Senegal national under-20 football team

The Senegal national U-20 football team is the feeder team for the Senegal national football team and is controlled by the Senegalese Football Federation.

 Senegal
Nickname(s)Les Lions de la Teranga
(Young Lions of Teranga)
AssociationSenegalese Football Federation
ConfederationCAF
Head coachJoseph Koto
CaptainRoger Gomis
FIFA codeSEN
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Achievements
  • Senegal U-20's have only qualified for 3 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals.
  • In 2007 & 2009 they got to the 1st Qualifying round, but got knocked out by Ghana (2007) & Nigeria (2009).
  • In 2011 they got to the 2nd round, but got knocked out by Egypt.
  • In the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup they reached the semi-finals of the finals tournament, losing 5-0 to Brazil and then losing 3-1 in the third-place match against Mali.
  • In the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Amadou Sagna made the fastest goal in U-20 championships, 9.6 seconds after the beginning of the match against Tahiti.

Current squad

The following players were called up to the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Cheikh Sarr (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 Tarragona
2 2DF Moussa N'Diaye (2002-07-18) 18 July 2002 Excellence Foot
3 2DF Formose Mendy (2001-01-02) 2 January 2001 AF Darou Salam
4 3MF Cavin Diagné (1999-06-05) 5 June 1999 Le Mans
5 2DF Souleymane Aw (1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 Eupen
6 2DF Niakhate N'Diaye (2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur
7 3MF Amadou Sagna (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 Cayor Foot
8 2DF Mamadou Mbow (2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 Stade de Reims
9 4FW Dia N'Diaye (2000-01-02) 2 January 2000 Metz
10 4FW Ibrahima Dramé (2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 Diambars FC
11 4FW Mamadou Danfa (2001-03-06) 6 March 2001 Kolos
12 2DF Alpha Dionkou (2001-10-10) 10 October 2001 Manchester City
13 2DF Souleymane Cissé (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 Stade de Mbour
14 4FW Ibrahima Niane (1999-03-11) 11 March 1999 Metz
15 3MF Ousseynou Niang (2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 Diambars FC
16 1GK Dialy N'Diaye (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 Cayor Foot
17 3MF Dion Lopy (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 Oslo Football Academy
18 3MF Faly Ndaw (1999-08-07) 7 August 1999 Teungueth FC
19 4FW Youssouph Badji (2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 Casa Sports
20 3MF Amadou Ciss (1999-04-10) 10 April 1999 Fortuna Sittard
21 1GK François Djiba (2000-11-23) 23 November 2000 Diambars FC

References
  1. "Liste des 21 Joueurs retenus pour le Mondial U20". fsfoot.sn (in French). FSF. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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