# Ivory Coast national under-23 football team

The Ivorian national under-23 football team represents Ivory Coast in international under-23 tournaments.
Nicknamed Les Petit Éléphants (The Small Elephants" in English), the under-23 national team's first appearance on the world stage was in 2003 at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship; they reached the Round of 16 before being ousted by the United States.

## Results and fixtures
### Legend

Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

### 2023
## Players
### Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament held in France from 5 to 18 June 2023.
Caps and goals are correct as of 22 March 2023, after the match against Morocco.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Mohamed Koné | (2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Le Havre |
| 1GK | Kombo Kouassi | (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | FC San Pédro |
| 2DF | Michel Diaz | (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Nantes |
| 2DF | Mohamed Ali Yabré | (2004-10-30) 30 October 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | SOA |
| 2DF | Eroine Agnikoi | | 0 | 0 | Stade d'Abidjan |
| 2DF | Souleymane Assane | | 0 | 0 | FC San Pédro |
| 2DF | Kareen Samassi | | 0 | 0 | SOA |
| 2DF | Aboubacar Sylla | (2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Oud-Heverlee Leuven |
| 2DF | Luc Zogbe | | 0 | 0 | LYS Sassandra |
| 3MF | Jean N'Guessan | (2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Nîmes |
| 3MF | Sidiki Camara | (2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Servette |
| 3MF | Isaaé Cisse | | 0 | 0 | SOA |
| 3MF | Ibrahim Diabate | | 0 | 0 | SOL FC |
| 3MF | Arafat Doumbia | (2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | SOA |
| 3MF | Ibrahim Fofana | (2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Amiens |
| 3MF | Abdramane Konaté | (2006-06-25) 25 June 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | FC San Pédro |
| 4FW | David Datro Fofana | (2002-12-22) 22 December 2002 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Chelsea |
| 4FW | Fernand Gouré | (2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Újpest |
| 4FW | N'Dri Koffi | (2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Le Mans |
| 4FW | Yaya Sogodogo | | 0 | 0 | SOA |
| 4FW | Yassine Toure | | 0 | 0 | Leicester City |

### Recent call-ups

| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
| GK | Issa Fofana | (2004-01-30) 30 January 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Al-Hilal | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| GK | Franck Tolla | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Bafing | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| DF | Souleymane Coulibaly | (2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | ASEC Mimosas | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| DF | Seniko Romeo Doua | Unknown | 0 | 0 | SOA | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| DF | Vayanga Doumbia | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Stade d'Abidjan | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| DF | Dimitri Legbo | (2001-08-30) 30 August 2001 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Inter Turku | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| DF | Landry Zouzou | Unknown | 0 | 0 | AFAD Djékanou | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| MF | Arthur Bada | Unknown | 0 | 0 | ASEC Mimosas | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| MF | Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi | (2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Stade Malherbe Caen | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| MF | Abdoulaye Djiré | Unknown | 0 | 0 | RC Abidjan | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| MF | Alpha Sidibé | (2004-11-03) 3 November 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | San Pédro | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| MF | Mohamed Zoungrana | Unknown | 0 | 0 | ASEC Mimosas | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| FW | Koro Coulibaly | Unknown | 0 | 0 | SOL FC d'Abobo | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| FW | Sinare Thiago Karamoko | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Bafing | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| FW | Sankara William Karamoko | (2003-11-09) 9 November 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | ASEC Mimosas | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| FW | Ben Guel Kouyate | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Stade d'Abidjan | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| FW | Abdoulaye Sanogo | Unknown | 0 | 0 | SOL FC d'Abobo | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| FW | Yacabo Valentin Serebe | Unknown | 0 | 0 | Zoman FC | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |
| FW | Seydou Traoré | Unknown | 0 | 0 | RC Abidjan | v. Niger, 29 October 2022 |

## Honours

* 2010 Toulon Tournament (first title)

## Competitive record
### 2010 Toulon Tournament

The Toulon Tournament (officially the Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon or "Toulon Hopefuls' Tournament")is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players.
This was only Ivory Coast's 2nd appearance and they still performed well. The results are below.

#### Group stage group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | –9 | 0 |
All times local (CEST)

#### Final
### 2008 Summer Olympics

Ivory Coast- qualified for the 2008 Olympics. This African team representing Africa at the 2006 FIFA World Championships in Germany. It is one of the best teams in Africa. "We are one of the few African countries to have an organized youth league. Great players have always come out of the Ivory Coast; I'm thinking of Laurent Pokou in the 1970s; and Youssou Fofana in the 1980s. But now the footballing infrastructure is much better and so many youngsters are getting the right coaching", said Henri Michel (former coach of the Côte d'Ivoire national soccer team). Ivory Coast won the African Cup of Nations in 1992. Ivory Coast went far in the 2008 Olympics but stumbled at the last hurdle by losing to Nigeria 2-0 in quarter finals.

#### Group stage group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |