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Côte d'Ivoire U-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Les petit Éléphants (The Elephants)
AssociationFédération Ivoirienne de Football
ConfederationCAF (Africa)


The Ivorian national under-17 football team represents Côte d'Ivoire in international under-17 tournaments.

Nicknamed Les Petit Éléphants (The Small Elephants" in English), the under-17 national team's first appearance on the world stage was in 2003 at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship; they reached Round of 16 before being ousted by the United States.In 2011 the 'les petit elephants' will be taking place in the u17 World cup



World cup U17

The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup (Spanish: Copa Mundial Sub-17 de la FIFA México 2011) is the fourteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the eleventh played since the change in age limits from under 16s to Under 17s in 1991. It is being held in Mexico with games being played amongst various venues between 18 June and 10 July 2011. It was confirmed by the 58th FIFA Congress in Sydney, Australia that Mexico will be the host, beating other bids from the Czech Republic and Iran.


Ivory coast U17 National team is currently taking part in this tournament;they reside in group F alongside Brazil,Denmark and Australia.


Current Squad

Head coach: Pierre Gouamene

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Yored Konate (1994-12-28)28 December 1994 (aged 16) France FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
2 3MF Jean-Eudes Aholou (1994-03-20)20 March 1994 (aged 17) Ivory Coast Ivoire Academie
3 2DF Mory Kone (1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 17) France Le Mans FC
4 2DF Ibrahima Bah (1994-12-18)18 December 1994 (aged 16) Ivory Coast Academie de Sefa
5 2DF Jean Thome (c) (1995-10-10)10 October 1995 (aged 15) Qatar Aspire Academy
6 4FW Dorian Kouame (1994-10-02)2 October 1994 (aged 16) France En Avant de Guingamp
7 4FW Jean Kouassi (1994-09-25)25 September 1994 (aged 16) Ivory Coast Moossou F.C.
8 4FW Victorien Amgban (1996-09-29)29 September 1996 (aged 14) Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan
9 3MF Daniel Soungole (1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 16) Ivory Coast AS Athlétic Adjamé
10 3MF Wilfried Gnahore (1995-12-30)30 December 1995 (aged 15) England Nottingham Forest F.C.
11 4FW Lionel Lago (1995-10-09)9 October 1995 (aged 15) Qatar Aspire Academy
12 4FW Guy Bedi (1995-12-20)20 December 1995 (aged 15) Ivory Coast Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo
13 4FW Jeremy Kimmankon (1994-05-29)29 May 1994 (aged 17) France LB Châteauroux
14 2DF Mehoue Traore (1994-12-23)23 December 1994 (aged 16) Ivory Coast Séwé Sports de San Pedro
15 4FW Drissa Diarrassouba (1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 16) Ivory Coast Ivoire Academie
16 1GK Severin Dje Yao (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 16) Ivory Coast AS Denguélé
17 2DF Losseni Karamoko (1994-12-20)20 December 1994 (aged 16) Ivory Coast Olympic Sport Abobo
18 4FW Ibrahim Coulibaly (1995-12-28)28 December 1995 (aged 15) Ivory Coast Academie de Foot Amadou Diallo
19 4FW Souleymane Coulibaly (1994-12-26)26 December 1994 (aged 16) Italy A.C. Siena
20 4FW Banvo Anderson (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 17) France Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
21 1GK Aboubakar Ouattara (1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 15) Ivory Coast Volcan