Senegal national football team
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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, before losing to Turkey.
Senegal disappointed its fans in 2006 when it failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Senegal's best finish in the African Nations Cup came in 2002, when they lost in the finals on penalties after tying Cameroon 0-0.
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
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
Announced on 27th December 2005.
Goalkeepers
- Pape Diouf (Jeanne d'Arc)
- Cheikh N'Diaye (Rennes)
- Tony Sylva (Lille)
Defenders
- Habib Beye (Marseille)
- Ferdinand Coly (Parma)
- Omar Daf (Sochaux)
- Pape Diakhate (Nancy)
- Lamine Diatta (Lyon)
- Souleymane Diawara (Sochaux)
- Boukhary Dramé (Paris St-Germain)
- Nguirane Ndaw (Sochaux)
Midfielders
- Issa Ba (Châteauroux)
- Papa Bouba Diop (Fulham)
- Dino Djiba (Metz)
- Abdoulaye Faye (Bolton Wanderers)
- Amdy Faye (Newcastle United)
Strikers
- Rahmane Barry (Marseille)
- Diomansy Kamara (West Bromwich Albion)
- Henri Camara (Wigan Athletic)
- Souleymane Camara (Nice)
- El-Hadji Diouf (Bolton Wanderers)
- Frédéric Mendy (St-Étienne)
- Mamadou Niang (Marseille)
Coaches
- 1999-00 - Peter Schnittger
- 2000-02 - Bruno Metsu
- 2002-05 - Guy Stéphan
- 2005-06 - Abdoulaye Sarr
- from 2006 - Henryk Kasperczak
Famous players
Not including players in African Nations Cup 2006 squad.
- Issa Ba
- Jules Francois Bocande
- Aliou Cissé
- Kalidou Cissokho
- Oumar Diallo
- Mamadou Diallo
- Luke Carson
- Khalilou Fadiga
- Makhtar N'Diaye
- Moussa N'Diaye
- Sylvain N'Diaye
- Pape Sarr
- Cheikh Seck
- Oumar Gueye Sene
- Pape Thiaw
- Amara Traoré
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