The Ivory Coast national under-17 football team, nicknamed Les petit Éléphants ("The Little Elephants" in French), represents Ivory Coast in international football at an under-17 level and is controlled by the Ivorian Football Federation. The team's first appearance on the world stage was in 1987 at the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship in Canada where they achieved third place after a 2-1 extra time victory over Italy in the third place playoff. Current squad The following players were called up for the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification matches. Match dates: 12, 15 and 18 June 2022 Opposition: , and Caps and goals correct as of: 18 January 2021, after the match against Honours Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Champions (1): 2013 Third (1): 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Third (1): 1987 Tournament Records FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=8|FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup |- !colspan=8|Appearances: 4 |- !Year !Round !PLD !W !D* !L !GS !GA |- | 1985||rowspan=1 colspan=7|Did not enter |- style="background:#cd7f32;" | 1987||Third Place'||5||3||1||1||7||6 |- | 1989||rowspan=1 colspan=7|Did not qualify|- | 1991||rowspan=2 colspan=7|Walkover|- | 1993 |- | 1995||rowspan=3 colspan=7|Did not qualify|- | 1997 |- | 1999 |- | 2001||rowspan=1 colspan=7|Walkover|- | 2003||rowspan=1 colspan=7|Did not qualify|- | 2005||Group Stage||3||0||1||2||4||8 |- | 2007||rowspan=2 colspan=7|Did not qualify|- | 2009 |- | 2011||Round of 16||4||1||1||2||10||10 |- | 2013||Quarterfinals||5||2||1||2||7||5 |- | 2015||rowspan=3 colspan=7|Did not qualify|- | 2017 |- | 2019 |- | 2021||colspan=7|'To be determined |- |Total||4/19||17||6||4||7||28||29 |} CAF U-17 Championship record CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. References External links Ivory Coast national under-17 football team - official site of FIF African national under-17 association football teams under-17