FIFA World Cup

Senegal have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 2002 where they reached the quarter-finals,^[29] in 2018, and in 2022.

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FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1958	Part of France									Not a FIFA member
1962	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1966	Withdrew									Withdrew
1970	Did not qualify									3	1	0	2	2	4
1974										2	0	1	1	1	2
1978										2	0	1	1	1	2
1982										2	0	1	1	0	1
1986										2	1	0	1	1	1
1990	Did not enter									Declined participation
1994	Did not qualify									8	3	1	4	11	12
1998	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	2	3
2002	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	2	1	7	6	Squad	10	5	4	1	16	3
2006	Did not qualify									10	6	3	1	21	8
2010										6	2	3	1	9	7
2014										8	3	4	1	11	8
2018	Group stage	17th	3	1	1	1	4	4	Squad	8	5	3	0	15	5
2022	Round of 16	10th	4	2	0	2	5	7	Squad	8	6	1	1	16	5
2026	To be determined									4	2	2	0	6	1
2030
2034
Total	Quarter-finals	3/15	12	5	3	4	16	17	—	74	33	24	16	112	62

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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,^[30] Senegalese performance was overall still deemed as poor. Senegal remained under the shadow of 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 established itself as a new powerhouse in Africa. The 2002 Africa Cup of Nations tournament marked a defeat to Cameroon 2–3 on penalties after a goalless draw in the final.^[31] Senegal once again finished as runners-up in 2019, losing the final 0–1 to Algeria,^[32] and finally won their first AFCON title in 2021.

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Africa Cup of Nations record										Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of France									Part of France
1959	Part of France									Part of France
1962	Not affiliated to CAF									Not affiliated to CAF
1963	Not affiliated to CAF									Not affiliated to CAF
1965	Fourth place	4th	3	1	1	1	5	2	Squad	4	3	0	1	8	4
1968	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	5	5	Squad	4	2	1	1	9	4
1970	Did not qualify									2	0	1	1	5	4
1972										2	0	1	1	1	0
1974										2	0	1	1	3	3
1976										2	0	1	1	5	2
1978										4	2	0	2	6	4
1980	Did not enter									Did not enter
1982	Did not qualify									4	1	0	2	4	2
1984	Did not qualify									4	2	1	0	3	2
1986	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	3	1	Squad	4	4	0	0	5	2
1988	Did not qualify									4	1	3	0	4	0
1990	Fourth place	4th	5	1	2	2	3	3	Squad	2	1	1	0	4	1
1992	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	0	2	4	3	Squad	Qualified as hosts
1994	Quarter-finals	8th	3	1	0	2	2	3	Squad	6	2	1	3	8	9
1996	Did not qualify									8	3	3	2	10	8
1998	Did not qualify									6	2	2	2	5	6
2000	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	6	6	Squad	4	1	2	1	4	4
2002	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	2	0	6	1	Squad	4	1	2	1	4	2
2004	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	4	2	Squad	6	3	0	1	7	1
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	2	0	4	7	8	Squad	10	6	3	1	21	8
2008	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	4	6	Squad	6	3	2	1	12	3
2010	Did not qualify									6	2	3	1	9	7
2012	Group stage	13th	3	0	0	3	3	6	Squad	6	5	1	0	16	2
2013	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	2	6
2015	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	4	Squad	6	4	1	1	8	1
2017	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	6	2	Squad	6	6	0	0	13	2
2019	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	0	2	8	2	Squad	6	5	1	0	12	2
2021	Champions	1st	7	4	3	0	9	2	Squad	6	4	2	0	10	2
2023	Round of 16	9th	4	3	1	0	9	2	Squad	6	4	2	0	12	4
2025	To be determined									To be determined
2027
2029
Total	1 Title	17/34	71	30	18	23	87	58	—	144	67	31	26	210	96

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African Nations Championship

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African Nations Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
2009	Fourth place	4th	5	1	3	1	3	3	Squad
2011	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad
2014	Did not qualify
2016
2018
2020
2022	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	6	1	Squad
Total	Champions	3/7	14	6	5	3	11	6	—

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Amílcar Cabral Cup

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Amílcar Cabral Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1979	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	7	1
1980	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	5	3
1981	Third place	3rd	4	3	0	1	7	2
1982	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	5	1
1983	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	9	4
1984	Champions	1st	5	3	1	1	10	3
1985	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	8	2
1986	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	7	2
1987	Third place	3rd	4	1	1	2	2	2
1988	Third place	3rd	5	2	3	0	10	5
1989	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	3	4
1991	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	7	0
1993	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	6	3
1995	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	5	3
1997	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	5	3
2000	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	3	1	8	6
2001	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	11	3
2005	Runners-up	2nd	4	1	2	1	3	3
2007	Third place	3rd	4	2	1	1	5	4
Total	8 Titles	19/19	82	45	25	14	123	54

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WAFU Nations Cup

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WAFU Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2010	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	4	4
2011	Withdrew
2013	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	8	4
2017	Group stage	5th	4	1	2	1	5	2
2019	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	7	2
2021	To be determined
Total	1 Title	4/5	17	9	4	4	24	12

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Other records

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Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1963 Friendship Games	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	12	3
Jeux de la Francophonie 2005	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	11	3
2015 African Games	Champions	1st	4	2	2	0	5	2
2021 COSAFA Cup	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	8	6
Total	2 Titles	1st	20	13	5	2	36	14

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