Senegal national football team
The Senegal national football team, nicknamed Les Lions de la Teranga, represents Senegal in international association football and is operated by the Senegalese Football Federation. They are the current champions of the African Nations Championship.
Supporters wearing the away kit
Aliou Cisse, the current coach of the national team since 2015, is considered the most successful coach in the team's history, leading the team to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations and to participate in the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. He was the captain of the team that reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Bruno Metsu, coach of the national team between 2000 and 2002, led the team to the final of the 2002 African Nations Cup and to participate for the first time in the FIFA World Cup in 2002, where it reached the quarter-finals.
Idrissa Gueye is Senegal's most capped player with 110 appearances.
African Nations Championship
The African Nations Championship, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship and commonly abbreviated as CHAN, is a biennial African association football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 2009 and first announced on 11 September 2007. The participating nations must consist of players playing in their national league competitions.
Cape Town Stadium, one of the 2010 FIFA World Cup stadiums, home of the 2014 final.
The Leopards welcomed at N'djili Airport after winning the 2016 edition.
Cameroon vs DR Congo at the quarter-finals of the 2020 edition.
Given Singuluma, the inaugural tournament hat-trick scorer.