Current FIFA Ranking: 19
Highest FIFA Ranking: 17 (Feb-April 2024)
Lowest FIFA Ranking: 99 (June 2013)
Football Team Nickname: Lions of Teranga
Honours: Africa Cup of Nations (1): 2021
Head coach: Pape Thiaw (Dec 2024)
Top scorer in qualifying: Sadio Mane (5)
Star players: Sadio Mane (Al Nassr), Ismaila Sarr (Crystal Palace), Boulaye Dia (Lazio)
Following a disappointing group stage exit in 2018 (where they were eliminated due to an inferior disciplinary record), Senegal reached the Round of 16 in Qatar, losing 3-0 to England and are yet to repeat their 2002 quarter-final finish.
They also reached the Round of 16 at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, unable to reclaim their 2021 title.
The second-highest ranked African side (behind Morocco), they are now coached by Pape Thiaw who made one appearance for their famous 2002 side, starting the 2-1 Round of 16 win v Denmark.
Sadio Mane, their all-time leading scorer, remains the focal point – he netted five times in qualifying.
Previous World Cup appearances (3):
2022: Round of 16 (0-3 v England)
2018: Group stage
2002: Quarter-final
