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Senegal

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Les Lions de la Teranga (Lions of Teranga)
Association	Fédération Sénégalaise de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Head coach	Aliou Cissé
Captain	Cheikhou Kouyaté
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	33 2 (14 September 2017)
Highest	26 (June 2004)
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 (Praha, Czechoslovakia; 2 November 1966)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2002)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 2002
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	14 (first in 1965)
Best result	Runners-up, 2002

The Senegal national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, is the national team of Senegal and is controlled by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football. It made its first, and thus far only, FIFA World Cup appearance in 2002 and caused a huge upset by defeating world and European champions France 1–0 in the tournament's opening game.

Senegal eventually reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup, one of only three African teams to do so (the first being Cameroon in 1990; the other being Ghana in 2010). In the group, after defeating France, they drew with Denmark and Uruguay, and beat Sweden in extra time in the round of 16, before losing to Turkey in the quarter-finals.

Senegal's first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations was in 1965, when Senegal, after finishing second in their group, lost 1–0 to the Ivory Coast to finish in fourth place. In the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal again finished fourth. Senegal hosted the 1992 tournament, in which, after qualifying for the quarter-finals by finishing second in their group, Senegal lost 1–0 to Cameroon. Senegal's best finish in the tournament came in 2002, when they lost the final on a penalty shootout after drawing 0–0 with Cameroon.

Senegal has won the Amilcar Cabral Cup, a regional soccer tournament for West African nations, eight times, more than any other country, with Guinea in second place with five titles.

History

Early History

The Senegal won its independence vis-à-vis France on 4 April 1960 . The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) was founded in 1960. The first official match of Senegal took place on December 31, 1961, outside, against Dahomey (current Benin ), which ended with the Senegalese defeat 2 goals to 3 The Football Federation of Senegal (FSF) has been affiliated with FIFA since 1962 and is a member of the Confederation of African Footballsince 1963. He participated in any World Cup during this period, but participated 3 times to the African Nations Cup 1965 ( 4 th Place), 1968 and 1986 removal) in the first round. Senegal wins the Friendship Games in 1963. The biggest victory of the Lions of the Teranga was realized on October 9, 2010, at home against Mauritius. Senegal won 7 goals to 0.

1990s

During this period, Senegal still can not qualify for a World Cup, but managed to qualify for 4 of the 6 editions of the CAN, missing the editions of 1996 and 1998. In 1990, Senegal succeeds for the first Time to pass the first round, finishing second of the group. He tipped in half against Algeria (1–2) and in small final also against Zambia (0–1). In 1992, Senegal organized the CAN . In the first round, Senegal finished second in his group but is beaten in the quarterfinals by Cameroon 0–1, goal to the 89 th of Ernest Ebongué. In 1994, the Teranga Lions finished second in their group, but as in 1992, they are eliminated 1–0 (goal to 39 th of Evans Sakala ) against Zambia . In 2000, Senegal finished second of the group, but tilts in quarter against Nigeria (1–2)

2002, the year of Senegal

The man who allowed to show the strength of the Senegal team at the international level in 2002 is the French coach, Bruno Metsu . After brilliant eliminations, Senegal qualified for its first World Cup by eliminating Morocco, Egypt and Algeria . During the playoffs, the national star, El-Hadji Diouf, finished second scorer of the competition with 9 goals.

The Senegalese team had its day of glory by reaching the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup . Having beaten in the opening match of France World Champion title (1–0, goal from Papa Bouba Diop ), making draw against Denmark (1–1, goal from Salif Diao ) and Uruguay (3–3, purpose of Khalilou Fadiga and 2 goals from Papa Bouba Diop after leading 3–0), then beats Sweden in 8 th finals (2–1, lined with Henri CamaraIncluding a golden equalizer and a goal), Senegal made a sensation when it was his first participation in a world cup. Arrived in the quarterfinals, the Lions of Teranga as they are nicknamed have not been able to face the Turks and bow (0–1), golden goal cashed the 94 th minute, 4 minutes after the start Extensions by Ilhan Mansiz . However, the team's goal was to achieve international recognition. The Teranga Lions offensive star, El Hadji Diouf, finished in the top 10 players of this World Cup.

With this World Cup, Senegal definitely registers on the map of the world football, in particular with this famous match against France, which were nevertheless part of the favorites of the competition. Moreover, after the elimination of the French team, many French have supported Senegal because 22 of the 23 Senegalese were playing in a French club. With this great performance in world competition, the big European clubs are starting to tear the best Senegalese (El-Hadji Diouf will go to Liverpool with his compatriot Salif Diao and Fadiga will join the Inter of Milan ).

Early in 2002, Senegal lost to the African Cup final against Cameroon on penalties 2–3 after 120 minutes of play which had resulted in a no-match draw. During the competition, the Lions de la Teranga defeated Egypt (1–0), Zambia (1–0), Tunisia (0–0), Democratic Republic of Congo (2–0) and Nigeria in the semi-final (2–1 after extra time) before falling to the final. Unfortunately, Senegalese will never regain the form displayed in 2001–2002.

The Lions Crisis (2007–2010)

The combined qualifications for the 2010 CAN and the 2010 FIFA World Cup begin. Senegal is in a very affordable group for this first qualifying round for the second round ( Algeria, Gambia, Liberia ). But Senegal has a bad performance: he wins 1–0 against Algeria, 2 draws against Gambia and Liberia (0–0 and 2–2) but wins against Liberia (3–2).

Coach Lamine N'Diaye is greatly criticized for non-selections of Mamadou Niang, Khalilou Fadiga who finds form in Belgium and Souleymane Diawara, he is also criticized for playing El Hadji Diouf in center forward as he is Best on the side and not to put an offensive medium to feed the balloonless fronts (hence the demand for Fadiga).

A bit like in France, almost all Senegalese want N'Diaye to resign, the federation thinks of it and some names appear, like the former selectors Abdoulaye Sarr, Bruno Metsu and others.

Senegal played a key match in Algeria on 5 September . Senegal scored the first goal, but they scored 3 in 12 minutes, they managed to reduce the score by the end of the game (3–2).

It is the crisis, Lamine N'Diaye has to make a change for the final match against Gambia, the names of Niang, Khalilou Fadiga and Diawara come back. But the coach persists, he selects Khalilou Fadiga but once again abandons Mamadou Niang and Souleymane Diawara, it would be players who would have "obliged" N'Diaye not to select them.

On 11 October, Senegal played the final match against The Gambia. Any other result that a victory would eliminate them, they must win to hope to be among the best second.

Khalilou Fadiga is aligned, Senegal mark the 65 th minute by Kader Mangane . But the Gambians are pushing, insisting, creating opportunities and the inevitable happens, the Gambians mark 5 minutes from the end and Senegal fails to score another goal. Final score: 1–1.

This is the riot in Senegal. The sad and furious supporters demonstrate around the Stadium Léopold Sédar Senghor . The area around the stadium is covered with smoke, while Senegalese and Gambian players have been locked in the locker room for fear of suffering the fans' anger. Lamine N'Diaye cancels his press conference. The mobile intervention group hardly contain the young people who refuse to return, and wait for players and technical staff with stones.

Senegal did not qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and did not qualify for the 2010 CAN in Angola .

It is surely the end of a generation that had shone in 2002, El-Hadji Diouf, Henri Camara, Khalilou Fadiga, Salif Diao, Habib Beye, Tony Sylva and others. This generation which, according to some rumors, decided who came in the selection or not.

Lamine N'Diaye is no longer sure to remain a coach, and the 2002 generation could be replaced. It is a great shock for Senegal that after 2002, never really managed to confirm its position as a great African. The Lions will have to wait at least 2 years to redo official matches and to improve the Senegalese coat of arms.

N'Diaye is dismissed and Senegal is looking for a new coach. The names returning with insistence are those of Ablaye Sarr and Amara Traoré . August 30, Augustin Senghor is elected president of the Senegalese Football Federation. El Hadji Diouf takes even international retirement, but the news does not create many reactions, some believing it to be a joke (the announcement was held on 1 st April 2009) or Diouf is still A blow to denounce the bad organization of the federation, Diouf denounces regularly the lack of organization in the den. Senegal has two exhibition games againstDemocratic Republic of Congo (victory 2–1) and Angola (1–1). Note in the den the return of Mamadou Niang and Souleymane Diawara (2 personalities in conflict with Diouf according to the press that Niang has denied) and new faces ( Issiar Dia, Kader Mangane, Rémi Gomis, Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye, Moussa Sow, Papiss Cissé , Jacques Faty, Demba Ba and others). The 2002 generation seems to have disappeared (even if a doubt persists on El-Hadji Diouf ).

In December 2009, Amara Traoré was named a new lions coach, with Abdoulaye Sarr and Mayacine Mar as assistant coach. Former Lions Ferdinand Coly was named Coordinator of the national team. A new talented wave seems to have arrived ( Mame Biram Diouf, Khouma Babacar, Rémi Gomis, Moussa Sow ...) and the desire of certain bi-nationals to play in Senegal rather than in France ( Jacques Faty, Édouard Cissé ...), Senegal seems finally to rebuild after this period of scarcity and hopes to form a talented team in view of the CAN 2012 and 2014 and theSoccer World Cup 2014 . The former star El-Hadji Diouf is ready to return to his best level to help the national team, the opinions on the necessity of his return being very divided. Moreover, it is soon the 2014 World Cup and the Senegal of General Amara Traore will try to qualify because the wish of Amara Traoré is to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, with this group there Senegal can even go beyond that of 2002, now there are the Dame N'Doye, Moussa Sow, Demba Ba Papiss Cissé , Kader Mangane ...

A generation of rebirth, but hardly to be confirmed (2010–)

Senegal started a good year 2010 under the Traoré era, which had 6 wins and 1 defeat (Greece 2–0, Denmark 0–2, Cape Verde 1–0, DR Congo 4–2, Mauritius 7–0, Gabon 2 -1, Guinea 3–0) the qualifiers for the CAN 2012 started in September 2010. Senegal, which shared its pool (Group 5) with Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo made a good start by beating the DR Congo (4–2) in Lubumb ashi, with a triple of his captain Mamadou Niang, the latter signed a double one month against Mauritius on October 8, 2010 in Dakar with the triple of Papis Demba Cissé and two other goals (Moussa Sow and Demba Ba) to win 7 to 0, the biggest score in the den of Leopold Sedar Senghor. On 26 March 2011,91 th minute on a center of Issiar Dia who changed the physiognomy of the match as soon as it entered 5 minutes from the end.

On 9 October 2011, in Port Louis, Senegal played their last qualifying match for CAN 2012, finishing first in their group with 16 points out of 18 possible with only 2 goals conceded. Senegal is one of the favorites to go as far as possible in this competition with players such as Moussa Sow (Top scorer in Ligue 1 2010/2011), Papiss Cissé (second best scorer in the Bundesliga 2010/2011), Mamadou Niang, Demba Ba, Issiar Dia (Turkish champion in 2011) but also defensive rocks such as Cheikh M'Bengue, Souleymane Diawara, Kader Mangane, Lamine Gassama, The neo-lion Armand Traoré very good in his debut in national team.

While Senegal is floundering in this period, a controversy remains about the return of El-Hadji Diouf in selection. Performing in England, the former star affirms his desire to return, but many oppose it. If some like Ferdinand Coly think that Diouf could still bring much to the team, others like Lamine Diack (leader) and the journalist and writer Cheikh Mbacké Sène among others strongly oppose, thinking that Diouf is a "Bad Boy " first of all. So, despite the renewed form of El Hadji Diouf in the championship, given the good results of Senegal, a return seems unlikely. Nevertheless, Amara Traoré remains elusive on the subject.

Senegal is making a great comeback in the African Cup of Nations (2012) by achieving an exceptional course (six games with five victories and a draw, 12 goals for and 2 against) in the most difficult group The Lions of Senegal – with a generation as talented as that of 2002 – are favorites of this edition Equato-Gabon. However, they are eliminated in the first round after three defeats on as many matches, in group matches against Zambia, Equatorial Guinea and Libya, finishing last of their group. Amara Traoré is sacked as a result of this enormous disillusionment.

On January 9, 2013, Alain Giresse was appointed. Senegal missed the qualification for the 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup in the last round, in a round-robin match against Côte d'Ivoire.

