Senegal men's national basketball team

History

Senegal's international participation debuted at the 1968 Summer Olympics. They would have a dominating performance on the African continent at times in the years to follow. Senegal has had many world-elite basketball players, especially at the center position, which helped the team to compete at many major international tournaments. At times, however, the team was overly dependent on its NBA-players. An example was in the mid-2000s, when it struggled with injuries. Having finished as the runner-up to Angola in the 2005 FIBA Africa Championship, Senegal qualified for play in the 2006 FIBA World Championship, where the squad finished last in Group D and twenty-second among the twenty-four sides to have contested the championship, having lost to the United States, Italy, Slovenia, China, and Puerto Rico.

Performance table

Olympic Games

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Africa Championship

African Games

• 1965 –
• 1973 – 4th
• 1978 –
• 1987 –
• 1991 –
• 1999 – 5th
• 2003 –

Team

Current roster

Roster for the AfroBasket 2021.

• SEN Boniface Ndong
• SEN Ngagne Diop
• SEN Mamadou Gueye
• Club – describes last club before the competition
• Age – describes age on 24 August 2021

Depth chart

Notable players

Other current notable players from Senegal:

• Club – describes current club
• Age – describes age on 9 September 2024

Famous former players

• DeSagana Diop

Head coach position

• SEN Abdourahmane N'Diaye – 2005
• USA Sam Vincent – 2007
• SEN Parfaito Adjivon – 2009
• SEN Abdourahmane N'Diaye – 2009–10
• FRA Alain Weisz – 2011
• SEN Cheikh Sarr – 2012–2015
• ESP Porfirio Fisac – 2016–2017
• SEN Moustapha Gaye – 2019–2020
• SEN Boniface N'Dong – 2020–present

Past rosters

1968 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 16 teams

Cheikh Fall, Moussa Sene, Alioune Gueye, Babacar Dia, Papa Diop, Mousse N'Diaye, Babacar Traore, Claude Sadio, Claude Constantino, Babacar Seck, Mansour Diagne, Doudou Camara (Coach: Alioune Diop)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 15th among 16 teams

Cheikh Fall, Babacar Traore, Mohamadou Diop, Babacar Seck, Papa Diop, Alioune Gueye, Pierre Sagna, Abdourahmane N'Diaye, Sylvestre Lopis, Assane Thiam, Joseph Diandy, Doudou Camara (Coach: Amadou Diaw)

1978 World Championship: finished 14th among 14 teams

Mathieu Faye, Bireyma Sadi Diagne, Madiagne N'Diaye, A.Diouf, B.Kaba, J.Lopez, M.Diagne, M.Gueye, J.Toupane, A.Diop, A.Dogue, L.Diop (Coach: I.Diagne)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams

Mathieu Faye, Madiagne N'Diaye, Mohamadou Diop, Oumar Dia, Mamadou Diop, Bassirou Badji, Yamar Samb, Bireyma Sadi Diagne, Yaya Cissokho, Modou Tall, Moussa M'Bengue, Hadrame N'Diaye (Coach: Ibrahima Diagne)

1998 World Championship: finished 15th among 16 teams

Makhtar N'Diaye, Mamadou Diouf, Mamadou N'Diaye, Cheikh Yaya Dia, Raymond Carvalho, Mouhamadou Sow, Assane N'Diaye, Boubacar Aw, Kader Malik Fall, Vincent Da Sylva, Samba Aly Ngone Niang, Omer Ba (Coach: Ousseynou Ndiaga Diop)

2006 World Championship: finished 22nd among 24 teams

Makhtar N'Diaye, Babacar Cisse, Mamadou Diouf, Sitapha Savane, Malick Badiane, Mamadou N'Diaye, El Kabir Pene, Pape Ibrahim Faye, Mouhamadou Niang, Souleymane Aw, N'Dongo N'Diaye, Meleye N'Doye (Coach: Moustapha Gaye)

2014 World Championship: finished 16th among 24 teams

Team for the 2015 AfroBasket:

• SEN Cheikh Sarr

• SEN Parfait Adjivon

• SEN Raoul Toupane

• Club – describes last club before the tournament

• Age – describes age on 19 August 2015

Kit

Manufacturer

2015 – Nike

Sponsor

2015 – Orange

References

References

1. "Team Roster Senegal".
2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130502000231/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/colu/p/newsid/55390/arti.html Head coaches], fiba.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150612114315/http://www.fiba.com/afrobasket/2015/Senegal 2015 FIBA Africa Championship – Senegal], FIBA.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.