Senegalese national football team
Nickname(s) | Les Lions de la Teranga lions of the Teranga or Teranga lions |
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Association |
Federation Senegalaise de Football |
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confederacy | CAF | ||
Technical Sponsor | puma | ||
head coach | Aliou Cisse (since 2015) | ||
record goalscorer |
Henri Camara (29) Sadio Mané (29) |
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record player | Henri Camara (99) | ||
home stadium | Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor | ||
FIFA code | SEN | ||
FIFA rank | 20th (1561.68 points) (as of December 23, 2021) |
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balance sheet | |||
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520 games 239 wins 136 draws 145 losses |
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statistics | |||
First international Gambia 1-2 Senegal ( Gambia ; 1959 )
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Biggest win Senegal 10-1 Mauritania ( Dakar , Senegal ; 28 September 1972 )
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Heaviest defeat Guinea 5-0 Senegal ( Guinea ; 6 March 1966 )
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Achievements in tournaments | |||
World Championship | |||
finals participation | 2 ( First : 2002 ) | ||
Best results | Quarterfinals 2002 | ||
African championship | |||
finals participation | 16 ( First : 1965 ) | ||
Best results | African Champion 2022 | ||
(As of November 15, 2020 (balance sheet)) |
The Senegalese national football team is the national team of the Senegalese Football Association Fédération Sénégalaise de Football and represents it at international level in international matches against teams from other national associations. She had her greatest successes with reaching the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup and winning her first major title at the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations .
record player
As of February 2, 2022
- Bold players are still active.
# | player | games | Gates | Period |
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1 | Henri Camara | 99 | 29 | 1999-2008 |
2 | Idrissa Gueye | 89 | 6 | 2011– |
3 | Roger Mendy | 87 | 3 | 1979-1995 |
4 | Sadio Mane | 86 | 28 | 2012– |
5 | Tony Sylva | 83 | 0 | 1999-2008 |
6 | Cheikhou Kouyate | 78 | 4 | 2012– |
7 | Jules Bocande † | 73 | 20 | 1979-1993 |
8th | Lamine Diatta | 71 | 4 | 2000-2008 |
9 | El Hadji Diouf | 70 | 24 | 2000-2008 |
10 | Papa Bouba Diop † | 63 | 11 | 2001-2008 |
# | players | Gates | caps | Period |
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1 | Henri Camara | 29 | 99 | 1999-2008 |
2 | Sadio Mane | 28 | 86 | 2012– |
3 | El Hadji Diouf | 24 | 70 | 2000-2008 |
4 | Jules Bocande † | 20 | 73 | 1979-1993 |
Mamadou Niang | 20 | 54 | 2002-2012 | |
6 | Papiss Demba Cisse | 17 | 35 | 2009-2015 |
Moussa Sow | 17 | 48 | 2009-2018 | |
8th | Papa Bouba Diop † | 11 | 63 | 2001-2008 |
Moussa Konate | 11 | 34 | 2012-2019 | |
Souleymane Sané | 11 | 30 | 1989-1997 |
Other well-known players
tournaments
World Cup 2002
At the World Cup in Japan and South Korea , the Senegalese national team caused an unprecedented sensation in the first game when they defeated the defending champions and tournament favorites France 1-0. In the euphoria, the team fought two draws against Denmark (1:1) and Uruguay (3:3) and was thus in the round of 16. There, Sweden was defeated 2-1 after extra time; both goals scored Henri Camara . Only in the quarter-finals did Senegal lose to another surprise World Cup team, Turkey , 0-1 after extra time. The triumph made Senegal one of the most successful World Cup debutants since 1950.
African Championships
Senegal qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 1965 . The team was eliminated undefeated in the preliminary round after a draw in favor of Tunisia . In the second participation in 1968 , Senegal could not prevail against Ghana and the DR Congo in the preliminary round and was eliminated again.
It was only 18 years later, in 1986 , that Senegal was able to qualify again. In the preliminary round, alongside Mozambique , they also surprisingly beat eventual winners Egypt , but lost to Ivory Coast and failed again in the first round.
Finally, in 1990 , Senegal progressed to the semi-finals with just one win, as only eight teams entered the tournament. In the end, the team finished fourth, the biggest success in Senegalese football outside of West Africa up to that point .
In 1992 , Senegal was even allowed to host the tournament. However, the team could not quite meet the high expectations, in the quarter-finals they lost to Cameroon .
In 1994 and 2000 , the Senegalese failed again in the quarterfinals. The big breakthrough came in 2002 when they made it to the final of the tournament and only lost to Cameroon on penalties .
In 2004 , Senegal lost to eventual champions Tunisia in the quarter-finals. In 2006 they finished fourth. At the Africa Cup of Nations 2008 , they were eliminated in the first round. Since then, the performances of the Senegalese have not lived up to expectations. In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup , you failed prematurely and could not qualify for the Africa Championship 2010.
Senegal qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with five wins and one draw and was considered one of the tournament favorites before the start of the tournament – also because some other strong teams were unable to qualify. After three defeats against teams that were lower in the FIFA world rankings , Senegal were eliminated in the preliminary round. Due to the departure, coach Amara Traoré was sacked on February 8, 2012.
At the Africa Cup of Nations 2022 in Cameroon, the Senegalese national team was able to win the title of African Champion for the first time. In the final on 6 February 2022, they beat Egypt 4-2 on penalties after being 0-0 after 90 minutes of regular time and a further 30 minutes of overtime.
