Senegal national football team

The Senegalese national football team is controlled by the " Fédération de Football Sénégalaise ". Your greatest performance they had with the quarter-finals at the 2002 World Cup.

Tournaments

World Cup 2002

At the World Cup in Japan and South Korea, the Senegalese national team made ​​the first game for a not reasonably possible sensation when they defeated the defending champions and tournament favorites France 1-0. In the euphoria of the team fought two draws with Denmark (1-1) and Uruguay ( 3:3 ) and was thus in the second round. There was defeated Sweden 2-1 after extra time; Henri Camara scored both goals. Only in the quarterfinals defeated Senegal to another World Cup surprise team, Turkey, 0-1 after extra time. The triumph made ​​the Senegal one of the most successful World Cup debutant since 1950.

African Cup of Nations

For the first time in 1965, Senegal was qualified for the Africa Cup. The team retired after a drawing of lots for Tunisia unbeaten from in the first round. In the second part of 1968, Senegal could not prevail against Ghana and the DR Congo in the first round and was eliminated again.

It was not until 18 years later, in 1986, Senegal was able to qualify again. In the first round they beat next to Mozambique also surprising to eventual winners Egypt, but lost to Ivory Coast and failed again in the first round.

1990 Finally, Senegal was able to play the semi-finals, with only a single victory, since only eight teams participated in the tournament. Finally, the crew Fourth, the hitherto greatest success in Senegalese football outside of West Africa was.

1992 Senegal could then even unsubscribe the tournament. However, the high expectations could not meet all the team, in the quarterfinals they lost to Cameroon.

1994 and 2000 failed the Senegalese again in the quarterfinals. The big breakthrough came in 2002 when they played up in the tournament final and there only lost on penalties to Cameroon.

2004 defeated Senegal to the eventual champions Tunisia in the quarter- finals. 2006 it was fourth. In Africa Championship 2008 is different from in the first round. Since then, the performance of the Senegalese do not meet the expectations. In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup they failed prematurely and could not qualify for the Africa Cup 2010.

For the African Cup of Nations 2012, the Senegal qualified with five wins and a draw and was before the tournament - also because some other strong teams could not qualify - as one of the tournament favorites. After three defeats in the FIFA World Ranking worse -placed teams from Senegal different but in the preliminary round. Due to the withdrawal coach Amara Traoré was released on February 8, 2012.

Copa Amilcar

At the Copa Amilcar Cabral, the tournament for West African national teams, Senegal participated ever since she was discharged in 1979 for the first time. An exception is 2001, when the U23 tournament in the country, the Cape Verde played - and promptly won.

Senegal was the Copa Amilcar already won 8 times, more than any other team in West Africa. Nevertheless, the Senegalese Elf has no exceptional position in the West African Football: At the tournament in 2005 they lost the final against Gambia, 2000, she was inferior to the national team of Cape Verde.

Other tournaments

  • WAFU Laurent Gbagbo African Unity Cup 2005 - 3rd Place
  • ECOWAS Cup (tournament for West African teams, is no longer held ) 1977 & 1983 - not participated
  • 1985 - 1st place
  • 1987 - 3rd place
  • 1990 - 2nd place
  • 1991 - 2nd place
  • African Games 1987 - Preliminary Round

Since 1991, the African Games are a U23 tournament; the Senegalese team took far only in 2003 and retired in part because in the first round of.

World Championships

African Cup of Nations

African Nations Cup

  • 2009: 4th place
  • 2011: Preliminary
  • 2014: not qualified

Squad of the African Cup 2012

Known player

  • Henri Camara
  • Papiss Demba Cissé
  • Ferdinand Coly
  • Momo Diabang
  • Abdoulaye Diallo
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