Senegal national football team

Senegal

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

(6 July 2017)

Highest

26 (June 2004)

Lowest

99 (June 2013)

Elo ranking

Current

(30 April 2017)

Highest

19 (June 2002)

Lowest

100 (October 1994)

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. An old friendly against Haiti in 1965 in late December losing 5–2 to the Haitian national team also called "Les Grenadiers"

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.

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

Sylva

Diatta

Diop

Coly

Daf

Cissé (C)

Diao

Bouba

Camara

Fadiga

Diouf

2002 FIFA World Cup starting lineup

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	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	Did Not Qualify
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	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

3 September 2016 2017 AFCONQ	Senegal	2–0	Namibia	Dakar, Senegal
17:30 UTC±00	Keita 32' Diédhiou 90' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

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	2–1	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	v	Guinea	Dakar, Senegal
				Stadium: Stade Al Djigo Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

22 August 2017 2018 CHANQ	Guinea	v	Senegal	Conakry, Guinea
16:30 UTC±0				Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

2 September 2017 2018 WCQ	Senegal	v	Burkina Faso	Dakar, Senegal
		Report		Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor

5 September 2017 2018 WCQ	Burkina Faso	v	Senegal	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
		Report		Stadium: Stade du 4 Août

2 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

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
Coq Sportif	2002–2006
Puma	2006–2017
Romai^[4]	2017–

Coaching staff

Current staff

Position	Name	Notes
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 for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Equatorial Guinea on 10 June 2017.^[5]
Caps and goals updated as of 10 June 2017, after the game against Equatorial Guinea.^[6]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Abdoulaye Diallo	(1992-03-30) 30 March 1992	15	0	Çaykur Rizespor
16	1GK	Khadim N'Diaye	(1984-11-30) 30 November 1984	20	0	Horoya
23	1GK	Pape Seydou N'Diaye	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993	3	0	Niary Tally
27	1GK	Clément Diop	(1993-10-12) 12 October 1993	1	0	LA Galaxy

2	2DF	Kara Mbodj (vice-captain)	(1989-11-11) 11 November 1989	42	4	Anderlecht
21	2DF	Lamine Gassama	(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989	31	0	Alanyaspor
3	2DF	Kalidou Koulibaly	(1991-06-20) 20 June 1991	19	0	Napoli
14	2DF	Zargo Touré	(1989-11-11) 11 November 1989	18	0	Lorient
24	2DF	Adama M'Bengue	(1993-12-01) 1 December 1993	4	0	Caen
4	2DF	Fallou Diagne	(1989-08-14) 14 August 1989	3	0	Metz
25	2DF	Moussa Wagué	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998	3	0	Eupen
13	2DF	Arial Mendy	(1994-11-07) 7 November 1994	0	0	Diambars

5	3MF	Idrissa Gana Gueye	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989	49	1	Everton
22	3MF	Henri Saivet	(1990-10-26) 26 October 1990	22	1	Saint-Étienne
11	3MF	Cheikh N'Doye	(1986-03-29) 29 March 1986	18	2	Birmingham City
15	3MF	Salif Sané	(1990-08-25) 25 August 1990	15	0	Hannover 96
19	3MF	Alfred N'Diaye	(1990-03-06) 6 March 1990	13	0	Hull City
17	3MF	Papa Alioune N'Diaye	(1990-10-27) 27 October 1990	10	1	Galatasaray
6	3MF	Younousse Sankharé	(1989-09-10) 10 September 1989	6	1	Bordeaux

7	4FW	Moussa Sow	(1986-01-19) 19 January 1986	45	18	Al-Ahli Dubai
9	4FW	Mame Biram Diouf	(1987-12-16) 16 December 1987	45	10	Stoke City
20	4FW	Keita Baldé	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995	13	3	Lazio
18	4FW	Ismaïla Sarr	(1998-02-25) 25 February 1998	8	1	Rennes
8	4FW	Famara Diedhiou	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992	7	1	Bristol City
12	4FW	Babacar Khouma	(1993-03-17) 17 March 1993	3	0	Fiorentina
26	4FW	Opa N'Guette	(1994-07-04) 4 July 1994	2	0	Metz

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
DF	Cheikh M'Bengue	(1988-07-23) 23 July 1988	33	0	Saint-Étienne	v. Ivory Coast, 27 March 2017
DF	Saliou Ciss	(1989-09-15) 15 September 1989	13	0	Valenciennes	v. Ivory Coast, 27 March 2017
DF	Ibrahima Mbaye	(1994-11-19) 19 November 1994	1	0	Bologna	v. South Africa, 12 November 2016
DF	Abdallah N'dour	(1993-12-20) 20 December 1993	0	0	Strasbourg	v. South Africa, 12 November 2016
DF	Pape N'Diaye Souaré^INJ	(1990-06-06) 6 June 1990	26	1	Crystal Palace	v. Cape Verde, 8 October 2016
DF	Diawandou Diagne	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994	2	0	Eupen	v. Cape Verde, 8 October 2016
DF	Mouhameth Sané	(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996	0	0	Auxerre	v. Cape Verde, 8 October 2016

MF	Cheikhou Kouyaté (captain)	(1989-12-21) 21 December 1989	37	2	West Ham United	v. Ivory Coast, 27 March 2017
MF	Mohamed Diamé^RET	(1987-06-14) 14 June 1987	36	1	Newcastle United	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
MF	Pape Kouly Diop^RET	(1986-03-19) 19 March 1986	21	2	Espanyol	2017 Africa Cup of Nations

FW	Sadio Mané	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992	45	13	Liverpool	v. Ivory Coast, 27 March 2017
FW	Moussa Konaté	(1993-04-03) 3 April 1993	23	8	Sion	2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Notes

^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.

