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Senegal
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Les Lions de la Teranga
(Lions of Teranga)
AssociationFédération Sénégalaise
de Football
Head coachvacant
Most caps?
Top scorer?
First colours Second colours
First international
Dahomey 3 - 2 Senegal
(Côte d'Ivoire; 31 December, 1961)
Biggest win
Senegal 6 - 0 Mauritania
(Sierra Leone; 13 February, 1984)
Biggest defeat
0 - 4, 7 times
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2002)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 2002
African Nations Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1965)
Best resultSecond place, 2002

The Senegal national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, is the national team of Senegal and is controlled by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football. It made its first World Cup in 2002 and made quite a splash, defeating world and european champions France 1-0 in the tournament's opening game.

Especially notable about this result was the appearance of Patrick Vieira, widely considered to be the best player Senegal had ever produced, playing for the opposition; this was due to France being a former colonial power in the country. Senegal went on to make the quarterfinals, only the second African team to do so, before losing to Turkey.

Senegal's best finish in the African Nations Cup came in 2002, when they lost in the finals on penalties after tying Cameroon 0-0.

World Cup record

African Nations Cup record

Famous players

External links

National football teams of Africa (CAF)
North Africa (UNAF)
West Africa (WAFU)
East Africa (CECAFA)
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)
Southern Africa (COSAFA)
Non-regional Members
Regional team, an associate member of CAF but not a member of FIFA
Football in Africa portal
International association football
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North America (CONCACAF)
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Oceania (OFC)
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Inter-Continental
Non-FIFA
See also
Geography
Codes
Player/Club of the Century
Women's football
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