Group I

Senegal Senegal

Post-Mané Senegal is still finding its identity, which is both honest and slightly unfair to Diatta, Dia, and a squad with genuine quality. Physically imposing, defensively organized, and dangerous in transition. The creative spark that Mané provided in his prime has not been fully replaced. Still one of Africa's strongest sides.

This profile summarizes Senegal's World Cup 2026 simulation path from the latest current-state snapshot: group outlook, finish distribution, possible knockout routes, opponent pools, squad context, and title chances.

Champion 0%
Group qualification 100%
Squad market €483.4m
Avg age 26.5
Avg height 1.838m
Manager Pape Thiaw
Current-state snapshot

This profile is based on 10k current-state simulations using the WC26 simulator engine. The numbers are a model snapshot, not a guarantee. Team ratings, squads and injury updates may change over time.

10k current-state simulations

Latest result included: France 0-2 Spain

Guide

How to read this team profile

Group finish and stage reach values are model outputs from the latest current-state team profile snapshot. Path sections show how Senegal's route changes by group finish, while opponent pools summarize the teams most often appearing in each round.

This page uses Knockout-phase current-state snapshot using latest committed Match Updates, official locked results, current ratings, and fixed knockout bracket state as of 15 Jul 2026 1:47 PM UTC+3. Other public forecast pages may still use root compatibility datasets until they are updated separately, and custom Team Strength settings can change future tournament paths in the live simulator.

Group

Finish probabilities

1st 0%
2nd 0%
3rd place 100.0% Qualified from 3rd 100.0% Eliminated in 3rd 0%
4th 0%

Tournament

Stage reach probabilities

R32 100%
R16 0%
QF 0%
SF 0%
Final 0%
Champion 0%

Conditional path

Path by group finish

Finish Sample R32R16QFSFFinalChampion
1st No longer possible
2nd No longer possible
3rd 100.0% 100%0%0%0%0%0%

Overall opponent pool

Most common opponents by round

If reached shows the opponent split among this team's matches in that round. All sims shows how often the matchup happens across the latest current-state snapshot.

R32

Belgium Belgium If reached: 100.0% All sims: 100.0% Matchup win rate: 0%

R16

No opponent samples.

QF

No opponent samples.

SF

No opponent samples.

Final

No opponent samples.

Finish 1st

Senegal opponent pool if finishing 1st

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Finish 2nd

Senegal opponent pool if finishing 2nd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Finish 3rd

Senegal opponent pool if finishing 3rd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

Belgium Belgium If reached: 100.0% Path sims: 100.0% Matchup win rate: 0%

R16

Not enough samples.

QF

Not enough samples.

SF

Not enough samples.

Final

Not enough samples.

Squad

Current squad

26 players
Pos Player Age Height Club Market
GK Yehvann Diouf 26 1,88m OGC Nice €7.0m
GK Edouard Mendy 34 1,94m Al-Ahli SFC €4.5m
GK Mory Diaw 32 1,97m Le Havre AC €900k
CB Mamadou Sarr 20 1,94m Chelsea FC €25.0m
CB Moussa Niakhaté 30 1,90m Olympique Lyon €15.0m
CB Antoine Mendy 22 1,87m OGC Nice €10.0m
CB Moustapha Mbow 26 1,85m Paris FC €9.0m
CB Kalidou Koulibaly 34 1,86m Al-Hilal SFC €5.0m
LB El Hadji Malick Diouf 21 1,83m West Ham United €28.0m
LB Ismail Jakobs 26 1,84m Galatasaray €8.0m
RB Ilay Camara 23 1,80m RSC Anderlecht €4.0m
DM Idrissa Gueye 36 1,74m Everton FC €1.0m
CM Pape Gueye 27 1,89m Villarreal CF €40.0m
CM Lamine Camara 22 1,73m AS Monaco €40.0m
CM Pape Matar Sarr 23 1,84m Tottenham Hotspur €32.0m
CM Habib Diarra 22 1,78m Sunderland AFC €32.0m
CM Bara Sapoko Ndiaye 18 1,83m Bayern Munich €4.0m
RM Krépin Diatta 27 1,75m AS Monaco €6.0m
LW Assane Diao 20 1,85m Como 1907 €30.0m
LW Sadio Mané 34 1,75m Al-Nassr FC €7.0m
RW Iliman Ndiaye 26 1,80m Everton FC €50.0m
RW Ismaïla Sarr 28 1,85m Crystal Palace €35.0m
RW Ibrahim Mbaye 18 1,75m Paris Saint-Germain €30.0m
CF Nicolas Jackson 24 1,87m Bayern Munich €40.0m
CF Bamba Dieng 26 1,78m FC Lorient €15.0m
CF Cherif Ndiaye 30 1,90m Samsunspor €5.0m

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