Mali 0-0 Ivory Coast (6 Oct, 2017) Lineups

Ivory Coast

2026 World Cup: Who has qualified, and how the rest can make it

Lesotho lodge formal complaint to FIFA against South Africa for Teboho Mokoena error

Will South Africa's shocking 'admin error' hand Nigeria a World Cup lifeline?

Mali

Ivory Coast

2026 World Cup: Who has qualified, and how the rest can make it

Lesotho lodge formal complaint to FIFA against South Africa for Teboho Mokoena error

Will South Africa's shocking 'admin error' hand Nigeria a World Cup lifeline?

Game Information

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF Standings

WCQ - CAF News

2-2-1, 8 PTS

No.Name
16Djigui Diarra
23Mamadou Fofana
13Molla Wagué
3Youssouf Koné
2Hamari Traoré
20Yves Bissouma 4Amadou Haidara
7Souleymane Diarra
18Diadie Samassekou
12Moussa Doumbia
14Adama Traoré 21Moussa Djenepo
9Adama Niané 10Kalifa Coulibaly

Substitutes
8Yacouba Sylla
5Bakaye Dibassy
1Adama Keita
22Aly Yirango
11Lassana Coulibaly
17Falaye Sacko
6Ousseynou Cissé
19Moussa Marega
15Nouha Dicko
19Moussa Koné

No.Name
16Sylvain Gbohouo
5Wilfried Kanon
21Eric Bailly
3Ghislain Konan
17Sèrge Aurier
7Jean-Philippe Gbamin
19Franck Kessié
20Serey Dié 9Sekou Sanogo
14Jonathan Kodjia
11Maxwel Cornet
15Roger Assalé 8Salomon Kalou

Substitutes
4Lamine Koné
22Adama Traoré
18Mamadou Bagayoko
1Axel Kacou
13Cheick Doukouré
23Hortalin Zadi
12Seko Fofana
10Nicolas Pépé
6Joris Gnagnon
22Lacina Traoré

Stade du 26 Mars

8:00 PM, 6 October 2017

Bamako, Mali

Attendance: 8,960

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Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) secretary general Mokhosi Mohapi confirmed a formal enquiry with FIFA and CAF over Bafana Bafana's fielding of the seemingly ineligible Teboho Mokoena, but was it too late?

It's been a compelling and chaotic week of international football across Africa, with the World Cup qualifying campaign hotting up, headlined by South Africa fielding an ineligible player against Lesotho.

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