Senegal at the FIFA World Cup

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 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.^[1]

Senegal have qualified for the World Cup on three occasions, in 2002 where they reached the quarter-finals,^[2] 2018 and in 2022. 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.^[3]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	Withdrew
1970	Did not qualify
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990	Withdrew
1994	Did not qualify
1998
2002	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	2	1	7	6
2006	Did not qualify
2010
2014
2018	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	4	4
2022	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	5	7
2026	To be determined
2030
2034
Total	Quarter-finals	3/25	12	5	3	4	16	17

Senegal at the 2002 FIFA World Cup

Squad

Group A

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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.^[4]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Uruguay	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
France	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

31 May 2002

20:30

France	0–1	Senegal
	(Report)	Bouba Diop 30'

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 62,561

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

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6 June 2002

15:30

Denmark	1–1	Senegal
Tomasson 16' (pen.)	(Report)	Diao 52'

Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu

Attendance: 43,500

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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11 June 2002

15:30

Senegal	3–3	Uruguay
Fadiga 20' (pen.) Bouba Diop 26', 38'	(Report)	Morales 46' Forlán 69' Recoba 88' (pen.)

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 33,681

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Round of 16

16 June 2002

15:30

Sweden	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Larsson 11'	(Report)	H. Camara 37' 104'

Oita Stadium, Ōita

Attendance: 39,747

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Quarter-finals

22 June 2002

20:30

Senegal	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Turkey
	(Report)	İlhan 94'

Nagai Stadium, Osaka

Attendance: 44,233

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Senegal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Squad

Group H

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
3	Senegal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
4	Poland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Fair play points: Japan −4, Senegal −6.

19 June 2018 (2018-06-19)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Poland	1–2	Senegal
Krychowiak 86'	Report	Cionek 37' (o.g.) Niang 60'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 44,190^[5]

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)

20:00 YEKT (UTC+5)

Japan	2–2	Senegal
Inui 34' Honda 78'	Report	Mané 11' Wagué 71'

Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg

Attendance: 32,572^[6]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

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28 June 2018 (2018-06-28)

18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)

Senegal	0–1	Colombia
	Report	Mina 74'

Cosmos Arena, Samara

Attendance: 41,970^[7]

Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Senegal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Qatar (H)	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

21 November 2022 (2022-11-21)

19:00

Senegal	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Gakpo 84' Klaassen 90+9'

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 41,721

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

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25 November 2022 (2022-11-25)

16:00

Qatar	1–3	Senegal
Muntari 78'	Report	Dia 41' Diédhiou 48' B. Dieng 84'

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 41,797

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

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29 November 2022 (2022-11-29)

18:00

Ecuador	1–2	Senegal
Caicedo 67'	Report	I. Sarr 44' (pen.) Koulibaly 70'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 44,569

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

4 December 2022 (2022-12-04)

22:00

England	3–0	Senegal
Henderson 38' Kane 45+3' Saka 57'	Report

Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor

Attendance: 65,985

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Record players

Matches

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
1	Kalidou Koulibaly	6	2018 and 2022
	Youssouf Sabaly	6	2018 and 2022
	Idrissa Gueye	6	2018 and 2022
	Ismaïla Sarr	6	2018 and 2022
5	Ferdinand Coly	5	2002
	Omar Daf	5	2002
	Lamine Diatta	5	2002
	Papa Bouba Diop	5	2002
	Papa Malick Diop	5	2002
	El-Hadji Diouf	5	2002
	Tony Sylva	5	2002

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	World Cups
1	Papa Bouba Diop	3	2002
2	Henri Camara	2	2002
3	Salif Diao	1	2002
	Khalilou Fadiga	1	2002
	M'Baye Niang	1	2018
	Sadio Mané	1	2018
	Moussa Wagué	1	2018
	Boulaye Dia	1	2022
	Famara Diedhiou	1	2022
	Bamba Dieng	1	2022
	Ismaïla Sarr	1	2022
	Kalidou Koulibaly	1	2022

Current as of 29 November 2022 after the match v Ecuador

See also

• African nations at the FIFA World Cup
• Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations