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.[1][2]
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.[3]
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.
World Cup record
Africa Cup of Nations record
| Host nation(s) / Year |
Round |
Position |
GP |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
.svg.png) 1957 | Did Not Enter |
 1959 |
.svg.png) 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 |
.svg.png) 1972 |
.svg.png) 1974 |
.svg.png) 1976 |
| 1978 |
 1980 | Did Not Enter |
.svg.png) 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 | To be determined |
 2019 | To be determined |
| 2021 | To be determined |
 2023 | To be determined |
| Total | 0 Titles | 13/30 | 49 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 55 | 50 |
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Coaching staff
- As of 20 March 2015
Squad
Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Ghana and Le Havre on 28 March and 31 March 2015.[4]
Caps and goals (official FIFA-recognized matches only) updated as of 31 March 2015 after the match against Template:Le Havre AC.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up in the last twelve months.
| Pos. |
Player |
Date of birth (age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
Latest call-up |
| GK |
Lys GomisINJ |
(1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 |
1 |
0 |
 Trapani |
v. Ghana, 28 March 2015
|
| GK |
Mamadou Ba |
(1985-05-08) 8 May 1985 |
1 |
0 |
 Boavista |
v.  Botswana, 19 November 2014
|
| GK |
Timothy Dieng |
(1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 |
0 |
0 |
 Grasshopper |
v.  Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| GK |
Cheick N'Diaye |
(1985-02-15) 15 February 1985 |
9 |
0 |
Unattached |
v. Burkina Faso, 21 May 2014 |
|
| DF |
Papa Gueye |
(1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 |
5 |
0 |
 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
v. Tunisia, 15 October 2014
|
| DF |
Issa Cissokho |
(1985-02-23) 23 February 1985 |
3 |
0 |
 Nantes |
v. Tunisia, 15 October 2014
|
| DF |
Saliou Ciss |
(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 |
1 |
0 |
Valenciennes |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| DF |
Christophe Diedhiou |
(1988-01-08) 8 January 1988 |
1 |
0 |
Créteil |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| DF |
Ibrahima Diédhiou |
(1994-10-09) 9 October 1994 |
1 |
0 |
.svg.png) Eupen |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| DF |
Mamadou N'Diaye |
(1995-05-28) 28 May 1995 |
1 |
0 |
Montpellier B |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| DF |
Ousseynou Thioune |
(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 |
1 |
0 |
Diambars |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| DF |
Alhassane Sylla |
(1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 |
0 |
0 |
Diambars |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014 |
|
| MF |
Mohamed DiaméINJ |
(1987-06-14) 14 June 1987 |
23 |
0 |
 Hull City |
v. Botswana, 19 November 2014
|
| MF |
Papa Alioune Ndiaye |
(1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 |
0 |
0 |
 Bodø/Glimt |
v. Botswana, 19 November 2014
|
| MF |
Dame Diop |
(1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 |
1 |
0 |
 Slavia Prague |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| MF |
Ibrahima Seck |
(1989-08-10) 10 August 1989 |
1 |
0 |
Créteil |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| MF |
Dominique Mendy |
(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 |
0 |
0 |
Casa Sports |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| MF |
Samba Ndiaye |
(1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 |
0 |
0 |
Eupen |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014 |
|
| FW |
Diafra Sakho |
(1989-12-24) 24 December 1989 |
3 |
0 |
West Ham United |
v. Botswana, 19 November 2014
|
| FW |
Papiss Demba CisséINJ |
(1985-06-03) 3 June 1985 |
32 |
16 |
Newcastle United F.C. |
2015 Africa Cup of Nations
|
| FW |
Pape Sangoné Sarr |
(1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 |
0 |
0 |
Pikine |
v. Botswana, 10 September 2014
|
| FW |
Mohamed Daf |
(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 |
1 |
0 |
Charleroi |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| FW |
Famara Diedhiou |
(1992-05-02) 2 May 1992 |
1 |
0 |
Sochaux |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| FW |
El Hadji Fine Bop |
(1994-10-12) 12 October 1994 |
0 |
0 |
Diambars |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| FW |
Lamarana Diallo |
(1994-09-19) 19 September 1994 |
0 |
0 |
Sochaux |
v. Colombia, 31 May 2014
|
| FW |
Henri Saivet |
(1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 |
4 |
0 |
Bordeaux |
2015 Africa Cup of Nations
|
| FW |
Baye Oumar Niasse |
(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 |
0 |
0 |
 Lokomotiv Moscow |
v. Burkina Faso, 21 May 2014 |
|
- INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
Coaches
Bruno Metsu's funeral
After Senegal's former manager Bruno Metsu died in 14 October 2013, so many Senegalese players were recalled to appear and have a moment of silence in memory of the manager who helped them reach the quarterfinal 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.
References
External links
Media related to Senegal national football team at Wikimedia Commons
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