Records

Most capped players

As of June 10, 2017^[7]

Players in bold are still active.

#	Name	International Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Henri Camara	1999–2008	99	29
2.	Roger Mendy	1979–1995	87	3
3.	Tony Sylva	1999–2008	83	0
4.	Jules Bocandé	1979–1993	73	20
5.	Lamine Diatta	2000–2008	71	4
6.	El Hadji Diouf	2000–2008	70	24
7.	Papa Bouba Diop	2001–2008	63	11
8.	Moussa N'Diaye	1998–2006	60	8
9.	Omar Daf	1999–2012	55	0
9.	Souleymane Sané	1990–1997	55	0
10.	Mamadou Niang	2002–2012	54	20
11.	Oumar Sène	1982–1992	53	0
12.	Pape Malick Diop	1998–2004	52	2
13.	Diomansy Kamara	2003–2011	51	9
14.	Idrissa Gana Gueye	2011–	49	1
15.	Cheikh Seck	1982–1996	48	3
16.	Souleymane Diawara	2002–2012	47	0
17.	Mamadou Sebane	1989–1999	46	10
18.	Moussa Sow	2009–	45	18
	Sadio Mané	2012–	45	13
	Mame Biram Diouf	2009–	45	10
19.	Habib Beye	2001–2008	44	1
19.	Ferdinand Coly	2000–2007	44	0
20.	Salif Diao	1997–2008	43	4
21.	Kara Mbodj	2011–	42	4
	Guirane N'Daw	2004–2012	42	4
	Lamine N'Diaye	1982–1990	42	0
	Omar Diallo	1997–2002	42	0
22.	Khalilou Fadiga	1999–2008	41	4
23.	Pape Diakhaté	2005–2012	39	0
24.	Cheikhou Kouyaté	2012–	37	2
	Abdoulaye Faye	2002–2010	37	2
	Frédéric Mendy	2001–2009	37+?	1
25.	Papiss Cissé	2009–2015	36	17
	Souleymane Camara	2001–2012	36	7
	Mouhamed Diamé	2011–2017	36	1
	Aliou Cissé	1995–2009	36+?	0
26.	Lamine Sané	2010–	35	0
27.	Bouna Coundoul	2007–2015	34	0
27.	Amdy Faye	2001–2006	34	0
28.	Dame N'Doye	2010–2015	33	9
28.	Cheikh M'Bengue	2011–	33	0

Top goalscorers

As of June 10, 2017

Players in bold are still active.

#	Name	International Career	Goals	Caps
1.	Henri Camara	1998–2008	29	99
2.	El Hadji Diouf	2000–2008	24	70
3.	Jules Bocandé	1979–1993	20	73
3.	Mamadou Niang	2002–2012	20	54
4.	Moussa Sow	2009–	18	45
5.	Papiss Cissé	2009–2015	17	36
6.	Sadio Mané	2011–	13	45
7.	Papa Bouba Diop	2001–2008	11	63
8.	Mame Biram Diouf	2009–	10	43
8.	Mamadou Sebane	1989–1999	10	46
9.	Diomansy Kamara	2003–2011	9	51
9.	Dame N'Doye	2010–2015	9	33
10.	Moussa Konaté	2012–	8	23
11.	Souleymane Camara	2001–2012	7	36

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup

2002 FIFA World Cup squad – Senegal

Africa Cup of Nations

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

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.

References

↑ "BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | Senegal | Senegal return to heroes' welcome". BBC News. 2002-06-26. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
↑ "BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | Senegal | Senegal press blasts Metsu". BBC News. 2002-06-24. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
↑ "BBC SPORT | CUP OF NATIONS | Cameroon retain Cup". BBC News. 2002-02-10. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
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↑ "Sénégal : la liste pour la Guinée Equatoriale". afrik-foot.com.
↑ "Senegal".
↑ Roberto Mamrud. "Senegal – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

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Football in Senegal

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National football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)	Algeria Egypt Libya Morocco Tunisia
West Africa (WAFU)	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo
East Africa (CECAFA)	Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar¹
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo DR Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon São Tomé and Príncipe
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Angola Botswana Comoros Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe
Non-regional Members	Réunion¹
¹ Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

West African Football Union

International competitions

WAFU competitions	WAFU Nations Cup WAFU U-20 Championship
Zonal competitions	UEMOA Tournament
Defunct competitions	Amílcar Cabral Cup (Zone 2) West African Nations Cup (Zone 3) CEDEAO Cup (Zone 3)

Club competitions

West African Club Championship

Affiliated football associations

Zone A	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone
Zone B	Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Ivory Coast Niger Nigeria Togo