Senegal national football team

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Senegal

Nickname(s)

Les Lions de la Teranga
(Lions of Teranga)

Association

Fédération Sénégalaise
de Football

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Lamine N'Diaye

Captain

El Hadji Diouf

Most caps

Henri Camara (41)

Top scorer

Henri Camara (27)

Home stadium

Stade Leopold Senghor

FIFA code

SEN

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

26 (June 2004)

Lowest FIFA ranking

95 (December 1998)

Elo ranking





First kit





Second kit

First international

Dahomey 3 - 2 Senegal

(Côte d'Ivoire; 31 December 1961)

Biggest win

Senegal 6 - 0 Mauritania

(Sierra Leone; 13 February 1984)

Biggest defeat

Tunisia 4 - 0 Senegal

(Tunisia; 15 July 1995)

Zambia 4 - 0 Senegal
(Zambia; 26 September 1993)

Algeria 4 - 0 Senegal
(Algeria; 25 July 1993)

Morocco 4 - 0 Senegal
(Morocco; 14 September 1975)

Guinea 4 - 0 Senegal
(Guinea; 17 May 1970)

Congo-Kinshasa 4 - 0 Senegal
(Congo-Kinshasa; 30 January 1969)

Mali 4 - 0 Senegal
(Mali; 14 March 1965)

Nigeria 4 - 0 Senegal
(Ghana; 27 February 1963)

World Cup

Appearances

1 (First in 2002)

Best result

Quarterfinals, 2002

African Nations Cup

Appearances

11 (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 World Cup in 2002 and made quite a splash, pulling a huge upset by defeating world and European champions France 1-0 in the tournament's opening game.

Especially notable about this result was the appearance of Patrick Vieira, widely considered to be the best player Senegal had ever produced, playing for the opposition; this was due to France being a former colonial power in the country. Senegal went on to make the quarterfinals, only the second African team to do so (the first being Cameroon in 1990 - interestingly, in 1990, Cameroon also defeated the defending champions (Argentina) 1-0 in the tournament's opening match). In the group, after defeating France, they drew with Denmark and Uruguay, and beat Sweden in extra time in Round 2, before losing to Turkey in the quarter finals.

Senegal disappointed its fans in 2006 when it failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Senegal finished second in their group after losing 3-1 to the winners of the group, Togo.

Senegal's first appearance in the African Nations Cup was in 1965, when Senegal, after finishing second in their group, lost 1-0 to the Ivory Coast to finish in 4th place. in the 1990 African Nations Cup, Senegal once again finished 4th. Senegal hosted the African Nations Cup in 1992, in which, after qualifying for the quarter finals by finishing second in their group, Senegal lost 1-0 to Nigeria in the quarter finals. Senegal's best finish in the African Nations Cup came in 2002, when they lost the final on penalties after drawing 0-0 with Cameroon .

Senegal has won the Amilcar Cabral Cup (a regional soccer tournament for West African nations) 8 times, more than any other country (second place: Guinea has only won 5 times).

1 Senegal Football Achievements
2 World Cup record
3 African Nations Cup record
4 Current Squad
5 Coaches
6 Famous players
7 External links

[edit] Senegal Football Achievements

Amilcar Cabral Cup :

8 Times Champion: 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2001
5 Times Runners-up: 1982, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005

CEDEAO Cup :

1 Time Champion: 1985
2 Times Runners-up: 1990, 1991

World Cup :

Quaterfinals: 2002

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
1966 - Withdrew
1970 to 1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Did not enter
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Quarterfinals
2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1963 - Did not enter
1965 - Fourth place
1968 - Round 1
1970 to 1978 - Did not qualify
1980 - Did not enter
1982 - Did not qualify
1984 - Did not qualify
1986 - Round 1
1988 - Did not qualify
1990 - Fourth place
1992 - Quarterfinals
1994 - Quarterfinals
1996 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2000 - Quarterfinals
2002 - Second place
2004 - Quarterfinals
2006 - Fourth place
2008 - Round 1

[edit] Current Squad

Squad for 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

[edit] Goalkeepers

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	GK	Tony Sylva	17 May 1975 (1975-05-17) (age 32)	Lille
16	GK	Cheick N'Diaye	15 February 1985 (1985-02-15) (age 23)	Creteil
23	GK	Bouna Coundoul	4 March 1982 (1982-03-04) (age 25)	Colorado Rapids

[edit] Defenders

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
2	DF	Ibrahima Sonko	22 January 1981 (1981-01-22) (age 27)	Reading
3	DF	Guirane N'Daw	24 April 1984 (1984-04-24) (age 23)	Sochaux
4	DF	Mohamed Sarr	23 December 1983 (1983-12-23) (age 24)	Standard Liège
5	DF	Souleymane Diawara	24 December 1978 (1978-12-24) (age 29)	Bordeaux
6	DF	Ibrahima Faye	22 October 1979 (1979-10-22) (age 28)	Troyes
13	DF	Lamine Diatta	2 July 1975 (1975-07-02) (age 32)	Beşiktaş
20	DF	Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye	26 February 1978 (1978-02-26) (age 30)	Newcastle United
21	DF	Habib Beye	19 October 1977 (1977-10-19) (age 30)	Newcastle United

[edit] Midfielders

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
9	MF	Babacar Gueye	2 March 1986 (1986-03-02) (age 21)	Metz
10	MF	Ousmane N'Doye	21 March 1978 (1978-03-21) (age 29)	Académica de Coimbra
12	MF	Moustapha Bayal Sall	30 November 1985 (1985-11-30) (age 22)	Saint-Étienne
14	MF	Papa Waigo N'Diayè	20 January 1984 (1984-01-20) (age 24)	Genoa
15	MF	Diomansy Kamara	8 November 1980 (1980-11-08) (age 27)	Fulham
18	MF	Frédéric Mendy	6 November 1981 (1981-11-06) (age 26)	Bastia
19	MF	Papa Bouba Diop	28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) (age 30)	Portsmouth
22	MF	Papa Malick Ba	11 November 1980 (1980-11-11) (age 27)	Basel

[edit] Strikers

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
7	FW	Henri Camara	10 May 1977 (1977-05-10) (age 30)	West Ham United
8	FW	Mamadou Niang	13 October 1979 (1979-10-13) (age 28)	Marseille
11	FW	El Hadji Diouf	15 January 1981 (1981-01-15) (age 27)	Bolton Wanderers
17	FW	Modou Sougou	18 December 1984 (1984-12-18) (age 23)	União de Leiria