Article of the day: DIDIER DROGBA IS IN CAMEROON

The former captain of the Elephants Didier Drogba met his young brothers this morning at their hotel to give them all his support before the meeting this Wednesday, January 12, 2022 against Equatorial Guinea at 19:00 GMT, he then took part in the pre-game walk.

The Ivorian international traveled directly to Cameroon where he was doing his first training session with the group. French coach Patrice Beaumelle now has his full complement except Sylvain Gbohouo uncertain and Willy Boly forfeit.

First training session for the Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire on Cameroonian soil, with the presence of Maxwell Cornet, Nicolas Pépé, Konaté Karim and many others ...

All behind our champions

Serey Dié, Jean Evra Kouassi Crespo, Sylvain Gbohouo and Sangaré Ibrahim came out of quarantine and joined Patrice Beaumelle's group to take part in the training session on Monday January 3, 2022 in Jeddah. While awaiting the final decision of FIFA on his suspension for doping, Sylvain Gbohouo is preparing the CAN with the Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire.

Another blow for the Ivorian selection. While the friendly match against the selection of Comoros was scheduled for Monday, January 03, 2022, the Ivorian Football Federation decides that the match will not take place, for fear of a new wave of COVID-19 contamination.

Ivory Coast, which will not start until January 12 against Equatorial Guinea, still have hopes of facing Mali in a friendly before leaving for Cameroon.

CIV LEAGUE 1 RESULTS AND RANKING

Results of the 7th day

• BOUAKE FC 2 - 1 SOL FC
• STELLA CLUB 1 - 0 SOA
• FC SAN PEDRO 0 - 1 ASEC MIMOSAS
• AFAD 1 - 2 RCA
• ABENGOUROU UPS 0 - 0 USC BASSAM
• ES BAFING 0 - 1 SC GAGNOA
• LYS SASSANDRA 1 - 2 CO KORHOGO

Partial classification of the 7th day

Asec Mimosas: 21pts +10
SC Gagnoa: 18pts +9
RCA: 11pts +2
ES Bafing: 11pts +1
Bouaké FC: 11pts +1
FC San Pedro: 11pts +1
SOL FC: 10pts +4
LYS of Sassandra: 8pts -1
Stella Club d'Adjamé: 8pts -3
SOA: 8pts -5
CO Korhogo: 6pts -3
Abengourou UPS: 5pts -4
AFAD: 5pts -5
USC Bassam: 2pt -7

First training session for the Ivory Coast Elephants in the city of Jeddah with coach Patrice Beaumelle.
It should be noted that for the moment, only a handful of players are present, namely Sébastien Haller, Habib Maiga, Max Gradel, Deli Simon, Wilfried Kanon, Ira Tapé and Odilon Kossonou.

There are 35 Ivorian referees, 17 referees including 2 women and 18 assistant referees including 3 women, in capacity building seminar, at the Bingerville National Technical Football Center, from December 26 to 30, 2021.

This seminar aims to equip our referees with the modified playing laws and is led by Ayemou Jeanne, FIFA physical instructor.

CIV LEAGUE 1 RESULTS AND RANKING

Results of the 5th day

• BOUAKE FC 1 - 2 SC GAGNOA
• SOA 1 - 3 SOL FC
• ES BAFING 2 - 0 USC BASSAM
• ABENGOUROU UPS 0 - 2 RCA
• STELLA CLUB 1 - 1 CO KORHOGO
• LYS SASSANDRA 1 - 2 ASEC MIMOSAS
• AFAD 0 - 1 FC SAN PEDRO

Provisional classification of the 5th day

1. Asec Mimosas: 15 pts +8
2. SC Gagnoa: 12 pts +7
3. FC San Pedro: 11 pts +3
4. ES Bafing: 8 pts +1
5. SOL FC: 7 pts +2
6. Bouaké FC: 7 pts +0
7. SOA: 7 pts -4
8. RCA: 5 pts +0
9. LYS Sassandra: 5 pts -1
10. AFAD: 5 pts -1
11. Stella Club: 5 pts -3
12. Abengourou UPS: 4 pts -3
13. CO Korhogo: 3 pts -3
14. USC Bassam: 1 pt -6

