Honours:

• African Cup of Nations

Winners (1): 2021
Runners-up (2): 2002, 2019
Fourth place (3): 1965, 1990, 2006


COACH: Aliou CISSÉ






The best ever Senegalese players 23-man squad


GOALKEEPERS:

● Tony SYLVA
● Édouard MENDY


DEFENDERS:

● Ibrahim BA EUSEBIO
● Roger MENDY
● Mamadou TEW
● Omar DAF
● Ferdinand COLY
● Lamine DIATTA
● Kalidou KOULIBALY

MIDFIELDERS:

● Oumar SÈNE
● Aliou CISSÉ
● Salif DIAO
● Khalilou FADIGA
● Papa Bouba DIOP
● Idrissa GUEYE
● Cheikhou KOUYATÉ


FORWARDS:

● Matar NIANG
● Jules BOCANDÉ
● Souleyman SANÉ
● Henri CAMARA
● El Hadji DIOUF
● Sadio MANÉ
● Ismaïla SARR


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RESERVES:


GOALKEEPERS:

● Amady THIAM
● Cheikh SECK
● Omar DIALLO


DEFENDERS:

● Yérim DIAGNE
● Adolphe MENDY
● Pape FALL
● Papa Malick DIOP
● Habib BEYE
● Souleymane DIAWARA
● Lamine GASSAMA
● Saliou CISS
● Youssouf SABALY
● Abdou DIALLO


MIDFIELDERS:

● Louis GOMIS
● Yatma DIOP
● Christophe SAGNA
● Lamine N'DIAYE
● Mamadou FAYE
● Lamine SAGNA
● Moussa N'DIAYE
● Pape SARR
● Frédéric MENDY
● Mohamed DIAMÉ


FORWARDS:

● Mbaye FALL
● Thierno YOUM
● Mamadou DIALLO
● Souleymane CAMARA
● Mamadou NIANG
● Papiss CISSÉ
● Mame Biram DIOUF
● Moussa SOW
● Moussa KONATÉ
● Famara DIÉDHIOU









INFO:

With all respect to N'Daye but Bocandé is probably the best ever attacker from Senegal (+ is still regarded as a national symbol there) and deserves his spot in best XI (since Camara played on the right side as well, he could be moved to the right side with Bocande playing as CF).
Btw, is there any reason why Souleyman Sané isn't in first team here and why Oumar Sené and Louis Gomis aren't part of this team?

Thanks Joe for your suggestion!
I based the first team on goals, caps and 2002 World Cup because I don't know much about this national team early years.
I provided to make the changes.

No need to thank me for this
I'm also no big expert on Senegal NT but Sané was really good when playing in BL although his son Leroy is even more talented (luckily Leroy plays for Germany and not Senegal ).
Btw, is there any reason why your formations are always inverted? If possible, try to add captains/set piece takers to them as well

for benchmarking:

https://pespespes.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/senegal-2/

is a useful page for this teams, you can see some players missing.
Anyway thanks for the team

You're right, I use this site sometimes! Very very helpful

I can do that, no problem.. however the piece takers may be a little random

Is Tony Mario "Sylva"

Yes, he is.

I mean Toni Silva is another soccer player who currently plays in South Africa.

I don't know him but this Tony Silva is the goalkeeper who won the Ligue 1 with Lille.

The Gk is SYlva and the other player is Silva

Sorry for the spamming but I think Khalilou FADIGA earned his place in this team at least more than DIALLO or SOW.

Replaced Moussa Sow with Khalilou Fadiga.

Can't believe that Souleyman Sané was moved back to reserves without a reason while Sarr Boubacar is in first team here. Also interesting to see that both Oumar Sené and Henri Camara (record player, record goalscorer) were removed from best XI without giving a reason for this. But it seems that success on club level is apparently more important for this team than the actual NT performances of the players (otherwise guys like Beye or Boubacar would have never made that team ahead of Coly or Sané).