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Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations

Senegal have played in seventeen editions of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Historically, Senegal was seen as a weaker side in the strong West African region. Although they finished in fourth place in two AFCON editions,[1] Senegalese performance was overall still deemed as poor. Senegal remained under the shadow of much more successful West African giants Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana for the majority of the 20th century.

In the 2000s, Senegal began to surge and became a more competitive opponent in the Africa Cup of Nations. Following a successful FIFA World Cup debut in 2002, in which the side reached the quarter-finals, Senegal officially established itself as a new powerhouse in Africa. The 2002 Africa Cup of Nations tournament marked the best ever result in Senegalese football history, with the team falling to Cameroon 2–3 on penalties after a goalless draw in the final.[2] Senegal once again finished as runners-up in 2019, losing the final 0–1 to Algeria.[3] The nation finally won their first AFCON title in 2021, defeating Egypt on penalties in the final.[4][5]

Overall record

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Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
  1957 Did not enter
  1959
  1962
  1963
  1965 Fourth place 4th 3 1 1 1 5 2
  1968 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 5 5
  1970 Did not qualify
  1972
  1974
  1976
  1978
  1980 Did not enter
  1982 Did not qualify
  1984
  1986 Group stage 5th 3 2 0 1 3 1
  1988 Did not qualify
  1990 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 3 3
  1992 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 0 2 4 3
  1994 Quarter-finals 8th 3 1 0 2 2 3
  1996 Did not qualify
  1998
    2000 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 6 6
  2002 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 2 0 6 1
  2004 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 4 2
  2006 Fourth place 4th 6 2 0 4 7 8
  2008 Group stage 12th 3 0 2 1 4 6
  2010 Did not qualify
    2012 Group stage 13th 3 0 0 3 3 6
  2013 Did not qualify
  2015 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 3 4
  2017 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 2 0 6 2
  2019 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 0 2 8 2
  2021 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 9 2
  2023 Round of 16 9th 4 3 1 0 9 2
  2025 To be determined
      2027
Total 1 Title 17/34 71 30 18 23 87 58

