This is a record of Senegal's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 48 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup final is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on 6 June 2007.
Senegal have qualified for the World Cup on four occasions, in 2002, where they reached the quarter-finals, 2018, 2022, and 2026. At the 2018 World Cup, they were the first team in World Cup history to be eliminated using the fair play rule after being tied with Japan on the first six tiebreakers.
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1930Did not enter 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966Withdrew 1970 Did not qualify 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990Withdrew 1994 Did not qualify 1998 2002Quarter-finals7th522176 2006Did not qualify 2010 2014 2018Group stage17th311144 2022Round of 1610th420257 2026Round of 3231st4103109 2030To be determined 20344/23Quarter-finals7th166372626
Senegal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup Squad
Group A
Defending champions France were eliminated from Group A without scoring a goal after defeats to Denmark and debutants Senegal, who both progressed at the expense of two-time champions Uruguay.
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Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Senegal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Squad
Group H
Senegal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Group stage
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Senegal at the 2026 FIFA World Cup
Group stage
Knockout stage
Round of 32
Head-to-head record OpponentWin %Total
Player records Most appearances RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups1Kalidou Koulibaly92018, 2022 and 2026Ismaïla Sarr92018, 2022 and 20263Idrissa Gueye82018, 2022 and 20264Youssouf Sabaly72018 and 20225Édouard Mendy62022 and 20266Pathé Ciss52022 and 2026Ferdinand Coly52002Omar Daf52002Krépin Diatta52022 and 2026Lamine Diatta52002Bamba Dieng52022 and 2026Papa Bouba Diop52002Papa Malick Diop52002El-Hadji Diouf52002Pape Gueye52022 and 2026Ismail Jakobs52022 and 2026Sadio Mané52018 and 2026Tony Sylva52002
Goalscorers
On 31st May 2002, Papa Bouba Diop made history by scoring Senegal's first-ever FIFA World Cup goal, doing so in their opening match against then-defending champions France in Seoul.
Player Goals 2002 2018 2022 2026 Ismaïla Sarr 5 14 Papa Bouba Diop 33 Henri Camara 22 Pape Gueye 2 2 Habib Diarra 2 2 Salif Diao 11 Khalilou Fadiga 11 M'Baye Niang 1 1 Sadio Mané 1 1 Moussa Wagué 1 1 Boulaye Dia 1 1 Famara Diedhiou 1 1 Bamba Dieng 1 1 Kalidou Koulibaly 1 1 Ibrahim Mbaye 1 1 Iliman Ndiaye 1 1 Total 25 7 3 5 10
See also African nations at the FIFA World Cup Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations
References
Reports