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Côte d'Ivoire qualified for the 2006 World Cup
Finals on October 8th, 2005.
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Côte d'Ivoire in the World Cup Finals,
World Cup Preparations, World
Cup Reports, World Cup Squad.
World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Côte d'Ivoire's 1st appearance at the World Cup Finals.
Côte d'Ivoire's Best World Cup Performance
Qualifying for Germany 2006.
The Ivory Coast have opted for the French town of Vittel as their pre-World
Cup camp, from 19th May to 4th June.
Côte d'Ivoire Team Hotel
Hotel
Clostermanns Hof:
Heerstrasse, Niederkassel-Uckendorf.
The Hotel chosen by Ivory Coast as their World Cup base has already hosted many national
and international football teams in the historic listed building; ideally situated between
between Cologne and Bonn.
Niederkassel
have put together a special World Cup website, with a French
version for fans visiting from Côte d'Ivoire.
Côte d'Ivoire Friendly
Matches
Lost to Spain (2:3), Wednesday 1st March.
(Valladolid)
Drew with Switzerland (1:1), Saturday
27th May. (Basle)
Drew with Chile (1:1), Tuesday 30th May. (Vittel)
Beat Slovenia (3:0), Sunday 4th June. (Evry-Bondoufle)
Group C
Argentina vs Côte
d'Ivoire in Hamburg:
With less than 10 minutes remaining, Didier Drogba pulled the Ivory Coast back into the
game; snapping onto a return ball in the middle of the Argentina area. Too little, too
late.
Holland vs Côte d'Ivoire
in Stuttgart:
A second yellow card for Didier Drogba means his tournament is over; as Côte d'Ivoire
only have the last group match left to play, after losing to Holland.
Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia
& Montenegro in München:
Côte d'Ivoire came back from two goals down, to leave the 2006 World Cup Finals with a
win.
Knockout Stage
Côte d'Ivoire failed to qualify for the Second Round.
Les Elephants
Goalkeepers:
1 Jean-Jacques Tizie (Esperance Tunis, Tunisia)
16 Gerard Gnanhouan (Montpellier, France)
23 Boubacar Barry Copa (KSK Beveren, Belgium)
Defenders:
3 Arthur Boka (Strasbourg, France)
4 Kolo Toure (Arsenal, England)
6 Blaise Kouassi (ES Troyes, France)
12 Abdoulaye Meite (Marseille, France)
13 Marc Zoro (FC Messina, Italy)
17 Cyrille Domoraud (Creteil, France)
21 Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal, England)
Midfielders:
2 Kanga Akale (Auxerre, France)
5 Didier Zokora (St Etienne, France)
7 Emerse Fae (Nantes, France)
10 Gilles Yapi Yapo (Young Boys, Switzerland)
19 Yaya Toure (Olympiakos,Greece)
20 Guy Demel (Hamburg, Germany)
22 Romaric Ndri (Le Mans, France)
Forwards:
8 Bonaventure Kalou (Paris Saint-Germain, France)
9 Arouna Kone (PSV Eindhoven, Holland)
11 Didier Drogba (Chelsea, England)
14 Bakari Kone (Nice, France)
15 Aruna Dindane (Lens, France)
18 Abdoul Kader Keita (Lille, France)
Trainer:
Henri Michel (France).
Players to watch:
11 Didier Drogba (Chelsea, England)
15 Aruna Dindane (Lens, France)
Côte d'Ivoire Travel Notes:
Find out more about Ivory Coast @ Travel Notes.
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