2026 Ivory Coast World Cup roster: Complete 26-man team

Ivory Coast manager Emerse Faé has named his 26-man squad for this summer's World Cup.

The team enters the tournament fresh off a quarterfinal exit to Egypt at the African Cup of Nations in January but is bringing some familiar and new faces as Les Éléphants look to get out of Group E and make some noise.

Forward Nicolas Pépé, now with Villarreal and formerly of Arsenal, returns to the team after missing the AFCON roster, and regulars like midfielder Franck Kessié and center back Wilfried Singo are unsurprising names on the list.

The Ivory Coast also has been able to woo former France youth international forward Ange-Yoan Bonny, who has five goals and four assists for Inter this season, to commit his international future to the team. He is on the roster with Elye Wahi, the Nice forward who joined up before March friendly matches against Korea and Scotland.

Charlotte FC attacker Wilfried Zaha misses out after playing at the AFCON, as does Nottingham Forest defender Willy Boly, who couldn't return from a knee injury in time to make the tournament.

Ivory Coast 2026 World Cup roster

Goalkeepers: Yahia Fofana (Rizespor), Mohamed Kone (Charleroi), Alban Lafont (Panathinaikos)

Defenders: Emmanuel Agbadou (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Clement Akpa (AJ Auxerre), Ousmane Diomande (Sporting), Guela Doue (Racing Strasbourg), Ghislain Konan (Gil Vicente), Odilon Kossonou (Atalanta), Evan Ndicka (AS Roma), Wilfried Singo (Galatasaray)

Midfielders: Seko Fofana (Stade Rennais), Parfait Guiagon (Charleroi), Franck Kessie (Al Ahli), Christ Oulai (Trabzonspor), Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest), Jean-Michael Seri (NK Maribor)

Forwards: Simon Adingra (AS Monaco), Ange-Yoan Bonny (Inter Milan), Amad Diallo (Manchester United), Oumar Diakite (Cercle Brugge), Yan Diomande (RB Leipzig), Evann Guessand (Aston Villa), Nicolas Pepe (Villarreal), Bazoumana Toure (Hoffenheim), Elye Wahi (Nice)

Ivory Coast 2026 World Cup opponents

Ivory Coast was drawn into Group E along with the following teams:

• Ecuador
• Germany
• Curaçao

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Ivory Coast 2026 World Cup schedule

Check out Ivory Coast's World Cup schedule for the group stage.

• Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador on June 14 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia
• Ivory Coast vs. Germany on June 20 at BMO Field in Toronto
• Ivory Coast vs. Curaçao on June 25 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia

Are World Cup tickets available on the resale market?

According to FIFA, its marketplace "enables fans who can no longer attend matches to sell their tickets to other fans in a secure and authorized environment, safeguarding against invalid or unauthorized resale."

Of course, the marketplace will be used not just by fans who can no longer attend matches, but also those looking to make a profit on high-demand games.

The FIFA resale marketplace opened on Thursday, April 2.