Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
AFRICA CUP CHAMPIONS 2015
GROUP D QUARTER-FINALS Semi-Finals FINAL
Nations Cup appearances: 20
Best result: Winners (1992)
Coach: Herve Renard (France)
Key players: Yaya Toure, Wilfried Bony, Gervinho
Fifa ranking: 28
Lost in the 2006 and 2012 finals.
Defeat three years ago came against Zambia, who were then coached by Renard.
The Elephants are without legendary striker Didier Drogba, who has retired from internationals, but they still scored the most goals in qualifying - 13 - and boast Bony, who has just become one of Africa's most expensive players after joining Manchester City for £28m.
Côte d'Ivoire news
Key Player - Ivory Coast - Yaya Touré - the karate kid turned footballer
Yaya Touré might have been a karate star.
STARS IN EUROPE - IVORY COAST - CLUB - Toure wins BBC African award 2015
Yaya Toure wins BBC African Footballer of the Year award 2015.
FIFA RANKING - DECEMBER 2015 FOR AFRICA
Egypt climb back into African top 10
KEYPLAYER - IVORY COAST - CLUB - Didier Drogba wants to manage Blues
Ex-Chelsea striker Didier Drogba wants to manage Blues.
STARS IN EUROPE - IVORY COAST - CLUB - Dundee United sign Demel
Dundee United sign midfielder Guy Demel.
WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS - AFRICA - 2ND ROUND - 2ND LEG - ALL RESULTS
Nigeria, Ghana and Egypt avoid upsets.
WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS - AFRICA - 2ND ROUND - 1st leg - all results
Senegal fought back to draw 2:2 with Madagascar.
WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS - AFRICA - 2ND ROUND - 1ST LEG - DETAILS
African giants eager to avoid shocks.
FIFA RANKING - NOVEMBER 2015 FOR AFRICA
Cameroon drop out of world's top 50 in Fifa rankings.
STARS IN EUROPE - IVORY COAST - CLUB - Salomon Kalou delighted with hat-trick
Kalou has admitted that he is delighted to be scoring goals.
