Senegal national football team

The Senegal national football team (French: Équipe nationale de football du Senegal) represents Senegal in men's international association football. Controlled by the Senegalese Football Federation, it is a member of both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). Nicknamed "the Lions of Teranga", the team became the second African team to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup after Cameroon in 1990, doing so in 2002 before losing to Turkey in extra time.

Senegal

Nickname(s)	Les Lions de la Téranga (The Lions of Teranga)
Association	Senegalese Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Aliou Cissé
Captain	Kalidou Koulibaly
Most caps	Henri Camara (99)
Top scorer	Henri Camara (29)
Home stadium	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor
FIFA code	SEN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	20 (10 December 2020)[1]
Highest	20 (July 2019 - September 2020, November 2020 -)
Lowest	99 (June 2013)
First international
British Gambia 1–2 French Senegal (Gambia; 1959)
Biggest win
Senegal 7–0 Mauritius  (Dakar, Senegal; 9 October 2010)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 11–0 Senegal  (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 2 November 1966)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2002)
Best result	Quarter-Finals (7th overall) (2002)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	16 (first in 1965)
Best result	Runners-up (2002, 2019)

Established in the early 1960s, the team have been regular competitors in the Africa Cup of Nations, where their best performances were runner-up to Cameroon in the 2002 edition in Mali, and to Algeria in the 2019 edition in Egypt. 2002 also saw Senegal compete at the FIFA World Cup for the first time and reach the quarter-finals, having defeated reigning champions France in the opening game. The team made their second World Cup appearance sixteen years later, where they were eliminated in the group stage against Japan based on fair play points.

History

Early history

Senegal gained its independence from France on 4 April 1960, and the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) was founded that year. The first Senegal match took place on 31 December 1961 against Dahomey (now Benin). Senegal lost 3–2.

The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) has been affiliated with FIFA since 1962 and has been a member of the Confederation of African Football since 1963.

Senegal's first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations was in 1965, where they finished second in their group, and lost 1–0 to Ivory Coast to finish in fourth place.

1990s

In the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal finished fourth. Senegal hosted the 1992 tournament, where after finishing second in their group, they were eliminated by Cameroon in the quarterfinals. Senegal qualified for four of six African championships that decade.

2000s

Senegal's best finish in the African Cup of Nations came in 2002, where they lost the final on a penalty shootout after drawing 0–0 with Cameroon.[2] Later that year, Senegal made their debut appearance at the World Cup. After defeating defending world champions France in their opening game, they drew with Denmark and Uruguay to progress from the group stages, then beat Sweden in extra time in the round of 16 to reach the quarter-finals, one of only three African teams to do so (alongside Cameroon in 1990 and Ghana in 2010). There, they lost to Turkey in extra-time.[3][4]

Senegalese fans at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations against Tunisia.

Senegal qualified for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, but finished third in their group with two points. They failed to make the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the first World Cup to be held in Africa.

2010s

Senegal was eliminated from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with zero wins and zero points.

After Senegal's former manager Bruno Metsu died on 14 October 2013, many Senegalese players were recalled to appear and have a moment of silence in memory of the manager who helped them reach the quarter-final in the 2002 World Cup. All activities of the national league and the national team were suspended for a few days in his memory.

The West African nation narrowly missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup after losing in a round-robin match against Ivory Coast in the final qualification round. Senegal qualified for two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments since, being eliminated in the group stage in 2015 and reaching the quarterfinals in 2017. On 10 November 2017, after defeating South Africa 2–0,[5] Senegal qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup,[6] the second in its history after the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.[7] Senegal defeated Poland 2–1 in their opening group match,[8] thanks to an own goal by Thiago Cionek and a M'Baye Niang strike.[9] In the next group stage match, Senegal drew 2–2 against Japan, with goals from Sadio Mané and Moussa Wagué.[10] However, despite having a great advantage, a 1–0 loss to Colombia in their final match[11] meant they finished level on points with Japan, who progressed thanks to a superior fair play record despite also losing their final match.[12] Thus, Senegal was eliminated in the group stage for the first time in its World Cup history.[13]

Senegal achieved a very successful campaign in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations under the same management of Aliou Cissé, who participated in the 2002 final before. Under Cissé, Senegal reached their first final in seventeen years, beating almost every opponent in the process.[14] However, having already lost 1–0 to Algeria earlier in the tournament, Senegal lost 1–0 to them again in the final, thus missing out on the title for a second time.[15][16]

Competitive record

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Declined participation
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970	Did not qualify									3	1	0	2	2	4
1974										2	0	1	1	1	2
1978										2	0	1	1	1	2
1982										2	0	1	1	0	1
1986										2	1	0	1	1	1
1990	Did not enter									Declined participation
1994	Did not qualify									8	3	1	4	11	12
1998										2	0	1	1	2	3
2002	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	2	1	7	6		10	5	4	1	16	3
2006	Did not qualify									10	6	3	1	21	8
2010										6	2	3	1	9	7
2014										8	3	4	1	11	8
2018	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	4	4		8	5	3	0	15	5
2022	To be determined									To be determined
2026
Total	Quarter-finals	2/21	8	3	3	2	11	10		63	26	22	15	90	56

