Senegal FIFA World Cup 2022 Squad, Team, Players List

By Anirudh Mathur November 15, 2022 FIFA World Cup 0 Comments

Senegal Squad for FIFA World Cup 2022: It’s time to enjoy the 22nd edition of FIFA World Cup 2022 by supporting Team Senegal. The tournament is scheduled to take place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022. It’s the last time that will witness 32 team participants (48 national squads from the next FIFA World Cup 2026, which is scheduled to play in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.), including Senegal Team. These 32 teams are divided into 8 Groups i.e. Group A to Group H. Senegal is in Group A alongside Ecuador, Qatar, and the Netherlands. The 2 teams of Group A, Qatar, and Ecuador already Advance to the Knockout Stage. Below in this article, we’re discussing the Squad for the Senegal Team in the FIFA 2022 World Cup [Wikipedia] in the detail.

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About Senegal Football Team

According to Wikipedia, The Senegal national football team (French: Équipe de football du Senegal), nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, represents Senegal in international association football and is operated by the Senegalese Football Federation.

One of Africa’s most famous national football teams, Senegal reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, becoming the second team from Africa (after Cameroon in 1990). They managed to upset defending world champions France, finishing second in their group, and beat Sweden in extra time in the round of 16, before losing to Turkey in the quarter-finals.

Senegal’s first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations was in 1965 when they lost 1–0 to Ivory Coast for 4th place. They hosted the 1992 African Cup of Nations, where they made it to the quarter-finals, and won their first AFCON at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, defeating Egypt in the final.

Senegal Squad for FIFA World Cup 2022

Check Senegal Schedule for FIFA World Cup 2022 here!

The final Senegal World Cup 2022 Squad is scheduled to declare on November 09, and we can check down the 27-man provisional/final list after being revealed by Senegal National Team Coaches. The following 27 players were called up for a training camp in Spain and Austria in order to prepare for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November. The next match will be on 21 November at the 2022 FIFA World Cup against the Netherlands.

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The 27-man provisional squad for Senegal is as follows:

Position	Players (Country Club)	Date Of Birth (Age)
GK	Seny Dieng (Queens Park Rangers)	23 November 1994 (age 27)
GK	Édouard Mendy ( Chelsea)	1 March 1992 (age 30)
GK	Alfred Gomis (Rennes)	5 September 1993 (age 29)
DF	Fodé Ballo-Touré (Milan)	3 January 1997 (age 25)
DF	Kalidou Koulibaly -Captain (Chelsea)	20 June 1991 (age 31)
DF	Pape Abou Cissé (Olympiacos)	14 September 1995 (age 27)
DF	Youssouf Sabaly (Real Betis)	5 March 1993 (age 29)
DF	Ismail Jakobs (Monaco)	17 August 1999 (age 23)
DF	Formose Mendy (Amiens)	2 January 2001 (age 21)
DF	Abdou Diallo (RB Leipzig)	4 May 1996 (age 26)
MF	Idrissa Gueye -vice-captain -(Everton)	26 September 1989
MF	Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City)	23 June 1992 (age 30)
MF	Cheikhou Kouyaté (Nottingham Forest)	21 December 1989 (age 32)
MF	Pathé Ciss (Rayo Vallecano)	16 March 1994 (age 28)
MF	Krépin Diatta (Monaco)	25 February 1999 (age 23)
MF	Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur)	14 September 2002 (age 20)
MF	Moustapha Name (Pafos)	5 May 1995 (age 27)
MF	Pape Gueye (Marseille)	24 January 1999 (age 23)
MF	Mamadou Loum (Reading)	30 December 1996 (age 25)
FW	Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal)	20 June 2001 (age 21)
FW	Boulaye Dia (Salernitana)	16 November 1996 (age 25)
FW	Sadio Mané (Munich)	10 April 1992 (age 30)
FW	Ismaïla Sarr (Watford)	25 February 1998 (age 24)
FW	Famara Diédhiou (Alanyaspor)	15 December 1992 (age 29)
FW	Bamba Dieng (Marseille)	23 March 2000 (age 22)
FW	Iliman Ndiaye (Sheffield United)	6 March 2000 (age 22)

Frequently Ask Questions

Who is the Head coach of Senegal national team?

Aliou Cissé (born 24 March 1976) is a Senegalese football coach and former player who is the manager of the Senegal national team. Cissé is best known for being the first Senegal captain to reach the Africa Cup of Nations final in 2002 and the first Senegal manager to win the tournament in 2022 after reaching the final in 2019.

Who is the Top scorer of Senegal national team?

Sadio Mané-

At international level, Mané has registered 34 goals in 93 appearances for Senegal since his debut in 2012, and currently ranks as his nation's all-time top goalscorer, and third in all-time appearances. He represented Senegal at the 2012 Olympics, as well as the 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. In the 2019 tournament, Mané helped Senegal to a runners-up finish, and a year later, was named African Footballer of the Year. In the 2021 final, Mané scored the winning kick in the penalty shoot-out to give Senegal their first Africa Cup of Nations title and he was also named the Player of the tournament.

What is the FIFA code for Senegal national team?

SEN-

The FIFA assigns a three-letter country code (more properly termed a trigram or trigraph) to each of its member and non-member countries. These are the official codes used by the FIFA and its continental confederations (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA) as name abbreviations of countries and dependent areas, in official competitions.

Who is the captain of Senegal national team?

Kalidou Koulibaly (born 20 June 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Chelsea and captains the Senegal national team.

Koulibaly began his professional club career with French team Metz in 2010, before moving to Belgian club Genk in 2012, winning the Belgian Cup in his first season. He joined Italian team Napoli in 2014, where he won the Supercoppa Italiana title; he also won the Coppa Italia in 2020.

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