Competitive record

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1962	Did Not Enter
1966	Withdrew
1970 to 1998	Did Not Qualify
2002	Quarter-Final	7th	5	2	2	1	7	6
2006 to 2014	Did Not Qualify
2018	To be decided
2022	To be decided
Total	Quarter-Final	1/22	5	2	2	1	7	6

Africa Cup of Nations record

Host nation(s) / Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1957	Did Not Enter
1959
1962
1963
1965	Fourth Place	4th	3	1	1	1	5	2
1968	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	5	5
1970	Did Not Qualify
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980	Did Not Enter
1982	Did Not Qualify
1984
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	Did Not Qualify
1998
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	To be determined
2021	To be determined
2023	To be determined
Total	0 Titles	13/30	49	16	12	21	55	50

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2016

8 October 2016 2018 WCQ	Senegal	2–0	Cape Verde	Dakar, Senegal
18:00 UTC+00	Keita 24' Sow 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

12 November 2016 2018 WCQ	South Africa	Annulled	Senegal	Polokwane, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Hlatshwayo 42' (pen.) Serero 45'	Report	N'Doye 75'	Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium Attendance: 26,179 Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

2017

8 January 2017 Friendly	Libya	1–2	Senegal	Brazzaville, Congo
	Al Ghanodi 68'	Report	Sow 18'a Sarr 63'	Stadium: New Kintélé Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

11 January 2017 Friendly	Congo	0–2	Senegal	Brazzaville, Congo
		Report	Keita 19' P. A. Ndiaye 46'	Stadium: New Kintélé Stadium Referee: Kabanga Malala (DR Congo)

15 January 2017 2017 AFCON GS	Tunisia	0–2	Senegal	Franceville, Gabon
20:00 WAT		Report	Mané 10' (pen.) Mbodji 30'	Stadium: Stade de Franceville Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

19 January 2017 2017 AFCON GS	Senegal	2–0	Zimbabwe	Franceville, Gabon
20:00 WAT	Mané 9' Saivet 13'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Franceville Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

23 January 2017 2017 AFCON GS	Senegal	2–2	Algeria	Franceville, Gabon
20:00 WAT	Diop 44' Sow 53'	Report	Slimani 10', 53'	Stadium: Stade de Franceville Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

28 January 2017 2017 AFCON QF	Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Cameroon	Franceville, Gabon
20:00 WAT		Report		Stadium: Stade de Franceville Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
	Penalties
	Koulibaly Kara Sow Saivet Mané		Moukandjo Oyongo Teikeu Zoua Aboubakar

23 March 2017 Friendly	Nigeria	1–1	Senegal	London, England
	Iheanacho 83' (pen.)	Report	Sow 54'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 2,013 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

27 March 2017 Friendly	Ivory Coast	Abandoned (scores were 1–1)	Senegal	Paris, France
19:00 CET	Cyriac 70'	Report	Mané 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

5 June 2017 Friendly	Senegal	0–0	Uganda	Dakar, Senegal
		Report		Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Omar Sallah (Gambia)

10 June 2017 2019 AFCONQ	Senegal	3–0	Equatorial Guinea	Dakar, Senegal
21:00 UTC±0	Sow 1', 73' Gueye 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

15 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	Sierra Leone	1–1	Senegal	Freetown, Sierra Leone
16:30 UTC±0	Fofanah 63'	Report	Diop 85' (pen.)	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Manuel Timas (Cape Verde)

22 July 2017 2018 CHANQ	Senegal	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Sierra Leone	Dakar, Senegal
17:00 UTC±0	N'Diaye 4' Ndao 51' Diémé 65'	Report	Fullah 5'	Stadium: Stade Al Djigo Referee: Gilberto dos Santos (Guinea-Bissau)

15 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Senegal	3–1	Guinea	Dakar, Senegal
17:00 UTC±0	N'Diaye 14', 70' Mbodj 83'	Report	M. S. Camara 67'	Stadium: Stade Al Djigo Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

22 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Guinea	5–0 (6–3 agg.)	Senegal	Conakry, Guinea
16:30 UTC±0	S. A. Camara 9', 57', 77' N'Diaye 31' Sankhon 45'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

2 September 2017 2018 WCQ	Senegal	0–0	Burkina Faso	Dakar, Senegal
20:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

5 September 2017 2018 WCQ	Burkina Faso	2–2	Senegal	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
18:00 UTC±0	B. Traoré 9' P. S. N'Diaye 88' (o.g.)	Report	Sarr 27' Mané 75'	Stadium: Stade du 4 Août Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

9 September 2017 2017 WAFU Nations Cup 1st round	Senegal	0–0 (5–4 p)	Liberia	Cape Coast, Ghana
18:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Cape Coast Sports Stadium Referee: Baba Léno (Guinea)

