Factfile for 2008 African Nations Cup Group D contenders Senegal:
Qualifying results
Group 7
(Home result first)
Senegal finished first
Scorers
3 - Mamadou Niang
2 - Henri Camara, Guirane Ndaw,
1 - Demba Ba, El-Hadji Diouf, Diomansy Kamara, Ousmane Ndoye, Fernando Matola (MOZ)-own goal
Group fixtures
Squad
(figure indicates shirt number. Key: GK goalkeeper, DF defender, MD midfielder, ST striker)
1. Tony Sylva (Lille/FRA) GK
2. Ibrahima Sonko (Reading/ENG) DF
3. Guirane Ndaw (Sochaux/FRA) DF
4. Mohamed Sarr (Standard Liege/BEL) DF
5. Souleymane Diawara (Bordeaux/FRA) DF
6. Ibrahima Faye (Troyes/FRA) DF
7. Henri Camara (West Ham/ENG) ST
8. Mamadou Niang (Marseille/FRA) ST
9. Babacar Gueye (Metz/FRA) MD
10. Ousmane Ndoye (Academica Coimbra/POR) MD
11. El-Hadji Diouf (Bolton/ENG) ST
12. Bayal Sall (St Etienne/FRA) MD
13. Lamine Diatta (unattached) DF
14. Pape Ndiaye (Genoa/ITA) MD
15. Diomansy Kamara (Fulham/ENG) MD
16. Cheikh Ndiaye (Creteil/FRA) GK
17. Modou Sougou (Leiria/POR) ST
18. Frederic Mendy (Bastia/FRA) MD
19. Pape Bouba Diop (Portsmouth/ENG) MD
20. Abdoulaye Faye (Newcastle/ENG) DF
21. Habib Beye (Newcastle/ENG) DF
22. Papa Ba (Basel/SUI) MD
23. Bouna Coundoul (Colorado Rapids/USA) GK
Coach
Henri Kasperczak (POL)
Rankings
7 (Africa)
40 (World)
Nickname
Teranga Lions
Previous appearances
1965 - fourth
1968 - first round
1986 - first round
1990 - fourth
1992 - quarter-finals
1994 - quarter-finals
2000 - quarter-finals
2002 - runners-up
2004 - quarter-finals
2006 - semi-finals
Nations Cup record
P40 W15 D9 L16 F45 A34
Record win
Ethiopia 5-1 (1965)
Record loss
All 16 defeats have been by one-goal margin