Senegal at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Senegal's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.^[1]

Senegal have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on two occasions, in 2002 where they reached the quarter finals,^[2] and in 2018. They were the first team in World Cup history to be eliminated using the fair play rule after being tied with Japan on the first six tiebreakers.^[3]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	withdrew
1970	did not qualify
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	2	1	7	6
2006	Did not qualify
2010
2014
2018	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	4	4
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	2/21	8	3	3	2	11	10

Senegal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup

Squad

Head coach: Bruno Metsu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Tony Sylva	(1975-05-17)17 May 1975 (aged 27)	15	AS Monaco
2	2DF	Omar Daf	(1977-02-12)12 February 1977 (aged 25)	31	Sochaux
3	3MF	Pape Sarr	(1977-12-07)7 December 1977 (aged 24)	22	Lens
4	2DF	Papa Malick Diop	(1974-12-29)29 December 1974 (aged 27)	25	Lorient
5	2DF	Alassane N'Dour	(1981-12-12)12 December 1981 (aged 20)	7	Saint-Étienne
6	2DF	Aliou Cissé (c)	(1976-03-24)24 March 1976 (aged 26)	20	Montpellier
7	4FW	Henri Camara	(1977-05-10)10 May 1977 (aged 25)	34	Sedan
8	4FW	Amara Traoré	(1965-09-25)25 September 1965 (aged 36)	12	Gueugnon
9	4FW	Souleymane Camara	(1982-12-22)22 December 1982 (aged 19)	9	AS Monaco
10	3MF	Khalilou Fadiga	(1974-12-30)30 December 1974 (aged 27)	25	Auxerre
11	4FW	El Hadji Diouf	(1981-01-15)15 January 1981 (aged 21)	21	Lens
12	3MF	Amdy Faye	(1977-03-12)12 March 1977 (aged 25)	6	Auxerre
13	2DF	Lamine Diatta	(1975-07-02)2 July 1975 (aged 26)	19	Rennes
14	3MF	Moussa N'Diaye	(1979-02-20)20 February 1979 (aged 23)	38	Sedan
15	3MF	Salif Diao	(1977-02-10)10 February 1977 (aged 25)	20	Sedan
16	1GK	Omar Diallo	(1972-09-28)28 September 1972 (aged 29)	42	Olympique Khouribga
17	2DF	Ferdinand Coly	(1973-09-10)10 September 1973 (aged 28)	16	Lens
18	4FW	Pape Thiaw	(1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 21)	13	Strasbourg
19	3MF	Papa Bouba Diop	(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 24)	12	Lens
20	3MF	Sylvain N'Diaye	(1976-06-25)25 June 1976 (aged 25)	6	Lille
21	2DF	Habib Beye	(1977-10-19)19 October 1977 (aged 24)	6	Strasbourg
22	1GK	Kalidou Cissokho	(1972-12-14)14 December 1972 (aged 29)	0	ASC Jeanne d'Arc
23	3MF	Makhtar N'Diaye	(1981-12-31)31 December 1981 (aged 20)	11	Rennes

Group A

Defending champions France were eliminated from Group A without scoring a goal after defeats to Denmark and debutants Senegal, who both progressed at the expense of two-time champions Uruguay.^[4]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Uruguay	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
France	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

31 May 2002

20:30

France	0–1	Senegal
	(Report)	Bouba Diop 30'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 62,561

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

6 June 2002

15:30

Denmark	1–1	Senegal
Tomasson 16' (pen.)	(Report)	Diao 52'

Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu

Attendance: 43,500

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

11 June 2002

15:30

Senegal	3–3	Uruguay
Fadiga 20' (pen.) Bouba Diop 26', 38'	(Report)	Morales 46' Forlán 69' Recoba 88' (pen.)

