It’s a prestigious poster that awaits Senegal this November! The Teranga Lions, who qualified for the 2026 World Cup on the final day of the Africa zone qualifiers at the beginning of October, will actually play two friendly matches, one of which will be against Brazil (November 13 in London).
Pape Thiaw’s players will try to repeat the feat they achieved during their last stay in England, on June 10 in Nottingham, where they scored a historic victory against Harry Kane’s Three Lions (3-1). After facing the Seleçao, the Senegalese will head to Turkey to face Kenya (November 18 in Antalya).
Senegal with its stars
These two meetings should allow Senegal, which remains on four consecutive successes, to build up maximum confidence and refine certain adjustments one month before CAN 2025, which will take place in Morocco (from December 21 to January 18). So the national coach called on his usual executives for these two meetings.
In his list, revealed Thursday, Pape Thiaw notably retained Edouard Mendy as goalkeeper, Kalidou Koulibaly and Moussa Niakhaté in defense, as well as Idrissa Gueye and Pape Gueye in the middle. In attack, the Lions’ offensive potential is considerable with Ismaïla Sarr, Iliman Ndiaye, Nicolas Jackson, Habib Diallo and of course star Sadio Mané.
