Senegal national football team

Senegal

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Nickname(s)	Les Lions de la Teranga (Lions of Teranga)
Association	Fédération Sénégalaise de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Henryk Kasperczak
Captain	Papa Bouba Diop
Most caps	El Hadji Diouf (41)
Top scorer	Mamadou Diallo (21)
Home stadium	Stade Leopold Senghor
FIFA code	SEN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	40
Highest	26 (June 2004)
Lowest	95 (December 1998)
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	10 (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).

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

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
• 2008 - Qualified

African Nations Cup 2006 squad

Announced on 27th December 2005.

Goalkeepers

• Pape Diouf (Boavista Porto)
• Cheick N'Diaye (Stade Rennais FC)
• Tony Sylva (Schalke 04)

Defenders

• Habib Beye (Sochaux)
• Ferdinand Coly (AC Parma)
• Omar Daf (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard)
• Pape Diakhaté (FC Dynamo Kyiv)
• Lamine Diatta (Sochaux)
• Souleymane Diawara (Charlton Athletic)
• Boukary Dramé (Paris St-Germain)
• Guirane N'Daw (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard)

Midfielders

• Issa Ba (AJ Auxerre)
• Papa Bouba Diop (Tottenham)
• Dino Djiba (FC Metz)
• Abdoulaye Faye ( Newcastle United)
• Amdy Faye ( Rangers)

Strikers

• Rahmane Barry ( Olympique Marseille)
• Diomansy Kamara (Fulham)
• Henri Camara (Olympique Lyon)
• Souleymane Camara (OGC Nice)
• El-Hadji Diouf (Bolton Wanderers)
• Frédéric Mendy (SC Bastia)
• Mamadou Niang (Olympique Marseille)
• Papa Waigo N'Diayè (A.C. Cesena)

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
• Jules Bocandé
• Omar Guèye Sène
• Thierno Youm,
• Boubacar sarr Locotte
• Cheikh Tidiane seck
• Moussa Ndao
• El Hadji Malick Sy Souris
• Souleymane Sané
• Ibrahima Gueye
• Salif Diao

External links

• RSSSF archive of results 1961-
• Website of the Senegal Football Team