Football World Cup 2018 / Senegal

Football World Cup 2018 : Senegal
Trainer	Aliou Cissé
captain	Cheikhou Kouyate
Qualified as	Winner Africa Group D
World rankings before the tournament	27
Tournament result	Out in the preliminary round
Games won	1
Games tie	1
Games lost	1
Gates	4: 4

The national team had enthusiastic supporters in the country

This article covers the Senegalese national football team at the 2018 World Cup . Senegal, which made it to the quarter-finals when it first appeared in 2002 , took part in the final round for the second time.

qualification

The team qualified for the World Cup in Russia through the qualifying matches of the African Football Association CAF .

Games

Senegal , who has been coached by Aliou Cissé since 2015 , only had to intervene in the second round and met Madagascar in the return leg . After a 2-2 draw in the away game, the third round was reached with a 3-0 home win. This was played as a group stage and Senegal met in Group D against Burkina Faso , Cape Verde and South Africa . In the six resulting and rated matches, the Senegalese team won four and played twice. A game that was lost 2-1 to South Africa on November 12, 2016, was not counted due to match-fixing by the Ghanaian referee and was repeated a year later, with Senegal winning 2-0 and qualifying for the final round one game before the last game . Apart from the goalless home draw against Burkina Faso, the Senegalese always scored two goals in the rated games.

A total of 33 players were used, 20 of whom were also in the squad for the 2017 African Cup of Nations , in which Senegal failed in the quarter-finals on penalties due to the eventual winner Kamerung. A total of four goalkeepers were used. In the second round and the first game of the third round Abdoulaye Diallo was in goal, then Khadim N'Diaye for four games and Alfred Gomis in the last game that was no longer decisive for qualification . In addition, Pape Seydou N'Diaye came on in the 68th minute for N'Diaye in the 2-2 draw against Burkina Faso . Only Cheikhou Kouyaté and Idrissa Gueye were used in all eight rated games. Serigne Kara and Sadio Mané had to pause a game after the second yellow card and thus only made seven appearances. Senegal did not have an outstanding goal scorer. Three players scored two goals and eight players scored one goal. The team also benefited from an own goal by a South African.

Second round

date	Venue	host		guest	Result	Scorers for Senegal
Nov 13, 2015	Antananarivo	Madagascar	-	Senegal	2: 2 (1: 0)	Mame Diouf (70.), Sadio Mané (82.)
Nov 17, 2015	Dakar	Senegal	-	Madagascar	3: 0 (1: 0)	Cheikhou Kouyaté (19th), Moussa Konaté (54th), Mame Diouf (83th)

Third round

date	Venue	host		guest	Result	Senegalese goal scorers
10/08/2016	Dakar	Senegal	-	Cape Verde	2: 0 (1: 0)	Keita Baldé (24th), Moussa Sow (80th)
11/12/2016	Polokwane	South Africa	-	Senegal	2: 1 (2: 0) 1
02.09.2017	Dakar	Senegal	-	Burkina Faso	0-0
05.09.2017	Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	-	Senegal	2: 2 (1: 1)	Ismaïla Sarr (26th), Sadio Mané (75th)
07.10.2017	Praia	Cape Verde	-	Senegal	0: 2 (0: 0)	Diafra Sakho (82nd), Cheikh N'Doye (90th + 2)
11/10/2017	Polokwane	South Africa	-	Senegal	0: 2 (0: 2)	Diafra Sakho (11th), Own goal South Africa (38th)
11/14/2017	Dakar	Senegal	-	South Africa	2: 1 (0: 0)	Grandpa Nguette (55th), Serigne Kara (90th + 2)

¹ The Ghanaian referee Joseph Odartei Lamptey was suspended for life by FIFA in March 2017 for match manipulation (violation of Art. 69 (1) of the Disciplinary Code), the game was canceled and repeated on 10 November 2017.

Third round final table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Senegal	6th	4th	2	0	010: 300	+7	14th
2.	Burkina Faso	6th	2	3	1	010: 600	+4	09
3.	Cape Verde	6th	2	0	4th	004:120	−8	06th
4th	South Africa	6th	1	1	4th	007:100	−3	04th

preparation

Games

date	Result	opponent	venue	Senegalese goal scorers
23 March 2018	1: 1	Uzbekistan	Casablanca ( MAR )	Moussa Konaté (63rd)
March 27, 2018	0-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Le Havre ( FRA )
May 31, 2018	0-0	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
June 8, 2018	1: 2	Croatia	Osijek	Ismaila Sarr (48th)
June 11, 2018	2-0	South Korea	Grödig ( AUT )	Moussa Konaté (90th) 1

Note: Teams in italics are not qualified for the World Cup.

¹Plus an own goal by South Korean Kim Young-gwon

Quarter

The team's quarters were the “SK Royal Hotel” in Kaluga , where the team could use the Sviyaga Stadium for training purposes.

