Côte d'Ivoire
Coach
Emerse Faé
World Cup Appearances
4
Best Finish
Group Stage
Complete Team Guide
Côte d'Ivoire's World Cup 2026 squad is built around Amad Diallo, the reigning AFCON champions' most exciting attacker. But the story that will follow this squad all tournament: Guela Doué plays for Ivory Coast while his younger brother Désiré plays for France. If the two nations meet, football will have its moment.
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Road to 2026
Côte d'Ivoire are back at the World Cup for the first time since 2014, and FIFA's team profile shows how authoritative the route was: unbeaten group winners, no goals conceded, and a 3-0 win over Kenya to close the job. That is the kind of profile that suggests the AFCON-winning momentum under Emerse Fae was not a short burst.
Key Players
Seko Fofana
Midfielder
Rennes
FIFA's Côte d'Ivoire profile lists Fofana as the team's top scorer in qualifying with three goals, underlining his importance in midfield.
Simon Adingra
Winger
Brighton & Hove Albion
Adingra gives the Elephants pace and unpredictability, making them more dangerous in open-field attacks.
Franck Kessié
Midfielder
Al-Ahli
Kessie remains one of the emotional and physical leaders of the squad, especially in tight tournament matches.
Wilfried Singo
Defender
Monaco
Singo gives Côte d'Ivoire athletic defending and helps the side survive the type of transition-heavy matches they often face.
Yahia Fofana
Goalkeeper
Angers
A team that came through qualifying without conceding naturally depends on its goalkeeper, and Fofana is central to that platform.
Goalkeepers
Yahia Fofana
Çaykur Rizespor
Mohamed Koné
Charleroi
Alban Lafont
Panathinaikos
Defenders
Emmanuel Agbadou
Beşiktaş
Clément Akpa
Auxerre
Ousmane Diomande
Sporting CP
Guela Doué
Strasbourg
Ghislain Konan
Gil Vicente
Odilon Kossounou
Atalanta
Evan Ndicka
AS Roma
Wilfried Singo
Galatasaray
Midfielders
Seko Fofana
Porto
Parfait Guiagon
Charleroi
Franck Kessié
Al Ahli
Christ Inao Oulaï
Trabzonspor
Ibrahim Sangaré
Nottingham Forest
Jean Michaël Seri
NK Maribor
Attackers
Simon Adingra
AS Monaco
Ange-Yoan Bonny
Inter Milan
Amad Diallo
Manchester United
Oumar Diakité
Cercle Brugge
Yan Diomande
RB Leipzig
Evann Guessand
Aston Villa
Nicolas Pépé
Villarreal
Bazoumana Touré
Hoffenheim
Elye Wahi
Nice
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