15 September 2017 2017 WAFU Nations Cup GS	Senegal	1–2	Niger	Cape Coast, Ghana
15:00 GMT	Mbodj	Report	Adje Issoufou	Stadium: Cape Coast Sports Stadium Referee: Boukari Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)

17 September 2017 2017 WAFU Nations Cup GS	Senegal	4–0	Benin	Cape Coast, Ghana
18:00 GMT	Djitte kane Diene Ndiaye	Report		Stadium: Cape Coast Sports Stadium Referee: Cecil Fleischer (Ghana)

19 September 2017 2017 WAFU Nations Cup GS	Senegal	0–0	Ivory Coast	Cape Coast, Ghana
18:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Cape Coast Sports Stadium

7 October 2017 2018 WCQ	Cape Verde	v	Senegal	Praia, Cape Verde
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde

6 November 2017 2018 WCQ	Senegal	v	South Africa	Dakar, Senegal
		Report		Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor

November 2017 2018 WCQ

South Africa

v

Senegal

South Africa

2018

27 March 2018 2019 AFCONQ

Madagascar

v

Senegal

Madagascar

3 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ

Senegal

v

Sudan

Senegal

11 September 2018 2019 AFCONQ

Sudan

v

Senegal

Sudan

16 October 2018 2019 AFCONQ

Equatorial Guinea

v

Senegal

Equatorial Guinea

13 November 2018 2019 AFCONQ

Senegal

v

Madagascar

Senegal

Kit

Kit provider	Period
Erreà	2001–2002
Le Coq Sportif	2002–2006
Puma	2006–2017
Romai	2017–

Coaching staff

Current staff

Position	Name
Manager	Aliou Cissé
Assistant Coach	Régis Bogaert
2nd Assistant Coach	Omar Daf
Goalkeeping Coach	Tony Sylva
Team Coordinator	Lamine Diatta
Team Doctor	Abdourahmane Fédior

Players

Current squad

The following players have been selected in the final squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier match vs. Cape Verde (7 October 2017).

Caps and goals as of 5 September 2017, after the second match vs. Burkina Faso.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	1GK	Khadim N'Diaye	(1984-11-30) 30 November 1984 (age 40)	22	0	Horoya
1	1GK	Alfred Gomis	(1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 31)	0	0	SPAL
23	1GK	Clément Diop	(1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 31)	1	0	LA Galaxy
2	2DF	Kara Mbodj (vice-captain)	(1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 35)	48	4	Anderlecht
21	2DF	Lamine Gassama	(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35)	36	0	Alanyaspor
3	2DF	Kalidou Koulibaly	(1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 (age 33)	24	0	Napoli
20	2DF	Salif Sané	(1990-08-25) 25 August 1990 (age 34)	17	0	Hannover 96
19	2DF	Saliou Ciss	(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 35)	15	0	Angers
25	2DF	Moussa Wagué	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Eupen
24	2DF	Adama M'Bengue	(1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 (age 31)	4	0	Caen
12	2DF	Fallou Diagne	(1989-08-14) 14 August 1989 (age 35)	3	0	Metz
6	2DF	Youssouf Sabaly	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Bordeaux
5	3MF	Idrissa Gana Gueye	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35)	55	1	Everton
10	3MF	Sadio Mané	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)	48	14	Liverpool
8	3MF	Cheikhou Kouyaté (captain)	(1989-12-21) 21 December 1989 (age 35)	43	2	West Ham United
11	3MF	Cheikh N'Doye	(1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 (age 38)	18	2	Birmingham City
13	3MF	Alfred N'Diaye	(1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 34)	13	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
17	3MF	Papa N'Diaye	(1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 (age 34)	13	1	Galatasaray
4	3MF	Assane Dioussé	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Saint-Étienne
7	4FW	Moussa Sow	(1986-01-19) 19 January 1986 (age 38)	48	18	Al-Ahli Dubai
9	4FW	Moussa Konaté	(1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 (age 31)	24	8	Amiens
14	4FW	Keita Baldé	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 29)	16	3	Monaco
18	4FW	Ismaïla Sarr	(1998-02-25) 25 February 1998 (age 26)	11	2	Rennes
15	4FW	Diafra Sakho	(1989-12-24) 24 December 1989 (age 35)	6	0	West Ham United
22	4FW	Opa Nguette	(1994-07-04) 4 July 1994 (age 30)	2	0	Metz
26	4FW	M'Baye Niang	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Torino

