Senegal national football team

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Nickname(s)	Les Lions de la Teranga (Lions of Teranga)
Association	Fédération Sénégalaise de Football
Sub-confederation	WAFU (West Africa)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Aliou Cissé
Captain	Lamine Sané
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	39 1 (5 November 2015)
Highest	26 (June 2004)
Lowest	99 (June 2013)
First international
British Gambia 1–2 French Senegal (Gambia; 1959)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2002)
Best result	Quarter-finals
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	12 (First in 1965)
Best result	Second place: 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.

World Cup record

Main article: Senegal at the FIFA World Cup

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	1/20	5	2	2	1	7	6

Sylva

Diatta

Diop

Coly

Daf

Cissé (C)

Diao

Bouba Diop

H. 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
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

Coaching staff

As of 29 May 2015

Position	Name
Manager	Aliou Cissé
Assistant manager	Régis Bogaert
2nd Assistant manager	Omar Daf
Goalkeeper coach	Tony Sylva
Team Coordinator	Lamine Diatta
Team Doctor	Pape Fédhior

Squad

Current squad

The following 25 players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Madagascar on 13 and 17 November 2015.
Caps and goals (official FIFA-recognized matches only) updated as of 17 November 2015 after the match against Madagascar.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Abdoulaye Diallo (1992-03-30) 30 March 1992 7 0 Rennes 16 1GK Khadim Ndiaye (1984-11-30) 30 November 1984 12 0 Horoya Conakry 23 1GK Lys Gomis (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 2 0 Frosinone 6 2DF Lamine Sané (1987-03-22) 22 March 1987 28 0 Bordeaux 2 2DF Kara Mbodj (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 22 2 Anderlecht 21 2DF Lamine Gassama (1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 15 0 Lorient 14 2DF Zargo Touré (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 8 0 Lorient 3 2DF Kalidou Koulibaly (1991-06-20) 20 June 1991 5 0 Napoli 25 2DF Issa Cissokho (1985-02-23) 23 February 1985 4 0 Genoa 20 2DF Saliou Ciss (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 4 0 Valenciennes 5 3MF Idrissa Gana Gueye (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 29 0 Aston Villa 12 3MF Mohamed Diamé (1987-06-14) 14 June 1987 24 0 Hull City 8 3MF Cheikhou Kouyaté (1989-12-21) 21 December 1989 21 2 West Ham United 22 3MF Henri Saivet (1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 10 0 Newcastle United 11 3MF Cheikh Ndoye (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 6 1 Angers 24 3MF Papa Alioune Ndiaye (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 2 0 Osmanlıspor 13 3MF Younousse Sankharé (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 2 0 EA Guingamp 19 3MF Amara Baby (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 0 0 Charleroi 4 3MF Issa Sarr (1986-10-09) 9 October 1986 0 0 Orlando Pirates 9 4FW Mame Biram Diouf (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 29 8 Stoke City 10 4FW Sadio Mané (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 29 8 Southampton 7 4FW Moussa Konaté (1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 16 7 Sion 15 4FW Diafra Sakho (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989 5 1 West Ham United 17 4FW Baye Oumar Niasse (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 4 2 Lokomotiv Moscow

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	Bouna Coundoul	(1982-03-04) 4 March 1982	28	0	Platinum Stars	v. Ghana, 28 March 2015
DF	Pape Ndiaye Souaré	(1990-06-06) 6 June 1990	17	1	Crystal Palace	v. Madagascar, 13 November 2015 INJ
DF	Cheikh M'Bengue	(1988-07-23) 23 July 1988	18	0	Rennes	v. Namibia, 5 September 2015
DF	Boukary Dramé	(1985-07-22) 22 July 1985	15	0	Atalanta	v. Ghana, 28 March 2015
DF	Papy Djilobodji	(1988-12-01) 1 December 1988	12	0	Chelsea	v. Ghana, 28 March 2015
DF	Ibrahima Mbaye	(1994-11-19) 19 November 1994	1	0	Bologna	v. Ghana, 28 March 2015
MF	Alfred Ndiaye	(1990-03-06) 6 March 1990	8	0	Betis	v. Madagascar, 13 November 2015 INJ
MF	Diawandou Diagne	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994	2	0	Eupen	v. Algeria, 13 October 2015
MF	Salif Sané	(1990-08-25) 25 August 1990	7	0	Hannover 96	v. Namibia, 5 September 2015 INJ
MF	Stéphane Badji	(1990-05-29) 29 May 1990	16	0	İstanbul Başakşehir	v. Namibia, 5 September 2015
MF	Papakouli Diop	(1986-03-19) 19 March 1986	13	0	Espanyol	v. Ghana, 28 March 2015 INJ
FW	Pape Sané	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990	1	0	Bourg-en-Bresse 01	v. Namibia, 5 September 2015
FW	Moussa Sow	(1986-01-19) 19 January 1986	30	11	Al-Ahli	v. Ghana, 28 March 2015
FW	Dame Ndoye RET	(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985	26	6	Trabzonspor	v. Ghana, 28 March 2015
FW	Demba Ba	(1985-05-25) 25 May 1985	20	4	Shanghai Shenhua	v. Ghana, 28 March 2015
FW	Papiss Demba Cissé	(1985-06-03) 3 June 1985	32	16	Newcastle United	2015 Africa Cup of Nations

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• ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
• ^RET Player has retired from international football

Coaches

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

• Pape Alioune Diop (1982–86)
• Peter Schnittger (1999–00)
• Bruno Metsu (2000–02)
• Guy Stéphan (2002–05)
• Abdoulaye Sarr (2005–06)
• Henryk Kasperczak (2006–08)
• Lamine Ndiaye (2008)
• Amara Traoré (2009–12)
• Joseph Koto (2012–13)
• Alain Giresse (2013–2015)
• Aliou Cissé (2015–)

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.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Fédération Sénégalaise de Football