Squad

A preliminary roster of 35 players was nominated on May 15th. The final roster of 23 players had to be reported to FIFA by June 4th. No player has ever played in a World Cup finals. On May 17th, the squad, reduced to 23 players, was published. On June 17, Adama Mbengue was nominated for Saliou Ciss , who was injured in training.

position	No.	Surname	birth date	Calls	Gates	society	debut	Last use
goal	01	Abdoulaye Diallo	03/30/1992	17th	0	Rennes stadium	2015	06/08/2018
	16	Khadim N'Diaye	04/05/1985	26th	0	Horoya AC	2010	06/11/2018	3
	23	Alfred Gomis	09/05/1993	1	0	SPAL Ferrara	2017	11/14/2017
Defense	21st	Lamine Gassama	10/20/1989	36	0	Alanyaspor	2013	06/08/2018	1
	04th	Serigne Kara	11/22 November 1989	47	5	RSC Anderlecht	2012	06/08/2018
	03	Kalidou Koulibaly	06/20/1991	26th	0	SSC Naples	2015	06/11/2018	3
	12	Youssouf Sabaly	03/05/1993	5	0	Girondins Bordeaux	2017	06/11/2018	3		1
	06th	Salif Sané	08/25/1990	22nd	0	Hannover 96	2013	06/11/2018	3		1
	22nd	Moussa Wagué	04/10/1998	10	0	KAS Eupen	2017	06/11/2018	2	1
	02	Adama Mbengue	December 01, 1993	3	0	SM Caen	2015	11/14/2017
midfield	05	Idrissa Gueye	09/26/1989	56	1	Everton FC	2011	06/08/2018	3		1
	08th	Cheikhou Kouyate	December 21, 1989	44	2	West Ham United	2012	06/11/2018	3
	13	Alfred N'Diaye	03/06/1990	21st	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers M2 ↑	2013	06/11/2018	1
	17th	Papa Alioune Ndiaye	October 27, 1990	17th	1	Stoke City ↓	2017	06/08/2018	1
	11	Cheikh N'Doye	03/29/1986	25th	3	Birmingham City	2014	06/08/2018	2		1
Storm	20th	Keita Baldé	03/08/1995	18th	3	AS Monaco	2017	06/08/2018	1
	09	Mame Diouf	December 16, 1987	48	10	Stoke City ↓	2012	06/08/2018	2
	14th	Moussa Konaté	04/03/1993	27	10	SC Amiens	2012	06/11/2018	1
	10	Sadio Mané	04/10/1992	52	14th	Liverpool FC	2012	06/11/2018	3	1
	19th	M'Baye Niang	December 19, 1994	7th	0	Torino FC	2017	06/11/2018	3	1	2
	15th	Diafra Sakho	12/24/1989	12	3	Rennes stadium	2015	06/11/2018
	18th	Ismaïla Sarr	02/25/1998	15th	3	Rennes stadium	2017	06/11/2018	3
	07th	Moussa Sow	01/19/1986	50	18th	Bursaspor	2009	06/08/2018
Trainer		Aliou Cissé	March 24, 1976	33	00		2015		2
Appearances and goals as of June 11, 2018, after the game against South Korea (closed game, only the substitution of the scorer Konaté is noted in the match report), appearances and goals according to Senegal - Record International Players (list incomplete and only players with at least 41 games) , as well as soccerway.com: Senegal and Kicker special edition WM 2018
↑ Numbers according to the official squad list ↑ Clubs in italics do not play in the first division of their country in the season before or during the World Cup, M2 = champions of the 2nd division in the World Cup year, P = cup winners in the World Cup year, ↑ = club will play in the next season in the next higher league, ↓ = The club was relegated from the highest league in the country ↑ Kicker and FIFA give different information about the day of birth. ↑ a b As a player, including 5 World Cup games in 2002 with 0 goals

The following players were only in the provisional squad: Goal: Pape Seydou N'Diaye ; Defense: Fallou Diagne , Papy Djilobodji , Adama Mbengue , Pape N'Diaye Souaré , Armand Traoré ; Midfield: Krépin Diatta , Assane Dioussé , Henri Saivet ; Attack: Famara Diédhiou , Santy N'Gom , Oumar Niasse

Finals

Group draw

Samara Ekaterinburg Moscow Kaluga

Venues and quarters (blue / italic) of the Senegalese team

For the draw of the qualification groups on December 1st, Senegal was assigned pot 3. The team met in Group H , the only group without a former or current world champion, on Poland , Colombia and Japan . Senegal did not meet any of the three teams in their previous participation in 2002. Senegal had not yet played against Poland outside of World Cup tournaments. There were three friendlies against Japan with two wins and one draw. Against Colombia there was a draw and a defeat in two friendlies. The preliminary round matches were Senegal's first games in Russia.

Group stage / group H matches

→ Main article : Football World Cup 2018 / Group H

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Colombia	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	06th
2.	Japan	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
3.	Senegal	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Poland	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
Note: Japan with four yellow cards and Senegal with six yellow cards (fair play rating)

Tue., June 19, 2018, 6:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CEST) in Moscow (Spartak Stadium)
Poland	-	Senegal	1: 2 (0: 1)	37. ′ Cionek , 60. ′ Niang
Sun., June 24, 2018, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CEST) in Yekaterinburg
Japan	-	Senegal	2: 2 (1: 1)	11. ′ Mané , 71 ′ Wagué
Thursday, June 28, 2018, 6:00 p.m. (4:00 p.m. CEST) in Samara
Senegal	-	Colombia	0: 1 (0: 0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: Triumphant return of old friends
2. ↑ Manipulation: Fifa bans referees for life. In: kicker.de. Kicker-Sportmagazin , March 20, 2017, accessed on March 21, 2017 . 
3. ↑ World Cup qualifier in South Africa will be repeated
4. ↑ fifa.com: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Team Base Camps
5. ↑ galsenfoot.com: Coupe du monde 2018 - Pré-list des lions: retours de Kara Mbodji et Famara Diedhiou, Krepin Diatta intègre la tanière
6. ↑ francefootball.fr: La list of the 23 du Sénégal pour la Coupe du monde
7. ↑ WMSenegal: Mbengue nominated for Ciss , focus.de, accessed on June 17, 2018