Soccer World Cup 2002 / Senegal

This article covers the Senegalese national team at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea .

qualification

Senegal faced Benin in the first round. It was only just possible to prevail and qualify for the second round.

In the second round, Morocco , Egypt and Algeria were drawn from three teams that were rated higher. The group was completed by Namibia . At the beginning of the qualification, three draws were played against the three favorite teams. After defeating Namibia and Algeria, qualifying for the World Cup was a long way off due to a defeat against Egypt on the third last match day. With a surprising win against Morocco on the penultimate match day and a win against Namibia on the last match day, with the better placed Egypt against Algeria only reaching a draw, Senegal managed to take part in a World Cup finals for the first time thanks to the better goal difference against Morocco.

1 round:

Benin	-	Senegal		1: 1 (1: 1)
Senegal	-	Benin		1: 0 (0: 0)

2nd round:

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Senegal	14: 2	15th
2	Morocco	8: 3	15th
3	Egypt	16: 7	13
4th	Algeria	11:14	8th
5	Namibia	3:26	2

Algeria	-	Senegal		1: 1 (1: 1)
Senegal	-	Egypt		0-0
Morocco	-	Senegal		0-0
Senegal	-	Namibia		4: 0 (2: 0)
Senegal	-	Algeria		3: 0 (1: 0)
Egypt	-	Senegal		1: 0 (0: 0)
Senegal	-	Morocco		1: 0 (1: 0)
Namibia	-	Senegal		0: 5 (0: 3)

Senegalese contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Tony Sylva	AS Monaco	17th May 1975	5	0	0	0	0
16	Omar Diallo	Olympique Khouribga	February 12, 1973	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Kalidou Cissokho	ASC Joan of Arc	December 14, 1972	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Omar Daf	FC Sochaux	February 12, 1977	5	0	2	0	0
4th	Pape Malick Diop	FC Lorient	December 29, 1974	5	0	0	0	0
5	Alassane N'Dour	AS Saint-Etienne	December 12, 1981	1	0	0	0	0
13	Lamine Diatta	Rennes stadium	2nd July 1975	5	0	0	0	0
17th	Ferdinand Coly	RC Lens	October 9, 1973	5	0	2	0	0
21st	Habib Beye	Racing Strasbourg	19th October 1977	3	0	1	0	0
midfield player
3	Pape Sarr	RC Lens	7th December 1977	1	0	0	0	0
6th	Aliou Cissé	HSC Montpellier	March 24, 1976	4th	0	2	0	0
10	Khalilou Fadiga	AJ Auxerre	December 30, 1974	4th	1	1	0	0
12	Amdy Faye	AJ Auxerre	March 12, 1977	2	0	0	0	0
14th	Moussa N'Diaye	CS Sedan	20th February 1979	3	0	0	0	0
15th	Salif Diao	CS Sedan	February 10, 1977	3	1	1	0	1
19th	Papa Bouba Diop	RC Lens	January 28, 1978	5	3	1	0	0
20th	Sylvain N'Diaye	Lille OSC	June 25, 1976	0	0	0	0	0
23	Makhtar N'Diaye	Rennes stadium	December 31, 1981	0	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Henri Camara	CS Sedan	May 10, 1977	4th	2	0	0	0
8th	Amara Traoré	FC Gueugnon	September 25, 1965	0	0	0	0	0
9	Souleymane Camara	AS Monaco	22nd December 1982	1	0	1	0	0
11	El Hadji Diouf	RC Lens	January 15, 1981	5	0	0	0	0
18th	Pape Thiaw	Racing Strasbourg	5th February 1981	1	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Bruno Metsu		January 28, 1954

Preliminary round

Senegal came as runner-up Africa champion, but was an outsider in Group A. Against world champions France , Denmark and Uruguay , hardly anyone expected that Senegal would survive the preliminary round. But Senegal already surprised in the opening game of the World Cup. You could beat France 1-0. The outstanding man was El-Hadji Diouf , who prepared the goal of the day and repeatedly caused danger. On the second match day the team confirmed their performance against France and reached a draw against Denmark. A draw against Uruguay on the last day of the match was enough, Uruguay, for its part, would have needed a win to advance to the round of 16.

In a dramatic match, Senegal led 3-0 at the break, before Uruguay followed suit and even managed to equalize in the 88th minute. Nevertheless, it was enough for Senegal to reach the last sixteen.

France	-	Senegal		0: 1 (0: 1)
Denmark	-	Senegal		1: 1 (1: 0)
Senegal	-	Uruguay		3: 3 (3: 0)

Finals

In the last sixteen they met Sweden, the winner from the “group of deaths” (England, Argentina, Nigeria). After 90 minutes the score was 1: 1, so the game went into overtime. With his second goal of the game in the 104th minute, Henri Camara ensured that Senegal advanced to the quarter-finals with a golden goal .

The quarter-finals against Turkey, however, ended. After an even game they had to go into extra time, in which Turkey scored a golden goal.

Sweden	-	Senegal		1: 2 n.GG.
Senegal	-	Turkey		0: 1 n.GG.