Senegal national under-20 football team

Senegal national under-20 football team
The Senegal national U-20 football team (French: Équipe du Sénégal de football U-20), nicknamed Les Lions de la Teranga (young Lions of Teranga) is the feeder team for the Senegal national football team and is controlled by the Senegalese Football Federation. They are the current champions of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations and their official team are the current champions of the AFCON and the CHAN.
The first time Senegal qualified for a World Cup was in 2015, where they managed to qualify for the semi-finals up until they lost against Brazil 5-0, their biggest defeat. They then went on to loss the third place match against fellow WAFU member Mali. Senegal ended up finishing in fourth place, their best performance in the tournament.
Senegal’s first appearance in the Africa Cup of Nations was in 1993, when they drew 0-0 against Egypt. They then later lost to Ethiopia and Morocco respectively.
Achievements
Senegal U-20's have qualified for 4 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals.
In 2007 & 2009 they got to the 1st Qualifying round, but got knocked out by Ghana (2007) & Nigeria (2009).
In 2011 they got to the 2nd round, but got knocked out by Egypt.
In the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup they reached the semi-finals of the finals tournament, losing 5-0 to Brazil and then losing 3-1 in the third-place match against Mali.
In the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Amadou Sagna made the fastest goal in U-20 championships, 9.6 seconds after the beginning of the match against Tahiti.
2023 U-20 World Cup
Being the current champion of Africa under-20, Senegal's favoritism to pass the stage was very big after an impressive display in the U-20 AFCON in Egypt, winning all games without conceding a goal as Senegal continued to conquer Africa. However, the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup became a total disaster for the Senegalese, as they started with a shock 0–1 defeat to Japan. Senegal also failed to hold the line properly against Israel in a humiliating 1–1 draw, where a Senegalese player even scored an own goal. Senegal improved against Colombia in the final match, and led 1–0 until the fifth minutes of added time in the second half when a late goal from the Colombian side ensured Senegal to finish bottom and suffer a group stage exit. This was the first-time ever in Senegalese football history, a national team of the country finished bottom of the table, a humiliating exit for the African champions. To make thing worse, Nigeria, Gambia and Tunisia, both lost to Senegal in the earlier U-20 AFCON, successfully reached the knockout stage, ensuring Senegal's humiliation in the tournament.
Competitive record
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
1Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Arab Cup U-20
FIFA World Cup matches
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 24 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2021
2023
Players
Current squad
The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May-June 2023.
Caps and goals correct as of 11 March 2023, after the match against Gambia.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been selected for the Senegal Under-20 squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.
Notes
References
External links
RSSSF archive of results 1961–
African national under-20 association football teams
Under-20