Arguably Africa's strongest side, unbeaten in qualifying and 2025 AFCON finalists. Captain Koulibaly anchors a Premier-League-heavy spine; Sadio Mané leads one final World Cup charge before international retirement.
Head coach
Pape Thiaw
Since Dec 2024
Group result
Group I (3rd place)
R32: vs Group I winner (France)
Squad avg age
26.0
26-player squad
Squad market value
€478m
est., 26 of 26
Next fixture
Jun 30 · New York/NJ →
2025 AFCON finalists; first World Cup as head coach
Squad
Full 26-man squad · club at selection · senior caps| # | Pos | Player | Club (league) | Age | Caps | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Yehvann Diouf | Nice (FRA) | 26 | 2 | €7m |
| 16 | GK | Édouard Mendy | Al-Ahli (KSA) | 33 | 57 | €4m |
| 23 | GK | Mory Diaw | Le Havre (FRA) | 32 | 5 | €900k |
| 2 | DF | Mamadou Sarr | Chelsea (ENG) | 20 | 8 | €22m |
| 3 | DF | Kalidou Koulibaly(C) | Al-Hilal (KSA) | 34 | 103 | €4.5m |
| 4 | DF | Abdoulaye Seck | Maccabi Haifa (ISR) | 33 | 22 | €400k |
| 14 | DF | Ismail Jakobs | Galatasaray (TUR) | 26 | 30 | €8m |
| 15 | DF | Krépin Diatta | Monaco (FRA) | 26 | 61 | €6m |
| 19 | DF | Moussa Niakhaté | Lyon (FRA) | 29 | 31 | €15m |
| 24 | DF | Antoine Mendy | Nice (FRA) | 21 | 7 | €10m |
| 25 | DF | El Hadji Malick Diouf | West Ham United (ENG) | 21 | 20 | €28m |
| 5 | MF | Idrissa Gueye | Everton (ENG) | 36 | 131 | €500k |
| 6 | MF | Pathé Ciss | Rayo Vallecano (ESP) | 31 | 30 | €1.8m |
| 8 | MF | Lamine Camara | Monaco (FRA) | 21 | 33 | €40m |
| 17 | MF | Pape Matar Sarr | Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) | 23 | 40 | €30m |
| 21 | MF | Habib Diarra | Sunderland (ENG) | 21 | 21 | €35m |
| 22 | MF | Bara Sapoko Ndiaye | Bayern Munich (GER) | 18 | 1 | €4m |
| 26 | MF | Pape Gueye | Villarreal (ESP) | 26 | 41 | €40m |
| 7 | FW | Assane Diao | Como (ITA) | 20 | 5 | €30m |
| 9 | FW | Bamba Dieng | Lorient (FRA) | 25 | 23 | €15m |
| 10 | FW | Sadio Mané | Al-Nassr (KSA) | 33 | 128 | €6m |
| 11 | FW | Nicolas Jackson | Bayern Munich (GER) | 24 | 33 | €40m |
| 12 | FW | Cherif Ndiaye | Samsunspor (TUR) | 29 | 19 | €5m |
| 13 | FW | Iliman Ndiaye | Everton (ENG) | 25 | 40 | €55m |
| 18 | FW | Ismaïla Sarr | Crystal Palace (ENG) | 27 | 83 | €40m |
| 20 | FW | Ibrahim Mbaye | Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) | 17 | 11 | €30m |