Ivory Coast national football team

Ivory Coast

Nickname(s)	Les Éléphants (The Elephants)
Association	Fédération Ivorienne de Football (FIF)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Emerse Faé
Captain	Serge Aurier
Most caps	Didier Zokora (123)
Top scorer	Didier Drogba (65)
Home stadium	Stade Alassane Ouattara
FIFA code	CIV
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	38 1 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest	12 (February 2013, April–May 2013)
Lowest	75 (March–May 2004)
First international
Ivory Coast 3–2 Dahomey  (Madagascar, 13 April 1960)
Biggest win
Ivory Coast 11–0 Central African Republic  (Abidjan, Ivory Coast; 27 December 1961)
Biggest defeat
Netherlands 5–0 Ivory Coast  (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 2017)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2006)
Best result	Group stage (2006, 2010, 2014)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	25 (first in 1965)
Best result	Champions (1992, 2015, 2024)
African Nations Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2009)
Best result	Third place (2016)
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1992)
Best result	Fourth place (1992)
Website	fifciv.com

The Ivory Coast national football team (French: Équipe de football de Côte d'Ivoire, recognized as the Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA^[3]) represents Ivory Coast in men's international football. Nicknamed the Elephants, the team is managed by the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF). The team has won the Africa Cup of Nations three times, in 1992, 2015 and 2024, and has qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times, in 2006, 2010, and 2014.

Ivory Coasts's home colours are all orange. Since 2020 their home games have been played at Alassane Ouattara Stadium, in Abidjan. Prior to this their home ground was Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, also in Abidjan. Didier Zokora holds the record for number of caps, with 123. The nation's leading goalscorer is Didier Drogba, who scored 65 goals for the Elephants in 105 Appearances.