Senegal national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Les Lions de la Teranga (Lions of Teranga) |
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| Association | Fédération Sénégalaise de Football |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Amara Traoré[1] | ||
| Most caps | Henri Camara (99) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade Leopold Senghor | ||
| FIFA code | SEN | ||
| FIFA ranking | 91 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 26 (June 2004) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 95 (December 1998) | ||
| Elo ranking | 80 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 19 (June 2002) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 100 (October 1994) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Dahomey 3 – 2 Senegal  (Côte d'Ivoire; 31 December 1961) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Senegal 6 – 0 Mauritania  (Sierra Leone; 13 February 1984) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
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 Nigeria 4 – 0 Senegal (Ghana; 27 February 1963) |
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| 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. Senegal is a team that never faced a major defeat with its biggest defeat being 4–0 in several matches.
Senegal made the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup, one of only three African teams to do so (the first being Cameroon in 1990; the other being Ghana in 2010). 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 they 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 Cameroon 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, eight times, more than any other country, with Guinea in second place with five titles.
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World Cup record
- 1930 to 1962 – Did not enter
- 1966 – Withdrew
- 1970 to 1986 – Did not qualify
- 1990 – Did not enter
- 1994 to 1998 – Did not qualify
- 2002 – Quarterfinals
- 2006 to 2010 – Did not qualify
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 to 1984 – Did not qualify
- 1986 – Round 1
- 1988 – Did not qualify
- 1990 – Fourth place
- 1992 – Quarterfinals
- 1994 – Quarterfinals
- 1996 to 1998 – Did not qualify
- 2000 – Quarterfinals
- 2002 – Runners Up
- 2004 – Quarterfinals
- 2006 – Fourth place
- 2008 – Round 1
- 2010 – Did not qualify
Current squad
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Recent call-ups
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Coaches
- 1999-00 – Peter Schnittger
- 2000–02 – Bruno Metsu
- 2002–05 – Guy Stéphan
- 2005–06 – Abdoulaye Sarr
- 2006–08 – Henryk Kasperczak
- 2008–09 – Lamine Ndiaye
- 2009–present – Amara Traoré
References
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