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One of Africa's most famous national football teams, Senegal reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the second team from Africa to do so (after Cameroon in 1990). They managed to upset defending world champions France , finish second in their group, and beat Sweden in extra time in the round of 16, before losing to Turkey in the ...
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The men's national football team's greatest international success was reaching the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, becoming only the second African team at the time to do so. [4] [5] The nation won their first Africa Cup of Nations title in 2021. [6] They also reached the final in 2002 and 2019. [7] [8] [9]
This is a list of football (soccer) clubs in Senegal. For a complete list see Category:Football clubs in Senegal. Key. Key to Divisional Change; New club
The U23 national men's football team or ‘Senegal Olympic’ represents Senegal at the U23 level and at the Olympics. Most notably, the Cubs of Teranga (French: Lionceaux de la Teranga) reached the quarter-finals in the 2012 Olympics [38] and 4th place at the CAF U23 Championship in 2011. [39]
Ligue 1 is the top division of the Senegal Football Association, it was founded in 1960. The league also hosts a domestic cup, the Coupe de la Ligue. Football clubs from the Senegal Premier League also compete for the Senegal FA Cup. In the 2023-24 Ligue 1 season, a total of 182,915 paying visitors attended the clubs. [1]
Serigné Kara later signed a deal with Tromsø IL on 17 February 2010 and became the first Senegalese (and probably West African) to play both in Tromsø and a team based north of the Arctic Circle. [4] Salou Ciss later signed and played with that club and was the second Senegalese to play with a Tromsø based club.
Senegal women's national under-17 football team is a youth association football team operated under the auspices of Senegalese Football Federation. [1] Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior Senegal women's national football team .