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 33,681

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Round of 16

16 June 2002

15:30

Sweden	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Larsson 11'	(Report)	H. Camara 37' 104'

Oita Stadium, Ōita

Attendance: 39,747

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Quarter-finals

22 June 2002

20:30

Senegal	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Turkey
	(Report)	İlhan 94'

Nagai Stadium, Osaka

Attendance: 44,233

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Senegal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Squad

Coach: Aliou Cissé

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Abdoulaye Diallo	(1992-03-30)30 March 1992 (aged 26)	17	0	Rennes
2	2DF	Adama Mbengue	(1993-12-01)1 December 1993 (aged 24)	6	0	Caen
3	2DF	Kalidou Koulibaly	(1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 26)	26	0	Napoli
4	2DF	Kara Mbodji	(1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 28)	52	5	Anderlecht
5	3MF	Idrissa Gueye	(1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 28)	61	1	Everton
6	3MF	Salif Sané	(1990-08-25)25 August 1990 (aged 27)	22	0	Hannover 96
7	4FW	Moussa Sow	(1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 32)	51	18	Bursaspor
8	3MF	Cheikhou Kouyaté (captain)	(1989-12-21)21 December 1989 (aged 28)	48	2	West Ham United
9	4FW	Mame Biram Diouf	(1987-12-16)16 December 1987 (aged 30)	49	10	Stoke City
10	4FW	Sadio Mané	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 26)	53	14	Liverpool
11	3MF	Cheikh N'Doye	(1986-03-29)29 March 1986 (aged 32)	26	3	Birmingham City
12	2DF	Youssouf Sabaly	(1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 25)	5	0	Bordeaux
13	3MF	Alfred N'Diaye	(1990-03-06)6 March 1990 (aged 28)	21	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
14	4FW	Moussa Konaté	(1993-04-03)3 April 1993 (aged 25)	28	10	Amiens
15	4FW	Diafra Sakho	(1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 28)	12	3	Rennes
16	1GK	Khadim N'Diaye	(1985-04-05)5 April 1985 (aged 33)	26	0	Horoya
17	3MF	Badou Ndiaye	(1990-10-27)27 October 1990 (aged 27)	20	1	Stoke City
18	4FW	Ismaïla Sarr	(1998-02-25)25 February 1998 (aged 20)	16	3	Rennes
19	4FW	M'Baye Niang	(1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 23)	7	0	Torino
20	4FW	Keita Baldé	(1995-03-08)8 March 1995 (aged 23)	19	3	Monaco
21	2DF	Lamine Gassama	(1989-10-20)20 October 1989 (aged 28)	36	0	Alanyaspor
22	2DF	Moussa Wagué	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 19)	10	0	Eupen
23	1GK	Alfred Gomis	(1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (aged 24)	1	0	SPAL

Group H

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup Group H table

Record players

Seven players have been fielded in all five matches during Senegal's World Cup run in 2002, making them record World Cup players for their country.

No.	Name	Matches	World Cups
1	Ferdinand Coly	5	2002
	Omar Daf	5	2002
	Lamine Diatta	5	2002
	Papa Bouba Diop	5	2002
	Papa Malick Diop	5	2002
	El-Hadji Diouf	5	2002
	Tony Sylva	5	2002

Top goalscorers

No.	Name	Goals	World Cups
1	Papa Bouba Diop	3	2002
2	Henri Camara	2	2002
3	Salif Diao	1	2002
	Khalilou Fadiga	1	2002
	M'Baye Niang	1	2018
	Sadio Mané	1	2018
	Moussa Wagué	1	2018

Current as of 28 June 2018 after the match v Colombia

References

^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
^ "Turkey's golden delight". BBC Sport. 2002-06-22. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
^ Bogage, Jason (June 28, 2018). "Everything you need to know about the World Cup's fair-play tiebreaker". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
^ "Clockwatch: Senegal 3-3 Uruguay". BBC Sport. 2 June 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

[2006coverage-1] 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.

[2] "Turkey's golden delight". BBC Sport. 2002-06-22. Retrieved 2011-03-07.

[3] Bogage, Jason (June 28, 2018). "Everything you need to know about the World Cup's fair-play tiebreaker". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

[4] "Clockwatch: Senegal 3-3 Uruguay". BBC Sport. 2 June 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

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