Ivory Coast women's national football team
| Association | Fédération Ivoirienne de Football |
|---|---|
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) |
| Head coach | Clémentine Touré |
| Captain | Dominique Thiamalé |
| FIFA code | CIV |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 59  1 (24 March 2017)
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| Highest | 59 (March 2017) |
| Lowest | 136 (2011) |
| First international | |
 Ivory Coast 0–3 Netherlands  (1 June 1988, Foshan, China) |
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| Biggest win | |
Ivory Coast 7–0 Mozambique  (26 May 2012, Abidjan, Ivory Coast) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
Ivory Coast 0–10 Germany  (7 June 2015, Ottawa, Canada) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2015) |
| Best result | Group Stage, (2015) |
| Africa Women Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2012) |
| Best result | 3rd place, (2014) |
The Ivory Coast women's national football team represents Ivory Coast in international women's football and it is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. They played their first international match in 1988. They are currently ranked as the 59th best team in the world and the 6th best team in CAF.
In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team, including Côte d'Ivoire who did not play their first FIFA recognised match until 1988 when they participated in the Women's FIFA Invitational Tournament 1988. The country was in Group A. On 1 June, they lost to the Netherlands 0–3 in a game in Foshan. On 3 June, they lost to Canada 0–6 in a game in Foshan. In a game on 5 June, they lost to China 1–8 in a game in Guangzhou. In 1992, they competed at the 1st Lyon'ne Cup — Women, held in Lyon, France from 17–20 April. Côte d'Ivoire was in the nation's group. They lost to the United States U20 team 0–4, lost to the CIS team 0–3 and lost to France 1–6. In 2002, the team competed in 2 matches. In 2003, they played in 0 matches. In 2004, they played in 0 matches. In 2005, they played in 3 matches. In 2006, they played in 2 matches. In 2006, the team had 3 training sessions a week. In 2005, they played in the women's Tournoi de Solidarité in Dakar, Senegal. On 18 May, they lost to Mali 1–6. On 20 May, they tied Senegal 3–3. They did not make the finals and overall finished last in the tournament. On 17 May 2006 in Dakar, Togo tied Côte d'Ivoire 3–3. In 2007, the country competed at the Tournoi de Cinq Nations held in Ouagadougou. On 2 September, they tied Mali 1–1 with Rita Akaffou scoring for the team in the 65th minute. On 5 September, they beat Togo 5–0 before Togo was disqualified from the competition for bringing a club team. On 6 September, they lost to Mali 1–2. In 2010, the country had a team at the African Women's Championships during the preliminary rounds. In the round, they beat Guinea 5–1. They lost to Malawi 4–2 in the return leg. In the 2010, Women's Championship in Africa, they lost in the preliminary round in March, they beat Gabon at home and away 2–1 and 3–1. In the first round against Nigeria, they lost both matches by scores of 1–2 and 1–3. The country did not have a team competing at the 2011 All Africa Games.
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