Senegal to dominate African football longterm?
Senegal to dominate African football longterm?
Currently:
African champions
CHAN champions
U20 champions
U17 champions
They look set to be dominant in the long term.
African champions
CHAN champions
U20 champions
U17 champions
They look set to be dominant in the long term.
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Comrade Machel
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Re: Senegal to dominate African football longterm?
I hope not. Not impressed by them. Take away physicality nothing is left
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Saints baby we did it
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Re: Senegal to dominate African football longterm?
As Ndi Dakar I gbadun their grassroot efforts, has any other country ever been this dominant?
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Re: Senegal to dominate African football longterm?
confidence level and mental belief... something CE members like kongi, mace, damunk, VE etc have no clue about
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Re: Senegal to dominate African football longterm?
Say what you must, this is impressive, cleaning the entire board of African football honors available to a country
Hope it's the beginning of great things from a world perspective
Definitely a case study of an organized football system across the board
Kudos to their FA
Hope it's the beginning of great things from a world perspective
Definitely a case study of an organized football system across the board
Kudos to their FA
For my sceptical Nigerian Friends : Pessimism is great because you are either always right or pleasantly surprised.
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They believed in their people. All Localakamoke wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 8:07 am Say what you must, this is impressive, cleaning the entire board of African football honors available to a country
Hope it's the beginning of great things from a world perspective
Definitely a case study of an organized football system across the board
Kudos to their FA
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Re: Senegal to dominate African football longterm?
Unlike our people chasing after Oyinbo like ashewos. Vancity, the number 1 Ashewo in CEBigpokey24 wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 12:43 pmThey believed in their people. All Localakamoke wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 8:07 am Say what you must, this is impressive, cleaning the entire board of African football honors available to a country
Hope it's the beginning of great things from a world perspective
Definitely a case study of an organized football system across the board
Kudos to their FA
Re: Senegal to dominate African football longterm?
Looks like it is between Senegal 
and Morocco 
(clubs from the latter are African Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup holders). 
and Morocco 
(clubs from the latter are African Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup holders). 
Re: Senegal to dominate African football longterm?
The standout element of Senegal's success is their coaching longevity and stability. Cisse has been the coach for almost 10 years. Can you imagine Nigerians allowing a coach to stay in his job for 7 years before he won his first trophy? Even as African champion, if Cisse was Nigerian, he would have been fired after losing to England in the World Cup second round, and the NFF would have announced a search for a new coach to "build a new team".
https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/67864876
Afcon 2023: How Senegal came to dominate African football
Published
17 hours ago
A triptych showing pictures of Senegal captains lifting the Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Africa Cup of Nations and African Nations Championship trophiesImage source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Senegal followed up their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations title (centre) with successes at the Under-17 Afcon and CHAN finals last year
By Rob Stevens and Yusuf Akinpelu
BBC Sport Africa
Morocco may have made history in 2022 by becoming the first African team to reach the Fifa World Cup semi-finals, but the continent's dominant footballing force lies further down the coast in Senegal.
The Teranga Lions are defending their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) title in Ivory Coast this month, but that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Senegal are also reigning continental champions at Under-17 and Under-20 level, and even won the African Nations Championship (CHAN), the competition for domestic-based players for the first time last year.
Aliou Cisse's men began their Group C campaign with a 3-0 win over The Gambia on Monday as they look to become the first side to register back-to-back Afcon triumphs since Egypt won their third in a row in 2010.
"We have just the one star," the 47-year-old, referring to having lifted the trophy just once, said.
"We are keen to win again, to continue winning it."
Cisse himself was part of Senegal's original golden generation, which finished as runners-up at the 2002 Afcon before reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup later that year on the country's debut at the finals.
Former international team-mate El Hadji Diouf believes Senegal's recent success is the result of both a strong partnership between the government and the country's football federation (FSF) and critical investment in facilities.
"Everywhere you go in Senegal, all the cities have academies," Diouf told BBC Sport Africa.
"They start young, at Under-10, and have tournaments every year. We want to improve that and have the same organisation like in England and France.
"I have to say congratulations and thanks for our government because that's a policy and they give the money. And the president of the FSF, Augustin Senghor, is working so well."
Senegal's hold over the African game even stretches to beach soccer, with the country winning the past four continental titles and finishing fourth at the last Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia in 2021.
