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Ivory Coast national team. AFC (Africa). Nickname: Les Éléphants (the Elephants). Home jersey: orange, with white and green trim.
-Ivory Coast is in Group C (with Colombia, Greece, and Japan), ‘2014 FIFA World Cup Group C‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification: 2014 is Ivory Coast’s 3rd qualification out of 11 tries (1930-1970, did not enter; 1974 to 2002, did not qualify).
Ivory Coast has qualified for the World Cup in: 2006, 2010, 2014.
Previous WC Q: 2010, Group Stage / 1-1-1. Highest WC finish: 2010.
Population of Ivory Coast: 22.4 million {2013 estimate}. Capital: Yamoussoukro, pop. 200,000 {2005 figure}. Largest city and metro area in Ivory Coast: Abidjan, metro area pop. 7. 1 million {2012 estimate}.
-Ivory Coast coach, Sabri Lamouchi. Sabri Lamouchi.
-Ivory Coast squad captain, Galatasaray FW Didier Drogba. Didier Drogba.
Below: Theoretical Best XI for Ivory Coast (with 4 other player-options further below) -
Photo and Image credits above -
Ivory Coast on globe, map by Martin 23230 at ‘File:Côte d’Ivoire (orthographic projection).svg‘ (commons.wikimedia.org).
Ivory Coast map by Uwe Dedering at ‘File:Côte d’Ivoire location map.svg‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Ivory Coast home jersey, photo from plutosport.nl/shop/Voetbalshirts_Clubs_Landen/Puma_Ivoorkust.
Coach,
Sabri Lamouchi, photo from imatin.net/cote-d-ivoire/article/sport.
Goalkeeper,
Boubacar Barry (Lokeren [Belgium]), photo by BELGA via sudinfo.be/article/sports/foot-belge/2012-12-27/can-2013-copa-boubacar-lokeren-dans-la-selection-ivoirienne.
Defenders,
Jean-Jacques Gosso (Gençlerbirliği), photo from haberturk.com.
Sol Bamba (Trabzonspor), photo by AA via tr.eurosport.com/futbol.
Kolo Touré (Liverpool), photo from liverpoolroom.com.
Serge Aurier (Toulouse), photo from goal.com/fr.
Midfielders,
Didier Zokora (Trabzonspor), photo from uefa.com/uefachampionsleague.
Yaya Touré (Manchester City), photo from vietnamplus.vn.
Romaric (SC Bastia), photo from le10sport.com/football/ligue1/sc-bastia.
Forwards,
Gervinho (AS Roma), photo from pix123.com/footballtips
Didier Drogba (Galatasaray), photo from football365.com.
Salomon Kalou (Lille), photo from shoot.co.uk.
Other player-options,
Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United), photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images Europe via zimbio.com.
Lacina Traoré (Everton), photo by PA via dailystar.co.uk/sport/football.
Wilfried Bony (Swansea City), photo from sportsmole.co.uk/football/swansea-city.
Arthur Boka (Stuttgart), photo by bundesliga.com/[Gallery of African stars in Bundesliga].
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Thanks to the contributors at ‘2014 FIFA World Cup qualification‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to the contributors at ‘Ivory Coast national football team‘ (en.wikipedia.org).
Thanks to http://www.transfermarkt.com/en/, for player-position details.
Thanks to Soccerway.com, for recent squad line-ups, at int.soccerway.com/international/africa/wc-qualifying-africa.