Senegal national football team

Senegal
Nickname(s)	Les Lions de la Teranga; (Lions of Teranga)
Association	Fédération Sénégalaise; de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Souleymane Camara
Asst coach	Lamine N'Diaye
Captain	Lamine Diatta
Most caps	Henri Camara (99)
Top scorer	Henri Camara (29)
Home stadium	Stade Leopold Senghor
FIFA code	SEN
FIFA ranking	51
Highest FIFA ranking	26 (June 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	95 (December 1998)
Elo ranking	T78
	Home colours
	Away colours
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	11 (First in 1965)
Best result	Second place, 2002

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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. Senegal is a team that never faced a major defeat with its biggest defeat being 4-0 in several matches.

Especially notable about this result was the appearance of Patrick Vieira, widely considered to be the best player Senegal had ever produced,^{[citation needed]} 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).

[edit] 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 :

Quarterfinals: 2002

[edit] 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
2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] 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 - Round 1
2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Gambia on 11 October 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Tony Sylva	17 May 1975 (1975-05-17) (age 33)			Trabzonspor
2	DF	Ibrahima Sonko	22 January 1981 (1981-01-22) (age 27)	4	1	Stoke City
3	MF	Guirane N'Daw	24 April 1984 (1984-04-24) (age 24)			Nantes
4	DF	Pape Diakhaté	21 June 1984 (1984-06-21) (age 24)	24	1	Dynamo Kyiv
5	DF	Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye	26 February 1978 (1978-02-26) (age 30)			Stoke City
6	DF	Cheikh Gueye	30 December 1986 (1986-12-30) (age 21)			Metz
7	FW	Henri Camara	10 May 1977 (1977-05-10) (age 31)			Wigan Athletic
8	FW	Issiar Dia	8 June 1987 (1987-06-08) (age 21)	6	1	Nancy
9	FW	Modou Sougou	18 December 1984 (1984-12-18) (age 23)			Academica Coimbra
10	MF	Khalilou Fadiga	30 December 1974 (1974-12-30) (age 33)			Germinal Beerschot
11	FW	El Hadji Diouf	15 January 1981 (1981-01-15) (age 27)			Sunderland
12	MF	Kader Mangane	23 March 1983 (1983-03-23) (age 25)			Stade Rennais
13	MF	Ousmane N'Doye	21 March 1978 (1978-03-21) (age 30)			FC Vaslui
14	MF	Papa Waigo N'Diayè	20 January 1984 (1984-01-20) (age 24)			Fiorentina
15	MF	Salif Diao	10 February 1977 (1977-02-10) (age 31)			Stoke City
16	GK	Bouna Coundoul	4 March 1982 (1982-03-04) (age 26)	2	0	Colorado Rapids
17	FW	Mbaye Leye	1 December 1982 (1982-12-01) (age 26)	3	0	Zulte Waregem
18	MF	Rémi Gomis	14 February 1984 (1984-02-14) (age 24)			Caen

[edit] Recent call-ups

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2	DF	Pascal Mendy	11 January 1979 (1979-01-11) (age 29)	4	0	FBK Kaunas (WCQ v. Algeria, 5 September)
6	DF	Ibrahima Faye	22 October 1979 (1979-10-22) (age 29)			Troyes (WCQ v. Algeria, 5 September)
17	DF	Massamba Sambou	17 April 1986 (1986-04-17) (age 22)			Le Havre (WCQ v. Algeria, 5 September)
18	MF	Frédéric Mendy	6 November 1981 (1981-11-06) (age 27)			Bastia (WCQ v. Algeria, 5 September)
	FW	Babacar Gueye	2 March 1986 (1986-03-02) (age 22)			Metz (Friendly v. Libya, 20 August)
5	MF	Papa Malick Ba	11 November 1980 (1980-11-11) (age 28)			(WCQ v. Liberia, 21 June)
15	MF	Diomansy Kamara	8 November 1980 (1980-11-08) (age 28)	43	9	Fulham (WCQ v. Liberia, 21 June)
5	MF	Moustapha Bayal Sall	30 November 1985 (1985-11-30) (age 23)			Saint-Étienne (WCQ v. Liberia, 15 June)
	GK	Cheick N'Diaye	15 February 1985 (1985-02-15) (age 23)			Stade Rennais (Africa Nations Cup 2008)
	DF	Lamine Diatta	2 July 1975 (1975-07-02) (age 33)			(Africa Nations Cup 2008)
	DF	Souleymane Diawara	24 December 1978 (1978-12-24) (age 29)			Bordeaux (Africa Nations Cup 2008)
	DF	Habib Beye	19 October 1979 (1979-10-19) (age 29)			Newcastle United (Africa Nations Cup 2008)
	DF	Mohamed Sarr	23 December 1983 (1983-12-23) (age 24)			Standard Liège (Africa Nations Cup 2008)
	MF	Papa Bouba Diop	28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) (age 30)			Portsmouth (Africa Nations Cup 2008)
	FW	Mamadou Niang	13 October 1979 (1979-10-13) (age 29)			Marseille (Africa Nations Cup 2008)