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 one occasion in 2002 where they reached the quarter finals.^[2]

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-Final	7th	5	2	2	1	7	6
2006	Did Not Qualify
2010
2014
2018	To Be Determined
2022	To Be Determined
Total	Quarter-Final	1/20	5	2	2	1	7	6

Senegal at the 2002 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.^[3]

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)

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

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Team appearances All-time table
AFC	Australia² China Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates
CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia
CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
OFC	New Zealand
UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.