Sylva

Diatta

Diop

Coly

Daf

Cissé (C)

Diao

Bouba Diop

Camara

Fadiga

Diouf

2002 FIFA World Cup starting lineup

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Host nation(s) / Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957 to 1959	Part of  France
1962 to 1963	Not affiliated to CAF
1965	Fourth place	4th	3	1	1	1	5	2
1968	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	5	5
1970 to 1978	Did not qualify
1980	Did not enter
1982 to 1984	Did not qualify
1986	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	3	1
1988	Did not qualify
1990	Fourth place	4th	5	1	2	2	3	3
1992	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	0	2	4	3
1994	Quarter-finals	8th	3	1	0	2	2	3
1996 to 1998	Did not qualify
2000	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	6	6
2002	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	2	0	6	1
2004	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	4	2
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	2	0	4	7	8
2008	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	4	6
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Group stage	13th	3	0	0	3	3	6
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2017	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	6	2
2019	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	0	2	8	2
2021	Qualified
2023	To be determined
2025
Total	Runners-up	16/33	60	23	14	23	69	54

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2009	Fourth place	4th	5	1	3	1	3	3
2011	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	2
2014	Did not qualify
2016
2018
2020
2022	To be determined
Total	Fourth place	2/6	8	2	4	2	5	5

African Games record

Football at the African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.

African Games record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1965	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991–present	See Senegal national under-23 football team
Total	4/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2020

9 October Friendly	Morocco	3–1	Senegal	Rabat, Morocco
19:00 (UTC+1)	Amallah  10' En-Nesyri  71' El-Arabi  86'	Report	I. Sarr  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mahamadou Kéïta (Mali)

11 November 2021 AFCONQ	Senegal	2–0	Guinea-Bissau	Thiès, Senegal
16:00 UTC±0	Mané  44' (pen.) Nguette  74'	Report		Stadium: Stade Lat-Dior Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

15 November 2021 AFCONQ	Guinea-Bissau	0–1	Senegal	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
16:00 UTC±0		Report	Mané  82'	Stadium: Estádio 24 de Setembro Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

Kit history

Kit manufacturer

Kit providers	Period
Adidas	1980–2000
Erreà	2000–2002
Le Coq Sportif	2002–2004
Puma	2004–2016
Romai[17]	2017
Puma	2017–present

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Aliou Cissé
Assistant Coach	Joseph Koto
Assistant Coach II	Régis Bogaert
Goalkeeping Coach	Tony Sylva
Team Coordinator	Lamine Diatta
Physical Trainer	Teddy Pellerin
Media Officer	Ciré Soumare
Technical Director	Mayacine Mar
Team Doctor	Abdourahmane Fédior

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were selected for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Guinea-Bissau on 11 and 15 November 2020.[18][19]
Caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2020 after the game against Guinea-Bissau.[20]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
23	GK	Alfred Gomis	5 September 1993	10	0	Rennes
16	GK	Édouard Mendy	1 March 1992	10	0	Chelsea
1	GK	Boubacar Fall	3 February 2001	0	0	Saint-Étienne
3	DF	Kalidou Koulibaly (captain)	20 June 1991	44	0	Napoli
6	DF	Salif Sané	25 August 1990	38	0	Schalke 04
22	DF	Moussa Wagué	4 October 1998	21	1	PAOK
12	DF	Youssouf Sabaly	5 March 1993	21	0	Bordeaux
4	DF	Pape Abou Cissé	14 September 1995	4	1	Saint-Étienne
19	DF	Arial Mendy	7 November 1994	4	0	Servette
2	DF	Alpha Dionkou	10 October 2001	0	0	Manchester City
	DF	Formose Mendy	2 January 2001	0	0	Club NXT
14	DF	Naby Sarr	13 August 1993	0	0	Huddersfield Town
8	MF	Cheikhou Kouyaté	21 December 1989	65	2	Crystal Palace
18	MF	Ismaïla Sarr	25 February 1998	32	5	Watford
17	MF	Badou Ndiaye	27 October 1990	32	2	Fatih Karagümrük
15	MF	Krépin Diatta	25 February 1999	16	1	Monaco
20	MF	Sada Thioub	1 June 1995	7	0	Angers
13	MF	Pape Cheikh Diop	8 August 1997	3	0	Dijon
21	MF	Franck Kanouté	13 December 1998	1	0	Cercle Brugge
5	MF	Moustapha Name	5 May 1995	1	0	Paris
10	FW	Sadio Mané	10 April 1992	71	21	Liverpool
11	FW	Opa Nguette	8 July 1994	10	2	Metz
7	FW	Habib Diallo	18 June 1995	6	1	Strasbourg
9	FW	Boulaye Dia	16 November 1996	3	0	Reims

