The Senegal National Team Nicknamed “the Lions of Teranga” (French: Équipe de football du Senegal) represents Senegal in men’s international football. Controlled by the Senegalese Football Federation, it is a member of both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The team became the second African team to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup after Cameroon in 1990, doing so in 2002 before losing to Turkey in extra time.
Established in the early 1960s, the team have been regular competitors in the Africa Cup of Nations, where their best performances were runner-up to Cameroon in the 2002 edition in Mali, and to Algeria in the 2019 edition in Egypt. 2002 also saw Senegal compete at the FIFA World Cup for the first time and reach the quarter-finals, having defeated reigning champions France in the opening game. The team made their second World Cup appearance sixteen years later, where they were eliminated in the group stage against Japan based on fair play points.
Below is the complete list of all Senegal players selected for the AFCON 2021.
List of Senegal Squad for AFCON 2021
The Ghanaian Standard brings you the list of Senegal squads( the Lions of Teranga ) for AFCON 2021 indicating the name, position, birth date, and current club of each player.
| Name | Jersey Name | Position | Current Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| SENY TIMOTHY DIENG | DIENG | GK | QUEENS PARKS RANGERS (England) |
| SALIOU CISS | CISS | DF | AS NANCY-LORRAINE(France) |
| KALIDOU KOULIBALY | KOULIBALY | DF | SSC NAPLES(Italy) |
| PAPE ABOU CISSE | P.A CISSE | DF | OLYMPIAKOS FC(Greece) |
| IDRISSA GANA GUEYE | GANA | MF | PARIS SAINT GERMAI(France) |
| NAMPALYS MENDY | N. MENDY | MF | LEICESTER CITY FC(England) |
| KEITA BALDE | KEITA BALDE | FW | CAGLIARI(Italy) |
| CHEIKHOU KOUYATE | KOUYATE | MF | CRYSTAL PALACE FC(England) |
| BOULAYE DIA | B. DIA | FW | VILLARREAL CF(Spain) |
| SADIO MANE | MANE | FW | LIVERPOOL FC(England) |
| MOUHAMADOU HABIBOU DIALLO | H. DIALLO | FW | RC STRASBOURG(France) |
| FODE BALLO | B. TOURE | DF | MILAN AC(Italy) |
| JOSEPH ROMERIC LOPY | J. LOPY | MF | FC SOCHAUX(France) |
| ABDOULAYE SECK | A. SECK | DF | ROYAL ANTWERP FC(Belgium) |
| CHEIKH AHMADOU BAMBA DIENG | B. DIENG | FW | OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE (France) |
| EDOUARD OSOQUE MENDY | MENDY | GK | CHELSEA FC(England) |
| PAPE MATAR SARR | P.M SARR | MF | FC METZ(France) |
| ISMAILA SARR | ISMAILA | FW | WATFORD FC(England) |
| FAMARA DIEDHIOU | FAMARA DIEDHIOU | FW | ALANYASPOR(Turkey) |
| BOUNA JUNIOR SARR | B. SARR | DF | BAYERN MUNICH(Germany) |
| IBRAHIMA MBAYE | MBAYE | DF | BOLOGNE FC(Italy) |
| ABDOU LAKHAD DIALLO | DIALLO | DF | PARIS SAINT GERMAIN(France) |
| AMIGO ALFRED JUNIOR GOMIS | GOMIS | GK | STADE RENNAIS(France) |
| MOUSTAPHA NAME | M. NAME | MF | PARIS FC(France) |
| MAMADOU LOUM NDIAYE | LOUM | DF | DEPORTIVO ALAVES(Spain) |
| PAPE ALASSANE GUEYE | GUEYE | MF | OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE (France) |
| MAME BABA THIAM | M.B THIAM | FW | KAYSERISPOR(Turkey) |
| ALIOUNE BADARA FATY | FATY | GK | CASA SPORT ZIGUINCHOR (Senegal) |
