months. INJ INJ DEC Player refused to join the team after the call-up. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Player has retired from international football. SUS Suspended from the national team. Player records Players in bold are still active with Senegal. Most appearances Top goalscorers Competitive record FIFA World Cup Senegal have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on three occasions, in 2002 where they reached the quarter finals, in 2018, and in 2022. 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 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 established itself as a new powerhouse in Africa. The 2002 Africa Cup of Nations tournament marked a defeat 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, and finally won their first AFCON title in 2021. {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" width="60%" |- ! style="background:#00853F; color:#FDEF42; " colspan=10|Africa Cup of Nations record |- !Year !Round !Position ! ! !* ! ! ! !Squad |- | 1957 | colspan=9 rowspan=2|Part of |- | 1959 |- | 1962|| colspan="9" rowspan="2" |Not affiliated to CAF |- | 1963 |-style="background:#9acdff;" | 1965||Fourth place ||4th||3||1||1||1||5||2||Squad |- | 1968||Group stage||5th||3||1||1||1||5||5||Squad |- | 1970 | colspan=9 rowspan=5|Did not qualify |- | 1972 |- | 1974 |- | 1976 |- | 1978 |- | 1980||colspan=9|Did not enter |- | 1982|| colspan="9" rowspan="2" |Did not qualify |- | 1984 |- | 1986||Group stage||5th||3||2||0||1||3||1||Squad |- | 1988||colspan=9|Did not qualify |-style="background:#9acdff;" | 1990 ||Fourth place ||4th ||5 ||1 ||2 ||2 ||3 ||3||Squad |- |style="border: 3px solid red "| 1992||Quarter-finals||5th||3||1||0||2||4||3||Squad |- | 1994||Quarter-finals||8th||3||1||0||2||2||3||Squad |- | 1996|| colspan="9" rowspan="2" |Did not qualify |- | 1998 |- | 2000||Quarter-finals||7th||4||1||1||2||6||6||Squad |- bgcolor="silver" | 2002||Runners-up||2nd||6||4||2||0||6||1||Squad |- | 2004||Quarter-finals||6th||4||1||2||1||4||2||Squad |-style="background:#9acdff;" | 2006||Fourth place||4th||6||2||0||4||7||8||Squad |- | 2008||Group stage||12th||3||0||2||1||4||6||Squad |- | 2010||colspan=9|Did not qualify |- | 2012||Group stage||13th||3||0||0||3||3||6||Squad |- | 2013||colspan=9|Did not qualify |- |