| The first time the Ivory Coast (or Côte d'Ivoire ) | | | | World Cup, with a last minute effort against Malawi. |
| national team made an appearance in the FIFA World | | | | He is joined on the squad by club teammate Salomon |
| cup was during the last tournament in Germany in | | | | Kalou, as well as Manchester City's Kolo Toure and |
| 2006. The team had turned in some gritty and | | | | Arsenal's Emanuel Eboue. Others on the team play in |
| gripping performances to get themselves there, but | | | | Spain, Germany, France and Italy at club level. |
| once in Germany they failed to advance out of the | | | | The Ivory Coast team is notable for having taken |
| first round, mainly due to the fact they were stuck in | | | | part in, and won, the two highest scoring penalty |
| a "Group of Death" with the likes of Argentina and | | | | shootouts in the history of any international |
| the Netherlands. | | | | competition. They defeated Ghana 11-10 in the 1992 |
| Few members of the national team play club soccer | | | | African Cup of Nations after an astounding 24 shots |
| on their home continent; with many plying their trade | | | | on goal were taken and then repeated the feat to |
| daily for some of the best known European clubs in | | | | defeat Cameroon 12-11 in the 2006 African Cup of |
| soccer. In fact in 2008 the Ivory Coast became the | | | | Nations. |
| only national team to field a 23 man side consisting | | | | They have had some turnover recently regarding |
| completely of soccer players who played abroad. It | | | | their coaching situation, and it now appears that |
| was Chelsea's Didier Drogba who scored the goal | | | | Sven-Goran Eriksson will lead the team at the 2010 |
| that secured the team's qualification to the 2010 | | | | World Cup. |