Copa Amilcar
Senegal has always participated in the Amílcar Cabral Cup , the tournament for West African national teams, since it was first held in 1979. The exception to this was 2001, when the country's U23s played and won the tournament in Cape Verde .
Senegal have won the Amílcar Cabral Cup 8 times (1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2001), more than any other West African team.
West Africa Championship
- 2005 in Mali : 3rd place
- 2009 in Benin : 1st place
- 2010 in Nigeria : 2nd place
- 2013 in Ghana : 2nd place
- 2017 in Ghana : eliminated in the 2nd round
- 2019 in Senegal : 1st place
South Africa Championship
- 2021 : 2nd place (away team)
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CEDEAO Cup
- 1977 & 1983 - did not participate
- 1985 – 1st place
- 1987 – 3rd place
- 1990 – 2nd place
- 1991 – 2nd place
- African Games
- African Games 1987 - preliminary round
The African Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991; the Senegalese team has only participated in 2003 and was eliminated in the preliminary round.
World Championships
year | host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent(s). | Result | Trainer | Remarks and special features |
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1930 | Uruguay | not participated | No independent state | |||
1934 | Italy | not participated | No independent state | |||
1938 | France | not participated | No independent state | |||
1950 | Brazil | not participated | No independent state | |||
1954 | Switzerland | not participated | No independent state | |||
1958 | Sweden | not participated | No independent state | |||
1962 | Chile | not participated | 1st game only after the start of the qualification | |||
1966 | England | withdrawn | All 15 African teams withdrew from qualifying as FIFA only allowed teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania one place in the finals. | |||
1970 | Mexico | not qualified | Failed in qualifying in the 1st round after a decider against Morocco . | |||
1974 | Germany | not qualified | Failed again in qualifying in the 1st round to Morocco , who also failed to qualify. | |||
1978 | Argentina | not qualified | Failed to qualify in the 1st round to Togo , who also failed to qualify. | |||
1982 | Spain | not qualified | In the qualification failed again in the 1st round because of Morocco , which could not qualify either. | |||
1986 | Mexico | not qualified | Lost on penalties in qualifying round 1 to Angola , who also failed to qualify. | |||
1990 | Italy | not participated | ||||
1994 | USA | not qualified | Failed again by Morocco in the 2nd round of qualifying . | |||
1998 | France | not qualified | In the qualification in the 1st round failed again to Togo , who also failed to qualify. | |||
2002 | South Korea/Japan | Quarterfinals | Turkey | 7th place | Bruno Metsu | Defeat after extra time by golden goal . Victory in the opening match against reigning world champions France . |
2006 | Germany | not qualified | In the qualification in the 2nd round again failed due to Togo . | |||
2010 | South Africa | not qualified | Lost to Algeria in the 2nd round of qualifying . | |||
2014 | Brazil | not qualified | Failed to qualify in the playoff round in Ivory Coast . | |||
2018 | Russia | preliminary round | Poland , Japan , Colombia | Aliou Cisse | Eliminated third in group after beating Poland, drawing against Japan and losing to Colombia. | |
2022 | Qatar | In the 2nd qualifying round , the team prevailed against the Republic of the Congo , Namibia and Togo and meets Egypt in the third round. | ||||
2026 | Canada/Mexico/USA |
Soccer Africa Cup
1957 to 1963 | not participated |
1965 in Tunisia | 4th Place |
1968 in Ethiopia | preliminary round |
1970 in Sudan | not qualified |
1972 in Cameroon | not qualified |
1974 in Egypt | not qualified |
1976 in Ethiopia | not qualified |
1978 in Ghana | not qualified |
1980 in Nigeria | not participated |
1982 in Libya | not qualified |
1984 in the Ivory Coast | not qualified |
1986 in Egypt | preliminary round |
1988 in Morocco | not qualified |
1990 in Algeria | 4th Place |
1992 in Senegal | Quarterfinals |
1994 in Tunisia | Quarterfinals |
1996 in South Africa | not qualified |
1998 in Burkina Faso | not qualified |
2000 in Ghana and Nigeria | Quarterfinals |
2002 in Mali | 2nd place |
2004 in Tunisia | Quarterfinals |
2006 in Egypt | 4th Place |
2008 in Ghana | preliminary round |
2010 in Angola | not qualified |
2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea | preliminary round |
2013 in South Africa | not qualified |
2015 in Equatorial Guinea | preliminary round |
2017 in Gabon | Quarterfinals |
2019 in Egypt | 2nd place |
2022 in Cameroon | African Champion |
Trainer
- Otto Pfister (1979-1982)
- Claude LeRoy (1990-1992)
- Lamine Dieng (1992–1993)
- Peter Schnittger (1995–2001)
- Bruno Metsu (2000-2002)
- Guy Stephan (2003-2005)
- Abdoulaye Sarr (2005-2006)
- Henryk Kasperczak (2006-2008)
- Lamine Ndiaye (2008)
- Amara Traore (2009–2012)
- Aliou Cisse (2012)
- Joseph Koto (2012)
- Alain Giresse (2013-2015)
- Aliou Cisse (since 2015)
See also
- List of international matches played by the Senegalese national football team
- Senegalese national football team (U-20 men)
web links
itemizations
- ↑ The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. 23 December 2021, retrieved 23 December 2021 .
- ↑ a b Senegal – Record International Players (list may be incomplete)
- ↑ FIFA.com: Senegal fires coach Traore
- ↑ soccer24.com: Soccer Africa. WAFU Cup of Nations 2017 Results
- ↑ The rankings from place 5 were determined by FIFA without there being any ranking games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2010 (PDF; 200 kB)