Ivory Coast at the FIFA World Cup

Ivory Coast, recognized by FIFA as Côte d'Ivoire, have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on four occasions in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2026.

FIFA World Cup record YearRoundPositionPldWDLGFGA 1930Part of 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 Not a FIFA member 1966Did not enter 1970 1974Did not qualify 1978 1982Did not enter 1986Did not qualify 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006Group stage19th310256 201017th311143 201421st310245 2018Did not qualify 2022 2026Round of 32 19th 4 2 0 2 5 4 2030 2034TotalRound of 324/26135171818

Participation history Côte d'Ivoire at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321081+77321031+27310256−133003210−80

Côte d'Ivoire at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Group G

Côte d'Ivoire at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Group C

Côte d'Ivoire at the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Group E

Knockout stage

Round of 32

Head-to-head record OpponentWin %Total

Player records Most appearances

Yaya Touré was the only Ivorian player to feature in all nine of the nation's World Cup matches from 2006 to 2014, giving him the sole appearance record at the tournament for his country. RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups1Yaya Touré92006, 2010 and 20142Didier Drogba82006, 2010 and 2014Didier Zokora82006, 2010 and 20144Boubacar Barry72006, 2010 and 2014Arthur Boka72006, 2010 and 20146Aruna Dindane62006 and 2010Emmanuel Eboué62006 and 2010Kolo Touré62006, 2010 and 2014Gervinho62010 and 2014Salomon Kalou62010 and 2014Cheick Tioté62010 and 2014

Goalscorers

On June 10th 2006, during the opening group stage match against Argentina, Didier Drogba made history by scoring Ivory Coast's first-ever FIFA World Cup goal in Hamburg. Player Goals 2006 2010 2014 2026 Aruna Dindane 22 Didier Drogba 211 Gervinho 2 2 Wilfried Bony 2 2 Nicolas Pépé 2 2 Amad Diallo 2 2 Bakari Koné 11 Bonaventure Kalou 11 Yaya Touré 1 1 Romaric 1 1 Salomon Kalou 1 1 Franck Kessié 1 1 Total 18 5 4 4 5

See also African nations at the FIFA World Cup Ivory Coast at the Africa Cup of Nations

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