Senegal at the 2026 World Cup – Squad, Stats, Fixtures & History

FIFA Ranking	17
Confederation	CAF
Manager	Pape Thiaw
Captain	Kalidou Koulibaly
Nickname	Lions of Teranga
World Cup Titles	0
World Cup Appearances	4
Best Finish	Quarterfinals (2002)
2022 World Cup	Round of 16 — lost to England
2026 Group	Group I (France, Senegal, Norway, Iraq)

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Senegal Official Squad — World Cup 2026

26 players · Announced May 21, 2026 by Pape Thiaw (preliminary 28; final 26 confirmed after USA friendly)

This is the official 26-man roster submitted by Pape Thiaw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Goalkeepers

Player	Club	Age	Caps	Goals
Édouard Mendy	Al Ahli	33	9	—
Mory Diaw	Le Havre	32	2	0
Yehvann Diouf	OGC Nice	26	—	—

Defenders

Player	Club	Age	Caps	Goals
Kalidou Koulibaly(C)	Al-Hilal	34	12	—
Krépin Diatta	AS Monaco	26	8	—
Antoine Mendy	OGC Nice	21	5	—
El Hadji Malick Diouf	West Ham United	21	8	—
Mamadou Sarr	Chelsea	20	0	0
Moussa Niakhaté	Olympique Lyonnais	29	11	—
Abdoulaye Seck	Maccabi Haifa	33	—	—
Ismaïl Jakobs	Galatasaray	26	0	0

Midfielders

Player	Club	Age	Caps	Goals
Idrissa Gana Gueye	Everton	36	1	0
Pape Gueye	Villarreal	26	1	0
Lamine Camara	AS Monaco	21	10	—
Habib Diarra	Sunderland	21	2	0
Pathé Ciss	Rayo Vallecano	31	2	0
Pape Matar Sarr	Tottenham Hotspur	23	13	2
Bara Sapoko Ndiaye	Bayern Munich	18	—	—

Forwards

Player	Club	Age	Caps	Goals
Sadio Mané	Al-Nassr	33	11	3
Ismaïla Sarr	Crystal Palace	27	2	0
Iliman Ndiaye	Everton	25	3	0
Assane Diao	Como	20	8	—
Ibrahim Mbaye	Paris Saint-Germain	17	5	—
Nicolas Jackson	Bayern Munich	24	7	3
Bamba Dieng	Lorient	25	1	0
Chérif Ndiaye	Samsunspor	30	10	2

Notable absentees

Sadio Mané at 34 is Senegal's all-time top scorer (53 goals in 127+ caps) and the unquestioned leader of this generation. He has confirmed this will be his final international tournament. Idrissa Gana Gueye is Senegal's most-capped player at 131+ international appearances. Senegal arrive following controversy: they lost the recent AFCON final to Morocco after a disputed CAF decision. Captain Kalidou Koulibaly brings 103+ international caps and leadership to a squad that combines experience (Mané, Gueye, Koulibaly) with rising stars (Lamine Camara, Bara Sapoko Ndiaye, Assane Diao). Senegal open Group I against France on June 16 at MetLife Stadium — a fixture loaded with history (Senegal beat France 1-0 in the 2002 World Cup opener, one of the biggest upsets in tournament history). They then play Norway on June 22 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia and Iraq on June 26 at BMO Field in Toronto.