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]
FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
2030 | ||||||||
Total | Quarter-finals | 3/25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 |
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 |
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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 |
France | 0–1 | Senegal |
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(Report) | Bouba Diop 30' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
Poland | 1–2 | Senegal |
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| Report |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
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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 | |
Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
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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
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