Matches

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Tournament Date Location Round Opponent Score Senegal scorers
  1965 14 November 1965   Tunis Group stage   Tunisia 0–0
19 November 1965   Ethiopia 5–1 Louis Camara (x2), El Hadji Oumar Guèye, Matar Niang (x2)
21 November 1965 Third place   Ivory Coast 0–1
  1968 12 January 1968   Asmara Group stage   Ghana 2–2 Doudou Diongue, Yatma Diop
14 January 1968   Congo-Brazzaville 2–1 Yatma Diop, Yatma Diouck
16 January 1968   Congo-Kinshasa 1–2 Yatma Diouck
  1986 7 March 1986   Cairo Group stage   Egypt 1–0 Thierno Youm
10 March 1986   Mozambique 2–0 Pape Fall, Jules Bocandé
13 March 1986   Ivory Coast 0–1
  1990 3 March 1990   Annaba Group stage   Kenya 0–0
6 March 1990   Cameroon 2–0 Mamadou Diallo, Moussa N'Dao
9 March 1990   Zambia 0–0
12 March 1990   Algiers Semi-finals   Algeria 1–2 Abdelhakim Serrar (o.g.)
15 March 1990 Third place   Zambia 0–1
  1992 12 January 1992   Dakar Group stage   Nigeria 1–2 Jules Bocandé
16 January 1992   Kenya 3–0 Souleymane Sané, Jules Bocandé, Victor Diagne
19 January 1992 Quarter-finals   Cameroon 0–1
  1994 29 March 1994   Sousse Group stage   Guinea 2–1 Momath Gueye, Athanas Tendeng
31 March 1994   Ghana 0–1
3 April 1994 Quarter-finals   Zambia 0–1
   2000 25 January 2000   Kano Group stage   Burkina Faso 3–1 Henri Camara, Pape Sarr, Salif Keita
28 January 2000   Egypt 0–1
2 February 2000   Lagos   Zambia 2–2 Henri Camara, Abdoulaye M'Baye
7 February 2000 Quarter-finals   Nigeria 1–2 (a.e.t.) Khalilou Fadiga
  2002 20 January 2002   Bamako Group stage   Egypt 1–0 Lamine Diatta
26 January 2002   Zambia 1–0 Souleymane Camara
31 January 2002   Kayes   Tunisia 0–0
4 February 2002   Bamako Quarter-finals   DR Congo 2–0 Salif Diao, El Hadji Diouf
7 February 2002 Semi-finals   Nigeria 2–1 (a.e.t.) Papa Bouba Diop, Salif Diao
10 February 2002 Final   Cameroon 0–0
(2–3 p)
  2004 26 January 2004   Tunis Group stage   Burkina Faso 0–0
30 January 2004   Bizerte   Kenya 3–0 Mamadou Niang (x2), Papa Bouba Diop
2 February 2004   Tunis   Mali 1–1 Habib Beye
7 February 2004   Radès Quarter-finals   Tunisia 0–1
  2006 23 January 2006   Port Said Group stage   Zimbabwe 2–0 Henri Camara, Issa Ba
27 January 2006   Ghana 0–1
31 January 2006   Nigeria 1–2 Souleymane Camara
3 February 2006   Alexandria Quarter-finals   Guinea 3–2 Papa Bouba Diop, Mamadou Niang, Henri Camara
7 February 2006   Cairo Semi-finals   Egypt 1–2 Mamadou Niang
9 February 2006 Third place   Nigeria 0–1
  2008 23 January 2008   Tamale Group stage   Tunisia 2–2 Moustapha Bayal Sall, Diomansy Kamara
27 January 2008   Angola 1–3 Abdoulaye Faye
31 January 2008   Kumasi   South Africa 1–1 Henri Camara
   2012 21 January 2012   Bata Group stage   Zambia 1–2 Dame N'Doye
25 January 2012   Equatorial Guinea 1–2 Moussa Sow
29 January 2012   Libya 1–2 Deme N'Diaye
  2015 19 January 2015   Mongomo Group stage   Ghana 2–1 Mame Biram Diouf, Moussa Sow
23 January 2015   South Africa 1–1 Kara Mbodji
27 January 2015   Malabo   Algeria 0–2
  2017 15 January 2017   Franceville Group stage   Tunisia 2–0 Sadio Mané, Kara Mbodji
19 January 2017   Zimbabwe 2–0 Sadio Mané, Henri Saivet
23 January 2017   Algeria 2–2 Papakouli Diop, Moussa Sow
28 January 2017 Quarter-finals   Cameroon 0–0
(4–5 p)
  2019 23 June 2019   Cairo Group stage   Tanzania 2–0 Keita Baldé, Krépin Diatta
27 June 2019   Algeria 0–1
1 July 2019   Kenya 3–0 Ismaïla Sarr, Sadio Mané (x2 (p))
5 July 2019 Round of 16   Uganda 1–0 Sadio Mané
10 July 2019 Quarter-finals   Benin 1–0 Idrissa Gueye
14 July 2019 Semi-finals   Tunisia 1–0 (a.e.t.) Dylan Bronn (o.g.)
19 July 2019 Final   Algeria 0–1
  2021 10 January 2022   Bafoussam Group stage   Zimbabwe 1–0 Sadio Mané (p)
14 January 2022   Guinea 0–0
18 January 2022   Malawi 0–0
25 January 2022 Round of 16   Cape Verde 2–0 Sadio Mané, Bamba Dieng
30 January 2022   Douala Quarter-finals   Equatorial Guinea 3–1 Famara Diédhiou, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Ismaïla Sarr
2 February 2022   Yaoundé Semi-finals   Burkina Faso 3–1 Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gueye, Sadio Mané
6 February 2022 Final   Egypt 0–0
(4–2 p)
  2023 15 January 2024   Yamoussoukro Group stage   Gambia 3–0 Pape Gueye, Lamine Camara (x2)
19 January 2024   Cameroon 3–1 Ismaïla Sarr, Habib Diallo, Sadio Mané
23 January 2024   Guinea 2–0 Abdoulaye Seck, Iliman Ndiaye
29 January 2024 Round of 16   Ivory Coast 1–1
(4–5 p)		 Habib Diallo

Squads

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AFCON 1965 : Ivory Coast beats Senegal 1-0 to claim AFCON third place". athlet.org.
  2. ^ Copnall, James (11 February 2002). "Cameroon 0 - 0 Senegal (aet: Cameroon won 3 - 2 on penalties)". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Algeria claim second Afcon title after Bounedjah's lucky strike sinks Senegal". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Mané scores decisive penalty as Senegal beat Egypt to win Africa Cup of Nations". TheGuardian.com. 6 February 2022.
  5. ^ "'Poetic justice': How the world reacted to Senegal's AFCON win".
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