CIV LEAGUE 1 RESULTS AND RANKING

Results of the 4th day

• FC SAN PEDRO 1 - 0 ASI D'ABENGOUROU
• SOL FC 0 - 1 SC GAGNOA
• USC BASSAM 1 - 1 STELLA CLUB
• CO KORHOGO 1 - 1 BOUAKE FC
• ASEC MIMOSAS 3 - 1 ES BAFING
• RCA 0 - 0 LYS SASSANDRA
• SOA 0 - 0 AFAD

Partial classification of the 4th day

1. SC Gagnoa: 9pts +6
2. Asec Mimosas: 9pts +4 (1 match less)
3. FC San Pedro: 8pts +2
4. Bouaké FC: 7pts +1
5. SOA: 7pts -2
6. AFAD: 5pts +0
7. LYS of Sassandra: 5pts +0
8. ES Bafing: 5pts -1
9. SOL FC: 4pts +0
10. Stella Club d'Adjamé: 4pts +0 (1 match less)
11. Abengourou UPS: 4pts -1
12. RCA: 2pts -2
13. CO Korhogo: 2pts -3
14. USC Bassam: 1pt -4

CIV LEAGUE 1 RESULTS AND RANKING

Results of the 4th day

• FC SAN PEDRO 1 - 0 ASI D'ABENGOUROU
• SOL FC 0 - 0 SC GAGNOA
• USC BASSAM 1 - 1 STELLA CLUB
• CO KORHOGO 1 - 1 BOUAKE FC
• ASEC MIMOSAS 3 - 1 ES BAFING
• RCA 0 - 0 LYS SASSANDRA
• SOA 0 - 0 AFAD

Partial classification of the 4th day

1. SC Gagnoa: 9pts +6
2. Asec Mimosas: 9pts +4 (1 match less)
3. FC San Pedro: 8pts +2
4. Bouaké FC: 7pts +1
5. SOA: 7pts -2
6. AFAD: 5pts +0
7. LYS of Sassandra: 5pts +0
8. ES Bafing: 5pts -1
9. SOL FC: 4pts +0
10. Stella Club d'Adjamé: 4pts +0 (1 match less)
11. Abengourou UPS: 4pts -1
12. RCA: 2pts -2
13. CO Korhogo: 2pts -3
14. USC Bassam: 1pt -4

CAN TOTAL ENERGIES 2021

The 2021 Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations trophy has been in Cameroon for just over 24 hours.

Make way for the national Mola trophy and mascot tour from December 9 to 22, 2021.

CIV LEAGUE 1 RESULTS AND RANKING

Partial results of the 3rd day

• SC Gagnoa 4 - 0 SOA
• AFAD 0 - 0 ASI ABENGOUROU
• ES BAFING 1 - 1 RCA
• LYS SASSANDRA 0 - 0 FC SAN PEDRO
• BOUAKE FC 1 - 0 USC BASSAM
• CO KORHOGO 3 - 3 SOL FC
• ASEC MIMOSAS - STELLA CLUB (16 Dec. 4 p.m. - Robert Champroux)

Partial classification of the 3rd day

1. SC Gagnoa: 6pts +5
2. Bouaké FC: 6pts +1 (1 match less)
3. SOA: 6pts -2
4. FC San Pedro: 5pts +1
5. 5- ES Bafing: 5pts +1
6. SOL FC: 4pts +1
7. Abengourou UPS: 4pts +0
8. LYS of Sassandra: 4pts +0
9. AFAD: 4pts +0
10. ASEC Mimosas: 3pts +1 (2 games less)
11. Stella Club d'Adjamé: 3pts +0 (1 match less)
12. RCA: 1pt -2
13. CO Korhogo: 1pt -3
14. USC Bassam: 0pt

After Côte d'Ivoire left the race following its defeat on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 against the indomitable lions of Cameroon, here are the 10 countries out of 40 at the start that will compete for 5 places for Qatar: Egypt, the Senegal, Morocco, Ghana, DRC, Algeria, Nigeria, Mali, Tunisia and Cameroon.

