Senegal announced themselves by reaching the quarter-finals on debut in 2002 and have since become African champions. Powerful and quick, they are the continent’s standard-bearers.

The road ahead

Group game 1 · Tue 16 June

at France1–3 L

Group game 2 · Mon 22 June

at Norway2–3 L

Group game 3 · Fri 26 June

vs Iraq5–0 W

Three group games are guaranteed; the knockout steps unlock as the team advances.