Aliou Cisse captained Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup in 2002, and has been national team coach since 2015
Alongside the establishment of local academies and infrastructure, Souleymane Diallo, a part-time coach of national age groups and a research professor at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, says a pathway has been created to move talent from youth international level to the senior side.
"Senegal has an extraordinary potential of players and we're being patient with the generations," Diallo told BBC Sport Africa.
"At grassroots level, we have a very broad base and we're creating channels through which these players can reach the first team.
"The federation asks us to put players who have played in the lower categories on the radar, so that each generation can move on from a lower level to a higher one.
"If they finish their category at U17, they go to U20. If they finish at U20 they go on to the U23s, the CHAN team and the first team."
Another big factor in Senegal's long-term strategy has been to ensure stability in the dugout. Cisse has been in charge of the Teranga Lions since March 2015, and has slowly built towards success.
A quarter-final exit in the 2017 Afcon (on penalties) was followed by a defeat in the 2019 final, before Senegal returned to triumph in Cameroon in February 2022.
During that time the West Africans were the continent's top-ranked side for over four years before being replaced by Morocco following their historic World Cup run.
Senegal's colourful fans have got used to watching sides from the country lift continental trophies, but witnessed an earlier exit at the 2022 World Cup
Senegal exited in the last 16 in Qatar, beaten 3-0 by England, but there were no questions over Cisse's future.
"Senegal's policy is to insist that coaches stay on the national bench for as long as possible," Diallo said.
"A roadmap has been put in place which ensures all national coaches have the same requirements in terms of training content and information, and created channels for liaison."
Participating in continental and global tournaments at youth level more frequently has helped boost the nation's fortunes.
"The process of reaching the top level is a gradual one," Diallo said.
"In the past, we didn't win in Africa because we didn't regularly take part in African competitions.
"If you want to win, you have to be there first. The first step is to solve the problem of being present at these competitions, and that's what Senegal has done.
"We need to be present all the time, and it's now that we're going to lay the foundations for winning the World Cup in the future."
'Nothing to fear' in Ivory Coast
Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Senegal beat five-time world champions Brazil 4-2 in a friendly in June last year, with Sadio Mane scoring twice
As for their Afcon title defence, concerns have been raised about the fact that some of Senegal's key players now ply their trade in Saudi Arabia, with goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, captain Kalidou Koulibaly and talisman Sadio Mane all drawn there.
Previously Cisse had refused to select players from the Saudi Pro League because of its low quality in comparison to Europe's top flights.
"We showed we were capable of winning the title when we had players in the major European championships," Cisse said.
"Now we also must show we can win it with players who play in Saudi Arabia."
Diouf is bullish about Senegal's chances of retaining the trophy, and says former Liverpool and Bayern Munich forward Mane "wants to show everyone he is far from finished".
"We are the best team in Africa and we don't have to fear anything," the 42-year-old added.
"We have so much quality and I see the players are still hungry. The mix we have between the leaders of this team and the young boys is unbelievable.
"The only way we cannot win this Africa Cup of Nations is [by] not thinking we are the best."
And Mane, who netted the winning spot-kick in the final against Egypt in Cameroon just under two years ago, knows the effect taking the trophy back to Dakar once more could have.
"Winning the Afcon was the best trophy I have ever won in my life and coming to do it again will be special and a big achievement," he told Caf Online.
"Winning the Afcon will [have] a big impact for our football because we have won all the other categories, which is great for the country."
https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/67864876
Afcon 2023: How Senegal came to dominate African football
Published
17 hours ago
A triptych showing pictures of Senegal captains lifting the Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Africa Cup of Nations and African Nations Championship trophiesImage source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Senegal followed up their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations title (centre) with successes at the Under-17 Afcon and CHAN finals last year
By Rob Stevens and Yusuf Akinpelu
BBC Sport Africa
Morocco may have made history in 2022 by becoming the first African team to reach the Fifa World Cup semi-finals, but the continent's dominant footballing force lies further down the coast in Senegal.
The Teranga Lions are defending their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) title in Ivory Coast this month, but that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Senegal are also reigning continental champions at Under-17 and Under-20 level, and even won the African Nations Championship (CHAN), the competition for domestic-based players for the first time last year.
Aliou Cisse's men began their Group C campaign with a 3-0 win over The Gambia on Monday as they look to become the first side to register back-to-back Afcon triumphs since Egypt won their third in a row in 2010.