The 10 selections qualified for these play-offs are grouped into 2 hats according to their positioning in the latest FIFA ranking.

Hat 1

Senegal (H)
Tunisia (B)
Morocco (I)
Algeria (A)
Nigeria (C)
Hat 2

Egypt (F)
Ghana (G)
Cameroon (D)
Mali (E)
DR Congo (J)

https://twitter.com/caf_online_FR/status/1461039765004955652?s=20

The results are alarming! 23 countries out of 54 in Africa, including Côte d'Ivoire do not have stadiums approved by CAF

Here is the list of 23 countries with stadiums not approved by CAF:

1) Ivory Coast

2) Burkina Faso

3) Mali

4) Central African Republic

5) Niger

6) Liberia

7) Namibia

8) Malawi

9) Burundi

10) Gambia

11) Eswatini

12) South Sudan

13) Somalia

14) Seychelles

15) Sao Tome

16) Lesotho

17) Chad

18) Meeting

19) Eritrea

20) Malawi

21) Mauritius

22) Sierra Leone

23) Zanzibar.

The essential of freestyle football, Koné Adboul Titi alias Titi Koné, African freestyle champion, engages with the promoted in Ivorian Ligue 1 LYS Sassandra FC in this season 2021 - 2022

See you on November 20, 2021

Here is the list of the 25 Elephants summoned by French coach Patrice Beaumelle, for the next two qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup against Mozambique and Cameroon on November 13 and 16:

GUARDIANS:

Sylvain Gohouo (Wolkite FC)

Badra Ali Sangaré (JDR Stars FC)

Cissé Abdoul Karim (ASEC Mimosas)

DEFENDERS:

Eric Bailly (Manchester United)

Willy Boly (Wolverhampton)

Sinaly Diomandé (OL)

Serge Aurier (Villarreal)

Emmaneul Agbadou (KAS Eupen)

Odilon Kossonou (Bayer Leverkusen)

Hassane Kamara (OGC Nice)

MIDFIELDS:

Serey Dié (FC Sion)

Sangaré Ibrahim (PSV Eindhoven)

Franck Kessié (AC Milan)

Traorè Hamed Junior (Sassuolo)

Digbo Maiga (FC Metz)

Jean Daniel Akpa Akpro (Lazio Rome)

Seri Jean Michael (Fulham)

FORWARDS:

Maxwel Cornet (Burnley)

Max-Alain Gradel (Sivasspor)

Nicolas Pépé (Arsenal)

Jean Evrard Kouassi (Wuhan)

Sébastien Haller (Ajax)

Christian Kouamé (Anderlecht)

Lago Junior (Mallorca)

Yohan Boli (Al Rayyan)

It is in the Fenerbahçe SK women's football team, in
Turkey that the Ivorian international Zote Nina Kpaho will evolve
from now on.

This Tuesday, November 2, 2021, Eric Bailly made his second appearance of the season with Manchester United in the match against Atalanta BC in the Champions League for Matchday 4 of the group stage.

The Ivorian international produced impressive performances:

85% pass accuracy
68 balls touched in total
11 duels in total contested
7 duels won in total
4 interceptions
3 tackle attempts
2 successful tackles
2 blocked shots

Ivorian international Max Alain Gradel, author of 11 goals and 14 assists for the 2020 - 2021 season, was awarded this Wednesday, October 27, 2021, the award for best winger in the Super League (Turkish Premier League) of the 2020-2021 season with his club Sivasspor.

The Ivory Coast Elephants striker expressed his joy on the web in this post on his Facebook page:

“It is with great joy that I received the trophy for best winger of the 2020-2021 season in the Turkish super league. I really want to thank all my fans, the technical staff, the president, my family and especially my wife. I dedicate this trophy to my mother who watches over me from above. I love you "

Well done to our champion

The JauneNoir are leaving the competition after their defeat (2-0) against CR Belouizdad on Sunday, October 24, 2021. Julien Chevalier's men will play the Confederation Cup play-offs.

