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Senegal

National team · Senegal

«Lions of Teranga»

107 Matches
63 wins
29 draws
15 losses
180–74 Goals
+106 Difference
1.7 Scored per game
Form L 16 Jun · Away France · 1:3 L 23 Jun · Away Norway · 2:3 W 26 Jun · Home Iraq · 5:0 L 1 Jul · Away Belgium · 2:3 D 25 Sep · Home Mozambique · 1:1 W 29 Sep · Away Ethiopia · 1:0

Senegal reached one final in six attempts at the Africa Cup of Nations before winning it: in 2021, against Egypt, the game went to penalties. Aliou Cissé, who had captained the side in the 2002 final defeat to Cameroon, coached the winning team nineteen years later. That earlier final was the country's first, and the pattern repeated more than once — Senegal also finished runners-up in 2019, beaten 1–0 by Algeria, and again in 2025, losing to Morocco.

The Senegalese Football Federation was founded in 1960, joined CAF three years later and FIFA the year after that. The national team's own peak on the world stage came earlier than the continental one: at the 2002 World Cup, in their first appearance in the competition, they beat the holders France in the opening match and went on to the quarter-finals before losing to Turkey. In 2022 they went a round further, reaching the last sixteen.

Sadio Mané is the country's all-time leading scorer; Idrissa Gueye holds the record for appearances. The fixture against Nigeria carries its own name, the Jollof Derby, and has twice decided a tournament outright.

Senegal now play their home matches at the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio, on the edge of Dakar, which holds 50,000 — a considerable step up from the Stade Demba Diop in the capital, where the team was based for decades before the move.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
4 Oct Friendlies Comoros A
29 Sep Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification Ethiopia A 1:0 W
25 Sep Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification Mozambique H 1:1 D
1 Jul World Cup Belgium A 2:3 L
26 Jun World Cup Iraq H 5:0 W
23 Jun World Cup Norway A 2:3 L

Standing

Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification

Group stage · Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification - Group J

# Team M W D L Goals Pts
1 Mozambique 2 1 1 0 5:2 4
2 Senegal 2 1 1 0 2:1 4
3 Sudan 2 1 0 1 2:4 3
4 Ethiopia 2 0 0 2 0:2 0
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 107
107 Matches
63 wins
29 draws
15 losses
180–74 Goals
+106 Difference
1.7 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 107
63wins: 63 · 58% 29draws: 29 · 27% 15losses: 15 · 14%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
16 Jun · Away France · 1:3
23 Jun · Away Norway · 2:3
26 Jun · Home Iraq · 5:0
1 Jul · Away Belgium · 2:3
25 Sep · Home Mozambique · 1:1
29 Sep · Away Ethiopia · 1:0
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 107 59 48
Scored 180 114 66
Conceded 74 30 44
Scored per game 1.7 1.9 1.4
Conceded per game 0.7 0.5 0.9
Difference +106 +84 +22

Key players

by appearances over the last year
M. Sarr Defender 7 Matches Yehvann Diouf Goalkeeper 7 Matches El-Hadji Malik Diouf Defender 7 Matches A. Dio Midfielder 7 Matches L. Camara Midfielder 6 Matches Nicolas Jackson Forward 6 Matches Pape Alassane Gueye Midfielder 6 Matches I. Mbaye Midfielder 6 Matches

Squad of Senegal

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
2 M. Sarr Defender 7
1 Yehvann Diouf Goalkeeper 7
25 SN El-Hadji Malik Diouf Defender 21 7
7 A. Dio Midfielder 7
8 SN L. Camara Midfielder 22 6
11 SN Nicolas Jackson Forward 25 6
26 SN Pape Alassane Gueye Midfielder 27 6
20 SN I. Mbaye Midfielder 18 6
5 Idrissa Gana Gueye Midfielder 6
19 Moussa Niakhaté Defender 6
23 Mory Diaw Goalkeeper 6
17 Pape Matar Sarr Midfielder 6
4 Abdoulaye Seck Defender 6
21 Mouhamadou Habib Diarra Midfielder 6
18 Ismaïla Sarr Forward 6
12 Pape Cherif Ndiaye Forward 6
6 Pathé Ismaël Ciss Defender 6
15 Krépin Diatta Defender 6
3 Kalidou Koulibaly Defender 5
22 B. Sapoko N'Diaye Midfielder 5
9 Ahmadou Bamba Dieng Forward 5
14 SN Ismail Joshua Jakobs Defender 27 5
24 Antoine Mendy Defender 5
10 Sadio Mané Forward 4
13 Iliman Ndiaye Forward 4
28 Nobel Mendy Defender 3
9 Boulaye Dia Forward 2
16 Édouard Osoque Mendy Goalkeeper 2
27 Malang Sarr Defender 1
6 Lamine Sy Defender 1
21 Abdallah Dipo Sima Midfielder 1
12 SN Issa Soumaré Forward 26 1
4 S. Sane Defender 1
29 SN P. M. Fall Forward 22 1
30 Demba Thiam Goalkeeper 1
20 SN Mouhamadou Habibou Diallo Forward 31 1

Fixtures of Senegal

Honours of Senegal

  • Africa Cup of Nations 2021 1
  • FIFA World Cup 2002 1
  • Africa Cup of Nations 2002, 2019, 2025 3

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