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	Abdoulaye Diallo	(1992-03-30) 30 March 1992 (age 32)	15	0	Rennes	v.  Burkina Faso, September 2017
GK	Pape Seydou Ndiaye	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31)	5	0	Niary Tally	v.  Burkina Faso, 5 September 2017
DF	Zargo Touré	(1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 35)	18	0	Lorient	v.  Equatorial Guinea, 10 June 2017
DF	Arial Mendy	(1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 (age 30)	1	0	Diambars	v.  Equatorial Guinea, 10 June 2017
DF	Cheikh M'Bengue	(1988-07-23) 23 July 1988 (age 36)	33	0	Saint-Étienne	v.  Ivory Coast, 27 March 2017
MF	Younousse Sankharé	(1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 35)	8	1	Bordeaux	v.  Burkina Faso, 5 September 2017
MF	Henri Saivet	(1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 (age 34)	22	1	Newcastle United	v.  Equatorial Guinea, 10 June 2017
MF	Mohamed Diamé	(1987-06-14) 14 June 1987 (age 37)	36	1	Newcastle United	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Papa Kouly Diop	(1986-03-19) 19 March 1986 (age 38)	21	2	Espanyol	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
FW	Mame Biram Diouf	(1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 37)	45	10	Stoke City	v.  Burkina Faso, September 2017
FW	Famara Diédhiou	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 32)	7	1	Bristol City	v.  Equatorial Guinea, 10 June 2017
FW	Babacar Khouma	(1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 31)	3	0	Fiorentina	v.  Equatorial Guinea, 10 June 2017

Notes

• Player refused to join the team after the call-up.
• Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
• Preliminary Squad.
• Player has retired from international football.
• Suspended from the national team.

Records

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup

• 2002 FIFA World Cup squad – Senegal

Africa Cup of Nations

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

Managers

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

Bruno Metsu's funeral

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 FIFA World Cup. All activities of the national league and the national team was suspended for a few days in his memory.

Team honours

Last updated 14 August 2017

Continental tournaments

• Africa Cup of Nations

Runners-up (1): 2002

Other Tournaments and Cups

Amilcar Cabral Cup

Champions (8): 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2001

Runners-up (5): 1982, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005

See also

• Senegal national under-20 football team

References

1. On 6 September 2017, the Emergency Bureau for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers annulled the result of the 12 November 2016 match between Senegal and South Africa and ordered that it be replayed. Originally South Africa had defeated Senegal 2–1. Match referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for life by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 20 March 2017 for "unlawfully influencing" the match after issuing a penalty for handball against Senegal. The decision was upheld by the FIFA Appeal Committee, and later the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 6 September 2017.

1. "BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | Senegal | Senegal return to heroes' welcome". BBC News. 2002-06-26. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
2. "BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | Senegal | Senegal press blasts Metsu". BBC News. 2002-06-24. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
3. "BBC SPORT | CUP OF NATIONS | Cameroon retain Cup". BBC News. 2002-02-10. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
4. "Match official banned for life due to match manipulation". FIFA. 20 March 2017.
5. "South Africa vs. Senegal World Cup qualifier to be replayed in November". FIFA. 6 September 2017.
7. https://www.galsenfoot.com/cap-vert-senegal-liste-lions-retenus-aliou-cisse/
8. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276412/match=300367134/index.html
9. http://www.galsenfoot.com/2017/08/24/equipe-nationale-clement-diop-appele-en-renfort/
10. http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2017-03-15/mohamed-diame-retires-from-international-football-to-help-newcastle-uniteds-promotion-push/
11. http://www.galsenfoot.com/2017/08/30/touche-au-genou-mame-biram-diouf-forfait-face-au-burkina-faso/
12. Roberto Mamrud. "Senegal – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