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Senegal in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Bingourou Kamara	21 October 1996	1	0	Strasbourg	v.  Guinea-Bissau, 11 November 2020 ^INJ
GK	Clément Diop	13 October 1993	1	0	Montréal	v.  Morocco, 9 October 2020 ^WD
DF	Saliou Ciss	15 September 1989	21	0	Nancy	v.  Guinea-Bissau, 11 November 2020 ^WD
DF	Ousseynou Ba	11 November 1995	1	0	Olympiacos	v.  Guinea-Bissau, 11 November 2020 ^WD
DF	Lamine Gassama	20 October 1989	47	0	Göztepe	v.  Guinea-Bissau, 11 November 2020 ^INJ
DF	Ibrahima Mbaye	19 November 1994	4	0	Bologna	v.  Guinea-Bissau, 11 November 2020 ^INJ
DF	Racine Coly	8 December 1995	4	0	Nice	v.  Morocco, 9 October 2020
MF	Idrissa Gueye	26 September 1989	74	4	Paris Saint-Germain	v.  Guinea-Bissau, 11 November 2020 ^WD
MF	Sidy Sarr	5 June 1996	5	2	Nîmes	v.  Morocco, 9 October 2020
MF	Mamadou Loum	30 December 1996	2	0	Porto	v.  Morocco, 9 October 2020
MF	Joseph Lopy	15 March 1992	0	0	Sochaux	v.  Morocco, 9 October 2020
FW	Keita Baldé	8 March 1995	30	5	Sampdoria	v.  Guinea-Bissau, 11 November 2020 ^WD
FW	Famara Diédhiou	15 December 1992	11	5	Bristol City	v.  Guinea-Bissau, 11 November 2020 ^WD
FW	Mame Thiam	9 October 1992	1	0	Fenerbahçe	v.  Morocco, 9 October 2020
^DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Player has retired from international football. ^SUS Suspended from the national team.

Player records

As of 11 November 2020[21]

Players in bold text are still active with Senegal.

Most caps # Player Caps Goals Career 1 Henri Camara 99 29 1999–2008 2 Roger Mendy 87 3 1979–1995 3 Tony Sylva 83 0 1999–2008 4 Idrissa Gueye 74 4 2011– 5 Jules Bocandé 73 20 1979–1993 6 Lamine Diatta 71 4 2000–2008 Sadio Mané 21 2012– 8 El Hadji Diouf 70 24 2000–2008 9 Cheikhou Kouyaté 65 2 2012– 10 Papa Bouba Diop 63 11 2001–2008

Top goalscorers # Player Goals Caps Ratio Career 1 Henri Camara 29 99 0.29 1999–2008 2 El Hadji Diouf 24 70 0.34 2000–2008 3 Sadio Mané 21 71 0.3 2012– 4 Mamadou Niang 20 54 0.37 2002–2012 Jules Bocandé 73 0.27 1979–1993 6 Moussa Sow 18 50 0.36 2009–2018 7 Papiss Cissé 17 36 0.47 2009–2015 8 Moussa Konaté 12 34 0.35 2012– 9 Papa Bouba Diop 11 63 0.17 2001–2008 10 Mame Biram Diouf 10 51 0.2 2009–2018

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup

• 2018 FIFA World Cup squad
• 2002 FIFA World Cup squad

Africa Cup of Nations

• 2019 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 2017 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 2015 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 2012 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 2008 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 2006 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 2004 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 2002 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 2000 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 1994 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 1992 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 1990 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 1986 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 1968 Africa Cup of Nations squad
• 1965 Africa Cup of Nations squad

Managers

Bruno Metsu, the manager of Senegal from 2000 to 2002. He guided Senegal to the quarter finals of the 2002 World Cup.

Dates Name 1960–1961 Raoul Diagne 1961–1979 Jules Vandooren 1979–1982 Otto Pfister 1982–1989 Pape Alioune Diop 1989–1995 Claude Le Roy 1995–2000 Peter Schnittger 2000–2002 Bruno Metsu 2002–2005 Guy Stéphan 2005–2006 Abdoulaye Sarr 2006–2008 Henryk Kasperczak 2008–2012 Amara Traoré 2012–2013 Joseph Koto 2013–2015 Alain Giresse 2015– Aliou Cissé

Team honours

Last updated 19 July 2019

Continental tournaments

• Africa Cup of Nations

Runners-up: 2002, 2019

Other Tournaments and Cups

Amilcar Cabral Cup

Champions: 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2001

Runners-up: 1982, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005

See also

• Senegal national under-20 football team

References

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External links

• Galsenfoot
• Senegal FIFA