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Senegal


Federation founded: 1960
FIFA member since: 1964
Confederation: CAF
Colours: All white
Nickname: Lions of Teranga
World Cups qualified for: 2 (of 21)
Best results: Quarter-final 2002.

WORLD CUP RANKING
P 8 W 3 D 3 L 2 GF 11 GA 10 Pts 12
Senegal is 41st on the all-time table.

WORLD CUP SUMMARY
1970 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1974 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1978 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1982 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1986 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1990 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1994 Did not qualify Qualifiers
1998 Did not qualify Qualifiers
2002 Quarter-final 7 Squad Qualifiers
2006 Did not qualify Qualifiers
2010 Did not qualify Qualifiers
2014 Did not qualify Qualifiers
2018 First round 17 Squad Qualifiers
Senegal entered first time for the 1970 World Cup.

TEAM RECORDS
Champions -
Finalists -
Semi-finalists (or top 4) -
Quarter-finalists (or top 8) 2002
Biggest win 2-1 vs Sweden 2002
2-1 vs Poland 2018
Biggest loss 0-1 vs Turkey 2002
0-1 vs Colombia 2018
Most wins in a row 1
Most losses in a row 1
Longest unbeaten run 4
Longest run without win 2
Longest run qualifying 1
Longest run not qualifying 8 (1970-98)
Penalty shoot-outs -
SEN vs Europe W3 - D1 - L1
SEN vs South America W0 - D1 - L1
SEN vs Asia W0 - D1 - L0

MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
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

MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
Papa Bouba Diop 3 2002
Henri Camara 2 2002


 

YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT 2002 1R France W 1-0 1R Denmark D 1-1 1R Uruguay D 3-3 2R Sweden [gg] W 2-1 QF Turkey [gg] L 0-1 2018 1R Poland W 2-1 1R Japan D 2-2 1R Colombia L 0-1



 

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