Senegal's 2026 World Cup squad is officially confirmed, named by head coach Pape Thiaw on June 2, 2026. The 26-player roster brings together three goalkeepers, seven defenders, eleven midfielders and five forwards. Senegal is drawn into Group I, where it faces Les Bleus, Iraq and Norway. The most-played player in the last 12 months of national-team football is Idrissa Gueye, with 1,204 minutes across 13 caps, the squad's most in-form option heading into the tournament. Close behind is Moussa Niakhaté on 1,163 minutes, another of the side's most-used players over the same period. Over the past twelve months the team has posted 15 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, scoring 59 goals and conceding 31. Our ranking orders the squad purely by national-team minutes, not club minutes, and every name links to a player profile with the full minutes and recent-form breakdown.
Matches & results
Group standings
26-man squad
| # | Player | Position | Club | NT minutes (12mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idrissa Gueye | Midfielder | Everton | 1,204 |
| 2 | Moussa Niakhaté | Defender | Lyon | 1,163 |
| 3 | Sadio Mané | Midfielder | Al-Nassr | 1,144 |
| 4 | Krépin Diatta | Defender | Monaco | 1,114 |
| 5 | Pape Gueye | Midfielder | Villarreal | 936 |
| 6 | Édouard Mendy | Goalkeeper | Al-Ahli Jeddah | 903 |
| 7 | Ismaïla Sarr | Midfielder | Crystal Palace | 803 |
| 8 | Nicolas Jackson | Forward | Bayern München | 786 |
| 9 | Iliman Baroy | Midfielder | Everton | 715 |
| 10 | Ismail Jakobs | Midfielder | Galatasaray | 678 |
| 11 | El Diouf | Defender | West Ham | 646 |
| 12 | Lamine Camara | Midfielder | Monaco | 617 |
| 13 | Kalidou Koulibaly | Defender | Al-Hilal Saudi FC | 616 |
| 14 | Mouhamadou Diarra | Forward | Sunderland | 463 |
| 15 | Mory Diaw | Goalkeeper | Le Havre | 421 |
| 16 | Ibrahim Mbaye | Forward | Paris Saint Germain | 405 |
| 17 | Mamadou Sarr | Defender | Chelsea | 362 |
| 18 | Abdoulaye Seck | Defender | Maccabi Haifa | 326 |
| 19 | Pathé Ciss | Midfielder | Rayo Vallecano | 265 |
| 20 | Pape Sarr | Midfielder | Tottenham | 228 |
| 21 | Antoine Mendy | Defender | Nice | 167 |
| 22 | Bara Ndiaye | Midfielder | Bayern München | 118 |
| 23 | Assane Diao | Forward | Como | 66 |
| 24 | Cheikh Mbacké | Forward | Lorient | 41 |
| 25 | Yehvann Diouf | Goalkeeper | Nice | 0 |
| 26 | Bara Sapoko | Midfielder | 0 |
Methodology
Players are ranked by minutes played for the national team over the last 365 days. Ties are broken by appearances. The top 16 are labeled Locked, ranks 17–22 Likely, ranks 23–30 Bubble — a starting frame, not a verdict.
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