Senegal national football team

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	43 (5 May 2016)
Highest	26 (June 2004)
Lowest	99 (June 2013)
Elo ranking
Current	45 (31 March 2015)
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
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.^[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

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 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

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

Squad

Current squad

The following 26 players were called up for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Niger on 26 and 29 March 2016.^[4]
Caps and goals (official FIFA-recognized matches only) updated as of 26 March 2016 after the match against Niger.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Abdoulaye Diallo	30 March 1992	4	0	Rennes
16	GK	Khadim Ndiaye	30 November 1984	12	0	Horoya Conakry
23	GK	Pape Seydou Ndiaye	11 February 1993	1	0	Niary Tally
6	DF	Lamine Sané (Captain)	22 March 1987	28	0	Bordeaux
2	DF	Kara Mbodj	11 November 1989	23	2	Anderlecht
18	DF	Pape Ndiaye Souaré	6 June 1990	18	0	Crystal Palace
21	DF	Lamine Gassama	20 October 1989	16	0	Lorient
20	DF	Boukary Dramé	22 July 1985	15	0	Atalanta
14	DF	Zargo Touré	11 November 1989	8	0	Lorient
3	DF	Kalidou Koulibaly	20 June 1991	6	0	Napoli
5	MF	Idrissa Gana Gueye	26 September 1989	30	0	Aston Villa
12	MF	Mohamed Diamé (Vice-Captain)	14 June 1987	25	1	Hull City
8	MF	Cheikhou Kouyaté (Vice-Captain)	21 December 1989	22	2	West Ham United
22	MF	Henri Saivet	26 October 1990	10	0	Newcastle United
19	MF	Cheikh Ndoye	29 March 1986	7	1	Angers
4	MF	Papa Alioune Ndiaye	27 October 1990	4	0	Osmanlıspor
13	MF	Younousse Sankharé	10 September 1989	2	0	EA Guingamp
25	MF	Amara Baby	23 February 1989	1	0	Charleroi
26	MF	Chérif Salif Sané	15 March 1990	1	0	Casa Sports
24	MF	Issa Sarr	9 October 1986	0	0	Orlando Pirates
9	FW	Mame Biram Diouf	16 December 1987	30	8	Stoke City
10	FW	Sadio Mané	10 April 1992	30	8	Southampton
7	FW	Moussa Konaté	3 April 1993	17	7	Sion
17	FW	Baye Oumar Niasse	18 April 1990	7	3	Everton
15	FW	Famara Diedhiou	15 December 1992	0	0	Clermont
11	FW	Keita	8 March 1995	1	0	Lazio

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 Gomis	6 October 1989	2	0	Poli Timișoara	v.  Madagascar, 13 November 2015
GK	Papa Demba Camara	16 January 1993	1	0	Sochaux	v.  Burundi, 13 June 2015
DF	Issa Cissokho	23 February 1985	5	0	Bari	v.  Madagascar, 17 November 2015
DF	Cheikh Mbengue	23 July 1988	18	0	Rennes	v.  Namibia, 5 September 2015
MF	Alfred N'Diaye	6 March 1990	8	0	Real Betis	v.  Madagascar, 13 November 2015 ^INJ
MF	Diawandou Diagne	8 November 1994	2	0	Eupen	v.  Algeria, 13 October 2015
MF	Salif Sané	25 August 1990	7	0	Hannover 96	v.  Namibia, 5 September 2015 ^INJ
MF	Stéphane Badji	29 May 1990	16	0	Anderlecht	v.  Namibia, 5 September 2015
FW	Diafra Sakho	24 December 1989	5	1	West Ham United	v.  Algeria, 13 October 2015
FW	Pape Sané	30 December 1990	1	0	Bourg-en-Bresse 01	v.  Namibia, 5 September 2015
FW	Demba Ba	25 May 1985	20	4	Shanghai Shenhua	v.  Burundi, 13 June 2015

• ^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 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 N'Diaye (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 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

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. "Amical Sénégal – Algérie Liste des Lions: Aliou Cissé rappelle Mohamed Diamé et offre ses premiéres sélections à Issa Sarr et Younouss Sankhare" (in French). galsenfoot.com. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

External links

Media related to Senegal national football team at Wikimedia Commons

• Fédération Sénégalaise de Football