Senegal at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Senegal's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.^[1]

Senegal have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2002 where they reached the quarter finals.^[2]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	Withdrew
1970	Did Not Qualify
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002	Quarter-Final	7th	5	2	2	1	7	6
2006	Did Not Qualify
2010
2014
2018	To Be Determined
2022
Total	Quarter-Final	1/20	5	2	2	1	7	6

Senegal at the 2002 World Cup

Squad

Head coach: Bruno Metsu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Tony Sylva	17 May 1975 (aged 27)	15	AS Monaco
2	DF	Omar Daf	12 February 1977 (aged 25)	31	Sochaux
3	MF	Pape Sarr	7 December 1977 (aged 24)	22	Lens
4	DF	Papa Malick Diop	29 December 1974 (aged 27)	25	Lorient
5	DF	Alassane N'Dour	12 December 1981 (aged 20)	7	Saint-Étienne
6	DF	Aliou Cissé (c)	24 March 1976 (aged 26)	20	Montpellier
7	FW	Henri Camara	10 May 1977 (aged 25)	34	Sedan
8	FW	Amara Traoré	25 September 1965 (aged 36)	12	Gueugnon
9	FW	Souleymane Camara	22 December 1982 (aged 19)	9	AS Monaco
10	MF	Khalilou Fadiga	30 December 1974 (aged 27)	25	Auxerre
11	FW	El Hadji Diouf	15 January 1981 (aged 21)	21	Lens
12	MF	Amdy Faye	12 March 1977 (aged 25)	6	Auxerre
13	DF	Lamine Diatta	2 July 1975 (aged 26)	19	Rennes
14	MF	Moussa N'Diaye	20 February 1979 (aged 23)	38	Sedan
15	MF	Salif Diao	10 February 1977 (aged 25)	20	Sedan
16	GK	Omar Diallo	28 September 1972 (aged 29)	42	Olympique Khouribga
17	DF	Ferdinand Coly	10 September 1973 (aged 28)	16	Lens
18	FW	Pape Thiaw	5 February 1981 (aged 21)	13	Strasbourg
19	MF	Papa Bouba Diop	28 January 1978 (aged 24)	12	Lens
20	MF	Sylvain N'Diaye	25 June 1976 (aged 25)	6	Lille
21	DF	Habib Beye	19 October 1977 (aged 24)	6	Strasbourg
22	GK	Kalidou Cissokho	14 December 1972 (aged 29)	0	ASC Jeanne d'Arc
23	MF	Makhtar N'Diaye	31 December 1981 (aged 20)	11	Rennes

Group A

Defending champions France were eliminated from Group A without scoring a goal after defeats to Denmark and debutants Senegal, who both progressed at the expense of two-time champions Uruguay.^[3]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Uruguay	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
France	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

France  v  Senegal

31 May 2002 20:30

France	0 – 1	Senegal
	(Report)	Bouba Diop  30'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 62,561 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

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Denmark  v  Senegal

6 June 2002 15:30

Denmark	1 – 1	Senegal
Tomasson  16' (pen.)	(Report)	Diao  52'

Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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Senegal  v  Uruguay

11 June 2002 15:30

Senegal	3 – 3	Uruguay
Fadiga  20' (pen.) Bouba Diop  26'  38'	(Report)	Morales  46' Forlán  69' Recoba  88' (pen.)

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 33,681 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Round of 16

Sweden  v  Senegal

16 June 2002 15:30

Sweden	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Larsson  11'	(Report)	H. Camara  37'  104'

Oita Stadium, Ōita Attendance: 39,747 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Quarter-finals

Senegal  v  Turkey

22 June 2002 20:30

Senegal	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Turkey
	(Report)	İlhan  94'

Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 44,233 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

References

1. 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
2. "Turkey's golden delight". BBC Sport. 2002-06-22. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
3. "Clockwatch: Senegal 3-3 Uruguay". BBC Sport. 2 June 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2011.