After winning the African Nations Cup for the first time in its history last February, the global brilliance and the repetition of the World Cup in Korea and Japan 2002 will be the goal of the Senegalese team in its third participation in the World Cup.
The Senegalese Football Association was established in 1960, joined the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) in 1962, and one year later became a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The Senegalese Football Association, headed by Augustin Senghor since 2009, supervises the activities of the national teams in Senegal in all categories and in the men's and women's categories.
The Teranga Lions (Senegal national team title) played their first match on December 31, 1961, and beat the Benin team 3-2.
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The Senegalese team participated in the finals of the African Nations Cup on 16 occasions, and it was its first appearance in the tournament hosted by Tunisia in 1965, and at that time it achieved fourth place after losing to Ivory Coast 1-0.
Senegal won the title once, in the last edition that was held in Cameroon, and the crown came after winning the final round at the expense of Egypt on penalties 5-4 after the match ended in a 0-0 draw.
Prior to that, the Teranga Lions reached the final round on two occasions; The first was in the 2002 edition of Mali, when he lost the title to Cameroon on penalties (3-2), and the second was in the Egypt 2019 edition, and was defeated by the Algerian national team with a goal without a response.
The most prominent players in the history of the Senegalese national team
The first remarkable appearance of the Senegalese team was in the 2002 African Nations Cup, and in the same year it reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup, thanks to a number of players who were making great performances in the European leagues.
Among them are the late Bab Bouba Diop, who scored the first goal in the history of Senegal's participation in the World Cup, against the French national team, goalkeeper Tony Silva and Haji Diouf, the former Liverpool and Bolton striker, Lamine Diatta, Ferdinand Cole, Salif Diao, Omar Duff and Henri Camara, who holds the record in The number of international matches with Senegal with 99 matches.
The Senegal team also included other stars such as the late Jules Bokendi, Habib Bey, Mamadou Niang, Boubacar Sarr, Suleiman Camara and others.
Senegal's participation in the World Cup
The first appearance of the Senegalese team in the World Cup finals in the 17th edition hosted by South Korea and Japan in 2002, the Teranga Lions blew up in the opening match a resounding surprise by defeating the then defending champion France (1-0) and then drawing with Denmark and Uruguay, respectively (1-0). -1 and (3-3).
Al-Haji Diouf's teammates in that tournament continued their march steadily when they eliminated Sweden in the final price after winning 2-1, before their adventure ended against Turkey in the quarter-finals after a 1-0 defeat.
In the last edition, "Russia 2018,", Senegal participated for the second time in the World Cup, in the 1998 edition, where it was on the cusp of qualifying for the second round, after a draw with Norway, a defeat against Brazil and a victory over Scotland, but it came out bitterly after Norway's victory over Brazil.
Senegal coach
Coach Aliou Cisse is considered the most permanent coach in the history of the Senegalese team, as he has been in charge of this task since March 4, 2015 after his appointment to succeed Frenchman Alain Giresse.
Cissé, 46, had no technical experience with clubs, but his coaching career was limited to the position of assistant coach for the Senegal national team for less than 23 years from 2012 until 2015 when he was officially appointed at the head of his country's first team.
Cissé, one of the makers of the 2002 World Cup achievement, led Senegal to the 2019 African Cup final and to the continental title in 2022, as well as qualifying on two occasions for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup.
Cisse had successful experiences as a player, whether in the French league with clubs Paris Saint-Germain, Sedan and Montpellier, or in England with Birmingham City and Portsmouth.
The most prominent current players in the Senegal national team
The Senegalese national team owes its success and achievements in recent years to a number of distinguished players who play in major European clubs; At the forefront of them is the star Sadio Mane, the German striker of Bayern Munich, who had an inspiring career with Liverpool between 2016 and 2022, which culminated in winning the Champions League, the European Super, the Club World Cup and the English Premier League title, as well as personally winning the African Golden Ball in 2019 and 2022.
In addition to Mane, the Senegal team includes a number of players who are expected to shine in the World Cup in Qatar, including Chelsea goalkeeper Edward Mandy, fellow defender Kalidou Coulibaly, Idrissa Guy, Bab Matar Star and Ismaila Sarr, among others.
Senegal's FIFA World Cup 2022 schedule
The Senegalese team plays its matches in the first round of the World Cup in Qatar in Group A with the host team Qatar, the Netherlands and Ecuador.
Sadio Mane's companions will start their career on November 21, 2022, against the Netherlands at Al Thumama Stadium, and then meet Qatar on the 25th of the same month at Al Thumama Stadium.
Senegal will conclude its group stage matches against Ecuador on November 29, 2022 at Khalifa International Stadium.
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