Senegal national under-20 football team
The Senegal national U-20 football team (French: Équipe du Sénégal de football U-20), nicknamed Les Lions de la Teranga (young Lions of Teranga) is the feeder team for the Senegal national football team and is controlled by the Senegalese Football Federation. They are the current champions of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations and their official team are the current champions of the AFCON and the CHAN. The first time Senegal qualified for a World Cup was in 2015, where they managed to qualify for the semi-finals up until they lost against Brazil 5-0, their biggest defeat. They then went on to loss the third place match against fellow WAFU member Mali. Senegal ended up finishing in fourth place, their best performance in the tournament.
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| Nickname(s) | Les Lions de la Teranga (Young Lions of Teranga) | ||
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| Association | Senegalese Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFU (West Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Malick Daf | ||
| Captain | Samba Diallo | ||
| Most caps | Libasse Guèye (26) | ||
| Top scorer | Samba Diallo (13) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor | ||
| FIFA code | SEN | ||
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| First international | |||
Senegal 0-2 Gambia  (Senegambia?; 26 July, 1982) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Senegal 5-0 Bahrain  (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 27 February, 2020) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 5-0 Senegal (Christchurch, New Zealand; 17 June, 2015) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2015) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2015) | ||
| Africa U-20 Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1993) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2023) | ||
| Arab Cup U-20 | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2020) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2020) | ||
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Senegal’s first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations was in 1993, when they drew 0-0 against Egypt. They then later lost to Ethiopia and Morocco respectively.
Achievements
- Senegal U-20's have qualified for 4 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals.
- In 2007 & 2009 they got to the 1st Qualifying round, but got knocked out by Ghana (2007) & Nigeria (2009).
- In 2011 they got to the 2nd round, but got knocked out by Egypt.
- In the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup they reached the semi-finals of the finals tournament, losing 5-0 to Brazil and then losing 3-1 in the third-place match against Mali.
- In the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Amadou Sagna made the fastest goal in U-20 championships, 9.6 seconds after the beginning of the match against Tahiti.
Competitive record
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | |||||||
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D1 | L | GS | GA |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1977 | Did not qualify | ||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1979 | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1981 | |||||||
 1983 | |||||||
 1985 | |||||||
 1987 | |||||||
 1989 | |||||||
 1991 | |||||||
| 1993 | |||||||
 1995 | |||||||
 1997 | |||||||
 1999 | |||||||
 2001 | |||||||
 2003 | |||||||
 2005 | |||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2007 | |||||||
 2009 | |||||||
 2011 | |||||||
 2013 | |||||||
 2015 | Fourth place | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
 2017 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
 2019 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
 | Canceled [note 1] | ||||||
| 2023 | Qualified | ||||||
| Total | 4/23 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 |
1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
| Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record | |||||||
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1979 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1981 | |||||||
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| 1989 | |||||||
| 1991 | |||||||
 1993 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1995 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 1997 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 1999 | |||||||
 2001 | |||||||
 2003 | |||||||
 2005 | |||||||
 2007 | |||||||
 2009 | |||||||
 2011 | |||||||
 2013 | |||||||
| 2015 | Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
 2017 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
 2019 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
 2021 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2023 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Total | 6/23 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 26 |
Arab Cup U-20
| Arab Cup U-20 record [note 2] | |||||||||
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| Host nation(s) and year |
Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 2020 |
Champions | 1st of 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | Squad |
| 2021 |
Quarter-finals | 6th of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | Squad |
| Total | Best: Champions | 2 / 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | – |
FIFA World Cup matches
| World Cup matches (By team) | ||||||||
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| Team | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | +/– | % |
| Colombia| | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 50.00 |
| Brazil| | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00 |
 Ecuador| | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
