Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations

Senegal have played in sixteen editions of the 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, Senegalese performance was overall still deemed as poor. Senegal remained under the shadow of much more successful 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 officially established itself as a new powerhouse in Africa. The 2002 Africa Cup of Nations tournament marked the best ever result in Senegalese football history, with the team falling to Cameroon 2–3 on penalties after a goalless draw in the final. Senegal once again finished as runners-up in 2019, losing the final 0–1 to Algeria. The nation finally won their first AFCON title in 2021, defeating Egypt on penalties in the final.

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1957	Did not enter
1959
1962
1963
1965	Fourth place	4th	3	1	1	1	5	2
1968	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	5	5
1970	Did not qualify
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980	Did not enter
1982	Did not qualify
1984
1986	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	3	1
1988	Did not qualify
1990	Fourth place	4th	5	1	2	2	3	3
1992	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	0	2	4	3
1994	Quarter-finals	8th	3	1	0	2	2	3
1996	Did not qualify
1998
2000	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	6	6
2002	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	2	0	6	1
2004	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	4	2
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	2	0	4	7	8
2008	Group stage	12th	3	0	2	1	4	6
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Group stage	13th	3	0	0	3	3	6
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2017	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	6	2
2019	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	0	2	8	2
2021	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	9	2
2023	Qualified
2025	To be determined
2027
Total	1 Title	17/36	67	27	17	23	78	56

Matches

Tournament	Date	Location	Round	Opponent	Score	Senegal scorers
1965	14 November 1965	Tunis	Group stage	Tunisia	0–0
	19 November 1965			Ethiopia	5–1	Louis Camara (x2), El Hadji Oumar Guèye, Matar Niang (x2)
	21 November 1965		Third place	Ivory Coast	0–1
1968	12 January 1968	Asmara	Group stage	Ghana	2–2	Doudou Diongue, Yatma Diop
	14 January 1968			Congo-Brazzaville	2–1	Yatma Diop, Yatma Diouck
	16 January 1968			Congo-Kinshasa	1–2	Yatma Diouck
1986	7 March 1986	Cairo	Group stage	Egypt	1–0	Thierno Youm
	10 March 1986			Mozambique	2–0	Pape Fall, Jules Bocandé
	13 March 1986			Ivory Coast	0–1
1990	3 March 1990	Annaba	Group stage	Kenya	0–0
	6 March 1990			Cameroon	2–0	Mamadou Diallo, Moussa N'Dao
	9 March 1990			Zambia	0–0
	12 March 1990	Algiers	Semi-finals	Algeria	1–2	Abdelhakim Serrar (o.g.)
	15 March 1990		Third place	Zambia	0–1
1992	12 January 1992	Dakar	Group stage	Nigeria	1–2	Jules Bocandé
	16 January 1992			Kenya	3–0	Souleymane Sané, Jules Bocandé, Victor Diagne
	19 January 1992		Quarter-finals	Cameroon	0–1
1994	29 March 1994	Sousse	Group stage	Guinea	2–1	Momath Gueye, Athanas Tendeng
	31 March 1994			Ghana	0–1
	3 April 1994		Quarter-finals	Zambia	0–1
2000	25 January 2000	Kano	Group stage	Burkina Faso	3–1	Henri Camara, Pape Sarr, Salif Keita
	28 January 2000			Egypt	0–1
	2 February 2000	Lagos		Zambia	2–2	Henri Camara, Abdoulaye M'Baye
	7 February 2000		Quarter-finals	Nigeria	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Khalilou Fadiga
2002	20 January 2002	Bamako	Group stage	Egypt	1–0	Lamine Diatta
	26 January 2002			Zambia	1–0	Souleymane Camara
	31 January 2002	Kayes		Tunisia	0–0
	4 February 2002	Bamako	Quarter-finals	DR Congo	2–0	Salif Diao, El Hadji Diouf
	7 February 2002		Semi-finals	Nigeria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Papa Bouba Diop, Salif Diao
	10 February 2002		Final	Cameroon	0–0 (2–3 p)
2004	26 January 2004	Tunis	Group stage	Burkina Faso	0–0
	30 January 2004	Bizerte		Kenya	3–0	Mamadou Niang (x2), Papa Bouba Diop
	2 February 2004	Tunis		Mali	1–1	Habib Beye
	7 February 2004	Radès	Quarter-finals	Tunisia	0–1
2006	23 January 2006	Port Said	Group stage	Zimbabwe	2–0	Henri Camara, Issa Ba
	27 January 2006			Ghana	0–1
	31 January 2006			Nigeria	1–2	Souleymane Camara
	3 February 2006	Alexandria	Quarter-finals	Guinea	3–2	Papa Bouba Diop, Mamadou Niang, Henri Camara
	7 February 2006	Cairo	Semi-finals	Egypt	1–2	Mamadou Niang
	9 February 2006		Third place	Nigeria	0–1
2008	23 January 2008	Tamale	Group stage	Tunisia	2–2	Moustapha Bayal Sall, Diomansy Kamara
	27 January 2008			Angola	1–3	Abdoulaye Faye
	31 January 2008	Kumasi		South Africa	1–1	Henri Camara
2012	21 January 2012	Bata	Group stage	Zambia	1–2	Dame N'Doye
	25 January 2012			Equatorial Guinea	1–2	Moussa Sow
	29 January 2012			Libya	1–2	Deme N'Diaye
2015	19 January 2015	Mongomo	Group stage	Ghana	2–1	Mame Biram Diouf, Moussa Sow
	23 January 2015			South Africa	1–1	Kara Mbodji
	27 January 2015	Malabo		Algeria	0–2
2017	15 January 2017	Franceville	Group stage	Tunisia	2–0	Sadio Mané, Kara Mbodji
	19 January 2017			Zimbabwe	2–0	Sadio Mané, Henri Saivet
	23 January 2017			Algeria	2–2	Papakouli Diop, Moussa Sow
	28 January 2017		Quarter-finals	Cameroon	0–0 (4–5 p)
2019	23 June 2019	Cairo	Group stage	Tanzania	2–0	Keita Baldé, Krépin Diatta
	27 June 2019			Algeria	0–1
	1 July 2019			Kenya	3–0	Ismaïla Sarr, Sadio Mané (x2 (p))
	5 July 2019		Round of 16	Uganda	1–0	Sadio Mané
	10 July 2019		Quarter-finals	Benin	1–0	Idrissa Gueye
	14 July 2019		Semi-finals	Tunisia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Dylan Bronn (o.g.)
	19 July 2019		Final	Algeria	0–1
2021	10 January 2022	Bafoussam	Group stage	Zimbabwe	1–0	Sadio Mané (p)
	14 January 2022			Guinea	0–0
	18 January 2022			Malawi	0–0
	25 January 2022		Round of 16	Cape Verde	2–0	Sadio Mané, Bamba Dieng
	30 January 2022	Douala	Quarter-finals	Equatorial Guinea	3–1	Famara Diédhiou, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Ismaïla Sarr
	2 February 2022	Yaoundé	Semi-finals	Burkina Faso	3–1	Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gueye, Sadio Mané
	6 February 2022		Final	Egypt	0–0 (4–2 p)

See also

• Senegal at the FIFA World Cup

External links

• Africa Cup of Nations - Archives competitions - cafonline.com