# Senegal men's national basketball team

The Senegal national basketball team (French: Équipe de basketball du Senegal) represents Senegal in men's international basketball and it is overseen by Federation Senegalaise de basketball, five time a gold medallist (in 1968, 1972, 1978, 1980, and 1997), a six time silver medallist, and a four time bronze medallist at the FIBA Africa Championship. Senegal was the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament.
The team has included several players who have competed in the U.S. National Basketball Association, including former Charlotte Bobcats center DeSagana Diop and current Minnesota Timberwolves center Gorgui Dieng, and is considered to be, along with those of Nigeria and Angola, a top African side.

## History

Senegal's international participation debuted at the 1968 Summer Olympics. They would have a dominating performance on the African continent at times in the years to follow. Senegal has had many world-elite basketball players, especially at the center position, which helped the team to compete at many major international tournaments. At times, however, the team was overly dependent on its NBA-players. An example was in the mid-2000s, when it struggled with injuries. Having finished as the runner-up to Angola in the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship, Senegal qualified for play in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, where the squad finished last in Group D and twenty-second among the twenty-four sides to have contested the championship, having lost to the United States, Italy, Slovenia, China, and Puerto Rico.

## Performance table
### Olympic Games

| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
| 1968 | 15 | 1968 Summer Olympics | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1972 | 15 | 1972 Summer Olympics | Munich, Germany |
| 1980 | 11 | 1980 Summer Olympics | Moscow, Soviet Union |

### FIBA World Cup

| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
| 1978 | 14 | 1978 FIBA World Championship | Philippines |
| 1998 | 15 | 1998 FIBA World Championship | Greece |
| 2006 | 22 | 2006 FIBA World Championship | Japan |
| 2014 | 16 | 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup | Spain |
| 2019 | 30 | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup | China |

### FIBA Africa Championship

| Year | Position | Tournament | Host |
| 1962 | – | FIBA Africa Championship 1962 | Cairo, Egypt |
| 1964 | 5 | FIBA Africa Championship 1964 | Casablanca, Morocco |
| 1965 | 4 | FIBA Africa Championship 1965 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1968 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1968 | Casablanca, Morocco |
| 1970 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1970 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 1972 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1972 | Dakar, Senegal |
| 1974 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1974 | Bangui, Central African Republic |
| 1975 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1975 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 1978 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1978 | Dakar, Senegal |
| 1980 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1980 | Rabat, Morocco |
| 1981 | 5 | FIBA Africa Championship 1981 | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| 1983 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1983 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 1985 | 4 | FIBA Africa Championship 1985 | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1987 | 6 | FIBA Africa Championship 1987 | Tunis, Tunisia |
| 1989 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1989 | Luanda, Angola |
| 1992 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1992 | Cairo, Egypt |
| 1993 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1993 | Nairobi, Kenya |
| 1995 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1995 | Algiers, Algeria |
| 1997 | | FIBA Africa Championship 1997 | Dakar, Senegal |
| 1999 | 7 | FIBA Africa Championship 1999 | Angola |
| 2001 | 7 | FIBA Africa Championship 2001 | Morocco |
| 2003 | 4 | FIBA Africa Championship 2003 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 2005 | | FIBA Africa Championship 2005 | Algiers, Algeria |
| 2007 | 9 | FIBA Africa Championship 2007 | Angola |
| 2009 | 7 | FIBA Africa Championship 2009 | Libya |
| 2011 | 5 | FIBA Africa Championship 2011 | Antananarivo, Madagascar |
| 2013 | | FIBA Africa Championship 2013 | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 2015 | 4 | FIBA Africa Championship 2015 | Radès, Tunisia |
| 2017 | | AfroBasket 2017 | Senegal/Tunisia |
| 2021 | | AfroBasket 2021 | Rwanda |
| 2025 | Qualified | AfroBasket 2025 | Angola |

### African Games

* 1965 –
* 1973 – 4th
* 1978 –
* 1987 –
* 1991 –
* 1999 – 5th
* 2003 –

## Team
### Current roster

Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Youssou Ndoye | Malik Dime | Boubacar Toure |
| PF | Gorgui Dieng | Ibrahima Fall Faye | Pape Moustapha Diop |
| SF | Mouhamed Ndiaye | Babacar Sane | |
| SG | Jean Jacques Boissy | Cheikh Bamba Diallo | |
| PG | Alkaly Ndour | Mamadou Faye | |

### Notable players

Other current notable players from Senegal:

### Famous former players

* DeSagana Diop

### Head coach position

* Abdourahmane N'Diaye – 2005
* Sam Vincent – 2007
* Parfaito Adjivon – 2009
* Abdourahmane N'Diaye – 2009–10
* Alain Weisz – 2011
* Cheikh Sarr – 2012–2015
* Porfirio Fisac – 2016–2017
* Moustapha Gaye – 2019–2020
* Boniface N'Dong – 2020–present

### Past rosters

1968 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 16 teams
Cheikh Fall, Moussa Sene, Alioune Gueye, Babacar Dia, Papa Diop, Mousse N'Diaye, Babacar Traore, Claude Sadio, Claude Constantino, Babacar Seck, Mansour Diagne, Doudou Camara (Coach: Alioune Diop)
1972 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 16 teams
Cheikh Fall, Babacar Traore, Mohamadou Diop, Babacar Seck, Papa Diop, Alioune Gueye, Pierre Sagna, Abdourahmane N'Diaye, Sylvestre Lopis, Assane Thiam, Joseph Diandy, Doudou Camara (Coach: Amadou Diaw)
1978 World Championship: finished 14th among 14 teams
Mathieu Faye, Bireyma Sadi Diagne, Madiagne N'Diaye, A.Diouf, B.Kaba, J.Lopez, M.Diagne, M.Gueye, J.Toupane, A.Diop, A.Dogue, L.Diop (Coach: I.Diagne)
1980 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams
Mathieu Faye, Madiagne N'Diaye, Mohamadou Diop, Oumar Dia, Mamadou Diop, Bassirou Badji, Yamar Samb, Bireyma Sadi Diagne, Yaya Cissokho, Modou Tall, Moussa M'Bengue, Hadrame N'Diaye (Coach: Ibrahima Diagne)
1998 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams
Makhtar N'Diaye, Mamadou Diouf, Mamadou N'Diaye, Cheikh Yaya Dia, Raymond Carvalho, Mouhamadou Sow, Assane N'Diaye, Boubacar Aw, Kader Malik Fall, Vincent Da Sylva, Samba Aly Ngone Niang, Omer Ba (Coach: Ousseynou Ndiaga Diop)
2006 World Championship: finished 22nd among 24 teams
Makhtar N'Diaye, Babacar Cisse, Mamadou Diouf, Sitapha Savane, Malick Badiane, Mamadou N'Diaye, El Kabir Pene, Pape Ibrahim Faye, Mouhamadou Niang, Souleymane Aw, N'Dongo N'Diaye, Meleye N'Doye (Coach: Moustapha Gaye)
2014 World Championship: finished 16th among 24 teams
Team for the 2015 AfroBasket:

## Kit
### Manufacturer

2015 – Nike

### Sponsor

2015 – Orange