External links

• Fédération Sénégalaise de Football
• Le Sénégal du foot
• Galsenfoot
• FSF

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Senegal squads

v t e Senegal squad – 2000 African Cup of Nations 1 Diallo 2 Daf 3 Traoré 4 P. Diop 5 H. N'Diaye 6 Sène 7 Camara 8 Badji 9 A. N'Diaye 10 Fadiga 11 Keïta 12 Touré 13 O. Diop 14 M. N'Diaye 15 Fall 16 Ba 17 Sarr 18 N'Diour 19 Sylla 20 Faye 21 M'Baye 22 Ly Coach: Schnittger v t e Senegal squad – 2002 African Cup of Nations runners-up 1 Sylva 2 Daf 3 Sarr 4 Malick Diop 5 N'Dour 6 Cissé (c) 7 H. Camara 8 Traoré 9 S. Camara 10 Fadiga 11 Diouf 12 Faye 13 Diatta 14 Mo. N'Diaye 15 Diao 16 Diallo 17 Coly 18 Thiaw 19 Bouba Diop 20 S. N'Diaye 21 Beye 22 Ma. N'Diaye Coach: Metsu v t e Senegal squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Sylva 2 Daf 3 Sarr 4 Malick Diop 5 N'Dour 6 Cissé (c) 7 H. Camara 8 Traoré 9 S. Camara 10 Fadiga 11 Diouf 12 Faye 13 Diatta 14 Mo. N'Diaye 15 Diao 16 Diallo 17 Coly 18 Thiaw 19 Bouba Diop 20 S. N'Diaye 21 Beye 22 Cissokho 23 Ma. N'Diaye Coach: Metsu v t e Senegal squad – 2004 African Cup of Nations 1 Sylva 2 Daf 3 I. Faye 4 Malick Diop 5 Diawara 6 Cissé (c) 7 Camara 8 N'Diaye 9 Kamara 10 Sakho 11 Diouf 12 Mendy 13 Diatta 14 N'Doye 15 Diao 16 Diallo 17 Coly 18 Niang 19 Bouba Diop 20 A. Faye 21 Beye 22 Cissokho Coach: Stéphan v t e Senegal squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations fourth place 1 Sylva 2 Daf 3 N'Daw 4 Diakhaté 5 Diawara 6 Barry 7 H. Camara 8 Niang 9 S. Camara 10 Ba 11 E. Diouf 12 Am. Faye 13 Diatta 14 Mendy 15 Kamara 16 M. Diouf 17 Coly (c) 18 Dramé 19 Bouba Diop 20 Ab. Faye 21 Beye 22 N'Diaye 23 Djiba Coach: Sarr v t e Senegal squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Sylva 2 Sonko 3 N'Daw 4 Sarr 5 Diawara 6 I. Faye 7 H. Camara 8 Niang 9 Gueye 10 N'Doye 11 Diouf (c) 12 Sall 13 Diatta 14 Waigo 15 D. Kamara 16 C. N'Diaye 17 Sougou 18 Mendy 19 Bouba Diop 20 A. Faye 21 Beye 22 Ba 23 Coundoul Coach: Kasperczak/L. N'Diaye v t e Senegal squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Coundoul 2 Gomis 3 Sané 4 Diakhaté 5 Diawara 6 Mangane 7 Sow 8 Niang (c) 9 Camara 10 Dia 11 N'Doye 12 Sall 13 Faty 14 D. N'Diaye 15 Cissé 16 K. N'Diaye 17 Daf 18 N'Daw 19 Ba 20 Ar. Traoré 21 Diamé 22 M'Bengue 23 L. N'Diaye Coach: Am. Traoré v t e Senegal squad – 2015 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Coundoul (c) 2 Kara 3 Djilobodji 4 N'Diaye 5 Diop 6 L. Sané 7 Sow 8 Kouyaté 9 Diouf 10 Mané 11 N'Doye 12 Badji 13 M'Bengue 14 Touré 15 Cissé 16 Gomis 17 Gueye 18 Souaré 19 Konaté 20 S. Sané 21 Gassama 22 Saivet 23 Camara Coach: Giresse v t e Senegal squad – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Diallo 2 Kara 3 Koulibaly 4 M'Bengue 5 Gueye 6 Diédhiou 7 Sow 8 Kouyaté (c) 9 Diouf 10 Mané 11 N'Doye 12 Diamé 13 Konaté 14 Touré 15 Diop 16 K. N'Diaye 17 B. Ndiaye 18 Sarr 19 Ciss 20 Keita 21 Gassama 22 Saivet 23 S. N'Diaye Coach: Cissé

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