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
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1930 | Did not enter | |||||||
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1962 | ||||||||
1966 | withdrew | |||||||
1970 | did not qualify | |||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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 |
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1 | GK | Tony Sylva | 17 May 1975 (aged 27) | 15 | AS Monaco |
2 | DF | Omar Daf | 12 February 1977 (aged 25) | 31 | Sochaux |
3 | MF | Pape Sarr | 7 December 1977 (aged 24) | 22 | Lens |
4 | DF | Papa Malick Diop | 29 December 1974 (aged 27) | 25 | Lorient |
5 | DF | Alassane N'Dour | 12 December 1981 (aged 20) | 7 | Saint-Étienne |
6 | DF | Aliou Cissé (c) | 24 March 1976 (aged 26) | 20 | Montpellier |
7 | FW | Henri Camara | 10 May 1977 (aged 25) | 34 | Sedan |
8 | FW | Amara Traoré | 25 September 1965 (aged 36) | 12 | Gueugnon |
9 | FW | Souleymane Camara | 22 December 1982 (aged 19) | 9 | AS Monaco |
10 | MF | Khalilou Fadiga | 30 December 1974 (aged 27) | 25 | Auxerre |
11 | FW | El Hadji Diouf | 15 January 1981 (aged 21) | 21 | Lens |
12 | MF | Amdy Faye | 12 March 1977 (aged 25) | 6 | Auxerre |
13 | DF | Lamine Diatta | 2 July 1975 (aged 26) | 19 | Rennes |
14 | MF | Moussa N'Diaye | 20 February 1979 (aged 23) | 38 | Sedan |
15 | MF | Salif Diao | 10 February 1977 (aged 25) | 20 | Sedan |
16 | GK | Omar Diallo | 28 September 1972 (aged 29) | 42 | Olympique Khouribga |
17 | DF | Ferdinand Coly | 10 September 1973 (aged 28) | 16 | Lens |
18 | FW | Pape Thiaw | 5 February 1981 (aged 21) | 13 | Strasbourg |
19 | MF | Papa Bouba Diop | 28 January 1978 (aged 24) | 12 | Lens |
20 | MF | Sylvain N'Diaye | 25 June 1976 (aged 25) | 6 | Lille |
21 | DF | Habib Beye | 19 October 1977 (aged 24) | 6 | Strasbourg |
22 | GK | Kalidou Cissokho | 14 December 1972 (aged 29) | 0 | ASC Jeanne d'Arc |
23 | MF | Makhtar N'Diaye | 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 |
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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 |
France | 0–1 | Senegal |
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(Report) | Bouba Diop 30' |
Senegal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Squad
Coach: Aliou Cissé
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Abdoulaye Diallo | 30 March 1992 (aged 26) | 17 | 0 | Rennes |
2 | DF | Adama Mbengue | 1 December 1993 (aged 24) | 6 | 0 | Caen |
3 | DF | Kalidou Koulibaly | 20 June 1991 (aged 26) | 26 | 0 | Napoli |
4 | DF | Kara Mbodji | 22 November 1989 (aged 28) | 52 | 5 | Anderlecht |
5 | MF | Idrissa Gueye | 26 September 1989 (aged 28) | 61 | 1 | Everton |
6 | MF | Salif Sané | 25 August 1990 (aged 27) | 22 | 0 | Hannover 96 |
7 | FW | Moussa Sow | 19 January 1986 (aged 32) | 51 | 18 | Bursaspor |
8 | MF | Cheikhou Kouyaté (captain) | 21 December 1989 (aged 28) | 48 | 2 | West Ham United |
9 | FW | Mame Biram Diouf | 16 December 1987 (aged 30) | 49 | 10 | Stoke City |
10 | FW | Sadio Mané | 10 April 1992 (aged 26) | 53 | 14 | Liverpool |
11 | MF | Cheikh N'Doye | 29 March 1986 (aged 32) | 26 | 3 | Birmingham City |
12 | DF | Youssouf Sabaly | 5 March 1993 (aged 25) | 5 | 0 | Bordeaux |
13 | MF | Alfred N'Diaye | 6 March 1990 (aged 28) | 21 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
14 | FW | Moussa Konaté | 3 April 1993 (aged 25) | 28 | 10 | Amiens |
15 | FW | Diafra Sakho | 24 December 1989 (aged 28) | 12 | 3 | Rennes |
16 | GK | Khadim N'Diaye | 5 April 1985 (aged 33) | 26 | 0 | Horoya |
17 | MF | Badou Ndiaye | 27 October 1990 (aged 27) | 20 | 1 | Stoke City |
18 | FW | Ismaïla Sarr | 25 February 1998 (aged 20) | 16 | 3 | Rennes |
19 | FW | M'Baye Niang | 19 December 1994 (aged 23) | 7 | 0 | Torino |
20 | FW | Keita Baldé | 8 March 1995 (aged 23) | 19 | 3 | Monaco |
21 | DF | Lamine Gassama | 20 October 1989 (aged 28) | 36 | 0 | Alanyaspor |
22 | DF | Moussa Wagué | 4 October 1998 (aged 19) | 10 | 0 | Eupen |
23 | GK | Alfred Gomis | 5 September 1993 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 | SPAL |
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
- Fair play points: Japan −4, Senegal −6.
Poland | 1–2 | Senegal |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
- "Match report – Group H – Poland v Senegal" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- "Match report – Group H – Japan v Senegal" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- "Match report – Group H – Senegal v Colombia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.