Ivory Coast U17

Nickname(s)	Les Petits Éléphants (The Little Elephants)
Association	Ivorian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF ( Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU ( West Africa)
Head coach	Alain Gouaméné
Captain	Jean Thome
FIFA code	CIV
First colours Second colours
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances	5 (first in 1997)
Best result	Champions, 2013
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1987)
Best result	Third Place, 1987

The Ivory Coast national under-17 football team, nicknamed Les petit Éléphants ("The Little Elephants" in French), represents Ivory Coast in international football at an under-17 level and is controlled by the Ivorian Football Federation. The team's first appearance on the world stage was in 1987 at the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Canada where they achieved third place after a 2-1 extra time victory over Italy in the third place playoff.

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification matches. ^[1]
• Match dates: 12, 15 and 18 June 2022
• Opposition:   Benin,   Niger and   Burkina Faso
• Caps and goals correct as of: 18 January 2021, after the match against   Nigeria

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Mohamed Cissé		0	0	Diambars Koumassi
	1 GK	Ulrich Houidi		0	0	Yamoussoukro
	2 DF	Issiaka Bamba		0	0	Aboisso
	2 DF	Ismael Coulibaly		0	0	Ismael FC Yopougon
	2 DF	Appolinaire Kouadio		0	0	Yamoussoukro
	2 DF	Moustapha Makhete Ndiage		0	0	Koumassi
	2 DF	Emmanuel Ngoran		0	0	WAFA Yopougon
	2 DF	Moriken Sanogo		0	0	Amistad FC Angre
	3 MF	Cheick Bamba		0	0	Aboisso
	3 MF	Abdoulaye Doumbia		0	0	Dabou
	3 MF	Inza Gballou		0	0	Gervinho 27
	3 MF	Zoumana Adama Kamagate		0	0	Diambars Koumassi
	3 MF	Chadrac Dieubeni Konan		0	0	RC Abidjan
	3 MF	Ndiaye Baba		0	0	Lanfiara
	3 MF	Nambagui Soro		0	0	Lanfiara
	4 FW	Yan Diomande		0	0	Aboisso
	4 FW	Oumar Konate		0	0	Yamoussoukro
	4 FW	Aboubacar Méité		0	0	Etoile Filante Mbatto

Honours

• Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
  • Champions (1): 2013
  • Third (1): 2005
• FIFA U-17 World Cup:
  • Third (1): 1987

Tournament Records

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup Appearances: 4 Year Round PLD W D* L GS GA 1985 Did not enter 1987 Third Place 5 3 1 1 7 6 1989 Did not qualify 1991 Walkover 1993 1995 Did not qualify 1997 1999 2001 Walkover 2003 Did not qualify 2005 Group stage 3 0 1 2 4 8 2007 Did not qualify 2009 2011 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 10 10 2013 Quarterfinals 5 2 1 2 7 5 2015 Did not qualify 2017 2019 2023 2025 To be determined Total 4/20 17 6 4 7 28 29

CAF U-17 Championship record African U-17 Championship Appearances: 5 Year Round PLD W D* L GF GA 1995 Did not qualify 1997 Group stage 3 1 1 1 7 2 1999 Did not qualify 2001 Walkover 2003 Did not qualify 2005 Third Place 5 3 0 2 6 5 2007 Did not qualify 2009 2011 Fourth Place 5 2 1 2 9 7 2013 Champions 5 2 3 0 5 3 2015 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 4 2017 Did not qualify 2019 2023 Total 5/14 21 9 6 6 31 21

CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record

• Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References

External links

• (in French) Ivory Coast national under-17 football team - official site of FIF