"We have just the one star," the 47-year-old, referring to having lifted the trophy just once, said.
"We are keen to win again, to continue winning it."
Cisse himself was part of Senegal's original golden generation, which finished as runners-up at the 2002 Afcon before reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup later that year on the country's debut at the finals.
Former international team-mate El Hadji Diouf believes Senegal's recent success is the result of both a strong partnership between the government and the country's football federation (FSF) and critical investment in facilities.
"Everywhere you go in Senegal, all the cities have academies," Diouf told BBC Sport Africa.
"They start young, at Under-10, and have tournaments every year. We want to improve that and have the same organisation like in England and France.
"I have to say congratulations and thanks for our government because that's a policy and they give the money. And the president of the FSF, Augustin Senghor, is working so well."
Senegal's hold over the African game even stretches to beach soccer, with the country winning the past four continental titles and finishing fourth at the last Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia in 2021.
Aliou Cisse captained Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup in 2002, and has been national team coach since 2015
Alongside the establishment of local academies and infrastructure, Souleymane Diallo, a part-time coach of national age groups and a research professor at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, says a pathway has been created to move talent from youth international level to the senior side.
"Senegal has an extraordinary potential of players and we're being patient with the generations," Diallo told BBC Sport Africa.
"At grassroots level, we have a very broad base and we're creating channels through which these players can reach the first team.
"The federation asks us to put players who have played in the lower categories on the radar, so that each generation can move on from a lower level to a higher one.
"If they finish their category at U17, they go to U20. If they finish at U20 they go on to the U23s, the CHAN team and the first team."
Another big factor in Senegal's long-term strategy has been to ensure stability in the dugout. Cisse has been in charge of the Teranga Lions since March 2015, and has slowly built towards success.
A quarter-final exit in the 2017 Afcon (on penalties) was followed by a defeat in the 2019 final, before Senegal returned to triumph in Cameroon in February 2022.
During that time the West Africans were the continent's top-ranked side for over four years before being replaced by Morocco following their historic World Cup run.
Senegal's colourful fans have got used to watching sides from the country lift continental trophies, but witnessed an earlier exit at the 2022 World Cup
Senegal exited in the last 16 in Qatar, beaten 3-0 by England, but there were no questions over Cisse's future.
"Senegal's policy is to insist that coaches stay on the national bench for as long as possible," Diallo said.
"A roadmap has been put in place which ensures all national coaches have the same requirements in terms of training content and information, and created channels for liaison."
Participating in continental and global tournaments at youth level more frequently has helped boost the nation's fortunes.
"The process of reaching the top level is a gradual one," Diallo said.
"In the past, we didn't win in Africa because we didn't regularly take part in African competitions.
"If you want to win, you have to be there first. The first step is to solve the problem of being present at these competitions, and that's what Senegal has done.
"We need to be present all the time, and it's now that we're going to lay the foundations for winning the World Cup in the future."
'Nothing to fear' in Ivory Coast
Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Senegal beat five-time world champions Brazil 4-2 in a friendly in June last year, with Sadio Mane scoring twice
As for their Afcon title defence, concerns have been raised about the fact that some of Senegal's key players now ply their trade in Saudi Arabia, with goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, captain Kalidou Koulibaly and talisman Sadio Mane all drawn there.
Previously Cisse had refused to select players from the Saudi Pro League because of its low quality in comparison to Europe's top flights.
"We showed we were capable of winning the title when we had players in the major European championships," Cisse said.
"Now we also must show we can win it with players who play in Saudi Arabia."
Diouf is bullish about Senegal's chances of retaining the trophy, and says former Liverpool and Bayern Munich forward Mane "wants to show everyone he is far from finished".
"We are the best team in Africa and we don't have to fear anything," the 42-year-old added.
"We have so much quality and I see the players are still hungry. The mix we have between the leaders of this team and the young boys is unbelievable.
"The only way we cannot win this Africa Cup of Nations is [by] not thinking we are the best."
And Mane, who netted the winning spot-kick in the final against Egypt in Cameroon just under two years ago, knows the effect taking the trophy back to Dakar once more could have.
"Winning the Afcon was the best trophy I have ever won in my life and coming to do it again will be special and a big achievement," he told Caf Online.
"Winning the Afcon will [have] a big impact for our football because we have won all the other categories, which is great for the country."