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

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Sudan 1957 Did not enter
United Arab Republic 1959
Ethiopia 1962
Ghana 1963
Tunisia 1965 Fourth place 4th 3 1 1 1 5 2
Ethiopia 1968 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 5 5
Sudan 1970 Did not qualify
Cameroon 1972
Egypt 1974
Ethiopia 1976
Ghana 1978
Nigeria 1980 Did not enter
Libya 1982 Did not qualify
Ivory Coast 1984
Egypt 1986 Group stage 5th 3 2 0 1 3 1
Morocco 1988 Did not qualify
Algeria 1990 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 3 3
Senegal 1992 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 0 2 4 3
Tunisia 1994 Quarter-finals 8th 3 1 0 2 2 3
South Africa 1996 Did not qualify
Burkina Faso 1998
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 6 6
Mali 2002 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 2 0 6 1
Tunisia 2004 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 4 2
Egypt 2006 Fourth place 4th 6 2 0 4 7 8
Ghana 2008 Group stage 12th 3 0 2 1 4 6
Angola 2010 Did not qualify
Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012 Group stage 13th 3 0 0 3 3 6
South Africa 2013 Did not qualify
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 3 4
Gabon 2017 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 2 0 6 2
Egypt 2019 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 0 2 8 2
Cameroon 2021 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 9 2
Ivory Coast 2023 Round of 16 9th 4 3 1 0 9 2
Morocco 2025 To be determined
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027
Total 1 Title 17/34 71 30 18 23 87 58

Matches

Tournament Date Location Round Opponent Score Senegal scorers
Tunisia 1965 14 November 1965 Tunisia 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
Ethiopia 1968 12 January 1968 Ethiopia 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
Egypt 1986 7 March 1986 Egypt 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
Algeria 1990 3 March 1990 Algeria 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 Algeria Algiers Semi-finals  Algeria 1–2 Abdelhakim Serrar (o.g.)
15 March 1990 Third place  Zambia 0–1
Senegal 1992 12 January 1992 Senegal 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
Tunisia 1994 29 March 1994 Tunisia Sousse Group stage  Guinea 2–1 Momath Gueye, Athanas Tendeng
31 March 1994  Ghana 0–1
3 April 1994 Quarter-finals  Zambia 0–1
GhanaNigeria 2000 25 January 2000 Nigeria Kano Group stage  Burkina Faso 3–1 Henri Camara, Pape Sarr, Salif Keita
28 January 2000  Egypt 0–1
2 February 2000 Nigeria Lagos  Zambia 2–2 Henri Camara, Abdoulaye M'Baye
7 February 2000 Quarter-finals  Nigeria 1–2 (a.e.t.) Khalilou Fadiga
Mali 2002 20 January 2002 Mali Bamako Group stage  Egypt 1–0 Lamine Diatta
26 January 2002  Zambia 1–0 Souleymane Camara
31 January 2002 Mali Kayes  Tunisia 0–0
4 February 2002 Mali 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)
Tunisia 2004 26 January 2004 Tunisia Tunis Group stage  Burkina Faso 0–0
30 January 2004 Tunisia Bizerte  Kenya 3–0 Mamadou Niang (x2), Papa Bouba Diop
2 February 2004 Tunisia Tunis  Mali 1–1 Habib Beye
7 February 2004 Tunisia Radès Quarter-finals  Tunisia 0–1
Egypt 2006 23 January 2006 Egypt 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 Egypt Alexandria Quarter-finals  Guinea 3–2 Papa Bouba Diop, Mamadou Niang, Henri Camara
7 February 2006 Egypt Cairo Semi-finals  Egypt 1–2 Mamadou Niang
9 February 2006 Third place  Nigeria 0–1
Ghana 2008 23 January 2008 Ghana Tamale Group stage  Tunisia 2–2 Moustapha Bayal Sall, Diomansy Kamara
27 January 2008  Angola 1–3 Abdoulaye Faye
31 January 2008 Ghana Kumasi  South Africa 1–1 Henri Camara
GabonEquatorial Guinea 2012 21 January 2012 Equatorial Guinea 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
Equatorial Guinea 2015 19 January 2015 Equatorial Guinea Mongomo Group stage  Ghana 2–1 Mame Biram Diouf, Moussa Sow
23 January 2015  South Africa 1–1 Kara Mbodji
27 January 2015 Equatorial Guinea Malabo  Algeria 0–2
Gabon 2017 15 January 2017 Gabon 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)
Egypt 2019 23 June 2019 Egypt 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
Cameroon 2021 10 January 2022 Cameroon 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 Cameroon Douala Quarter-finals  Equatorial Guinea 3–1 Famara Diédhiou, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Ismaïla Sarr
2 February 2022 Cameroon Yaoundé Semi-finals  Burkina Faso 3–1 Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gueye, Sadio Mané
6 February 2022 Final  Egypt 0–0
(4–2 p)
Ivory Coast 2023 15 January 2024 Ivory Coast 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

See also

References

  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".