Ivory Coast women's national football team

The Ivory Coast women's national football team (, recognized as Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA) represents Ivory Coast in international women's football and is controlled by the Ivorian Football Federation. They played their first international match in 1988. The team is currently ranked 72nd in the FIFA Women's World Rankings and as the 6th best team in CAF.

History

The beginning Ivory Coast played their first FIFA recognised match in 1988 when they participated in the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament. The country was in Group A. On 1 June, they lost to the Netherlands 0–3 in a game in Foshan. On 3 June, they lost to Canada 0–6 in a game in Foshan. In a game on 5 June, they lost to China 1–8 in a game in Guangzhou. In 1992, they competed at the 1st Lyon'ne Cup — Women, held in Lyon, France from 17 to 20 April. Ivory Coast was in the nation's group. They lost to the United States U20 team 0–4, lost to the CIS team 0–3 and lost to France 1–6. In 2002, the team competed in 2 matches. In 2003, they played in 0 matches. In 2004, they played in 0 matches. In 2005, they played in 3 matches. In 2006, they played in 2 matches. In 2006, the team had 3 training sessions a week. In 2005, they played in the women's Tournoi de Solidarité in Dakar, Senegal. On 18 May, they lost to Mali 1–6. On 20 May, they tied Senegal 3–3. They did not make the finals and overall finished last in the tournament. On 17 May 2006 in Dakar, Togo tied Ivory Coast 3–3. In 2007, the country competed at the Tournoi de Cinq Nations] held in Ouagadougou. On 2 September, they tied Mali 1–1 with Rita Akaffou scoring for the team in the 65th minute. On 5 September, they beat Togo 5–0 before Togo was disqualified from the competition for bringing a club team. On 6 September, they lost to Mali 1–2. In 2010, the country had a team at the African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds. In the round, they beat Guinea 5–1. They lost to Malawi 4–2 in the return leg. In the 2010, Women's Championship in Africa, they lost in the preliminary round in March, they beat Gabon at home and away 2–1 and 3–1. In the first round against Nigeria, they lost both matches by scores of 1–2 and 1–3. The country did not have a team competing at the 2011 All Africa Games.

The national team has trained in Abidjan. , the country did not have an under-17 or under-20 side. In June 2012, the team was ranked 67th in the world by FIFA and the 6th best team in CAF. This was an improvement of four places from March 2012 when they were ranked 71st in the world. The team's worst ever ranking was in 2011 when they were ranked 136th in the world. Other rankings include 73 in 2006, 75 in 2007, 74 in 2008, 92 in 2009, and 77 in 2010.

However, in 2014 African Women's Championship, Ivory Coast surprised everyone by passing through into the semi-final, and later, they shocked Africa by beating giant South Africa, marked for the first time they would play in FIFA Women's World Cup, in Canada 2015. In the later tournament, the World Cup, they were eliminated with three total losses to Germany (0–10), Thailand (2–3) and Norway (1–3). Despite having lost all, Ange N'Guessan's goal over Norway was voted as one of ten best goal in the whole tournament.

Background and development Early development of the women's game at the time colonial powers brought football to the continent was limited, as colonial powers in the region tended to take concepts of patriarchy and women's participation in sport with them to local cultures that had similar concepts already embedded in them. The lack of later development of the national team on a wider international level symptomatic of all African teams is a result of several factors, including limited access to education, poverty amongst women in the wider society, and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female-specific human rights abuses. When quality female football players are developed, they tend to leave for greater opportunities abroad. Continent-wide, funding is also an issue, with most development money coming from FIFA, not the national football association. Future success for women's football in Africa is dependent on improved facilities and access by women to these facilities. Attempting to commercialise the game and make it commercially viable is not the solution, as demonstrated by the current existence of many youth and women's football camps held throughout the continent.

Football is the fourth most popular girls' sport, trailing behind handball, basketball and athletics. A women's football program was set up in the country in 1975 and girls' football is played in schools. Player registration starts at nine years of age. In 2006, there were 610 registered female players, 560 of whom were senior players and 50 were under 18 years of age. This was an increase from 2002 when there were 130 registered female players, 2003 when there were 220, 2004 when there were 253, and 2005 when there were 428 registered players. In 2006, there were 123 football clubs in the country, of which 11 were women's-only sides. As of 2009, there are 36 senior teams and 4 youth teams for women. A school based competition exists.

The national federation was created in 1960 and became FIFA affiliated in 1964. Their kit includes orange shirts, white shorts and green socks. The national committee does not have a full-time employee in charge of women's football. Representation of women's football is not guaranteed in the federation's constitution. The FIFA trigramme is CIV. A FIFA-run women's MA football course was run in the country in 2007.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results within the last 12 months.

Legend

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Coaching staff Current coaching staff Position Name Ref. Head coach Reynald Pedros Assistant coach Éric Garcin GK coach Mathieu Kipré Assistant physical coach Krah Kouabenan Video analyst Raphaël Eugster

Manager history

Adélaïde Koudougnon (2004–2010) Clémentine Touré (2010–2024) Reynald Pedros (2024–)

Players

Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.

Current squad The following players were called up for the 2026 WAFCON matches from 26 July through 16 August 2026. . In alignment with the CAF 26-player limit, Salimata Ballo and Yabré Bimanta were omitted from the official list.

Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to an Ivory Coast squad in the past 12 months.

Records Individual records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 26 July 2021.

Most capped players

#PlayerYear(s)Caps

Top goalscorers

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Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResultPosition 1991Did not enter 1995 1999 2003Did not qualify 2007 2011 2015Group stage23rd3003316 2019Did not qualify 2023 2027 2031To be determined 2035Total1/12-3003316

FIFA Women's World Cup historyYearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium 2015Group stage7 JuneL 0–10TD Place Stadium, Ottawa11 JuneL 2–315 JuneL 1–3Moncton Stadium, Moncton

Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordYearResult* 1996Did not qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 To be determinedTotal0/90000000 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Africa Women Cup of Nations Africa Women Cup of Nations recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA1991Did not enter1995 1998 2000 2002Did not qualify 2004Did not enter 2006Did not qualify 2008 2010 2012Group stage310277 2014Third place521288 2016Did not qualify 2018 2020Cancelled due to covid 2022Did not qualify 2024 2026Quarter final4212108Total:3/14Third place135262523

African Games African Games recordYearResultMatchesWins DrawsLossesGFGA 2003Did not enter 2007 2011Did not qualify 2015 Bronze Medal540163 2019See Ivory Coast women's national under-20 football team 2023Total1/4540163

WAFU Women's Cup record WAFU Zone B Women's CupYearResultPosition 2018Runners-up 2nd5311112 2019Runners-up 2nd5320122Total Runners-up2/210631234

Honours Major competitions Women's Africa Cup of Nations Third place: (1) 2014

Ivory Coast women's national football team

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