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Ivory Coast
Group E · 3rd basket

Ivory Coast
Les Éléphants.

Reigning African champions. The Elephants' World Cup chance — after a 12-year absence. The backbone is a European diaspora: Kessié, Diallo, Adingra, Diomandé. Coach Emerse Faé (in charge since Africa Cup of Nations 2023) wants to repeat the home triumph in the USA.

Route · Group E
Sun · 14 JUNIvory Coast — Ecuador — · —Philadelphia · 19:00 Sat · 20 JUNGermany — Ivory Coast — · —Toronto · 16:00 Thu · 25 JUNCuraçao — Ivory Coast — · —Philadelphia · 16:00
Tue 30 JUNRound of 16 · E vs ?Kansas City
National anthem
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Full path · 7 stages

National team
calendar.

Matchday 1
14 JUN · SUN · 19:00
vs Ecuador
Philadelphia · Lincoln Financial Field
Matchday 2
20 JUN · SAT · 16:00
away at Germany
Toronto · "BMO Field"
Matchday 3
25 JUN · THU · 16:00
away at Curaçao
Philadelphia · Lincoln Financial Field
Round of 16
28 JUN–3 JUL · FRI
if they qualify
Atlanta · Boston · Vancouver · Guadalajara and 12 more
Round of 16
4 JUL–7 JUL · TUE
if they qualify
Atlanta · Dallas · Kansas City · Los Angeles and 4 more
Quarterfinals
9 JUL–11 JUL · SAT
if they qualify
Atlanta · New York / NJ · San Francisco · Philadelphia
Semifinals
14 JUL–15 JUL · WED
if they qualify
Atlanta · Dallas
Final
19 JUL · SUN
if they qualify
New York / NJ

Group stage confirmed, playoffs — date range and potential venues. Playoff schedule to be finalized after Round of 16 draw.

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#36
FIFA Ranking
151
Odds to win
Coaching staff

Faé —
won AFCON on the fly.

Emerse Faé

Emerse Faé

Head coach · Ivory Coast · since January 2024

Local — former midfielder, could have been "temporary," but won the home AFCON 2023 as interim manager just two weeks after his appointment. Contract extended — he's leading the national team to their first World Cup in 12 years.

★ Africa Cup of Nations 2023 (hosts) 22 matches · 16 wins Counter-attacking 4-3-3
Stars

Four players
to watch.

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Amad Diallo

Forward · № 11 · 23 years old

Right winger for Manchester United. Hat-trick vs Southampton in the Premier League January 2025.

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Osman Diomande

Osman Diomande

Defender · № 4 · 22 years old

Centre-back for Sporting. Portugal champion 2023/24 with Sporting.

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Franck Kessié

Franck Kessié

Midfielder · № 7 · 29 years old

Al-Ahly captain. Scudetto 2021/22 with Milan, AFCON 2023 champion.

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Simon Adingra

Simon Adingra

Forward · № 9 · 24 years old

Left wing for Monaco. Best young player at AFCON 2023.

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Squad · preliminary list

Twenty-six players
under one roof.

Preliminary Final FIFA squad list — by May 27, 2026.

Goalkeepers

1
Alban LafontPanathinaikos27 years old · 193 cm
12
Iahia FofanaRize Sspor25 years old · 191 cm
23
Mohamed KoneCharléroi24 years old

Defenders

2
Guela DouéStrasbourg23 years old · 180 cm
3
Evan NdickaRoma26 years old · 192 cm
4
Osman DiomandeSporting22 years old · 191 cm
5
Emmanuel AgbadouBeşiktaş28 years old · 189 cm
13
Odilon KossounouAtalanta25 years old · 191 cm
15
Wilfried SingoGalatasaray25 · 188 cm
16
Ghislain KonanGil Vicente30 years old · 180 cm
20
Clement AkpaAuxerre24 years old · 187 cm

Midfielders

6
Ibrahim SangaréNottingham28 years old · 191 cm
7
Franck KessiéAl-Ahly29 years old · 183 cm
8
Séko FofanaPorto30 years old · 185 cm
14
Jean Michaël SeriMaribor34 years old · 168 cm
17
Krist Inao UlaiTrabzonspor20 years old
18
Parfait GuiagonCharléroi25 years old
26
Zhonatan BambaCelta29 years old · 178 cm

Forwards

9
Simon AdingraMonaco24 · 175 cm
10
Nikolia PepeVillarreal30 years old · 184 cm
11
Amad DialloManchester United23 · 175 cm
19
Evann GuessandCrystal Palace24 years old · 187 cm
21
Elie WaiNice23 years old · 184 cm
22
Beni TraoreBasel23 years old · 178 cm
24
Bazumana TouréHoffenheim20 years old
25
Martial GodoStrasbourg23 years old · 180 cm
History

Four tournaments,
not a single knockout.

Without 1/8.

4 tournaments — 2006, 2010, 2014, 2026. Best result — 3 points in Brazil 2014 (victory over Japan). Two Africa Cups (2015, 2024) — but never advanced from the group stage at the World Cup.

2014GroupJapan 2:1, Colombia 1:2, Greece 1:2Group
2010GroupPortugal 0:0, Brazil 1:3, North Korea 3:0Group
2006GroupArgentina 1:2, Netherlands 1:2, Serbia 3:2Group