2022 World Cup Team Profile: Senegal
JAKARTA - Senegal is one of the strongest teams in Africa, with a number of trophies won and their many participations in the Africa Cup of Nations. They also have some famous football players in their squad.
Senegal won the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in January 2022 (postponed due to COVID-19) and have made two appearances in the finals at the World Cup. Their first appearance was in 2002 and last in 2018.
Profile overview
Full name: Senegal National Football Team Nickname: Les Lions de la Teranga (Lion Teranga) Managed by: Senegal Football Federation Founded: 1960 Colors: White and green Federation: CAF Head coach: Aliou Cisse Captain: Kalidou Koulibaly Most caps: Henri Camara (99) Top scorer: Sadi Mane (33, as of June 2022) FIFA Ranking: 20 (as of March 2021) World Cup appearances: 2 times (2002 and 2018) Stadium: Diamniadio Olympic Stadium FIFA code: SEN Brief historyThe Senegal national team has recorded success in most of the competitions they participate in. Its players play in top leagues around the world, the Africa Cup of Nations is also almost non-existent where they won the first time in the 2021 edition and finished runners-up in 2002 and 2019. They also won the Amilcar Cabral cup several times.
2022 World Cup provisional squadThe team has 28 players with an average age of 26. They have four goalkeepers, three centre-backs, three left-backs, two right-backs, six defensive midfielders, two central midfielders, two left-wingers, one right-winger and five centre-forwards.
Goalkeeper
Edouard Mendy Alfred Gomis Seny Dieng Aliou Badara Fatydefender
Kalidou Koulibaly Pape Abou Cisse Abdoulaye Seck Abdou Diallo Fode Ballo-Toure Saliou Ciss Bona Sarr Ibrahima MbayeMidfielder
Pape Sarr Idrissa Gueye Pape Gueye Nampalys Mendy Cheikhou Kouyate Mamadou Loum Moustapha Name Joseph Lopy Mame ThiamAttacker
Sadio Mane Ismaila Sarr Boulaye Dia Habib Diallo Bamba Dieng Keita Balde Famara Diedhiou FIFA RankingAs of March 2022, the Senegalese national team occupies the 20th position. This is the highest ranking they have ever achieved, with their lowest ranking being 99 on 6 June 2013. Then, they were ranked first in the CAF (African football federation).
Team captainKalidou Koulibaly, captain of the Senegal national team, was born on 20 June 1991 in Saint-Die-des-Vosges in France. Currently, he plays for Serie A club Napoli as a center back and has 53 caps for his country. His height is 186 cm.
TrainerLa response : @kkoulibaly26 #football #senegal https://t.co/pli5pzPpBw pic.twitter.com/qOD52xCtch
— Football (@FootballSenegal) June 17, 2022
Aliou Cisse is a former Senegalese national team player who is also a former Paris Saint-Germain defender and midfielder. The man who was born March 24, 1976 in Ziguinchor, Senegal took up coaching duties in his country team in March 2015.
Senegal's defeat in the 2002 African Cup of Nations was due to his missed penalty. That's why he feels indebted to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal and has paid off that debt.
Star man Sadio Mane scored the winner with a penalty kick to seal Senegal's 4-2 victory on penalties after 120 minutes of a 0-0 draw against Egypt in the final in Yaounde in early February 2022.
The victory ended a history of stifling defeats. In 2002 Senegal narrowly missed out on becoming the first African team to reach the World Cup semifinals after losing to Turkey in extra time. That year they also lost in the African Cup of Nations final.
At the 2018 World Cup they were eliminated from the group stage because of a new rule that punished Senegal for getting more yellow cards than Japan, which was their rival in the group stage.
star playerSadio Mané was part of the Senegal team at the 2012 Olympic tournament, and started every game as they progressed through Group A as runners-up to Great Britain before losing 2-4 after extra time in the quarter-finals to then-champions Mexico.
In May 2018, Mané was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He scored the opening goal in a 2-2 draw against Japan in the group stage. Mané started all three of Senegal's group games as they were eliminated after the first stage, finishing below Japan on fair play points.
At the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Mané starred for Senegal as they won the competition for the first time. In the final against Egypt – a match which saw him face Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah – Mané missed a penalty in the 7th minute, but then scored the winner in the shootout.
In addition to scoring the decisive kick to win the trophy, Mané scored three goals and provided two assists before the final, and was named the best player of the tournament. In the third round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, he also scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout against Egypt after a 1-1 draw on aggregate, to qualify his country for the 2022 World Cup.
On 4 June 2022, Mané scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Benin in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, to become Senegal's all-time leading goalscorer with 32 goals, surpassing Henri Camara. Three days later, in the match against Rwanda, Sane increased his goal tally to 33.
trophyAll time top scorer 32 buts et on continue #football #senegal #dakar #thebest @CAF_Online pic.twitter.com/OxxmSpCxar
— Football (@FootballSenegal) June 4, 2022
In addition to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the Senegal national team has several other trophies. They have won the Amilcar Cabral trophy eight times in 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991 and 2001.
NicknameThe nickname of the Senegalese national team is Les Lions de la Teranga, which means Lion of the Teranga in Indonesian.
JerseyTheir uniforms are available in two colours. There are white kits and all green kits.
Participation in the World CupThe Senegalese national team qualified for the World Cup twice and came close to reaching the quarter-finals in 2002.
At the 2022 World Cup, Senegal occupies Group A with hosts Qatar, Ecuador and the Netherlands. Here is their schedule for their group stage matches:
Monday, 21 November 2022Senegal vs Netherlands: 17.00 WIB Qatar vs Ecuador: 23:00 WIB Friday, 25 November 2022Qatar vs Senegal: 20.00 WIB Netherlands vs Ecuador: 23:00 WIB Tuesday, 29 November 2022Netherlands vs Qatar: 22.00 WIB Ecuador vs Senegal: 22.00 WIB