 Mali| | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Mexico| | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Nigeria| | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Poland| | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Portugal| | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Qatar| | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Saudi Arabia| | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| South Korea| | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 0.00 |
 Tahiti| | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
 Ukraine| | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
 United States| | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Uzbekistan| | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 37.50 |
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 24 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss
2021
| 21 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Senegal | 5–1 |  Lebanon | Cairo, Egypt |
| 16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed Mofeed Nasser (Jordan) |
| 24 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Comoros  | 1–5 | Senegal | Cairo, Egypt |
| 16:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt) |
| 27 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 GS | Senegal | 1–1 |  Iraq | Cairo, Egypt |
| 16:00 | Faye  72' |
Report | Abdul Razzaq 28' |
Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria) |
| 30 June 2021 2021 Arab Cup U-20 QF | Senegal | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) | Saudi Arabia | Cairo, Egypt |
| 17:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Amir Loussif (Tunisia) |
| Penalties | ||||
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2023
| 19 February 2023 AFCON U-20 GS | Senegal | 1–0 | Nigeria | Cairo, Egypt |
| 14:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco) |
| 22 February 2023 AFCON U-20 GS | Mozambique  | 0–3 | Senegal | Cairo, Egypt |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Ahmed Abdulrazg (Libya) |
| 25 February 2023 AFCON U-20 GS | Egypt | 0–4 | Senegal | Cairo, Egypt |
| 17:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros) |
| 2 March 2023 AFCON U-20 QF | Senegal | 1–0 | Benin | Cairo, Egypt |
| 14:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Jean-Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda) |
| 6 March 2023 AFCON U-20 SF | Senegal | 3–0 |  Tunisia | Ismailia, Egypt |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Suez Canal Stadium Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia) |
| 11 March 2023 AFCON U-20 Final | Senegal | 2–0 | Gambia | Cairo, Egypt |
| 19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Mahmoud Ahmed Nagy (Egypt) |
| 21 May FIFA World Cup GS | Senegal | v |  Japan | La Plata, Argentina |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata |
| 24 May FIFA World Cup GS | Senegal | v |  Israel | La Plata, Argentina |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata |
| 27 May FIFA World Cup GS | Colombia | v | Senegal | La Plata, Argentina |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de La Plata |
Current squad
The following players were called up to the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.[1][2][3]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Alioune Niang | 1 January 2003 (aged 20) | Linguère |
| 2 | MF | Mouhamed Guèye | 16 November 2003 (aged 19) | US Gorée |
| 3 | MF | Djibril Diarra | 30 April 2004 (aged 18) | Génération Foot |
| 4 | MF | Mamadou Lamine Camara | 5 January 2003 (aged 20) | RS Berkane |
| 5 | MF | Lamine Camara (Vice-captain) | 1 January 2004 (aged 19) |  Metz |
| 6 | DF | Souleymane Basse | 6 November 2003 (aged 19) | Génération Foot |
| 7 | FW | Abdou Salam Ndoye | 15 June 2004 (aged 18) | Espoirs de Guédiawaye |
| 8 | DF | Amidou Diop | 8 March 2004 (aged 18) | Génération Foot |
| 9 | FW | Ibou Sané | 28 March 2005 (aged 17) | Génération Foot |
| 10 | FW | Samba Diallo (captain) | 5 January 2003 (aged 20) | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 11 | MF | Mamadou Gning | 22 December 2006 (aged 16) | Espoirs de Guédiawaye |
| 12 | DF | Babacar N'Diaye | 25 October 2004 (aged 18) | AS Douanes |
| 13 | DF | Seydou Sano | 27 October 2004 (aged 18) | US Gorée |
| 14 | MF | Libasse Ngom | 4 December 2003 (aged 19) | Guédiawaye FC |
| 15 | MF | Ibrahima Cissoko | 18 April 2003 (aged 19) | US Gorée |
| 16 | GK | Mamour N'diaye | 22 October 2005 (aged 17) | Oslo FA |
| 17 | DF | Sadibou Sané | 10 June 2004 (aged 18) | Génération Foot |
| 18 | DF | Mapenda Mbow | 20 July 2004 (aged 18) | Espoirs de Guédiawaye |
| 19 | FW | Pape Amadou Diallo | 25 June 2004 (aged 18) | Metz |
| 20 | MF | Pape Diop | 4 September 2003 (aged 19) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Zulte Waregem |
| 21 | MF | Ibrahima Seck | 1 January 2004 (aged 19) | US Gorée |
| 22 | FW | Mame Faye | 12 July 2005 (aged 17) | AF Darou Salam |
| 23 | GK | Landing Badji | 21 September 2003 (aged 19) | AS Pikine |
| 24 | DF | Mouhamed Guèye | 15 October 2003 (aged 19) | Diambars |
| 25 | DF | Mbaye N'diaye | 21 March 2003 (aged 19) | Dakar Sacré-Cœur |
| 26 | FW | Souleymane Faye | 8 February 2003 (aged 20) |  Talavera de la Reina |
Notes
- due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FIFA were forced to cancel the tournament
- Senegal have only been invited twice
References
- "CAN EGYPTE U2O: LE COACH MALICK DAF PUBLIE SA LISTE". (in French). Senegalese Football Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2023
- "Foot : le Sénégal publie sa liste pour la Can U20". fr.apanews.net/ (in French). Agence de Presse Africaine. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- "Senegal". (PDF). Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
External links
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