Yesterday, Wednesday, October 13, 2021, the "Heroes Match" was held at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille. In order to raise the maximum amount of funds for UNICEF and the Didier Drogba Foundation, the OM Legends team won (7-4) against Team Unicef ??thanks to the former Ivorian international Didier DROGBA who offered himself a tripled 17 years after leaving the Marseillais.

The operation turned out to be a great success. Indeed, 427,250 euros were collected. Shared between UNICEF and the Drogba Foundation, the sum will help build schools and promote access to education for children in Côte d'Ivoire. A very nice initiative.

Former Lanfiara Sport (Attécoubé Club) midfielder DJE Tah Ange Innocent Davila joins Al Hilal United FC.

Indeed the young Ivorian midfielder arrives in the 3rd division of Dubai, after the departure of Ibrahim Fofana, on the side of the Union Sportiva Follonica Gavoranno. A godsend for this talented young man.

OFFICIAL !!!

The captain of the Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire, Serge AURIER, joins the "Yellow Submarine".

Indeed, free since the end of August, the former right-back of the “Spurs” of (Tottenham) has signed up with FC Villarreal for a 3-year contract.

Good luck for the next Capi.

PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FOOTINTER AND THE BBCF

On the occasion of the 2021 edition of the Ben Badi Caravane Foot (BBCF) organized by the former Ivorian international footballer Abdoulaye TRAORE, FOOTINTER and the BBCF have decided to join forces for the success of this event.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 marks a turning point in the smooth running of the 2021 edition of the Ben Badi Caravane Foot (BBCF). Indeed, FOOTINTER and the BBCF have agreed to sign a partnership to join forces for the success of this event.

As a reminder, the Ben Badi Caravane Foot is a talent detection tournament for young footballers under the age of 20 (U20). This caravan, which plans to travel through ten (10) towns in the Ivory Coast, has already completed the stages of Dimbokro and Gagnoa. The young people selected during these different stages will meet in Abidjan for the apotheosis and the final selections which will identify the best talents and offer them the chance to become professional footballers.

In view of the subject of the BBCF and the importance of this activity in the development of local football, it was essential for the leaders of the BBCF with at their head the ex-international footballer Abdoulaye TRAORE said Ben Badi of s '' associate with the FOOTINTER platform (www.footinter.com) to guarantee better visibility of the BBCF's activities. It was also an opportunity for the head of the BBCF to visit the premises of FOOTINTER in order to soak up the technological capacity of this innovative platform. Ben Badi said he was happy and satisfied with the professionalism of the platform's agents, to whom he sent his congratulations.

Note also that FOOTINTER is a web platform whose purpose is to promote amateur football mainly training centers. There are games and competitions, web shows in which people are invited to participate and sports news articles.

At the end of the signing of this partnership, the managers of the BBCF and FOOTINTER discussed the potential future perspectives and the possibility of extending this partnership to other activities or even other structures that are also working on football promotion.

The Académie Danielle La Persévérance (ADLP) was founded in 2012 in Gagnoa, a town located in the west of the Ivory Coast.
The Academy Training Center (ADLP) has social and sporting objectives. The signing of training partnerships with overseas clubs, for possible transfers of players and equipment. Its credibility is not lacking.
The social objective is expressed in his vision of sport and studies. Enabling young people, most of them out of school, to go to school and realize their dreams of professional footballers. Finally, the sporting aspect consists of preparing the next generation for the country's big clubs, in particular the sporting club of Gagnoa and the national team.

Source:https://directinfos-abidjan.ci/2021/02/19/gagnoa-presentation-officielle-dune-nouvelle-academie-de-football/

The FUTURO DE YOPOUGON Football Training Center was founded in the 2000s in Séguéla, a town located in the North West of Côte d'Ivoire under the name of Djêguêya.
The Futuro football training center was relocated and installed in Abidjan, following the post-election crisis.
With the aim of signing training partnerships with overseas clubs, for possible transfers of players and equipment, the Futuro Center is affiliated with the Ivorian Football Federation so that its credibility does not suffer from any deficiency. . The Futuro Football Training Center in yopougon is now a training and retraining center for young talents. The admitted categories are the 13 - 14 years old (the minis), the 15 - 16 years old (the cadets) and the 17 - 18 years old (the juniors) who enter with deficiencies and leave with enough knowledge and experience.

Source:https://www.localgymsandfitness.com/CI/Abidjan/651620948276065/Centre-de-Formation-de-Football-Futuro-de-Yopougon

Located in Abidjan (in the commune of COCODY) riviera (3) AKOUEDO district, the EEFA Training Center aims to promote sport (football) in young people, through an organization and a reliable and rigorous training program.
EEFA wants to train players who will be oriented towards similar structures outside the Ivory Coast.

Source: https://eefafoot.skyrock.com/2842758054-Ecole-Etoile-Filante-D-Abijan-EEFA.html

Located in Bouaké in the France district, Le Center de Formation was officially created in 2000 but its activity began a few years before that date.
The center is affiliated with the Ivorian Football Federation and has around 100 mixed members.
The training center, called "Laboratory", covers the following categories:

- Pupils,
- Minimal,
- Cadets,
- Juniors.

Indeed, this Football center was thought by its President and its supervisors, as a school of life doubled by a football school, because sport is above all a tool of social connection, a place of learning in community and that many values ??can be taught there through a sporting activity ...
The Football club named "PAKANA Football Club" consists of the senior team.

Source: http://action-benevole.com/centre-formation-football-laboratoire-et-pakana-f-c

The Ivoire-Académie training center is located on the road to Jacqueville. It has modern infrastructure including seven training grounds and a living environment designed for the well-being of residents.
Open to football enthusiasts from year 6 to 12, this section allows boarders to join a vocational training center while following the same education as all other young people.
He introduced many young talents including Gervinho, Seydou Doumbia, Habib Maiga (As Saint-Etienne, Ligue 1, France) and, more recently, the young Dakoi Edgard, silver medalist with the Elephants who caused a sensation during the VIIIth Games of La Francophonie.

Source: http://www.ivoireacademie.com/

The Abidjan national football training center trains young football hopefuls in Côte d'Ivoire, from 8 to 19 years old, young recruits benefit from qualified and experienced technical and sports supervisors, a medical service, and sports equipment to teach them the art of the round ball, the rules, the techniques, the team spirit and competition.

Source: https://www.gralon.net/annuaire/sports-et-loisirs/football/page-web-centre-de-formation-en-football--abidjan--cote-d-ivoire-54083.htm

The Guesmone FC Football School in Cote d'Ivoire is a football training center that combines football with studies, from primary to secondary school.
It is a center with a boarding school, classrooms, a dining hall, a training ground and a guest house for staff and visitors.
Our ambition is to recruit and train players capable of meeting the technical, tactical and athletic, but also mental, high-level requirements.

Source: https://www.guesmonefc.com

The Copa FC boarding school, the training center of the former Ivorian international Copa Barry was inaugurated on December 5, 2020, in the presence of Didier Drogba and Caroline Dasylva to provide support to the kids and to Copa Barry who set up a football school and studies.
The CFC is now the pride of everyone in Côte d'Ivoire. The philosophy advocated there is that which the founding president himself received from Jean-Marc Guillou at Sol Béni. And the recipe pays off. The Copa Academy is a real school of life where children learn "the things of life" and the profession of football.

Source:http://www.sport-ivoire.ci/football/football-formation-copa-fc-monte-en-puissance

Dosso Falikou Tostoa, a former footballer in France, has built a Training and Guidance Center for Young Abidjan Footballers (CEOJFA) in Anyama. He decided to fight durably against the regrouping of children in the districts. Better still, he wants to give a boost to some who have dropped out of school for football.
Needless to say, Dosso Falikou played in Marseille from 1998 to 1999. Then he ended up at AS Valence in France from 1999 to 2001. After an accident at the end of his contract, he played in Belgium in D3. After hanging up his boots, he now holds coaching and trainer degrees.

Source: http://lepointsur.com/football-centre-de-formation-construit-a-anyama-athletes-sport/