Senegal Football Team Squad & Players List For FIFA Club World Cup 2025

June 2, 2025

Senegal Football Team Squad & Senegal Football Players List For FIFA Club World Cup 2025. The Senegal national football team (French: Équipe de football du Senegal) represents Senegal in men’s international football. Controlled by the Senegalese Football Federation, it is a member of both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Nicknamed “the Lions of Teranga”, the team became the second African team to reach the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup after Cameroon in 1990, doing so in 2002 before losing to Turkey in extra time.

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Established in the early 1960s, the team have been regular competitors in the Africa Cup of Nations, where their best performances were runner-up to Cameroon in the 2002 edition in Mali, and to Algeria in the 2019 edition in Egypt. 2002 also saw Senegal compete at the FIFA World Cup for the first time and reach the quarter-finals, having defeated reigning champions France in the opening game. The team made their second World Cup appearance sixteen years later, where they were eliminated in the group stage against Japan based on fair play points.

Senegal Football Team Squad

As of June 2025, Senegal’s national team, the Lions of Teranga, has been actively participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Under the guidance of head coach Pape Thiaw, the squad has seen a blend of seasoned veterans and emerging talents.

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Goalkeepers:

Édouard Mendy (Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia)
Yehvann Diouf (Stade Reims, France)

Defenders:

Kalidou Koulibaly (Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia)
Abdou Diallo (Al-Arabi, Qatar)
Moussa Niakhaté (Olympique Lyonnais, France)
Abdoulaye Seck (Maccabi Haifa, Israel)
Antoine Mendy (Nice, France)
El Hadj Malick Diouf (Slavia Prague, Czech Republic)
Ismail Jakobs (Galatasaray, Turkey)

Midfielders:

Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton, England)
Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur, England)
Pape Gueye (Villarreal, Spain)
Pathé Ciss (Rayo Vallecano, Spain)
Lamine Camara (AS Monaco, France)
Mamadou Lamine Camara (Renaissance Berkane, Morocco)
Habib Diarra (Racing Strasbourg, France)
Krépin Diatta (AS Monaco, France)

Forwards:

Sadio Mané (Al-Nassr, Saudi Arabia)
Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace, England)
Boulaye Dia (Lazio, Italy)
Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea, England)
Iliman Ndiaye (Everton, England)
Cherif Ndiaye (Red Star Belgrade, Serbia)
Cheikh Sabaly (Metz, France)
Abdallah Sima (Stade Brest, France)

Notably, Sadio Mané was absent from the June 2025 friendlies against Ireland and England due to personal reasons. The squad also welcomed new talents like Mamadou Lamine Camara, who recently won the African Confederation Cup with Renaissance Berkane.

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Senegal continues to compete in CAF Group B for World Cup qualification, aiming to secure their spot in the 2026 tournament. The team has been integrating fresh faces while relying on the experience of established players to navigate the qualifiers.

Senegal Football Coach (Manager) – Pape Thiaw

As of June 2025, Pape Thiaw is the head coach of the Senegal national football team. He was appointed in December 2024, succeeding Aliou Cissé, who was dismissed following a directive from the Senegalese government.

Thiaw, a former international forward for Senegal, previously managed the Senegal A’ national team, leading them to victory in the 2022 African Nations Championship. He has now taken on the responsibility of guiding the national team through the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification process.

Under his leadership, Senegal is currently competing in CAF Group B of the World Cup qualifiers, alongside DR Congo, Mauritania, Togo, Sudan, and South Sudan. The group winner will directly qualify for the World Cup, while the runner-up may enter the inter-confederation play-offs.

Thiaw’s appointment marks a new chapter for Senegal as they aim to build on their recent successes and secure a spot in the 2026 World Cup.