Stage
Group C winner travels to Leipzig and the runner-up goes to Nürnberg.

Côte d'Ivoire World Cup Squad 2006
Les Elephants

Goalkeepers:
1 Jean-Jacques Tizie (Esperance Tunis, Tunisia)
16 Gerard Gnanhouan (Montpellier, France)
23 Boubacar Barry Copa (KSK Beveren, Belgium)

Defenders:
3 Arthur Boka (Strasbourg, France)
4 Kolo Toure (Arsenal, England)
6 Blaise Kouassi (ES Troyes, France)
12 Abdoulaye Meite (Marseille, France)
13 Marc Zoro (FC Messina, Italy)
17 Cyrille Domoraud (Creteil, France)
21 Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal, England)

Midfielders:
2 Kanga Akale (Auxerre, France)
5 Didier Zokora (St Etienne, France)
7 Emerse Fae (Nantes, France)
10 Gilles Yapi Yapo (Young Boys, Switzerland)
19 Yaya Toure (Olympiakos,Greece)
20 Guy Demel (Hamburg, Germany)
22 Romaric Ndri (Le Mans, France)

Forwards:
8 Bonaventure Kalou (Paris Saint-Germain, France)
9 Arouna Kone (PSV Eindhoven, Holland)
11 Didier Drogba (Chelsea, England)
14 Bakari Kone (Nice, France)
15 Aruna Dindane (Lens, France)
18 Abdoul Kader Keita (Lille, France)

Trainer:
Henri Michel (France).

Players to watch:
11 Didier Drogba (Chelsea, England)
15 Aruna Dindane (Lens, France)

Destination Ivory Coast

Côte d'Ivoire Travel Notes:
Find out more about Ivory Coast @ Travel Notes.