Ivory Coast U-23

Nickname(s)	Les Éléphants (The Elephants)
Association	Ivorian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF ( Africa)
First colours Second colours

The Ivorian national under-23 football team represents Ivory Coast in international under-23 tournaments.

Nicknamed Les Petit Éléphants (The Small Elephants" in English), the under-23 national team's first appearance on the world stage was in 2003 at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship; they reached Round of 16 before being ousted by the United States.

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021

2023

Players

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament between 5 and 18 June 2023. ^[1]

Caps and goals are correct as of 22 March 2023, after the match against Morocco.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Mohamed Koné	(2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Le Havre
	1 GK	Kombo Kouassi	(2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 20)	0	0	FC San Pédro
	2 DF	Michel Diaz	(2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Nantes
	2 DF	Mohamed Ali Yabré	(2004-10-30) 30 October 2004 (age 19)	1	0	SOA
	2 DF	Eroine Agnikoi		0	0	Stade d'Abidjan
	2 DF	Souleymane Assane		0	0	FC San Pédro
	2 DF	Kareen Samassi		0	0	SOA
	2 DF	Aboubacar Sylla	(2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven
	2 DF	Luc Zogbe		0	0	LYS Sassandra
	3 MF	Jean N'Guessan	(2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Nîmes
	3 MF	Sidiki Camara	(2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Servette
	3 MF	Isaaé Cisse		0	0	SOA
	3 MF	Ibrahim Diabate		0	0	SOL FC
	3 MF	Arafat Doumbia	(2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 19)	0	0	SOA
	3 MF	Ibrahim Fofana	(2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Amiens
	3 MF	Abdramane Konaté	(2006-06-25) 25 June 2006 (age 17)	0	0	FC San Pédro
	4 FW	David Datro Fofana	(2002-12-22) 22 December 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Chelsea
	4 FW	Fernand Gouré	(2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Újpest
	4 FW	N'Dri Koffi	(2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Le Mans
	4 FW	Yaya Sogodogo		0	0	SOA
	4 FW	Yassine Toure		0	0	Leicester City

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Issa Fofana	(2004-01-30) 30 January 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Al-Hilal	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
GK	Franck Tolla	Unknown	0	0	Bafing	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
DF	Souleymane Coulibaly	(2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 22)	0	0	ASEC Mimosas	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
DF	Seniko Romeo Doua	Unknown	0	0	SOA	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
DF	Vayanga Doumbia	Unknown	0	0	Stade d'Abidjan	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
DF	Dimitri Legbo	(2001-08-30) 30 August 2001 (age 22)	0	0	Inter Turku	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
DF	Landry Zouzou	Unknown	0	0	AFAD Djékanou	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
MF	Arthur Bada	Unknown	0	0	ASEC Mimosas	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
MF	Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi	(2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Stade Malherbe Caen	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
MF	Abdoulaye Djiré	Unknown	0	0	RC Abidjan	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
MF	Alpha Sidibé	(2004-11-03) 3 November 2004 (age 19)	0	0	San Pédro	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
MF	Mohamed Zoungrana	Unknown	0	0	ASEC Mimosas	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
FW	Koro Coulibaly	Unknown	0	0	SOL FC d'Abobo	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
FW	Sinare Thiago Karamoko	Unknown	0	0	Bafing	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
FW	Sankara William Karamoko	(2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 20)	0	0	ASEC Mimosas	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
FW	Ben Guel Kouyate	Unknown	0	0	Stade d'Abidjan	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
FW	Abdoulaye Sanogo	Unknown	0	0	SOL FC d'Abobo	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
FW	Yacabo Valentin Serebe	Unknown	0	0	Zoman FC	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022
FW	Seydou Traoré	Unknown	0	0	RC Abidjan	v.   Niger, 29 October 2022

Honours

• 2010 Toulon Tournament (first title)

Competitive record

2010 Toulon Tournament

The Toulon Tournament (officially the Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon or "Toulon Hopefuls' Tournament")is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players.

This was only Ivory Coast's 2nd appearance and they still performed well. The results are below.

Group stage group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Colombia	3	1	0	2	3	4	–1	3
Japan	3	0	0	3	1	10	–9	0

All times local ( CEST)

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Semifinals

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Final

2008 Summer Olympics

Ivory Coast- qualified for the 2008 Olympics. This African team representing Africa at the 2006 FIFA World Championships in Germany. It is one of the best teams in Africa. "We are one of the few African countries to have an organized youth league. Great players have always come out of the Ivory Coast; I'm thinking of Laurent Pokou in the 1970s; and Youssou Fofana in the 1980s. But now the footballing infrastructure is much better and so many youngsters are getting the right coaching", said Henri Michel (former coach of the Côte d'Ivoire national soccer team). Ivory Coast won the African Cup of Nations in 1992. Ivory Coast went far in the 2008 Olympics but stumbled at the last hurdle by losing to Nigeria 2-0 in quarter finals.

Group stage group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Australia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
Serbia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

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Quarterfinals

See also

• Sport in Ivory Coast
  • Football in Ivory Coast
    • Women's football in Ivory Coast
• Ivory Coast national football team
• Ivory Coast national under-20 football team
• Ivory Coast national under-17 football team
• Ivory Coast women's national football team

References